A Christmas Miracle!

OK, maybe it's not a miracle, but it's close in my book...Tyson is full on potty training!! It happened Christmas night! It was amazing...to me anyway! It all started Christmas Eve after Tyson opened all of his presents. He received another one of the engines he's been collecting that go with his Thomas trackmaster set. In the new box came a little booklet of other engines and Thomas items you can buy. Well, Tyson saw James, the shiny red engine and he asked and asked for it! Grandma Cindy decided to tell Tyson that if he starts going potty on the big boy potty all the time she will buy him James! Tyson was excited very excited but he didn't want to try to go when asked.
Christmas night when I was getting Tyson ready for his bath he was standing in the buff and I could tell he needed to go so I asked him if he wanted to try and stand and go and he said he wanted to sit on the big boy potty (we have a seat that goes on our toilet). So of course I said he could and plopped him on there and he went! I was happy but this has happened before-he will go potty once and refuse to go again, so I wasn't getting my hopes up. I was, however very happy that he asked to go and seemed interested. In the past when I've even suggested he try to go it turned into WW3 with him acting like I was sitting him on hot lava when I put him on the toilet.
So anyway, after his bath he asked to try and go again! So of course I said yes and he went! I asked him if he would like to wear big boy underwear and he wanted to! "Could this be it?" I asked myself! Still not trying to get my hopes up I put him in some undies and set the timer so we could remember to take him every so often! I am happy to report that in the 2 hours he was in his big boy undies he had no accidents! We of course did a diaper for bedtime.
So the next morning mom let me sleep in and she put Tyson in his undies right away. He had only one accident in 3 hours, which to me was very impressive! Since then he's been in big boy undies as long as we are at home! He's started to tell us when he needs to go to the bathroom and we don't have to set the timer anymore!! I'll spare you the details on when he needs to 'go #2' but we're still working on that. The only time during the day I've put a diaper on him is so he can do that since he refuses to do it on the big boy potty. We making great progress though and as many of you know potty training has been a source of stress for me the older Tyson gets! I know he just turned 3 but I've been so ready for him to be out of diapers!! I'm so happy he's finally on his way to being potty trained but it also makes me a little sad ..I feel like he's not my baby anymore! It's weird how something like this can make me happy and sad at the same time!
So that's my Christmas miracle! For those who have known how the last 6 months have gone when it comes to potty training, I think you'll think it's close to a miracle as well!!