A few different topics

Happiest Baby On the Block

For the past 2 nights Aubrey has slept for 7 hours straight!!!! Then I feed her and she goes back to bed for a few more hours, it is AMAZING!  I don't think my body is used to this much sleep because when I put her back to bed in the morning I can't seem to go back to sleep weather its 5 or 6 AM and I find myself doing housework just so I can stay on top of things, how is that fair that everyone is sleeping and I am working?!? Oh well, life as a Mommy right?

So I think part of the reason she is sleeping more at night is because she is awake more during the day and the formula she switched to is helping her so much!!! Another reason is because I read the Happiest Baby On the Block, it gives you several techniques to calm a baby, but my friend Paige (who just had a baby a month ago) brought over the actual DVD of the Dr, who wrote the book.  It actually SHOWS you the techniques, and I am more of a visual learner so it really helped.  I learned how to swaddle Aubrey SUPER tight so her arms don't wake her up and boy oh boy does it work!  Anybody who just or is having a baby really should check out the DVD, or the book for that matter.  It has helped me so much

 Cheetah Girls...OK so I am a little obsessed with animal print, but I openly admit to it so that makes it OK right?  The funny thing is, I could have been wearing my own Cheetah print shirt as well.

Another awesome book that I have been reading is called Potty Training Boys the easy way This book has given me some amazing tips on how to potty train a little boy...According to this book Tyler might not be quite ready in the Mental aspect of it, but the Physical he is ready...I do however think I am going to keep working with him because during one of our "sessions" when we had nothing on his bottom he started to go number 2 so I plopped him down on the potty and he went! YAY!!! He was so excited when I cheered for him that I think it could of helped motivate him more, I also gave him some M&Ms and he was in heaven.  I let him flush them down and he said "bye bye poopies" he ended up flushing the toilet over and over but that's OK.  As long as he knows what the toilet is for, I am making him a Potty Chart and bought some gold stars so that can be another reward system.  This may take days, weeks, or even months but I am not going to lose my cool, its just another wonderful part of being a Mommy! 

"bye bye poopies!" (sorry Mom, I had to put this one up, his butt is just too cute!)

On to another subject...ME! HAHA So I have been on Weight Watchers since a couple weeks after Aubrey was born and I have lost 35 lbs...I still have 15 more pounds to go and I feel like I am at a diet plateau because I am already eating the lowest amount of points that you can (and still be healthy verses starving yourself) I am getting a little frustrated with it because on the old points system it was so easy for me to lose weight and not have to do anything exercise wise. Well I know that I need to work out, and I actually WANT to work out, but I have NO TIME at all to myself...I can't wait to start going for more walks until Aubrey is old enough when I join the gym...They take them at 6 weeks old but I just am not ready to have someone watch her who I have no clue who they are...Trust issues, it doesn't help that either of my kids have never been in daycare (other than the 2 short months Tyler was when he was a baby forever ago) so I just am not used to leaving the kids with ANYONE but my own Mother! Anyways wish me luck on losing this weight! I have a dress that I want to fit into by May for a wedding we are going to!

Another thing that has been bothering me is my hair...I am at an in between length and I don't know if I should just cut it, or stick with it and grow it long again...I like my hair both ways, my husband likes it long. I feel cuter with it short, but prettier with it long...LOL I know, my problems are SO hard! (sarcasm) anyways here are a couple pictures...and I want opinions!

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Alright, I guess this blog has turned into a long one so I will wrap it up, we are leaving for the Water Park tomorrow and I am SO excited but a little sad to leave Aubrey for the first time over night. She will be with my Mom so I KNOW she is in great hands, but you all know how it is...you just miss your baby! I can't wait until she is old enough to go to things like this with us!! :) Will be posting how it was soon! Have a GREAT weekend everyone!