pee-pee in the POTTY!!!

Ok, so it really is the little things in life that get you so excited; but seriously this is a BIG deal!! We have been reading books, watching movies, talking about the business, etc. since before he was even two and the kid has shown no interest. His potty has been in hiding since January because it became a play toy instead of functioning as what it was intended for. Our pediatrician said to wait until mid-later summer to start pushing it a little more; so we honestly have not been in that big of a hurry. About a month ago I was at Babies R Us and purchased an Elmo potty seat that attaches to the regular toilet in David's bathroom. Again, he liked that Elmo was on it but showed no interest in wanting to use it. I left it there to collect dust until mid-last week when David was talking about pee-pee in the potty a little more (I think it's because we had Elmo's Potty Time playing in the car that day). We decided to start sitting him on the potty every night before bath time to see if he would do anything. We would run the sink water, tub water, even pour water on him and nothing! Daddy embraced a little milestone on Friday evening when after having him on the toilet seat with no results for 5 minutes he placed David in the bath tub and heard him say "pee-pee in the potty" while beginning to tee-tee in the tub. He preceded to pull David out of the tub and onto the Elmo potty. By the time mommy got up there to celebrate David was just sitting on the potty like usual and there was barely any (if none) "pee-pee" in the potty. Daddy claims it must of all ended up on the floor and toilet seat, but whatever we celebrated he got M&Ms and a sticker and we moved on to several nights with no results. This morning while finishing up breakfast David's face started turning red like it usually does when he needs to use the restroom; um hum you know where I am going with this! I figured I might as well ask him if he wanted to do it in the potty and got an "okay" as a response. We quickly ran upstairs, undressed and went straight to the potty. He sat....and sat...and then said "pee-pee" I looked down and he was actually going pee-pee in the potty! I was completely shocked that I started screaming and jumping up and down! David of course thought it was the greatest thing! When he finished he said to me "mommy, I go pee-pee in the potty again!" He was so excited that he wanted to do it again! I couldn't be prouder; I have been very nervous about potty training and this was a huge milestone/start to a long road ahead......yay David!!

(FYI...the picture above is not from today's events. It was taken a week ago before bath time when David would not do anything!)