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Milestones!

A brief post about how well Kitty Bitty is doing. 
Since Winston the Servicedoodle joined our family, we have seen some miraculous changes from our sweet girl!



The biggest have happened in the last three weeks. One, she is now sleeping on the bottom bunk!! Not in our room!! I cannot even begin to explain how huge this is. Number two has to do with number two, and number one, as in she is out of diapers during the day!!! It took us until four and three-quarters, but hip hip hooray! She is a potty master! Mostly, she still has the occasional accident. I don't care, I'm so proud of her!!

She is learning to use Winston for many things, and her desire to socially interact has exploded! She regularly talks to and plays with the other kids at the Kingdom Hall before and after our weekly bible meetings. When we have had company over, or been to events or other's homes, she engages so much sooner and her conversations are so much more natural, instead of short, grumpy responses. She is even asking to have people over, to go places, and doesn't have nearly as many meltdowns. 

She has been to the movies twice and loved it, though she needs her protective ear gear through the louder parts. She is doing so much better on car trips. She is more flexible, willing to help out, and less likely to have a full blown meltdown when things don't go her way. 

I know this progress is not exclusively due to Winston being part of her life, but he has certainly contributed a huge amount. We are so happy to see her thriving!

Thanks to Peppa Pig, Kit now calls any mail she gets "post", and I LOVE it. Hope she calls it that forever!


She brings me the best bouquets!

She still loves to organize everything!
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