A Day to Be Celebrated

Something happened today.

Something amazing.

Something that I never thought could 

make me so very happy.

And it's something that should be celebrated.

There are a lot of firsts for 

babies.

First smile.

First laugh.

First roll over.

First blowout poopy diaper.

It seems an age since Kale

had a "first".

But today, he had one.

An epic one.

Today, after 4 frustrating days of 

potty training,

Kale pooped in the toilet,

and none of it started in his

underwear.

Now, I am not stupid enough

to think that he will

forever poop in the toilet

and I will never wash

another pair of gross undies.

But this is a victory

nonetheless.

Is the potty training still super frustrating?

Absolutely.

Kale is doing this thing right 

now where he says he has to go potty

so I take him,

and he does nothing.

So we leave,

and then 30 seconds later,

very urgently,

says he has to go potty.

It has taken me 20 minutes to write

the above because of this

lovely little routine of his.

I think that if this was my life ever

day for eternity - 

in the middle of writing the previous sentence,

Kale pooped his pants.

Well, 

that was short-lived.

It was my fault.

He told me, 

for the 7th time,

that he had to go potty.

But I was writing this thrilling stuff

and was annoyed that 

he was only gonna sit there

for a few seconds and hop 

right back off.

I had time.

So, he started pooping.

Boy, did he show me.

And now, he hasn't said 

he has to go potty again.

Guess I'm learning

as much as he is.

I refuse to lose my optimism.

Otherwise, I'll give up and 

put him back in diapers until he's 

in Kindergarten.

So, to end on a happy note,

take a look at the 

pictures we took to celebrate his

earlier poop in the toilet.

Kale's poop coincided with 

the filling up of his

sticker potty chart.

So, he got one of his big prizes

which was this shirt:

 You don't want to be 

in the way when

his laser goes off.

And his reward for pooping

in the toilet was

ice cream.

Which he loved.

And wanted more.

 

 

He was just as excited to take

pictures as he was

to eat the ice cream.

This is his "cheese" face:

 

All in all,

it's been a good day.

It's all new to me

and I am finding just how

very impatient and selfish 

I really am.

I love Kale more than anything.

But I will love him more

than infinity when 

he's completely 

potty trained.