In the beginning

Despite my good intentions to keep up with a hand-written journal account of your life, my Dearest Victoria, well... let's just say it leaves something to be desired.

As you will learn soon enough, I have a great relationship with procrastination. (I hope you inherited your father's ambition!) I did actually purchase a journal to write in, but I believe I only wrote in it twice... maybe three times... during your 693 days of existence. Wait, I take that back. I may have even started it before you were born. It's been so long, I don't even remember. Another sad truth is that I can't remember when I last updated your baby book. But I haven't failed completely as a record-keeping mom! I did write down all your big happenings on the calander - including when your teeth popped through, when you used the potty for the first time, etc. So the information has been stored... just not in an orderly fashion.

So... I've taken all the bottled-up good intentions and decided to finally put them to use!

Let's start at the beginning, even though we're obviously passed that now. I knew your father was the one for me since the day we met. He was a friend of a friend's friend's boyfriend. Ha! Did you follow that?

Ummmm, maybe that's going back too far. Let's start again. Oh heck, I don't really even know where to start! How about yesterday. That's pretty fresh on my mind, and I'm sure I can fill you in on the rest at some point!

You have known how to use the potty for nearly 6 months now. But we haven't really worked with you on getting rid of the diapers, until recently. Last night (and by last night, I mean all evening after I got home from work) was a great night!! You had no accidents, even when the babysitter came for an hour-and-a-half! You went potty three times in 2 hours. I think the M&M incentive had something to do with it... but either way... great job!!! I was a little nervous that the babysitter put you in bed without a diaper while I was gone, but you were still dry when I got home! Whooo hoooo!!!!