It's been a while

Sorry, i suck as a blogger. But you knew that.

A lot and not a lot has happened in the last month. Our adoption decree was actually signed by the judge this time, and paperwork has started trickling in about new insurance plans and whatnot. Hopefully soon there will be birth certificates, social security cards, etc.

i've been going a little (a lot) insane with Christmas shopping. i keep telling myself "This is the last year you can spoil her like this!" But i know i will anyway lol.

i think we're getting really close to potty learning. We sort of are, just somewhat slowly. It started with another diaper rash about a week or two ago (she gets rashes anytime poop sits on the skin, and in this case she must have pooped in the car and then taken a long nap that started in the car), and we had her go pants-less for most of a week. We bought a froggy potty chair but she kept taking the bowl out and then peeing/pooping in it. i think the handles on the side of the bowl stick out in an uncomfortable way. Anyway, we now have the biggest Bjorn potty which she uses pretty well but she still likes the regular potty with the insert. Most of the time when i get home from work she wants to be pants-less again, and honestly she's doing really really well. Some days she has 1 accident (out of 3 or 4 "incidents") but less and less, and asks for potty with Alan and our nanny frequently. i've been looking for some training pants and such and plan to have her spend a lot of naked time the week after Christmas when i'm off and Alan is off all but one day.