The End Of A Blog!!

When I started this blog, I wanted to create a way to let friends and family know everything that was happening with L'ie Bear.  Even though they lived far away, they got their frequent doses of Da Bear and could still feel a part of her life.

This blog has documented so many stories, milestones, and even a few failures, but most importantly, it has shown the many ways our family has changed over the past two and a half years.  And I hope everyone has enjoyed reading the blog as much as I have enjoyed writing the blog posts.

A few days old!

2.5 years old!

I especially like to go back and read some of the early blog posts, which captured such sweet baby moments, while L'ie happily climbs and flips on and off the couch next to me.  Such a change!!

My main hope is that this blog will become a neat keepsake for L'ie Bear as she gets older.  SO, it is only appropriate that a blog focused entirely on the Bear should come to an end as we prepare for and experience something that is sure to change her life forever...the birth of a little brother or sister!

Baby #2

We can't wait to meet him or her in April 2014!

Don't worry, this does not mean the end of blog posts.  But, it is only fair that we incorporate the entire Fisher Family in the blog, as we move from a family of three to a family of four.  So you can continue to watch the milestones, developments and adventures at   http://afisherfamilyblog.blogspot.com/ 

We are very excited to welcome another member to the Fisher Family and I am looking forward to all of the blog posts in our future.

Proud Big Sister

Potty Training Update!

 

It has been nearly two months since we began our journey into potty training.  I decided to try the naked, from the waist down, approach for three days and never left the house.  L'ie picked up on the concept pretty quickly and by the end of the week, we were down to very minimal accidents...if she was naked from the waist down.

For some reason, as soon as we placed underwear on the Bear, she forgot everything she learned about peeing/pooping in the potty.  Also, she was terrified of going to the potty on a grown-up toilet, because she felt as if she was going to fall in.

My work schedule started picking back up, so I decided to not push the potty training issue.  While we were at home, L'ie Bear remained naked from the waist down and used her potty with great success.  Whenever she went to sleep or we left the house, she wore pull-ups.

Then, a few weeks ago, I had more time to focus on the underwear and big toilet issues.  We began putting underwear on her, while at home, and made sure she was frequently pulling them down to sit on the potty.  There were still some accidents, but it was clear that she was beginning to understand the concept.  Amazingly, she never has accidents when it comes to pooping, and as for peeing, now she only has accidents when she is too late getting to the potty.  She gets distracted while playing and realizes too late that she has to pee.  We normally discover the accident when we are helping her sit on the potty.

Of course, that only applied when we were at home.  Whenever we left the house, she would always have accidents.  There must be something distracting about running errands, and Chad and I need to work on getting her to the bathroom more frequently.  Sometimes, we get caught up in what we are doing and forget to take her as often as her little bladder needs.  But, over the past few days, she has not had any accidents while out of the house (knock on wood)!!!

All in all, this was not as easy as most of the "3 day" potty training websites will lead you to believe.  But, I have been pleasantly surprised with how well L'ie Bear has done, and feel confident that we will soon be accident free, both at home and while out running errands.  Until then, we will rely on our large supply of princess underwear and carpet cleaner!

A Bear at 30 Months Old!

At 30 months, L'ie Bear now weighs 26 pounds (according to the Elephant scale at the National Zoo) and is 36 inches tall.

And she has also changed so much, personality wise, over the past few months.  In an effort to document her development and all of these memories, I am listing all of the changes below.

New Words & Phrases:

Down Pease (Down Please)
Tank You (Thank You)
Mama Sit Pease
Turn off
Baboon (Balloon)
Booble Bat (Bubble Bath)
EinTine (Little Einsteins...one of her favorite shows)
Meeka (Mickey Mouse)
Min (Minnie Mouse)
Black Car (She loves Chad's black BMW)
ReeLee Stay (Every night she shuts Wrigley in our bedroom on the way to her own room)
Coo Coo Coo Coo Clock
Mama or Dada eat (We always have to remind her to eat as well)
Mee-maw
Pa pa (Grandpa & Grumpa)
Aunt B (Aunt Sarah or as I call her, Aunt Scareby)
Un-kl Ry (Uncle Ryan)
Gra (Grammy)
Red
Green

L'ie at the car wash

Blue
Rello (Yellow)
Pink
White
Rellow Bus (L'ie is obsessed with school buses right now)
Night Night (bedtime)
Juice
Gulk (Milk)
Mermaid
Cake
Cootie (Cookie)
Cheese (Which usually means mac n' cheese)
Car Wash (After a Curious George book about a car wash, L'ie is obsessed)
Robot
Airplane
Baby Horse (She just went on her first pony ride)


L'ie Bear also enjoys making animal sounds for:

Bears
Lions
Tigers
Elephants
Ducks
Cats
Dogs
Pigs
Monkeys

L'ie Bear's favorite shows and movies right now:

Little Einsteins!!!  (By far her favorite)
Mickey Mouse
Doc McStuffins
Sophia The First
Curious George
Thomas The Train Shows
Mulan
Bug's Life
Brave
Tangled
Toy Story 1 & 2

L'ie Bear's favorite books right now:

Any Curious George books
Wheels On The Bus
Pete The Cat
Guess How Much I Love You
Any Thomas The Train books
Good Morning/Good Night
Olivia books
101 Dalmations

L'ie Bear's favorite foods right now.  She is a very picky eater, but she does like:

Licking peanut butter

Mac n' Cheese
French Fries
Pita Chips
Apple Sauce
Grapes
Bananas
Yogurt
Pancakes
Scrambled Eggs
Bacon
Soft Pretzels
Bread
Peanut Butter (She just licks the peanut butter off the bread)
Potato Chips
Pop Tarts
Banana or Blueberry Muffins
Dried Cereals (Cheerios, Fruit Loops, Krave)
Sweet Frog Yogurt (We just discovered this)
And anything sweet!!

Some More Firsts for L'ie Bear

Eating a whole apple

Riding in my old Jeep Wrangler (Cajun Pearl)

She LOVED it!!

Seeing Grandpa's airplane and climbing inside!

Her first lollypop

                     

Playing on the big girl equipment at the park

                       

She really enjoys the rocking horse

But not as much as a real horse.  Her first pony ride!!!

So happy and such a natural!

L'ie Bear's daily schedule right now:

8:30 am - Wake up  (Unless I have court in the morning.  Then she wakes up at 7 am)
9:00 am - Breakfast.
9:30 - 12:00 - Morning playtime*.
12:00 - 1:00 pm - Lunchtime
1:30/2:00 pm - She goes down for a nap.
3:30/4:00 pm - She wakes up from a nap.
4:30 pm - Afternoon snack
4:30 - 6:30 pm - Afternoon playtime
6:30 pm - Dinner
7:15 pm - The Start of her bedtime routine.  (We read 3 or 4 books, and L'ie usually sits on the floor with Chad while I read.  Then we turn on her white noise and nightlight turtle, that projects stars on the ceiling.  L'ie tries to catch the moon and stars, and then we put her down to sleep so she can catch the Dream Train.)

L'ie, on the couch, with Clark Bear

* When L'ie Bear is signed up for classes at the local Parks and Recreation Department, we normally spend her morning playtime in class.

L'ie still loves the following things:

Choo Choos

Swinging!!

Beauty & The Beast
Cinderella
Her dress up clothes
Dancing
Swinging while holding hands
Sucking her thumb
Shoes
HATS
Playing on a playground
And most importantly....CLARK BEAR!!

L'ie with her princess dress and new red shoes!!

So much fun with hats!

Waiting for the train with Daddy.