We have two huge pieces of news, but I'll start with the most recent piece. The bank accepted our offer on the house. Yippeeeee! So it looks like papajama and I might actually own a home together for the very first time in our married life (it will be the first time ever for me). There are still a few things that could hang this up, like if the inspector says that the house in the middle of an underground crater and could sink in at any moment...ya know, that sort of thing.
Our real estate agent called to give me the news an hour or so ago. I couldn't believe it. She informed me that the listing agent didn't say that we had a deal in so many words, but said that she would be turning on the electricity and that we would have 5 days to do an inspection (apparently this woman is the pinnacle of social grace).
Our agent: WAH? So does that mean they signed the contract?
Other agent: Well DUUUHHH! (have I mentioned that she's a sweetie?)
So barring a crater catastrophe or a built in water slide due to all the water that gets into the basement during rainstorms, we are good to go.
Now onto the next little tidbit, and when I say little I am being facetious, because news doesn't get any bigger than this.
Babyjama learned to use the potty this weekend!!!
I'm convinced totally and completely that she is some kind of genius child. I (like all good mothers) happened to run out of diapers and needed a couple of hours to get them washed and dried on Friday. So I was letting babyjama run around in her waterproof training pants. After about 20 minutes those had been soaked and so she was going au natural. An hour later she was holding herself and wimpering so I put her on the potty. And she just did it. Bam. Peepee. Right in there. I can't tell you how amazed I was. After another 45 minutes I saw her do that little peepee dance again, and it was another successful potty experience.
The one hitch that day was poop and that happened when she hid away in her room for a few minutes. I walked in to see her scrunched up on her belly with her bottom in the air over the rubberized mat that I had put on her bed in case of accidents. And then I saw the turdlets under her bottom and on the mat. I couldn't help but crack up, but she was a little upset to see that those little brown things came out of her.
After this weekend, we're at about 50/50 with times she poops in the potty versus hides away. But she hasn't had a pee accident since Sunday that wasn't sleep related. She's now completely au natural during the day, and wears diapers at night and at nap time. It's glorious, but we also are staying in pretty much all week.
Apparently she was ready.
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5 comments:
Congratulations! That's a huge thing!
HOORAY!!! Both items are extremely exciting!!!!
Congrats! On the house and the potty training!! Sounds like it's been a big week already. Moving while pregnant...done that, it isn't fun, but owning your own home, that makes it all worth it.
If you plan to do a garden at your new house (how fun to say) there's a great book called "Carrots Love Tomatoes" that has great chemical free alternatives. I don't know if you've ever seen it/read it or not. Looking through it again last night and thought of you all.
Hey! Wow! What a week, for all the Jamas! Congrats and best wishes on all fronts. Despite everything, there is great comfort in knowing that the place you make your home is your own. The trick to moving while pregnant: your job is to point. A lot. That goes here, this goes there, etc. No lifting for you. It was actually the easiest move we have had.
Right now, the rain is hitting the roof, Little Man has created a bunker with blankets, Tweenie is drawing manga and tucked in on the couch, in our standard-issue little tract home. And life is good. I wish you all that joy and more in your new home, and many happy potty days to come!
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