365 days of Gabriel and Charlotte - toilet training day three

after three days of not going out (except for today when he went out a couple of times to the shops with daddy), i'm proud to say, toilet training is a success! hooray! we did it! we've had no accident today and he actually knows to get himself to the toilet when he needs to go without us asking him every five minutes.  

whilst we still have to work on is number twos, i think we're 90% done with this intense three days toilet training?

Gabriel is so proud of himself. he says he wants to tell his friend, Lachlan, that he's not wearing nappies anymore and he also told me he wants to wear undies to school just like his best friend, Frankie.

365 days of Gabriel and Charlotte - toilet training day two

we're on day two of toilet training and we're doing better i think. we almost had an accident, almost. but we still have to work on doing number twos on the toilet because for some reasons, Gabriel is petrified of doing number twos on the toilet. he would rather hold it in. after three attempts and knowing how badly he needed to go, we gave in to him and put a nappy on him. i hope he'll be able to get over his fear in the next few days. 

365 days of Gabriel and Charlotte - toilet training finally - day 1

we've been meaning to toilet train boo for awhile now. he turned 3 at the beginning of the month and it's a little embarrassing letting him go out in public wearing nappies. the xmas/new year break seems like a good opportunity because Jim is taking some time off so they'll be two of us at home for the next 11 days. even though we had one accident, we did have a proud moment where he went to the toilet and did a wee on his own. i was so proud of him. the training will continue tomorrow. hopefully we won't have any accident.

365 days of Gabriel and Charlotte - happy Xmas eve to me

daycare finished yesterday so i had both kids with me today. for the first time in many months,  i somehow managed to settle them for a midday nap at the same time. so while they napped, i was able to put my feet up and sneak in a little power nap myself. it's like xmas came one day early. thanks kids. feel free to do it again. ... and again. .. and again. 

365 days of Gabriel and Charlotte - xmas picnic 2014

for the past couple of Christmas, we've been having gatherings and catch up with the Chans, the Chaus and the Dais. last year Kitty hosted a boxing day lunch at her place. this year, as the kids (mainly the two boys) are older and are full of energy, we decided to have a Christmas picnic at the park. this is not just any old park, it's the Blaxland Riverside Park. i've been meaning to take boo there after hearing raving reviews of this park and it certainly did not disappoint. He had a great time playing with Lachlan at the water fountain, the huge sandpit and the man made hills too. as we were packing up to leave, he told me how much he likes this park. i guess we'll be going there again. maybe with our scooter and trike next time. 

365 days of Gabriel and Charlotte - when Charlotte meets Aunty Rosie

At 19 weeks, Charlotte finally met one of my best friends, Rosie, today. If Rosie didn't move to South Australia with her family in June,  we'd be hanging out and having coffee dates at the Eden Garden like we used to when we were both on a maternity leave in 2012. we can't wait to see you again Rosie!

365 days of Gabriel and Charlotte - the dreaded 4 months needles

after putting it off for a week, i finally gathered my courage and took Charlotte to the doctor's for her 4 months immunisations today. i was going to wait till the weekend so Jim can take her but weekends are quite precious nowadays so i had no choice but to suck it up and take her during the week. she cried for less than a minute and was over it shortly after. as for me,  i'm glad it's over until the doctor reminded me that he'll see us in two months for her next needles. in other news,  Charlotte currently weighs around 7.4kg (dressed) which puts her in the 75th percentile.  apparently,  her cousin Rynn who is two months older than her weighs the same.  now i know why people mistake her to be much older than she is.