The Jones Girls

Here is Maryssa’s progress with potty training – nothing.    She doesn’t quite get it yet and has no interest in the potty chair.   I have to get her potty trained before preschool starts in September so I will be working diligently this summer getting her potty trained.

On a happy note though, she only goes through 2-3 diapers in a 24 hours period.    I am thinking  I will start working with her this week and get her up and running.

Maryssa is going to be my baby longer which is ok for me!!    I know she won’t go to college in diapers so this will all come in the right time for Maryssa.     We love you our adorable and precious Maryssa!!

I haven’t had to purchase any diapers in almost 3 weeks.   I only go through 1-1/2 packages of pull ups a month for Miranda and Amanda.   So my diaper bill is FINALLY going down!!   Woo hoo!!

Miranda is now interested in going pee pee and poop in the toilet.     She still loves her potty chairs, but I would say once or twice a day I might see her on the toilet.

I saw something hysterical a few days ago .   Miranda came to me and said mommy, I pooped!!  So I went into the bathroom to empty out the potty chair.   Guess what I found!!  Not one, not two, but all THREE potty chairs had poop in them!!   Miranda puffed out her chest and proudly said, I pooped in all 3 potty chairs Mommy!!    I was cracking up so hard.  I had to take pictures.    

Miranda wears panties at the house during the day.  When we are not home, she wears a pull up but has not had an accident yet in her pull up.   At night she wears a pull up and she still pees in her pull up at night.  So she will still be wearing pull ups at night, but maybe during the day when we are not home I will try her wearing panties and see how she does.

I have a really cool travel potty chair in the minivan and they love using it.    I usually have them use the potty chair in the minivan before we go into the store or to the park.    I bought this travel potty chair when I was potty training Savannah when she was 2-1/2 and it was so helpful.    This is a link where I purchased the potty chair so you can see what it looks like.    http://www.onestepahead.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=361755&cmSource=Search

Way to go my beautiful darling Miranda .  We are so proud of you precious!!

Amanda has not had any pee pee or poop accidents during the day or night.   She wears panties during the day at home.  When we are not at home, she wears a pull up just in case.    At night she wears a pull up just in case she has an accident in the middle of the night.

For the past week her pull up has been dry in the morning.  She is completely dry!!   So we are making a huge step and starting to have her go to bed with panties.    

In the next week I will see how she does wearing panties outside of the house.  If she can stay dry, then I think she will be fully graduated and considered fully potty trained.

I am so proud of our precious Amanda.    We love you so much sweetheart!!!

Yesterday I had a meeting to go over the results of the evaluations for Amanda and Maryssa with Ronita Van Vliet, Mrs Crabtree, the school psychologist Wendy Myers, Amanda’s caseworker for Early Start Services-Laura Beech and Maryssa’s case worker for her early intervention services-Melanie Bakken.

The results were that Amanda averaged 3.3-3.7   years developmentally.  She does not need to attend not qualifies for special education   The school district and Early Start wanted to do a global evaluation on her because of her disability of her club radial hand.  No concerns academically or developmentally.   Just continued OT for her right hand and arm.

Maryssa’s results were 2.1-2.4 years developmentally with a delay in receptive language.  Her expressive language has been catching up and I contribute my hard work with Maryssa and Maryssa currently receiving speech therapty once a week at the house.  Maryssa will continue to receive speech therapy twice a week for 3 minutes each session at Jordan Elementary School.     Maryssa did not qualify for Ronita Van Vliet’s special education class that Savannah had been attending these past 2 years.    Maryssa would have needed to be delayed in more than one year of just receptive language.    So I guess this is good news for Maryssa!!  Yay!! 

So, tomorrow I will confirm registration for the triplets to attend preschool together at Presbyterrian Hills Preschool near our house.   They will go Tuesday and Thursday mornings beginning in the Fall.

This morning I was busy getting the girls all dressed up to look pretty for Savannah’s preschool party to celebrate her graduation from preschool.  I was rushing around-making deviled eggs, baking a chocolate cake and making Rice Krispy Treats all this morning.   I didn’t have much time to think – I was too busy just DOING.  I didn’t have any time to realize that today was going to turn out to be a very emotional day for me.

So we all piled into the car and drove to Savannah’s preschool.  It was a huge extravaganza.   Her teacher, Mrs. Van Vliet, told me this was the biggest party she had ever had in the history of her teaching her class.    In the past few months she has had 25 students, 12 in her morning and 10 in her afternoon.  Savannah was in her afternoon.   Mrs. Van Vliet invited the parents and siblings of all of her students.    I would say the attendance was about 50-75 people.   It was so much fun!!

My girls played with all of the other kids.   They ran around, climbed on the jungle gym and laughed loudly as they went down the curly shaped slide.  

One little boy, named Ian, had a crush on Amanda,  He was holding Amanda’s hand and taking her everywhere he was going.  It was so cute.   He said that Amanda was his girlfriend.  I video taped him talking to me saying that Amanda was his girlfriend.  For kicks I told him to speak in the camera and to tell Amanda’s Daddy that he was Amanda’s girlfriend.  Cliff is going to laugh (I hope) at that!!    Then a few minutes later I noticed Ian was holding Miranda’s hand and he said Miranda was his girlfriend.    Then a little while later he took Maryssa’s hand and took her everywhere he went and called Maryssa his girlfriend.  He was definitely smitten with the triplets!!   Apparently, Ian is the youngest of five kids and he has 4 older sisters.  No wonder!!  LOL!!

I took lots of pictures.     I am proud to say that Amanda and Miranda used the preschool toilet and they didn’t have any pee accidents!!   They are fully potty trained…woo hoo!!  Savannah that it was so cool that her sisters were using HER preschool toilet.  She was a proud big sister and showed them where the little stool was to help them up the toilet.  So cute.  My 4 girls!!

Cliff showed up at the end of the party.   He took a really nice picture of Mrs Van Vliet and me.  Mrs. Van Vliet (whom I am friends with and call her by her first name, Ronita) started tearing up and then started crying on each other’s shoulder.    Savannah has been with Ronita for over 1/3 of Savannah’s life and has been a huge part of mine too.     I had a lump in my throat and an ache in my belly.   I was so sad to be leaving Savannah’s preschool.    It would be my last time ever driving my daughter from that classroom.    We had said our good byes.   

All day I have been feeling a bit lost, depressed and weepy.   I know that I will feel better in a few days and begin looking forward to embarking on Savannah’s huge next big step – planning and getting her ready for Kindergarten in the Fall.

Savannah, my dear love, my first born, my true miracle.  I love you so much and Mommy and Daddy are ever so proud of your accomplishments these past 2 years.   You have done a fantastic and amazing job learning, growing and turning from our toddler into our girl.

Love, Love, Love you!!!! xxoxoxoxoxoxo