2 Down

2 boxes down, a whole house full left to go. I officially have begun packing our house, with the first few boxes filled and taped. Yup, we are moving. This will be our 3rd move in 6 years of marriage. I am not especially excited about moving this time, as I will be a month from delivery and will have a toddler to work around who just wants to help.

But, a girl's gotta do, what a girl's gotta do, right? So moving it is. We are moving to Corona, leaving Chino where we have spent our entire married life. On the plus side, it is much closer to Leonard's work and only 3 miles from my sister. The home is very pretty and we have lots to work with to make it our own. No more HOA's! Yay.

On the down side, I am bummed to be leaving Chino and this house. It has served us well, and we have made a lot of good friends here, but Corona's not too far away. Also, the pluses out weigh the minuses. This is the best thing for our family. Hopefully we won't be moving again for many, many, many years or ever again...

The Laziest Day

I still have 11 weeks left of this pregnancy and I am already slowing down, down, down! Yesterday, was seriously the laziest day ever. I never made it to church, I couldn't get out bed. Leonard was a doll, telling me to go back to bed if I needed it and he would take care of LL. So I stayed in bed all morning. Literally.


I finally managed to get up, shower and get dressed around 11:30! So embarrassing. I never put make up and only put gel in my hair so it wouldn't look like I completely neglected everything that day. I was completely OK with that. By 7:30 I was back in bed, lights were out and I was snoring.

You know what? I don't care that it was the absolute laziest day on recorded history, because I was tired and I LOVED it.

Hot and bothered

Let me just say, I knew this would happen. June and July were mild, easy, breezy climate months, now August has arrived, as well as, the hot and miserable. I knew that I would not get off easy. When I was pregnant with LL, also during the summer months, I was huge, uncomfortable and HOT. When I discovered I was pregnant this time, I hoped, in vain, that it wouldn't be so bad, as the really hot months would pass before I came to be too big and uncomfortable. Then June and July, like I said, were easy, breezy and I knew I was in for it.

Now that I have started to reach that big and uncomfortable stage, summer has decided to rear its ugly head, and I know deep down in the pits of my soul, it will remain hot and ugly for the remainder of my pregnancy when I have too much to do & too much to get in order to just sit around and lounge in my air conditioned home. So much for having a fall baby...

Ugh.

Who knew?

Since I started with the severe TV restrictions, and iPhone restrictions, we have seen immense changes. One thing I've noticed however, is that the iPhone is a much more effective tool when it comes to potty training than anything I've encountered or used before. The simple threat of "No phone if you poo poo your pants" has worked wonders.

Since instating this rule we have had one semi-accident. I found skid marks in his underwear but no actual bombs, so I restricted the phone again, and he got the message LOUD AND CLEAR. We haven't had a mishap since. I realize it's premature to say it's been a complete success, one thing I've learned with potty training is that whenever I think I'm almost there...I'm not. We've been at it 6 months and I realize it was just too early. I should have listened to the pediatrician and all the mom's around me who kept saying it was awfully early to train. While potty training him to do number 1 was a cake walk compared to the trials and set backs we've experienced with number 2, he just wasn't entirely ready.

Anyway a girlfriend suggested getting him a toy that he really likes to use as leverage, and I knew I didn't have to do that, my iPhone was leverage enough. So far it has been working well. When I first got my iPhone, Jacki (my niece) made a comment that her iPhone could everything for her but bring her breakfast in bed, but who knew the extent of its capabilities?

Go Leonard...

Recently I had to make the brave decision to cut out the TV from our daily routine -- completely. I had to cut the TV because LL was becoming such a junkie I noticed he was no longer playing with his toys or reading his books. He was just sitting there on the couch doing nothing. I hate that. Also, I needed leverage. LL started pooping his pants again, and I needed to make it hurt when that happened. So I said no TV or iPhone's until he pooped in the toilet like a normal person and NOT in the bathtub! Well, we went 4 full days with no TV (and subsequently no poop either).

The first day was complete chaos. He didn't know what to do with himself and totally destroyed the house, being more destructive, digging, and curious than usual. He poured a new bottle of hand soap onto the couches and unrolled like a quarter of the toilet paper into the toilet. Everything was taken from it's baskets and all my utensils from the kitchen drawers. I was never so happy for my husband to arrive home from work.

Each day became gradually better, and he re-learned how to entertain himself. Then when I had all but given up hope - he pooped, in the toilet. True to my word, I gave him TV privileges again but decided we had made such nice changes, that I would greatly limit the amount he took in. Let's face it, in 3 months he's going to be watching LOADS of TV once his brother arrives.

So instead, we read, we color, play outside with the blowing bubbles, ride bikes, and play at the park. One thing we really enjoy is dancing. LL loves to "get down" and has a whole set of moves that greatly resembles break dancing. So yesterday as he danced in the kitchen, I yelled out, 'Go Leonard, it's your birthday'.

Later on as he was playing in the bathtub, Leo my husband was keeping an eye on him and hears, 'Go Leonard, it's your birthday' from the bathtub and sees LL happily singing to himself. He yells this down to me and I had to laugh because I literally said it ONE time. This guy picks up everything.