Potty Trainer

All kinds of things are changing in our home lately!  We are swiftly leaving behind Babyville and becoming the parents of 3 children, not 2 kids and a baby, but three children. Step one was that we took down both baby gates guarding the stairs.  Levi was officially able to open and close the gate upstairs and we had left it open accidentally a few times and he nimbly climbed his little body right up and down those stairs without a second look...much to my horror (at least the first time.)  He's only tumbled down some of the stairs once and has been quite cautious since then.  It's been nice to have them taken down except that my office is no longer my escape....he just comes right up after me and makes himself at home going through every single drawer I have in there.  The other major change we are beginning is potty training!  It all started last Thursday the 6th, after Ladies Bible Class.  One of the little girls, who's mother comes, is potty trained and she's just about to turn 2.  I didn't find out till later that night, that when her mommy took her to the bathroom, Levi went with them and watched very closely.  That night, he sat on the potty before his bath and peed in the potty!  We were all super excited and all five of us stood in the bathroom, jumping up and down and screaming really loud.  It almost seemed to alarm Levi and I was worried for a second that we may have caused damage to the process but after a few minutes, he seemed pretty proud of himself.  His reward was a Reese's Pieces which he loves, and I figure he needs every extra calorie we can get in him.  Then, his best friend at church started potty training a few weeks ago and as soon as I found out, I started watching for when his dad would take him to the potty and I'd send Levi in there to watch.  That seems to have done the trick because his friend was over the other day for a little while and Levi watched him go through the whole process and that was all it took.  He ended up going pee pee in the potty every time he had to go yesterday and stayed dry the entire day.   We even had to run errands and he used the public bathroom twice!!!  So we headed to Target and Gymboree to pick out the tiniest undies known to man...they are itty bitty(and they are still a little big!)  He got a pack of Sesame Street ones and immediately wanted to wear Cookie Monster (of course!)  We also got some with helicopters, some with airplanes, and some with raccoons on them at Gymboree.  He is very excited to be such a big boy and we are very excited to see the light at the end of the $35-per-box-of-diapers tunnel!