Breakthrough!

I think we might finally be getting somewhere on the potty training! Grace and I have both apparently reached our "zen" place, and Grace is kind of taking over and figuring it out. We dropped all the stickers, all the treats, all the timers, and just went for basics. Grace, in panties, free to roam. Oh, and the promise of pizza for dinner once she got her poop in the potty :) Well tonight we are having pizza!!! She just went and did it, on her own, no sitting on the potty for 45 minutes reading books or watching potty training videos. I was blown away! I am so proud of her!!! And relieved that we didn't have to put off going to kindergarten because she was still in diapers :) You start to worry about these things....

One silly kid

Wow, two posts in one night. Tonight, I'm playing with pictures, which I actually haven't done for a long, long time. Just downloaded Picasa and tried their collage tool. Kind of fun. Viv makes the silliest faces. I can't believe how grown up she seems all of a sudden. And I have to say.... thank goodness for Spring! This winter felt like it would never end.

Blossoms

I took a couple of shots today of myself and Viv. Partly because I don't think I have any of the two of us since she was in the hospital. But also in honor of: 1. Viv's 8 month birthday 2. Me being 1/2 way through pregnancy (note the bump/pooch) 3. The 3 days a year this tree in our front yard is not an eyesore.

One of my many fears

Clarification

Rob says the question I actually needed to ask was "Would you wear that shirt out of the house?" then he amended it to "Would you make this a wardrobe staple?"

Also, FYI, I am mortified at how many people have been reading the beaver post to their husbands! I was only picturing women as my audience. But I'm glad people find it funny and not just offensive :)

Informal survey

For $2.24 would you keep this shirt? Be honest now, this is very important :)

The Urologist's Wife

The girls and I were at a Match Day party a couple of weeks ago, and one of the other residents asked where Rob was. I (kind of sarcastically) said I would give him 3 guesses. He aptly replied, "Oh, he's looking at people's private parts." So there it is, laid bare! I usually don't think about the fact that that is what my husband does all day, and he himself has acknowledged that it is pretty surreal. But it's true.

So I know people are wondering why anyone would choose Urology. Well, once you get over the whole "looking at private parts" thing, it's really a great field. Considering the other bodily functions that doctors have to deal with, urine is really not that bad. I mean, it's really just yellow water. Warm yellow water :) Patients are generally healthy, with a specific problem that the doc can fix and send them on their very merry and grateful way. And Rob really has the right personality for making people feel comfortable when dealing with potentially embarassing problems. After residency, the lifestyle will be good. And he likes that his time will be pretty well divided between seeing people in his office and going to the operating room. So now you know!

And this brings me to a point. Somehow, we got talking about "private parts" (it happens pretty often around here), and Rob informed me of what I think is a wacky trend. This is probably just revealing myself for the true fuddy-duddy that I am--you, my informed and hip readers, may have already embraced this trend. Apparently, all the young ladies these days are shaving "down there". Not just the bikini shave, but BALD. Beaver free. I think this is sick and wrong, not to mention bizarre. The only reasons I can think of to do this are bad ones. So have I been living under a rock, or is this normal? Just wondering.