Overall, being a parent is pretty cool. For one, you're NEVER EVER bored. Two, you can always have a good laugh by just staring at your kid. And, all around, it's just a fulfilling experience (you know, kind of like quitting drugs or getting laid for the first time).
To make things even better, God designed it in such a way that being a parent actually gets easier as the years go by. Well, that's until the Devil rears his head at the age of 13, but we won't get into that here.
One of the things that make a parents life INCREDIBLY easier is potty training. We've been busy and lazy for quite some time, but when you turned two, we decided to make two major changes. First, we took the all so important binky away! yikes! After 2-3 days you were over it and were proclaiming that "I'm a big girl cuz I don't use my binky." Cool. One change down, one to go.
The second change we made was starting to potty train you. We weren't sure exactly how to go about this. Everyone from Dr. Drew to Dr. Phil has their opinions. Throw in a few comments from your parents and other surrounding adults, and soon we're confused as all hell. Your mom did a little research though and kind of knew what she was doing. So, we just started putting you in pull-ups and sitting you on the potty every hour or so. At first you liked it. A little too much actually. You would say, "I have to go pee." We'd take you and alas, we did not here the tinkle. Then we'd clean you up, wash your hands and two minutes later, you'd say "I have to go pee pee." And, then we weren't sure what to do. Do we not take you to reinforce the fact that you should have gone two minutes ago? Or, should we take you and hope for the best.
But, that was 2 days ago and this post is about yesterday and today. In the last 12 hours, you've gone pee-pee in the potty 3 times!! The first time, you just went cuz you were on the potty anyways. But, the second and third times, you said, "I have to go potty!" and then you actually went!
We can't tell you how freakin' proud of you we are. Now, let's just step it up to number two and your mom and I can retire as baby parents and become toddler parents. We're not sure we're quite ready for that. So, if you continue to drop bombs in your diaper...well, maybe we're OK with that for now.
