potty training day one.

We got serious. big girl panties, the whole schnoogle. There is a potty board on the fridge, she gets to put a star sticker every time she pees in the potty. Once she fills it up (16 squares) then hubby is going to take her to go buy a fish tank. Then another 16 squares, and she gets a fish. :) I think it is a good idea, and seems to be working. What worked for us even more is stashing her diapers. They are not in the normal place, and she has a choice in the morning to go naked or wear big girl panties. She chose the panties. :)

So far today, I have set the timer on the stove for 40 minute intervals and she has made all but 3, one huge accident in hubbys side of the closet (giggle) and one semi accident int he front room and a slight slip at 20 minutes into her 40, but she made it to the potty. She is doing soo good and totally gets it. I think I am grounding us at home this week and next and then we will conquer the real world :)

for fuck's sake...

i just wrote a hugely long post, and it didn't happen.

good lord.

Single friends

Now that I am married, it isn't like i took a pill that made me forget what it was like to be single.

I have a friend, she is single. It is the weirdest thing ever. We don't talk much anymore ~ and I am positive it is b/c I have a life that she would like for herself - not necessarily my life, but aspects of it.

We used to be close, but she has made super hurtful comments lately about me and my kiddos and kinda flirts with my hubby - not to mention that she asked him to go to a brewery with her and not me (WTF?!?) Hubby isn't going (damn skippy!) but it was SUPER WEIRD that I wasn't asked. She comes here this week and reprimends my daughter - (again - WTF?!) She has seen her three times - if I seriously think that my dd is in dire need of a reprimend, I will do it. I don't know why she thinks it is cool to reprimend my daughter for blowing her nose, not getting dressed on time, staying up too late, ragging on her for potty training...I just don't understand. If she were someone whom I shared trials and tribulations with (ie: a good friend whom also has a kiddo the same age as dd) I wouldn't mind it. but she doesn't, and she also doesn't hear about problems that i have with my dd, and she also doesn't even know that I am really not potty training right now b/c we tried this week and she had a complete anxiety attack/melt down every time we go around a potty -

but she asked my hubby to go somewhere 2 hours away from us w/o asking me if i wanted to go. she and i went to school together, she only met my hubby when we started dating a few years ago. I feel very confused with my feelings on her, and i have been confused for a few years now.

some days i wish there was a book on how to handle certain situations as since i am a sahm, i find more and more that i don't wish to deal with things like this. maybe my focus on life has changed with children, who knows. but this type of behaviour is CRAZY, unnecessary and well, rude. but my type A has turned into a passive whatever else type is totally passive and i just would rather run away than deal with it.

am i nuts?

it's been awhile..

this having two kid thing and a schedule is for people wiht a masters degree apparently :) I just can't get the hang of it - but things are plugging along and seem to be working.

The business is doing well - I have 7 - YES SEVEN!! - clients that I am thrilled to have. I LOVE what I am doing (designing shirts and stationery) I am getting ready to launch another photography service so stay tuned :)

Lil man is sleeping through the night! I can't believe it, but then again, my first was sleepign through the night at 4 weeks too so this shouldn't be a surprise. I guess I am more in shock that I can get two WONDERFUL children that let me sleep :) (and a huge shout out to all moms who don't get any.....I am very very sorry)

E is doing well - she is cutting teeth, which isn't always pleasant, but we are slowly getting back on our schedule (classes, playdates, etc) and her attitude is slowly improving. I hope that she is ready b/c on monday her 'diapiers' are being taken away. I have a feeling that this is going to be a very traumatic event. We are staying home this week and working on potty training. She is so ready, but I just needed to get up the will power to be consistent and frequent. And we can do that this coming week. So wish us well as I will probably post either 'hey it worked' or omg, forget this and i will wait until she dictates the schedule. lol.

Oh yea, and I am starting weight watchers on monday - officially. well, not officially with them, but officially at home. I have 5 more to loose before i am pre pg weight with #2 and 20 to lose for #1 (thank you oncologist for not letting me lose weight with numero uno)

Anywhoo - that's bout all for us :) HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE.

Random Thoughts for a Tuesday night...

Oh my. I am feeling overwhelmed. I LOVE LOVE LOVE having two children. I love their smiles, yawns, even their whining - especially when they do it at the same time LOL. But what I love even more are photos like this:

I am thrilled to have two children, but can't seem to find a schedule. One or the other always needs something. Or is crying. Or smacked their head. or something. LOL. I am sure it will come and I am not worried about that, but sheesh!! Poor lil man is going through a "Don't you dare put me down" phase and my sassy sally is going through a typical toddler phase. I love it - don't get me wrong, but some days it makes me very tired :)

Hubby is at a conference, and my sassy sally can't sleep in her own bed. Which cracks me up - and warms my heart at the same time. So, we are having a slumber party in our bed. (there is more room when hubby isn't here lol) She has always been such an intuitive person, and a part of me thinks that she thinks I am lonely in bed by myself. Apparently when we were in the hospital with lil man, she slept with hubby and then when we got home, she went right back to her bed. I *swear* she is smarter than us.

I sorted through the land of plastic toys today. We are boxing up two 30 gal tubs and rotating the toys - I think that this is the only way that we will be able to contain the crap when we put this place back on the market. I have almost got their room done, and their bathroom done, and my next task is our bathroom - we seem to have a ton of their crap in our room - I just don't get how clutter pro-creates, but I am sure that one day I will figure it out. Like her books - how come we have so many? How come they are all shapes and sizes and don't fit on a shelf very well? If anyone out there has any ideas on how to get my books organized, I would greatly appreciate it.

I am starting weight watchers as soon as I get my butt in gear. I am hoping that will be this week. I might need to consult some WW gurus as my WW knowledge has slipped in the past 3 years. I have almost lost all the baby weight from my lil man (have 5 more lbs to go) but I want to lose a total of 25 more by the end of August. I think that is a fairly reasonable goal, and that would get me back to pre-marriage weight, which would make me VERY happy. And then I told hubby that as my reward, he can happily take my butt to the jewelry store and buy me a very nice diamond to wear on my right hand LOL. OR he can upgrade my diamond. I know that sounds selfish, but I really want a right hand ring - and this is a good incentive and that way I can justify spending money on my other hand if I am acutally doing something for it - not that being a SAHM isn't doing something, :) but well, you know what i mean.

That's enough rambling for one evening *giggle*