It’s official, Reese is potty trained! Believe it or not we started potty training on Monday of this week and she has been dry and accident free since Wednesday! We’re shocked.

I have to be honest, I was hesitant to begin potty training with her with it being so close to our delivery date paired with the fact that she hasn’t shown a lot of interest in it. However, a good friend of mine told me about a 3 day potty training method that worked for her and others and I thought it was worth a try. After reading up and finding the suggested age was 22-26 months, I figured it was the prime time to move forward and hopefully give myself one less thing to worry about with no. 3 on the way.

We began Monday by having Reese throw out all of her diapers and put on BIG girl panties! We didn’t leave the house for 3 days and simply stayed focused on going to the bathroom. As difficult as it was for us to stay home and not be one the go, it was more than worth it and really not as much of a challenge as I thought it may be. Reese did a fabulous job and Sloane was an awesome helper during the process.

Since Wednesday we have ventured out quite a bit and haven’t had any trouble. We couldn’t be more thrilled with the outcome and Reese is quite pleased herself (which you can see in the pictures section). She was clearly ready to take this step and I’m so glad we have done it! Just think, in the last month she’s moved to a twin bed, began sharing a room with Sloane and become potty trained. A lot of changes, but what a trooper she’s been!

The next big event in the Anderson house will be the addition of baby no. 3. We are 36 weeks along and the baby is weighing in at about 6lbs (per an ultrasound I had last week) and measuring a week ahead at 37 weeks. We can’t believe how close we are and the girls are very excited to meet her. At least once a day Sloane asks me how much longer it will be until the baby is here. We’re gearing up for the big day and think we are prepared…as prepared as we’ll ever be! I have no doubt there will be some surprises along the way! Can’t wait to share them with everyone in the coming weeks.