Archive for May 2013
She goes where?!
Posted on: May 31, 2013
Ok.. so something happened within the last few weeks and it’s been almost impossible to get M to use her Elmo potty..
She was doing so well, keeping a diaper dry for most of the day..
But suddenly.. it stopped after her whole constipation issue.. since then it has been absolutely impossible to get her on the potty.
It got to the point where she would actually kind of whine and cry every time I tried to sit her down on it.
I would cater to her little whim of removing all her clothes when she would sit on the potty.. but no success..
I figured it was because she was watching a video or playing a game, so I would physically show her that I would pause the video or put her toy to the side so that she would know it was waiting for her to come back.. no success..
Then.. I tried something..
I decided to take the potty OUT of the bathroom and into the living room.. maybe a change of scenery would help..
And it did!
I don’t know why I tried a different room.. and in hindsight, I should have just tried to use the other bathroom.. but I was desperate and took the potty to the closest area I could find..
We started it this weekend and it’s actually worked well.. she’s told me several times that she’s wanted to go potty to poop.. and we’ve been pretty successful about catching her before she wets her diaper..
I’m going to slowly move the potty back towards the bathroom, but I will make it a slow process to make sure she gets used to the potty again..
Has anyone else done this??
I promise that I will not let her go to the potty in the living room if anyone is over to visit.. hee hee!
“Ah found it!”
Posted on: May 30, 2013
M has been having fun discovering the joys of Youtube videos. She totally knows how to navigate from one video to the next.
It’s actually quite surprising how she can get from Mother Goose Club videos to Mickey Mouse videos to her Masha and the Bear videos to phonics song videos.. and she hardly asks for help.
She is also very proud of her navigation skills. We often hear her saying, “Ah found it” when she comes across a video she is familiar with.
“Minnie! Ah found it!”
“A club, ah found it!”
“Doc! Ah found it!”
“Masha beah, ah found it!”
The cutest part about it all is that she has to physically come to my side to tell me she found it.
I can be all the way across the room from her and she will walk through everything just to come up to me, look me in the eyes, and tell me, “Ah found it!”
She’s got the look of such pride and joy in finding her video.
In fact, it’s not always a video.. it can be a toy she found in one of her bins, or a picture of a character in one of her coloring books.. anything she finds, she loves to proudly proclaim that she found it.
You can’t help but feel so excited for her! She found it!
5 years…
Posted on: May 29, 2013
This past weekend marked Hubby and my 5 year anniversary.
In April, we celebrated the 5 year anniversary of our 1st date, but in May was when we became an official couple.
Five years has flown by so fast. Ever since we started dating, it seems like our lives just moved in warp speed. Within 5 years, we started dating.. got married.. had a kid.. wow!
I know I say this every anniversary.. but I still can’t believe the turn of events that have occurred since we started dating. It’s been blessings all the time!
We’ve had lots of ups.. some downs.. and surprisingly, rarely any tears (knock on wood!). It’s been an adventure that I hope continues to be as fun and loving as it is..
We didn’t do much for our anniversary.. honestly, we both kind of forgot about it (it was on Friday.) and just went along with our regular day-to-day… we only realized what the date was that night.. by then it was really too late to do anything..
We did get to spend a wonderful weekend together as a little family (recap here) and made some wonderful memories.
Here’s to another five years.. and another five years.. and another.. and another.. and another after that!
I love you, Hubby!!
Memorial Day 2013 Recap
Posted on: May 28, 2013
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This past weekend was a loooong overdue 3-day weekend.
I cherish these weekends so much because it gives me one extra day to spend it all with my family.. I love being woken up by M instead of having to sneek out of the bed in the early hours of morning, hoping that I don’t wake her up.. but that issue is a whole different blog post for another day…
The weekend started off like any normal Saturday.. we slept in.. and stayed in bed for as long as M will allow.. Hubby made breakfast and while M ate, we did a major clean up of the apartment.. another long overdue task..
After lunch, I wanted to take M out.. either to the playground or the pool.. I was debating which place to take her, but the minute she heard “pool” her mind was made up to go there..
She’s such a waterbaby and LOVES the pool. We have one of those shaded floaters for her, but she’s discovered that it’s so much fun to swim around without it. She prefers daddy carrying her in the water now..
We stayed there for about 30-45 minutes because it’s always soooo hard to get her out of the pool.. then we took a shower and before we were even able to get her dressed.. she fell asleep!
The day was pretty lazy from then on..
Sunday, we decided to go to Balboa Park and visit a museum.. initially, Hubby and I wanted to go to the Museum of Man and look at the Torture exhibit, but they said that it wasn’t suitable for children. We’ll probably go back when we can find the time to leave M with grandparents to check the exhibit out..
We settled on the Natural History Museum because my cousin recently went there and said there was a pretty cool dinosaur display. The dinosaurs acutally moved!!! Pretty exciting stuff. M liked some of the dinosaurs but was a little scared of the moving T-rex.. who wouldn’t be?
She had so much fun with all the interactive exhibits. I’m so glad she has the opportunities to go to such places. We all have so much fun as a family.
We stumbled upon an international food festival while we were there and we had to go. We bought M a slice of pizza and Hubby and I enjoyed about 3 entrees from 3 different countries. M ended up liking my paella, so instead of her pizza (which she was about half-way through with at this point) she ate my paella instead.
We went home in time for M’s nap. That’s the wonderful thing about living in San Diego. Everything is so close by that we can enjoy it in the morning and be home in the afternoon for M’s nap!
The rest of Sunday was pretty lazy…
Monday was just as lazy. We slept in, again! Then we had brunch at a local cafe. Afterwards, we did a little grocery shopping at Sprouts.. Hubby and I are looking into some rice alternatives.. but again, tha’ts a whole different blog entry to get into eventually…
We went home and M napped.. longest nap ever!
After that 4hr nap, we went out for more grocery shopping and dinner..
It was a very busy weekend, and I wasnt’ surprised when M pretty much fell asleep instantly once we went to bed..
It was full of great memories and pictures that I can’t wait to scrapbook!!!
The “mom” cut..
Posted on: May 24, 2013
I did it.. I chopped off all my hair..
It was drab, lifeless.. and just too darn long.. it went down past my bra strap.. probably the longest I had it in a looooong time..
So.. yesterday.. gone!
Ponytailed up and it’s ready to go out the door to a hair donation charity…
What do you think?!
Baby fever..
Posted on: May 23, 2013
Ok.. I’ll admit it.. I have baby fever..
But it’s not what you think.. ok.. maybe it is what you think.. but let me explain.
I have baby fever. I am soooooo wanting to be pregnant again.
But that’s it. I JUST want to be pregnant. I don’t want the labor and I don’t know if I’m ready to start over again with a newborn.
I’m JUST getting used the whole fact that M is relatively independent now. She practically eats on her own, drinks on her own.. and can entertain herself.. she hardly needs me anymore.. and that’s a whole other blog entry!
Back to my baby fever…
I want to be pregnant.. just pregnant. I want to feel the kicks of a little one growing in..
I didn’t have an easy pregnancy the first time around.. but I didn’t have a really terrible one either..
I had the first trimester morning sickness, which was pretty much constant nausea if I didn’t eat anything.. the nausea also resulted in motion sickness whenever I rode (or drove myself) in a car on an empty stomach..
I had the pressed nerve pains throughout the entire pregnancy. By the end of the pregnancy, I couldn’t lift my legs to get in and out of a car.. I had to physically lift them with my arms to get in and out..
Lastly, I had M early.. not super early where it was dangerous for M.. I was 36 weeks when I gave birth.. so M was considered a “late-preterm baby.” Thank God it wasn’t anything serious.. but I was 2cm dilated at my 35 week checkup.. it makes me worried about how early the next one might come..
So.. with all those issue during pregnancy.. I still want to be pregnant again! Despite all the issues, I LOVED being pregnant.. I loved the instant bond.. I loved knowing that I was carrying this child everywhere I went.. and all my aches and pains were just small sacrifices of motherhood..
Why wouldn’t I want to be pregnant again?!
I just don’t know if I’m ready to have another kid in the process..
When did you know you were ready, really ready, for baby #2?!
Masha and the bear..
Posted on: May 22, 2013
Masha and the Bear is a Russian cartoon about a little girl and her bear, obviously.
It’s all in Russian, so I’m not 100% sure what going on. From the looks of it, it’s a little girl named Masha that lives in the forest and has a bunch of animal friends…
It’s super cute and the stories are super entertaining. Masha is a bit mischevious and that seem to get her into trouble at times..
This picture is from M’s favorite episode:
How did we find this?
Well.. M did.
I’ve mentioned before that M’s current obsession is Youtube. She knows how to navigate around the site and will usually click on video thumbnails that seem to spark her interest. This particular show’s thumbnail sparked her interest and she loves to watch it.
For the longest time she was calling it “rice” because of what little Masha is eating in the video. When it wasn’t on and she would ask for it, would couldn’t figure out what “rice” was.. until she found it herself and exclaimed, “rice!”
When Hubby and I used Google Translator to figure out what this show was about, we learned that it was called Masha and the bear..
So when she asked for “rice” we told her what it was actually called.
Now, she calls it “Masha beah.”
I actually like this cartoon. It’s cute and playful. I don’t speak Russian, but I pick up the storyline easily.
I do recommend this for kids because it’s too darn cute!
Just do a search for “Masha and the bear” on Youtube and you’ll find so many more episodes.
Everyday…
Posted on: May 21, 2013
Something is happening to my little girl.
Something is changing in her.. my happy little girl that used to be able to go for days without crying…
Now.. oh now..
Now, everyday there is a reason for a meltdown.. everyday she cries.. its a daily tantrum.
Tantrums occur mostly when something gets taken away from her. This used to not bother her before. We mainly take things away from her if they make a mess or are an obvious hazard. She used to be ok with that. She used to just move on to the next thing.
Now, taking away something from her is like the worst thing in the world for her..
If we tell her she’s done watching her shows on the iPad or on Youtube, it’s like the most devastating thing she could experience!
Everyday. She cries. Everyday. She’s on the floor crying. Every. Day.
Luckily, these episodes don’t last very long. It’s still pretty easy to distract her away from her drama…
Is this what terrible twos is like?!
Squat update..
Posted on: May 20, 2013
Today is a rest day.. thank God!
Today is Day 12.
Yes.. that means that I’ve been doing 100+ squats already. They are KILLER!
But I have noticed that the first 20-30 have been getting so much easier.. thank God for that!
I’ve been so good that when we went to my brother’s place in Los Angeles this weekend, I was doing 105 squats in his apartment!
I think the reason I’m pretty determined to do this is because I am noticing results.
Not only is it getting easier, I’m not waking up the next day sore anymore. My body has gotten used to it and so it does make it easier to pick up the next day.
Also, I’ve been making better choices on what foods to eat and how much I intake, so I am starting to see a difference.
I’ve already lost the 4 lbs that I gained from being non-active for several months.
One day at a time…
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Last night..
Posted on: May 17, 2013
Last night, after M took her bath, she wanted to go to bed. That was about 9:30pm.
Ok.. an early night.. that’s great!
So we went to bed, she played around with the millions of stuffed animals she’s accumulated on our bed.. suddenly, she got antsy..
She started whining and I couldn’t figure out why..
I told her that she had to tell me what was wrong but she just kept whining..
I started listing off all these things that it could have been.. milk? potty? more toys? something hurt? teething? daddy?
Nothing.
Suddenly, these exact words came out of my little girl’s mouth:
“Carefoo hawt watch pew-tah, yes?”
Translation: “Be Careful With My Heart. Watch on the computer? Yes?”
I looked at the time and it was a little passed 10pm, that’s when the next day’s episode of BCWMH shows on the computer..
I didn’t even think that it’s become a part of her little routine, but it has!
The other night, we had watched it on my laptop in the bed, but my laptop has since lost it’s charge, so we had to go to the living room desktop computer.. I know she kind of wanted to watch it in bed, but at least she wasn’t super fussy about that detail.
She actually stayed on my lap for the most of the episode and when it was over, we went right to bed. She fell asleep shortly after..
Such a funny story. M really loves to keep my life interesting..
Living life in the carpool lane.. 