Potty

So, I know that our whole idea of potty training seems crazy, but I discovered something yesterday. Olivia has been fussy for the last few days. Yesterday she was fussing and kicking her legs. I changed her and then was trying to feed her and she just kept kicking her legs. I thought that maybe she was uncomfortable because the cloth diapers can be a little thick. I took off her diaper and started to feed her again and she peed! She had just had her wet diaper changed so I was surprised. Then this morning she was fussing so I took her diaper off and put her on the little potty. When I started queuing her she peed! I had read that it really kicks in at 4-5 months, but wow!

Camping and Halloween

On Thursday and Friday I had planned a surprise trip to the coast for Albert. He ended up finding out but it was a really good time. Up here in the Pacific Northwest they have these things called YURT's. Year-round Utility Recreation Tent. They are almost like little cabin/tepees and they have electricity and heat. The bathroom facilities there are so clean and nice and they even have showers. All of this for $30 a night and within walking distance of the beach. On Thursday we didn't get to do much but we drove by the beach and got some wonderful fish and chips and checked into our digs. Oh yeah, and we made smores at night.

Friday was so beautiful. After breakfast at a cute little diner we went to a Lighthouse. It was $7 to park so we decided to walk instead. It turned into a little jog and was super super beautiful. We saw Harbor seals, caterpillars, slugs, and lots of gorgeous beach. After that we went back to the YURT to check out and went to the beach there. We walked and lunched along the ocean. There was a water run-off that we had to cross to get to one side of the beach and it was an adventure. Luckily we had both bought rain boots!

On the way home we stopped at one more beach and there were tide pools with sea anemone. Olivia did fairly well the entire trip. She was fussy but she has been fussy for about a week now. I think that she is in a growth spurt and my milk supply has not caught up yet. Yesterday I gave her a bottle soon after a feeding and she fell right to sleep.


Halloween night Albert was Frankenstein and I was a version of his bride. Olivia was a little devil ballerina. I know everyone is going to think we are crazy but we took her to a haunted house. I wore her in the baby carrier and she slept through half of it. Everyone there was surprised we brought her AND how well she did. It was a fun haunted house. They pretended that a meteor crashed nearby and that in caused everyone to turn into zombies and these military people were supposed to help us get to the transport vans out of town. It was fun.