Lynsey's first time at the zoo, preggo pic, etc.

I decided it was okay to put up a preggo pic, since I officially feel and look really pregnant. When I had a hard time putting on my socks this morning, it all came back to me. The baby is extremely active, and we're not talking just flutters anymore, either - he's getting strong in there! I don't remember Lynsey kicking this much, but I might just be remembering wrong. In any case, I'm happy he's healthy and moving around.

So I'm eating a few words from my last blog post. Lynsey continued to show interest in peeing on the potty, so people were telling us we should try putting her in panties just to see if she was ready - apparently interest can be a good indicator that they are ready. So I got her some thick training panties from Walmart and we tried for a few days. She wasn't quite ready. I don't think it was a total waste of time, because it seems to have given her a bigger awareness of when she's going, but she just isn't at the point yet where she is able to tell us with enough notice before she pees. The bright side is that even though she's back in diapers, she has still been interested in sitting on the potty, and pees on it usually once a day - the last few days, she's been telling us she wants to pee, and then proceeded to pee a good amount within a minute or two of sitting on the potty. Most times previous to these, she would sit on there for several minutes while we read books to her, and eventually she peed. It almost seems like she is starting to understand the sensation, but I'm still cautiously optimistic at this point. I'll keep putting her on the potty when she asks, but we're not pulling out the underwear again for a little while. I want to be sure that she's made some more progress first. In any case, I'm proud of her for the little progress that she has made!

What else - she learned how to pedal her tricycle this week as well! She doesn't get enough strength to really propel herself yet, but she seems to be catching on to the circular motion of pedaling, which she hadn't really done before. We also took her to the zoo for the first time today. She liked the animals, although she's not really old enough to get really excited about them yet. She lasted pretty long - longer than me! Wow do I ever notice a decrease in stamina these days! Anyway, it was a fun morning - she seemed the most interested in the zebras, giraffes, pigs and these crazy monkeys that were being really loud:). Next summer I think she'll be able to more fully appreciate the zoo.