on the way back from seattle we were listening to this podcast about "elimination communication," which is pretty much potty conditioning at a very young age (birth in some cases). we thought it was a cool idea and kind of funny so this afternoon, during a fairly light diaper change, it seemed like maybe the best was yet to come (so to speak). so i took off her overalls and diaper, put little ali on the toilet, and within like 45 seconds she was smiling and peeing. most likely just a coincidence, but sweet and awesome just the same.