Keri - I’m still losing weight and I haven’t worked out or dieted for over a month. I’ve started fitting into pants and skirts that haven’t fit for about 2 years. Daniel has kept his weight off, too, although we could both afford to lose more weight. I keep telling myself “we’ll start Monday” but I’m still in the thick of spring cleaning my home so I really need to devote the short hours after work to getting through it. I’ve only gotten through the master bath, closet, and just started on the room but I have gotten rid of 2 huge bags of clothes. It’s just time to clear myself of clutter. So, since working out involves keeping the kids entertained or waiting until they are asleep, I have to choose cleaning or working out. Right now I just want a clean house so that I can send Kailyn to her room to play in a clean space while Daddy and I work out. Hopefully I can just stay on task and get it DONE!
I’ve also been going through some sort of self improvement transformation. For those of you who really know me you know I am, and always have been, a bad homemaker. Sure, I know how to clean and am really good at making a place look spotless last minute, but I’ve always been bad at upkeep. Well, lately there has been a perfect combination of events in my life (losing weight, balancing 2 kids, renewing my personal relationship with Heavenly Father, almost being t-boned in the car, having heart-to-hearts with Daniel) and I’ve decided that it’s time to grow up. For some people it might come more naturally but I have to make a conscious effort to create good habits. I’ve always been the type of person to tell myself “I’ll do it later” but I’ve decided to make my life easier and turn myself into the type of person who says “Get it done now so I don’t have
to do it later”. It’s still a work in progress but the progress is there and I feel like I’m going to be all the better for it. I’m just feeling really good about my life and am looking forward to getting my stuff together.
Every day life for me includes working at the water store where I take care of the 2 kids. Fortunately, even though business has been good, I don’t feel bombarded with customers so taking care of the kids there is usually pretty easy going.
Daniel – Daniel is getting all A’s and is, as far as I know, the top of his class in all is classes. Don’t quote me on this, but he’s taking 16-19 credits and 6 classes…I can’t really remember. I just know he’s working really hard and his grades are showing it. This summer he will be taking online classes at CSN and should be transferring to UNLV for fall semester. The plan is then to graduate with his Associate’s Degree…from CSN? I can’t really remember how it’s working. Something about doing it that way should save him from having to take the same 3 classes for his next degree. As far as work goes for Danny, he is currently tutoring at a Korean school part time on Friday and Saturday nights. When summer kicks in he’ll be teaching there full time. He recently applied to work for airport security (TSA) again. He’s going through the hiring process but that doesn’t guarantee him a job. We probably won’t find out for a few months either way. Since it’s a federal job the background checks and all that take time. It would be nice if he got the job but I remember how hard it was on him. I hope things will all work out for the best. Danny is such a patient, sweet husband. We’ve been spending most of our free time together. All games, movies, books, and friends take a back seat to our time together.
He puts up with my nonsense over and over again. Even if he tells me adamantly that something
needs to be done and I slack off he just makes jokes about it and lets it roll off his back. I’m a lucky girl.
Kailyn – She is a little ball of energy. She’s extremely social with adults and kids of all ages. She calls practically everyone her age “my friend” and throws a fit if I won’t let her talk to them or go give them a hug. She just recently started to throw tantrums in public where she might cry out loud or throw herself on the floor with the intent of drawing attention to herself. In public I take it in stride and find ways to coax her from being a grump. When we are at home or the store we try to abide by the No Nonsense Rule. But she’s excellent at breaking rules like most 2 year olds.
Potty training is not going as smoothly as I hoped it would. I’ve tried all sorts of incentives: candy, stickers, big girl panties, special lunches…nothing. She’ll do ok for a while but usually she ends up out of eyesight to do #2 without being disturbed. If I catch her before then she’ll go on the potty but if the dirty deed is already done she denies pooping. Then when I ask to check her diaper she says, “It’s too late”. I had issues potty training for a long time so I’m guessing it’s all in the genes. Hopefully she’ll take to it soon. But even though she struggles in potty training she seems to be excelling in everything else. Alphabet, numbers, shapes, colors, and recognizes her first and middle name. She’s learning so fast. I’m hoping that once we get this potty training out of the way then I can enroll her in an early preschool program part time to give her an opportunity to interact with kids her age and learn with some more structure.
She’s seems to end up in our bed every morning and neither of us remember how she gets there. Ugh!
Jet – Jet is polar opposite from Kailyn. She was so much more independent and didn’t seem to move around as much. Jet always needs attention. He needs to constantly be played with or held and loved. He is loud and whiney and such a momma’s boy. It stresses out mommy because I’m constantly holding him and unable to get things done and it stresses daddy out because he can’t really help take care of him when I need him to. Fortunately, Jet is reaching a point where he is comfortable with Daddy and Kailyn and allows himself to be entertained and even comforted. I just hope he grows out of this neediness soon.
Other than that he’s awesome. He’s got a big head and cute Asian eyes when he smiles. He really is fun. He loves to laugh and it is one of the cutest laughs. He’s rolling all over the place (including off the bed…twice) and his favorite thing to do is arch his back whenever I am holding him, changing his diaper, dressing him…basically whenever he thinks about it. Overall, though, we all love to play with him, which makes up for the crying and squirminess.
Wow, this ended up a lot longer than planned. I'll post pictures tomorrow.
