Pulled the Band-Aid Off... Sort of...

Potty training, to me, is a bit daunting... maybe it's because I'm a first time mom, or maybe it's all the people who tell me how easy it is or ask "Is she potty trained yet?" Gabby has been going pee and poop a lot on the potty but we always put a diaper on afterwards- this time it's commando, baby! By the way, EVERY Chinese kid is potty trained by now because they walk around with split pants or no pants and pee and poop on the street. Anyway, I digress... so to Chen (our ayi) this is not that big of a deal. On Thursday, I told Chen to just put Gabby in big girl panties (which are too big- dangit) and just go about your day because she needs to learn, pee on herself, etc. On Thursday, Chen told me that she peed her pants but also peed on the big girl potty. Right on. On Friday, she apparently peed on some ayis. Not sure how that happend exactly. I couldn't understand with Chen laughing and covering her mouth- plus, I suck at understanding bad English. Apparently, she peed on some ayis, though, and it was really funny. On Saturday, she peed on the towel when she was watching TV BUT pooped on the potty afterwards. Awesome. Of course, Travis and I kept asking her if she had to go and she finally said okay. One thing that sucks about China is that you can't easily find normal restrooms, so I put a diaper on her when we went grocery shopping. Is that bad? I know you're supposed to be consistent but she played on a bouncy castle and I had visions of pee going everywhere... what if she pooped again! AH! On Sunday, she missed the toilet and pooped on Travis. I also think she got gluten because her poop was a bit runny- I wish there was a way to check without paying an obscene amount. I love her so much, though. She offically knows her ABC's, still hates the number 5, but is talking up a storm.

Something fun! We bought a toddler seat for the back of my bike, so I can take her places. I'm super stoked to take her to the store or whatever this weekend. She loves it too! I'll have to send video or something.

All in all, another fine weekend with awesome weather. We went swimming on Saturday and Sunday but still haven't gotten the house totally organized. We really need new curtains but I don't know how long we'll be here... We've been asking people if they're staying next year and almost everybody is... living here is comfortable, there are no jobs in the States, there are direct flights, we love our ayi, etc. but T wants an Administrative job and I want to support that, so we'll see... we have a lot to talk about.