it's underwear day!!

i never thought these two sets of words would come out of my mouth...

 "thank GOD for elmo!" 

and 

"wells peed on the potty!!"

we have had quite a ride with the potty training. i vowed not to get stressed out about it...however, last christmas, nina got this potty training video...i remember my sister telling me that she intercepted it from max's gifts so i didn't feel like our mom was pressuring me to get him trained. i was grateful for her doing that because i may have felt bad...like i should have been more "on the ball" with his bathrooming...well, this summer came and went and he was NOT READY. the main thing that stands out to me is his screaming bloody murder when i pulled underwear out of his drawer...he hated it. two weeks ago, he screamed when i put his underwear on OVER his diaper...yikes. again, not ready...all of last week, i would casually mention that saturday was underwear day...he didn't EVER respond to it...he said nothing at all when i brought it up...finally on friday, my sister in law said "is tomorrow 'underwear day'?" she said max had told her that....without fussing...so we went full steam ahead. 

saturday morning came and i took off his soaked dippy and threw it away. i put on the underwear and he said "i'm such a big dog now!" (chris calls him big dog) and we set the clock for 30 minutes....the morning was flying by, we watched elmo's video about the potty....30 minutes really goes by quickly...at about 1030, i bent down to pick something up on the bathroom floor and turned to get max to lift him up and SNAP!!!!! my back "went out"...i wanted to cry sooo badly because the pain just SHOT UP my back and i couldn't stand up....it was terrible...that being said, he decided that was the time to pee on the potty....we were so excited...we both laughed and screamed...it was so exciting. we called chris, he was golfing, and he was so excited too..

he has only had two accidents, that really were my fault...i should have let him use the potty before i did...but i'm almost 7 months pregnant...i really had to go...and then one time the first day after his nap...not bad huh??

im finally on the mend from this back thing....i was such a jerk at work yesterday...i can't believe myself...today was a bit easier...tomorrow i go back to the chiropractor...should be a lot better tomorrow morning...

also, i need to tell you about my sweet, sweet son...he asks to pray several times a day. he loves talking to God. it has boosted my prayer life dramatically. he prays for the baby, he thanks God for construction trucks, and he prayed for an ambulance the other day and thanked God the lights weren't on...meaning everyone was safe in the back....what a babe!!

i'm so proud to be his mum!