That's how you know you are a parent.....

Do you remember when you first started dating your spouse and you would leave them love notes or send them sweet text messages through the day? Well, a lot of things change after you get married. Even though the "honeymoon" is over in my marriage and we are well into almost 9 years of marriage, 11 years of being together, I still try to send messages to my husband every single day. However, our messages lately have confirmed one thing.......we are most certainly parents.

We have been really working hard to get Talent to poop in the potty. He has serious fears when it comes to pooping. It's because pooping has always been painful for him. We've tried medicines, we have tried suppositories, and right now we are about to the end of our rope. So, at the advice of a friend, we are trying potty training. So far, he's not doing too bad. But what has made me laugh is that when Talent goes on the potty during the day and Seth isn't here, I still text him to let him know what happened. Our texts have gone from these sweet "I love you's" to "YAY! He pooped in the potty!!" in what seems like an instant. I guess that's how you know you are officially a parent.

It always makes me laugh to go back through and see these text messages about the potty. It's not something I ever thought I would be sending text messages to my husband about while he's working. And it definitely isn't something I would ever expect him to reply to with, "YAY! Was he proud?" and then have him follow that with a phone call to congratulate our son. I must say, I can't take the credit for this potty training thing at all. My husband has taken this and just gone with it. He's been the one to enforce it. He's been the strong one with the patience to sit in the bathroom on the toilet next to Talent and hold his little hand for an hour if that's what it takes. Tonight when he came home he told Talent just how proud he was of him for going in the potty. Talent reached up and gave his Daddy a high five and said, "I e e  potty! I DID IT!" in this excited little voice! He loves for his Daddy to be proud of him.

I have never been more proud of this man I married. He's the most amazing husband and dad. I don't think I could have asked for a more perfect person to parent with. I'm glad I have him to text these tiny victories to. I'm even more grateful that he is just as excited about them as I am. Even though our texting has changed from lovey dovey to toilet victories, we love this new adventure and all of the craziness it brings.