Pee pee on the potty!

At her 2 year appointment Dr. Carter told us two things we already knew... we need to get her off the bottle, which is a work in progress and not a battle we want to tackle quite yet... but it's coming soon... and that we need to start potty training since she has shown every sign of being ready. We were going to put it off until summer, but he said the longer we wait the more stubborn she would get. We learned that the hard way with the bottle. We were told we should take her off it at a year and here we are a year later even more obsessed with it. I know she won't have it forever and we are not too worried about it, but with it would have been easier if we would have taken the advice given at her 1 year appointment. So, we decided we better heed the advice given about not waiting to potty train. We went on Saturday and picked her up some big girl panties. She chose Minnie Mouse. On Monday we wet every pair and had about a dozen accidents, by the end of the day she finally went "pee pee on the potty, pee pee on the potty"... we have a little tune that we sing that to and dance around. You could tell she was so proud of herself as she should have been. Tuesday and Wednesday we were outside a lot since it has been so nice outside and haven't wanted to take her out without a diaper, but when we were home she did great. Today we stayed home all morning and all afternoon. She went 3 times today. No accidents. She says, "pee pee" and goes running. After getting ready for bed this evening I decided she needed a treat so we went for a walk to the Sweet Tooth Fairy and she picked out a red velvet cupcake.  Afterwards, we went to the park where she has played for the fourth afternoon in a row, not to mention we have gone every morning but today. The girl loves the park and this warmer weather. We all do. It does our souls good to feel the sunshine. We are so proud of her.