Days to Remember...by the Sledge's

April 4, 2008

Our Little "Pito" Goes Potty

For anyone who doesn't know, Pito (pronounced peeto) is our little guy's nickname. It started by Marcus calling him Papito (which I think means little papa in Spanish) when he was only a few weeks old. It shortened to Pito soon after & I wasn't too sure if I liked it but It's grown on me and it's pretty much all we call him. He also goes by MJ, little M, Junior (these are the nicknames that other people usually call him) and sometimes even his name Marcus. Sometimes I think I like the name "V" or Vinny for Vincent...his middle name or we could start calling big Marcus by his first name, William - just/kidding Marcus. But for now, we'll keep it as daddy or Marcus and Pito.
So about the big event, we've been talking about starting the whole potty training thing for the last month & a half and daddy finally bought the most important component yesterday - the potty chair. As soon as I got home, I asked Linni if she wanted to witness Pito's first experience using it and I grabbed Pito and she sat down in the dining room where we left it for him. He sat down and I pushed the buttons underneath that make music to peek his interest. We waited and watched for something to happen and just when I thought it wasn't going to happen, HE DID IT! He pottied and sat there looking at Linni & I like can you believe it? After he was done, we both cheered and clapped. He got up from the chair and the music started and we all did a dance together. He slammed the lid down and said "bye bye". I'm so proud and it totally brought back memories of doing the same thing with Sloan & O, hopefully he's as easy to train as they were. Great job Pito!!!