Operation: Potty Train...has begun!!

A little history:
Annabelle is VERY interested in all things potty. She loves to sit on the potty, wipe, flush, and wash hands. She had A LOT of "Good Try's". I would always tell her that if put her tee tee or poo poo in the potty, she would get a prize. I'm not sure how long this went on, but it was a good while.

I never wanted to force her into potty training. Because Annabelle is the kind of child that will do things in her own time, and if I pushed it, we would start to get frustrated and nothing would happen. Remember when I tried to take her paci away?
She only stopped using her paci when SHE was ready, she only stopped taking the bottle because SHE was ready, she only stopped nursing because SHE was ready. And all those things came in a timely manner. I knew she wouldn't always take a bottle, or she wouldn't always want to nurse, etc.
And I always knew that she would tee tee in the potty when she was good and ready.

Day 1: 10/12/11
While Annabelle was running around naked {after her bath}, and she stopped and said "I tee tee", and encouraged her {like I always have} to go sit on the potty. She did and finished tee teeing!
We made the BIGGEST deal out of it! We were clapping, high five-ing, hugging, telling her how proud we were, we called Grammy and Pappy, we called Nana and Pawpaw.
And to finish off our celebration, Annabelle got an M&M. You may not think of that as a good prize, but Annabelle was beside herself getting 1 M&M. So much so, she wanted to go potty again. She succeeded, and got another M&M.

She probably went potty 3 times before we left the house for Bible Study. We stopped at Chick Fil A and got her an ice cream cone {Just as a "We are so proud" prize}.
We got to Bible study, and all of our friends saw my tweet {Huge night at the Ray house...potty training has officially begun!}, and they made a big deal out of it as well. Annabelle was so excited!
She ended up using the potty a couple more time that night {I did have to remind her}.

Looks like I'm going to buy a pack of training pants, and maybe even some panties for our BIG GIRL!