in the waiting… as usual.

so, no baby yet.  but i had like three due dates, so whatev.  it wll get here when it gets here.  and then there will be excitement and no sleeping and craziness and wonder and beauty.  i’m still looking forward to it. : )

in other news, here’s some updatery for you, in short form because we’re naked potty training ransom and i am often called to dump the potty after many mini pees.

x. naked potty training is brilliant.  kind of awkward, but brilliant.  he wears a shirt, at least, because it’s cold in our house and we’re not that mean, but it is still disconcerting sometimes to see a small half-naked person running around my house.  but we’ve only had one single accident (gnarly poop… he’d been keeping it in all day long, my stubbon little guy…), and from it he learned and we’ve had no trouble ever since.  everything else has gone right into the potty.  awesome.

x. if potty training chatter bugs you, sorry.  it’s kind of a big deal when you’re a parent.  just skip down a few bulletpoints and you’ll be fine.

x. apparently transitioning to underwear is the hard part.  hasn’t treated us well so far.  mostly the kid doesn’t get the concept of underwear in general–how to wear it, how to pull it up and down, why it is necessary to pull it up and down, why we don’t use underwear like a diaper, etc.  we’ll just enjoy the at-home naked potty time for now.  doesn’t bother me any that he’s still in dipes when we go out.  better than dipes all the time.  and a lot cheaper.  yes.

x. avery sits on the potty, too.  but with clothes on.  when i have a whole lot more patience, we’ll work with her as well.  i don’t think she will take nearly as long to catch on…

x. avery can now walk.  by herself.  and does.  just not often.  she prefers to crawl or walk while barely holding someone’s finger.  she’s always been funny about new things.  i’m just glad she can do it.  especially since she’s almost 15 months old.  yep.

x. avery also eats real food.  that has been interesting.  it’s the first bite that’s the beast.  if we can get a bite of real food into her mouth, it’s smooth sailing from there…  just a pain in the butt to get that first bite in to a moving target with pursed lips.  funny girl…

x. so, i think other than doing the advent wreath this year, i might stink at doing christmas stuff again.  i am hoping this is not true as in my mind i want to have a house all decked out in fresh evergreen branches and wreathes and cinnamon-smelly pinecones and beautiful rich colors, just like home was when i was growing up.  i want to have my tree up before three days to christmas this year.  i want to actually send the cousins and brothers and grandparents their christmas packages (we had them packed and ready to go last year, just didn’t ever make it to the post office with them and the cookies enclosed wouldn’t have been worth sending anymore.  total fail.).  we’ll see how it goes, but man i sure hope i at least do something productive in the name of Jesus this year (absolutely no pun intended… i meant that full-well).

x. i have a mild peppermint obsession.  okay, so it’s more than mild.  but it’s only out of control when i have access.  and silly me, i bought a bag of sweet stripes puffy peppermints at target the other day.  i’ve probably eaten half the bag all by myself already.  i could eat them all day long.  so refreshing…  mmm…

x. darin is working mid-shifts until after the baby gets here in order to always be able to leave if i go into labor.  mid-shifts are really not my cup of tea.  i feel like we never see each other because he leaves an hour after we get up in the morning and comes home after dark.  this baby needs to get here so i can give my husband more than a high five on his way out the door in the a.m and a super-late dinner before bed.

x. in other news, God is good.  all the time.  it’s true.  amen.

x. made a chocolate cheesecake filled with trader joe’s version of oreos two day ago.  we’ve all but obliterated it by this morning.  sweets are a problem in his house.  i’ll admit it.  but at least i’m really good at making them.  yes.  and though it sounds like i make a lot, i really don’t.  maybe like one or two things a week.  and in small batches, generally, or i will at least have darin eat the bulk of them so i don’t get myself into trouble.  right-o.  still a problem…  yeah…  we’ll work on it later.

x. they played christmas music on our christian radio station on halloween this year and for one solid day of driving, i was a very happy girl.  i love christmas music.  yes, yes i do.  and i’m really looking forward to hearing it more often soon.

x. i miss kansas city.  we’ve had the prayer room on a lot at bedtime to help the kids fall asleep and to watch weekend services and i just really miss that place.  and the people.  and the lifestyle.  and i know this is where God has us for now, but i sure do long for the day of Jesus’ return so i can be back in his courts for all eternity, worshipping, praising, and blessing his name.  it’s going to be awesome.  and going to last forever.  even better.

x. so, we took a slew of pictures a few days ago to send to family and so i have some good (and goofy) ones to share here as well.  here they are in closing, as i need to go deal with a poop-filled potty, apparently.  awesome.  enjoy (the pictures. not the potty…):

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