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PCP/TTC/ATP Wednesday
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Tell it ladies!
QOTD: What is the most important thing you have done in the last year?
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Re: PCP/TTC/ATP Wednesday
I am struggling to get A to brush her teeth properly, I have to stand in the bathroom to make sure she puts toothpaste on her brush and actually brushes her teeth for the full 2 minutes. J notcied that A has been swallowing her toothpaste lately which is not good for her. Although standing in the bathroom watching her brush her teeth may not be my idea of a good time, it's getting her to do it the right way.
On a good note... A has been doing very well on her homework this week! I thought we would have a bit of a struggle since she's been out of school for 3 weeks but she has been a champ.
QOTD: I think the most important thing I did this year was to console A when CB left us. I hadn't noticed her quietly crying and when J brought it to my attention I sat down with her and pulled her into my lap to give her a hug and talk about how she felt. I felt so sad for her while she spilled her feelings and glad that I was the one she talked to about it.
Two Mommies Healing Hearts
AOTD: Well giving birth to JB was pretty important but I didn't do it because it was important. kwim. I think the #1 most important thing I've done in the last year was to make sure my family is as legally protected as we can be. To do this we went through a second-parent adoption so K has all the legal rights to JB.
ATP - It's a snow day here today but I have to be at work so JB is with me in my office. I just had a 2 hour conference call with our CEO and an board member and JB napped through the entire thing! Yippie! Now she is crawling around my office playing with toys and things that aren't supposed to be toys - lol!
What else.... well I just lowered her crib down last night. It sort of made me sad not seeing the crib set up for a baby anymore. Now that she crawls everywhere the dogs don't know what to think of her. I think one of them thinks she is like a little chattering vacuum cleaner :-p
That's about it in my world. She's growing up super quick (9 months today) and we're managing life as just the two of us :-)
Things are pretty status quo here. We are on night #2 of the Sleep in Your Own Bed campaign. Last night Gray came crawling in at 11p and 11:30p, but did go back to his bed. Carter came in at 1a and begrudgingly went back to his own bed and slept till 6:45 this morning (after falling asleep watching tv at 6:45pm last night...who says 4.5y olds don't need naps?)
I love that they have figured out how to navigate the Wii by themselves. They are really into playing while I make dinner and it is so nice that they can play without me having to go change the games, etc every 3 minutes. And they are pretty good about taking turns on who picks/goes first.
Most important thing? Wow. I don't know. Perhaps switching their school? I did a lot of research to find their school. We had to find a balance of curriculum/location/cost which was a hard combination. We are really happy with their school (minus a few incidents here and there.)
I am also happy that we figured out a system that (mostly) works with Gray's behavior/personality. Parenting with Love and Logic (using most of the technique) works well with him and has made our day to day life happier and more calm.
Our home. We bought our home, with only hand held tools (ha!), with the understanding we would refinance in 1 year. Oh My the home improvements.. we renovated our entire kitchen, all the light fixtures, all electric, 2 bathrooms and a whole lot of painting (along with a million other odds and ends) in order to get our home to appraise higher than what it did when we bought it 1.5 years ago. We raised the value of our home over $100,000 spending less than $20,000 out of pocket (but a million hours..) and reduced our lifetime mortgage by over $85,000. This was important to us so that we could drop to one income and live comfortably once we have children. It was more work than either of us ever imagined (our home was built in the 1800's) but it was amazing. We grew and learned together in ways I never would have imagined.
Daisy is getting stronger and bigger by the day, though the 6 week growth spurt is kicking my butt. I've been home wiht her the past 7 days and in that time, she's spent most of the day crying or eating. I dont know who this fussy baby is, but I want my calm one back. I'm in the office for a few hours today and LOVING the peace and quiet. RB is doing really well. She's adjusted to the idea of another sibling and the tantrums of 12/13 months have gotten a lot milder. She's also been going to bed and sleeping like a champ. Its SO much easier on mamas and we've got our fingers crossed that she has turned a new leaf. Sprout also gets a thumbs up this week. We had been having an issue with nap time at daycare - he never sleeps anymore but while others were resting, he would fidget, talk, and be generally disruptive. I felt like I had tried everything (sticker charts, "magic" blankets, punishments, moving his cot, ect) but the ticket was getting creative. I talked to his teachers and he is now a back rub helper! It totally taps into his maternal side and allows him to be active, but in an appropriate way, during rest time. Also, picturing him going around and rubbing the backs of his little friends is too cute for words.
QOTD: The most important thing we've done in the past year was say yes to Daisy. Not only was it a new baby, but it was saying yes to 2 babies 12.5 months apart and saying goodbye to our TTC hopes. Our life changed a lot that day.
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