Adoption Language

There is a language that I use that is different than the usual mom of 2 children. It rolls off my tongue and I'm not sure how many people catch on or if they think about it later. Two lines that I say often that is different than the bio mom is this:

Whenever I'm relating to when my children entered our family, I do not say "when West was born". I say "when West came home . . . ." A little different if you are paying attention.

A little more humorous that I notice I say-- I said it to the paint store man yesterday-- is when someone says something like "2 boys? Do you have any girls?"

and I respond with "No, but we are thinking about getting one"

Potty training update

For those of you who are cheering Creed on --we've had success - twice! Today, he sat for another hour on the pottie (moved into the kitchen now for mom's sanity), and this time there was victory. He was happy to get a milk dud for his efforts.