Change

There is a lot of new stuff happening in our household.  And first of all I need to brag on our little guy.  I had it set in my head that potty training was going to happen this past weekend.  Why?  Mainly because I could get a solid 4 days off of work with only using one vacation day to devote to making it happen.  I'll be honest...I heard a lot of negative talk.  I was nervous.  Saturday came and I put underwear on the little guy.  I told him his job was to keep them clean and dry.  I  told him we were done with diapers.  We had a hand full of accidents on Saturday (what I expected) and one accident overnight.  Sunday came and we had a lot more accidents, including during nap time and overnight.  I was really getting nervous.  Monday came.  We had one accident early in the morning...and then we turned a corner.  He did wet the bed on Monday night once, but that was our last accident.  He had NO accidents at all yesterday and woke up dry this morning!!!!  He is awesome!  I packed a diaper free diaper bag for day care today.  I was nervous about that too.  I was afraid being in a different environment with other kids to distract him from listening to his body would cause a few backward steps.  Word from day care is that he has been accident free so far today too (including going #2 in the potty at day care)!  :)  Don't get me wrong, I'm still expecting accidents.  Especially overnight.  But thanks to my boss for mentioning the bed potty training pads, clean up is a breeze and he gets back to bed quickly.  I can handle that.  But I'm just so excited he is doing so well!!!!!!

Besides the fact that we are a diaper free home, most of you have heard that Gus got a promotion at work and we will be moving.  We are so proud of him!  But, he is about to start that new job (next Tuesday) and our transition time between him starting and us moving is about to begin.  We have a list of things that need to be done around the house before we put it on the market, so please pray that we can get all that done quickly and that our house sell quickly.  The transition period isn't going to be fun for any of us.  Plus, there are a lot of unanswered questions that we need the answers to before we make some pretty hefty decisions like where we will be looking to put new roots down.  The major one is the future of my employment.  I have approached my boss about working from home 4 days a week and being in the office 1.  Our board of directors will have the final say, and they don't meet again until mid-January.  So, I'm left in limbo until then.  But I think enough of them to at least try to keep my job, I just hope they think enough of me to agree.  I know how good I have it at this job.  And I will be sad if it doesn't work out and I have to start looking for new employment.  Everything about this process is super exciting and super scary all at the same time.  So if you are in contact with us over the next several months, please extend us some grace and patience.  We are all going to be under some stress.  As if potty training wasn't enough. :)  But, we know the transition period will only be a short season of time and that the final changes are what is best for our family.  I, like most people, probably don't handle change the best.  If I have to endure change, I like it to be quick and immediate.  So guess what, this is going to be slow and drawn out.  But if I've learned anything from life, I know I will get to learn so much more about myself from this process.  And being someone with very little confidence in myself (not sure where that stems from, but I think everyone is better suited than myself to do _______) this process will be good for me.  So, welcome to our new adventure!