It's all mine fault!

I took M to the doctor last week. I was worried that potty training had given her a UTI.  M would NOT give the doctor a urine sample. shocking, I know! Then the doctor sat down and asked if we'd had any big changes lately like going back to work.

ummm... yeah.

She then told me to back off toilet training completely until M tells me she'd ready and gave me some handouts.  A week later, I'm reading the handouts.

I'm such a good mom.

One has a list of do's and don'ts to prevent toilet training problems.  Here are the don'ts:

DON'T:

Don't try to start teaching your child to use the toilet when he is in a stubborn or negative phase.
Don't use any kind of punishment or pressure. guilty
Don't force your child to sit on a potty chair or keep him on it against his will. guilty
Don't flush the toilet while your child is sitting on it.
Don't lecture or remind your child. guilty
Avoid friction about using the toilet. guilty
Avoid battles or showdowns about using the toilet. guilty
Don't try to control what you can't control. guilty
Never escalate your response, you will always lose. guilty
Don't appear overconcerned about this normal body function. Be casual and relaxed during your child's learning process. guilty
When your child begins to use the toilet, don't expect perfection. Some accidents will probably occur for months.

C. R. A. P.

The good news is that I WAS doing okay on the do's list as well. I apparently don't know what the heck I'm doing!  And so she's spent the last week having some accidents and varying between panties and pullups and diapers.  And thus the princess potty diaries will continue... on and on and on and on!

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mmm... baby!

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You have got to try this!

I was the cook for Tobler Sunday dinner... being that it was just our little fam and Sam. It was a nice quiet Sunday complete with a long nap for all of us!

I heart DVR!

Is it bad that one of the things I love about living here is my parents' DVR?  I love watching what I want when I want... that is, can! Especially when SEC basketball interrupts "Lost"!  or when M asks about the guy that's dying on "Law & Order" and I don't get to watch it live.  

I love "Lost"!!! I love the characters, the story, the twists, the irony and intertwining plots!  I am a Sawyer fan. I'm going to be really mad if Kate returning makes him do something really awful to Juliet.  I love the new guy who can "see dead people"- he gets all the best lines after Sawyer!  I love the island!

My Dad has gotten me hooked on the "Ghost Whisperer" since we moved here.  Once you get past the fact that Jennifer Love Hewitt wears super-dressy, often-revealing outfits to run around dealing with ghosts and that her eyelashes can NOT be real, you can really get sucked in. And I have. I like that not every episode is scary but some are and the cool ideas that they come up with.  

Now here's where my cheeks get red and I duck my head a bit to admit that my Mom has gotten me totally hooked on "Charmed"! It's not on TV anymore but it's on TNT every morning and afternoon and well, I watch it almost every morning and/or afternoon.  Oh, I soooo need to be spending my time better!  And you want to talk revealing clothing! The three witches on this show fight demons in skin-tight, skimpy clothing!  It is cheesy and hokey and I'm hooked!  

So between all those shows (among the many others that I watch now and then), it's no wonder my room is a mess! 

proof!

Poor LG! She truly has no pictures of her compared to the hundreds we have of M! As soon as I posted about her sitting up, I was on a mission to take a good picture of her doing it.  So here she is in all her glory! Sitting up, playing with toys and giggling at Mom!

She also recently discovered that her toes are permanent toys that never go away and are fun to suck on!

And here is my little bird.  I took some video of her at dinner yesterday eating.  It cracks me up.  She sits there with her mouth wide open and if we don't shovel it in fast enough, she growls at us!  And rocks back and forth in her chair, she's so excited to eat.  I love it! I'll upload another video of the bird pose later.... or send it directly to Grace and Grandma Jan because they're probably the only ones who want to see it! :)

She sits up!

I don't have any pictures yet, but she's sitting up and it's soooo cute!  She sat on the pew at church almost the whole time, just playing with her toys! She is such a big girl!

Unfriended

I'm having a pity party for myself.

I think I'm a friendly person.  

I'm easily intimidated by others and I am intimidating (so they say) to some others.  So I still have to work on being better at this.

I am trying to be a better listener.

I'm trying to keep in touch, especially since we moved twice in the last year!

but I still don't think I deserved to be "unfriended". cause yes, some people do notice and yes, they will be insulted.  

so, if you're on the list that thinks I've been a crappy friend, please be patient with me.  because I really am working on it.