Almost okay....

Wow- it's been a long time since I posted. This week is VBS at church so things have been very busy. But, a little update on my hair...
This sounds so woe-is-me, but I really have been hating my hair, which I don't think has ever happened. I've always been able to do something with it, kwim? Ugh- I just felt like every day I looked like a boy, or one of those moms who has super short I-don't-care hair.
Well, praise the Lord because today I parted it on the other side and got crazy and let it flip out a little (my hair loves to flip). I kind of like how it looks. Actuallyt, I really like how it looks compared to before.




And yes, my head is cocked in that last one so it's not that crooked!

eta- I'm wearing my uber-cool "Camp Commitment" shirt to advertise for Teen Camp tonight at VBS. Just had to let you know that.

Bananas, ducks, and a sleepy baby

First, Caroline eating a whole banana.


Then, these geese (ducks? birds?) were crossing the road on the way to church Friday- look at all the babies!


And finally, little Caroline is so stuffy that she has a harder time getting to sleep. Add to that the fact that she was over-tired and you've pretty much lost a chance for a nap.
No need to fear, Beco Butterfly is here! I put her in and um, 'did some housework' and zzzzzz out she went.

Fixed my hair!!

I was so unhappy with my hair that I had to cut it. Right away. Couldn't even wait for Heather to drive down. So, here are the before and after pics. You can tell how incredible upset I am in the "before".

From the front- see that little flip on the right at the bottom?


From the back- it looks like a layer from the back, but it's really just one small mullet-y section.

Then I chopped this piece off....


and....TADA!


Much better. Yahoo! It's a little crooked but not bad. My sister is going to straighten that out. (Right, sister?) ;-)

New wrap and new hair

I have two new things and I'm not sure how much I like either of them. Well, I really love the wrap but I just liked how that sentence sounded.

First, a wrap for all my babywearing.

I still love my Beco Butterfly and my Didymos, but I wanted a thinner wrap for the hot, hot summer. So I got this mystery fabric at the $1 table at Walmart. I'm sure it's synthetic but I like it and it feels woven-ish. A little bit.


The best part is this star that I ironed on. It marks the middle of the wrap so I can put it on right.



And the rails have different color stitching so I can tell which one is which while I'm wrapping. (Wow, what alliteration!)


I also got my hair cut and I'm still unsure about this one. Here are pictures from my web cam. I'll add more later when I wash and fix it again.



And yes, a video- I have no idea why this is sped up. I was moving a lot slower than that IRL.

The Song of the Strawberry

Caroline has a new way of saying strawberry- check it out.

We did it!

So I finally caught a pee in the potty. Woohoo! I decided that I might not be able to notice Carolinen's signs and cues, but I might just have to go by a time-fram when she might need to go.
So after she woke up I let her sit on the potty and I put a prefold over it because I've gotten her so used to peeing in a diaper that she has a hard time wetting into the potty. So that must have made the difference because a few minutes later (we played on the potty for a little while) she stood up and there was a wet spot! I didn't take any pictures of that! But here are a few of this morning while we camped out in the restroom.

No diaper, after she pee'd, playing with the hairbows


Notice the flat over the potty.

Recently....

Ya'll are so funny- I don't post for three days and everyone notices!
Okay, here is what has been happening...

Caroline and Dada had a great time with the laundry basket:



Caroline went to the doctor. She weighs 18lbs 12oz and is 28.5" tall.



Caroline got superman'd onto my back


I made a new sling with an Ultimate Gathered Shoulder



And I also tried a "native" torso carry.


And finally, we've still been doing Gentle Potty Learning or just PLing or EC or NIH or whatever you would like to call it. I do great catching the poos but not so much the pees. but today we got two pees almost in the pot! :)

Some pictures of Caroline in a flat (just a very thin piece of cloth so I can know when she wets) and near her potty. I have her onesie rigged up so she won't wet it if she goes the the potty.



Being sweet to the bunny.


Singing her song.