Wahooooo!

So, this morning Natalie gets out of the shower and heads straight for the potty in her bathroom.  We were running a little late this morning so I tried to get her interested in something else since these "sitting on the potty" episodes usually last quite a while and she has never actually gone potty while sitting there.   Distractions didn't work so I let her sit there with her beloved "woof woof" and her favorite book while I went back to the kitchen to make some breakfast.  She looked so cute I had to get a pic of this....thinking what a great blog pic that would be! 

A little while later, Travis and I went in to check on her and praise her for being such a big girl.  We walked in to find her "wiping" herself....oh joy, I thought....wonder how much she has already stuffed into the toilet?!!!  So, helped her wipe, pulled her off the potty and what did I see????  Pebbles!!!!!  Wahoooooo!!!  She went poo poo on the toilet all by herself!!!  I couldn't believe it!  Luckily I had already stashed some smarties in the cabinet so she got lots of hugs and kisses AND candy, which of course was her favorite part.

I have been emptying her poopy diapers into the toilet so she will get the idea that the poop is supposed to go in the toilet...hoping one day she would make the connection to go in the toilet and not her diaper.  Guess it worked!!!  We'll have to wait to see if this becomes part of her routine, or if it was just by chance that it happend....but either way, looks like she has officially started potty training :)