Potty Training and Training Mommy

So I started potty training Briel this month it has been about two weeks and it's still kind of hit and miss. I have to ask her if she needs to go potty and sometimes make her sit down and try most times. Then other times she'll stop and say she needs to go potty all on her own. She seems to better when she's in a dress with no underwear but that's not real conducive to being out and about. Here she is in one of the new dresses we bought her. We've had several accidents one involving an incident in a Home Depot store. Yuck! Over all she's doing really well. I always tell her I'm proud of her when she goes, so now when she's done she'll stand up and say "I'm so proud of you mommy" and wait for me to tell her I'm proud of her, it's cute.

On the Xander front he's becoming quite the character. He's taking to whining when he gets really tired but he sounds more like a screeching baby raptor. People worry that he's in pain but he just really needs a nap. Quite dramatic! (and people say girls are bad) Mostly he is a very happy, laid back boy which is nice since Briel is bounce off the walls crazy most days. He likes to stick his blanket in his mouth then look at you and smile. I'm not sure why he does this but it makes me laugh every time he does. He loves to do things to get my attention. The other day he was crying so I picked him up but I guess I didn't look him in the eye or something because he kept fake crying so stopped and asked him what was wrong and he just started laughing at me. I think I'm being schooled by my 6 month old, I'm in trouble.

We excited about spring so we can get back out side and play (Briel asks to go to the zoo almost everyday.) We also can't wait to get out garden started we'll be adding artichokes this year so were looking forward to seeing how those work out in this state.

Great Photographer

I was really upset when i heard Kiddie Kanddis was going out of business. They were the only studio photographer that i liked that gave you a disk of the pictures (which is all i really care about) because lets face it you never know what pictures your going to need and when you'll need them. So for me having the disk is the only way it's worth spending the money. In my dilemma of trying to find someone else I was directed to check out www.marykimphotography.com. She turned out to have exactly what I was looking for. For 60 bucks she will take pic's for an hour, hour-and-a-half, and give you all the pic's on high res disk. She will print the pics as well if you want her to. I decided to give her a try and was very happy with the results. She will even go on location for a small fee. I will defiantly be returning to her again. Check out her website. Here are some of the pictures we got

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Sweets + one VS. losing weight

So Sweets had help this week form it's evil side kick Aunt Flow. This evil combination is too strong and I had to have chocolate. Luckily Sweets can only have it's evil side kick only a short time each month so this week Sweets won the battle but I'm sure i will win the war. I did discover that having a a whole package of Graham Crackers with Nuttella before bed it not good for heartburn. So I found an important weakness ha ha ha. It's a slippery slope however one bad day turns into a bad weekend and then bleeds into a bad week so today I'm getting off the slide and back to the diet, i hope.

To be continued...

Losing Weight

Ok I have decided to tell the world that I'm trying to lose weight, in hopes that it will keep me honest (or on track or some nonsense). I'm not going on a diet I am trying for a life style change. I am trying to eat unprocessed foods. This means I will eat nothing with the word "hydrogenated starch hydrolyse" or anything that sounds like that. If I don't know what it is then I'm not going to eat it, for the most part:). I really want to lose the weight that I've been carrying around since I had Briel. So here we go. I have been at it for two weeks so far and I have lost about 10lbs so I have had encouraging results.

I am told that by eating healthy I will eventually lose my desire to eat sweets, and to "them" I say a big BS. Here entered my nemesis: Sugar. I love sweets, really LOVE them. I have my favorites (chocolate cake) but really I like way too many of the confections that are out there. So here starts the superhuman battle, Living Healthy vs. Sweets

To be Continued...