Big Day!

Alright, so there’s the obvious reason that this is a big day for everyone (uhh…the presidential thing) and then there’s an additional reason for the Christison crew. While being all wrapped up in the CNN hoopla of swearing in our first African American president, Hunter sat on his potty. Mesmerized by the crowd and all of the excitement, he didn’t mind sitting on the potty for an unusual length of time. I suppose he forgot he was there. This led to his first entirely diaper-free day. Yay!!! I never considered a prolonged exposure to news media a means of potty training, but sure enough it did the trick. Even after we turned off the TV and went upstairs to color Barack coloring sheets and discuss how he and Hannah Jane have the same favorite president (albeit for slightly different reasons), he slipped downstairs on his own to go potty. Proudly he announced that he had done it all by himself.

So while there are many seemingly more important reasons to celebrate President Obama today, for us it is that he somehow inspired Hunter to part with his diaper for the whole day.

Hannah jane got so into the whole thing. She excitedly stood by the TV and said, “Momma! Take my picture with Obama so I don’t forget I was here!” And of course once I did, Hunter and Haven both demanded the same. I suppose they will make cute pictures for the baby box. Hannah Jane has spent enormous amounts of time pouring over Abraham Lincoln books and movies and whenever she heard the correspondents say anything about his Bible or the emancipation Proclamation she would jump up and yell, “Did you hear that?!?! I know about that!” She felt sad for ole W as he got on the helicopter, saying that she hopes he finds a better job since he lost his. Crack me up! I suppose job hunting is a subject near and dear to our hearts right now. And she wants a dress just like Melia’s. Hunter just sat happily on the potty, only getting up for his photo-op with Mr. President. Every now and them he’d let out a little, “Bama!”

All of this comes as a surprise to me since Joe and I both rode the fence to the very end and never really talked up one candidate over the other. Both seemed to be decent choices in different areas. Hannah jane used to write letters to Sara Palins saying, “Have good hunting, Sara Palin” and funny stuff like that. I suppose she either gets more easily caught up in things than I ever did as a child, or she is just better informed than I was. Either way, it’s great to have a kid who doesn’t mind watching Ahmedinijad (spelling?) give a speech and who will happily watch a vice presidential debate. She knows more at 5 than I did at 25.

Anyway, it was a big day for all!