Celie Update

Celie began crawling the day after surgery. She was walking by Saturday morning. She is such a trooper. She went to the Drs. for a check up. She took her x-rays fairly well and did well with the Dr. He said that things look really good on her left hip and that we will continue to monitor her for any changes. Anna & Jake will be followed up as well.

On another note, since she is very mobile now - not only walking around but running and jumping (we have to watch that for a little while yet) - she has taken an interest in potty training. We have 2 small potties in the foyer/hearthroom (where there is a solid floor/no carpet). She started using them on her own. At first, she was going pee through her underwear. But now, she actually runs over the potty, pulls her pants and diaper down and goes potty. She then takes her deposit into the bathroom and puts it in the toilet. She flushes the toilet and says "bye, bye, pee pee." We then clean up any mess, wash hands, etc. We were originally bribing her with chocolate to go in the potty, but all of the positive praise has definitely worked, because she is doing it all on her own. We are very proud of her. Now, if only she would poop in the potty. I guess one step at a time. Then it will be to progress to the "real" potty. We will take it for now though.