SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• We did NOTHING this Memorial Day.
• Hubs helped his Mom and Sister do some yard work.
• We got our Mulch and yard work done.
• Chloe still has been having problems pooing on the potty...up until last night, she magically decided she wanted to. We shall see if that continues.
• I got paid on Friday and I was broke on Friday....love that. Stupid sickies keeping me home 2 days the week before.
• We literally tried EVERYTHING to bribe Chloe to poo on the potty....even went as far as not letting her watch MMCH Monday night....
• The only blog post I wrote/posted last week was my SWW post....I know I've been bad lately, and I will get better. It's just hard for me to sit and write when it's nice outside.
• I finally passed the level I was stuck on in Candy Crush, so I've been obsessed with it lately.
• Since we lost a majority of our food when our Fridge broke last week, the weekly grocery trip basically was just to replenish that, and I didn't get much of anything to cook with this week....oh well. I'll manage until this week's grocery trip and try to keep it on the cheap side.
• It makes me sad that I can't help Chloe when she wakes from a night terror/growing pains in the middle of the night....but most of the time, all she wants is her Daddy. 

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SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• My freezer broke the day Andy left for El Paso.
• The next morning the Service Engine light came on in my truck.
• My allergies are so bad that I feel like tearing my eyes and my throat out of my head!
• I've had pretty much no real relaxing alone time since Andy's been out of town.
• I accidentally hit the premium gas button yesterday and paid $0.30 more for gas....I was PISSED!
• We get super excited around here when Chloe poops on the potty! Come on people...she needs the encouragement!
• My MIL just got her Mother's Day card last night because I forgot that it was in my purse....
• I'm really looking forward to Andy coming home on Thursday....I miss him!
• I've been walking around looking like I have pink eye, but really it's just allergies.....I HATE IT!

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How do I have an almost 3 year old?!

It's hard for me to write this....like, hormones raging for some unknown reason. Why does 3 seem like it's going to be so hard? I can't remember life without her....seems like she's been a part of our life for ever. I remember the day she was born like it was yesterday. Hubs and I got to the hospital at about 4am, and when they checked us in and put me in the bed, I asked the nurse if I was going to be going home without a baby later that day, and she looked at me and said "Sweetheart, trust me, you will not be leaving this hospital without a baby, I can promise you that!" I will never forget that, because 3 days later, I was being wheeled down the hallway with a full car seat in my lap. Best feeling ever. We were finally taking our baby girl home with us, after 9 long months of her being an "inside baby". She was ours, forever!
And, now....2.5 years later - She's so smart, knows ALL of her ABC's in order! She can count to 20.....sometimes higher. She usually skips 17, and she usually says 21 before 20. But she knows her numbers! She is a pretty good drawer....well...for a 2.5 year old. LOL! Day Care says that she's one of the best with a writing utensil in her class. She can draw circles so well, and she loves to draw suns! She knows the letters that make up her name. We just started working on saying her full name. And she loves saying Makayla! (her middle name) She says Makayla Seed, Chloe Makayla Seed! And then she claps and says Yay Chloe!
She is a very independent girl! She had to do everything on her own, and if I do something for her, she HAS to undo what I did and do it herself. For instance....when she goes potty (yes, she's pee trained...not poop yet) she has to get up on her stool and turn the light on. I'm so glad that she is no longer wearing diapers during the day, because the fight we had trying to put her diaper back on after she'd pee was just ridiculous...she would try to do it herself....failing, obviously, and that would just turn into a meltdown. Panties are just so much easier. LOVE IT! We will probably buy one more box of diapers, because she still won't poo on the potty, but starting tomorrow night, she's going to be in pull ups at night. That makes me so happy. It's one of those things that you never think is gong to happen as a Mommy to a new baby....but when it happens, it's just a sigh of relief. When I picked her up from Day Care the first day she wore panties and didn't have any accidents, I almost fell to my knees. I was just sooo happy! We've been almost a week with NO accidents! Sunday, we had a TINY accident in the car, but she caught it, held it and let the rest out when we got home! I was SO PROUD OF HER!
She weighs about 29 ish lbs, no idea how tall she is. I'm guessing maybe about 32+ inches? Maybe....she's short. She's wearing size 6.5-7 shoe. She's in 3T pants and 3T-4T shirts...depending on the brand. She's got Mommy's hair, and it's annoying. For both her and myself. I usually just pull the front back into a pony on the top of her head or piggytails on the top of her head because she's got a MAD cowlick, and her bangs just DO NOT cooperate at all. Girlfriend is going to have some issues when she's a teenager and she's trying to get ready. I know I still do!
She says just the silliest things sometimes. If I'm going potty, she will come in and say "Mommy,you go potty? GOOD Job Mommy!! I so poud of you!" She melts my heart! I swear!
She's my mini-me. I swear, she looks just like me. Side by side comparison, you really cannot tell the difference. She's going to be a heart breaker. I'm so proud of her everyday and I love her more and more with each passing hour. I miss her everyday that I leave her to go to work, and it's brings me so much joy when I see her big bright smile at the end of each day. She's my pride and she's me whole heart.

Potty Training

This is just sort of an update of sorts.

2 weeks ago on a Friday when I went to pick Chloe up from Day Care, they told us what if we wanted to just go for it and jump in with both feet, just to bring her to school in a diaper with underwear over them, and they would take her diaper off and just go from there. So, that's what we did. Nervous, but hopeful.
By the end of the day when we went to pick her up, we learned that she had 2 accidents, 1 poop and 1 pee. Not bad....a lot better then she'd done at home. So we took it in stride and did the same the next day....and by golly! She had 0 accidents. But she didn't poop at all. So, she had peed on the potty all day! So that was great!
Day 3 at school with no diaper went a little bit differently. She was in this stage where she just wanted to hold it all day, and she had 1 accident. They said that was completely normal, so we just went with it.
This past weekend.....SHE DID GREAT! (still no poops on the potty) but she didn't have 1 accident! We spent most of the day out and about, and she had no problems going potty in the public restrooms! So she's been amazing. Saturday she was having issues with pooping....she would try and try to go on the potty, but she just wouldn't do it. So finally we put a diaper on her, she pooped, and then went back in underwear. So we just have to work on that.
I don't want to get ahead of myself, but to say that she's 99% potty trained I think pretty much sums it up! She's done great, and as long as we keep working on the poop and keep on her, I think we will get it in no time at all!!

SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• I almost didn't write this post because I was painting.
• We've only painted 2.5 rooms and we've used 6 colors! 
• I'm so freakin stoked that there is another Hangover coming out! 
• I just can't stop watching the train wreck that is Jenelle Evans on Teen Mom 2....
• I might just go bat shit crazy if I have to clean shit out of one more pair of underwear. 
• Chloe just doesn't get the concept of going poo in the toilet. But she's woken up the past few days dry, and she pees on the potty no problem at all....what gives?!
• Hubs and I went out last weekend with my work girls and I got drunk with my boss. It was AWESOME!
• I might just be a tad bit obsessed with food and trying new recipes now. But it's been all healthy, for the most part, so that's good.

That's all I have this week. Head on over to Shannon's page and tell us what you are saying SO WHAT! to this week!

Fab Friday!

Linking up with the always Fabulous and ridiculously adorable Mommy and preggo, Laura to tell you all what's fabulous in  my life right now!

• Weight Loss - Slowly but surely I'm losing the weight that I want to lose for our Florida trip at the end of March! I'm so happy about the way it's coming off. First goal was to hit 120, and now that I've surpassed that, I'm going for 115! I know that I can do it! I know that once we get to Florida and are in vaca mode, we're going to gain a little bit back, but I fully intend to keep with the MFP and try to keep working out (or shall I say, start) while we're down there.

• Pants that haven't fit in 3 years - To add to the first bullet point on losing the weight, I was able to fit into a pair of pants that haven't really fit me since before Chloe was conceived. That was an amazing feeling yesterday! For the past few months, I feel like I've worn nothing but leggings and stretchy pants....and yesterday I was just not in the mood for leggings. So glad I took that leap. Made me a happy girl!

• Potty Training - We aren't really training, per say, but she's now telling us when she needs to go, sometimes....sometimes it's after she's already gone, but that's a major step for us! She's understanding more and more that she's wet and needs to be changed. And she's actually interested in sitting on the potty more and more now. So I feel like we're getting somewhere. And that makes me happy. Will we be trained before we go to Florida, probably not. But that's ok with me.

• New Room at Day Care - She's loving it! And let me tell you, I think it's that she's trying to keep up with the big kids, but good lawd, she's tried at night, and I love it! She hasn't really been fighting bed time....(except last night) but I think that was our fault. But she's doing great, her teachers are great, and once she gets settled in her new room, they are going to REALLY push potty training! And I think that when she sees all her friends going potty and wearing undies and using the potty on a norm, she's going to get it and do it right along with them! I cannot wait! No more diapers in our near future!

• And last but not least....Tuesday is my birthday! I'm actually pretty excited. I get the day off work....PAID! And Hubs is taking the day off work to spend it with me while Chloe goes to day care. I cannot wait! We're actually going to get our eyes checked together. HA! That should be interesting....his first time every getting his eyes checked, and well, I'm going because I need new glasses. So it should be fun. Lunch at PF Changs, and it should be a good day! 

Fab Friday

It's been a few weeks since I've linked up with the Always Fabulous Laura from The Everyday Joys! She's amazing in every single way a blogger can be, and to top it all off, she's on my Scentsy team....(or shall I say, I'm on hers....lol) Anyways, here is my list of Fab things that are....well....Fab for me:

• Our Day Care Tuition goes down starting today! We prepay for the 2 weeks ahead, and Chloe starts room 6 on Monday, so today's Tuition payment is $470 instead of $570! Sucks that we have to start supplying them with diapers, but that's only until she is potty trained! Thank the dear lord!
• The scale has been fabulous for me this week...it actually hasn't moved up or down, and for me, that's a win! I don't care that I don't see it moving, as long as it's not going up, that works for me. I've been VERY VERY consistent with my tracking calories and I've been under, or over by very little for the past month! So that, for me is awesome!
• Only 5 more weeks until we go to Florida and I have pretty much everything Chloe and I need as far as warmer weather clothing goes! I am sooooo stoked! She's got a few new pairs of shorts, some summer dresses, and some amazingly cute pink canvas TOMS that I ordered from Zulily yesterday! I cannot wait to get them! I just hope they make it here before we leave.....
• My work girls are amazingly sweet in that they are all helping me meet my goals for Scentsy this month.....AND because they are ordering from me, I will be able to get some stock for my parties and order some of the scents that are being discontinued! I am Soooooo excited!
• And last but not least, and maybe possibly one of the best things, because it's the one happening the soonest.....tomorrow me and my girl Mallory are getting matching tattoos! Just little outlines of hearts on out ankles. I cannot wait! 
• Oh, and to top that off....My birthday is March 5th! YAY!

SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• I didn't really like the 300 ab challenge when I did it before, because I'm not sure that I had great posture when I did it, but I think hubs and I are going to attempt it.
• I was going to start potty training last weekend, but didn't. I wasn't in the mood for it.
• I can't wait for this Saturday! I'm going to Spring Sprint in Lansing, and that means a WHOLE day away for Mama! I'm looking forward to it!
• I'm really having to think about things to say SO WHAT! to this week....
• I have spent a lot of money in the past 2 weeks because I know that we are getting our taxes back and I will just pay all my cards off at that time. Mama needs some clothes for Florida!
• I usually just put MMCH on when Chloe and I get home just so that I can get dinner started. I feel bad because I really want to spend that time with her, but you gotta do what you gotta do!
• When it's time to get up in the morning to work out at 5am, I always have a debate in my head....sometimes the bed wins.
• I almost didn't participate in SWW today only because Chloe was fighting bed time, and I knew that we wanted to do abs, and I just didn't think that I would have the time...but I MADE time. LOL!
• I would have felt left out of the loop if I didn't write this up and and link up!
• I kind of feel like a bad ass with my new hoop ring in my nose! But I love it!
• Me and my girl Mallory found a Groupon for $30 to get $60 worth of a tattoo....so we're getting little hearts on our ankles.
• I'm surprised at how many things I've been able to say SO WHAT! to this week :-) But I am done now.
• I have been warming my BBMB scent Sage and Sweet Grass in my Scentsy, and I'm in love. It's like the perfect green.....rain.....grass....spring time scent, and I love it. Spring is ALMOST here!
• I've already decided that I have an addiction to Scentsy, (obviously, since I sell it) but I'm really scared for when the new scents come out in March because that's just going to add about 15 more to my collection.......Oh Lord help me!

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SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! if:

• Truth be told, I haven't really even given potty training a chance....kind of scares me.
• I was just going to let Day Care potty train Chloe, because I mean, we pay them enough, don't we? me.think.so
• I think I'm going to attempt PT this weekend with some Princess Panties due to Shannon's success story from her Fab Friday post last week!
• I won money from the Super Bowl and I'm going to buy Chloe and myself some stuff for our Florida trip! Oh and I bought myself a lunch tote from ThirtyOne!
• I am giddy excited for Husband to be done with school! MARCH 18th!!!!!
• Today is the first time this week we've gotten up at 5am to work out. I went to bed Sunday not feeling well, and didn't feel like waking up on Monday Morning, and Andy wasn't feeling good on Tuesday....so today, we are BACK AT IT!
• My cat is just as spoiled as our daughter....she gets tuna every day when we get home. And she whines and whines until she gets it.
• Sometimes I'm secretly sad that Chloe is getting so big, so fast. I just want her to be a baby again...
• I'm over my baby fevah! Yep, just like that, but I only give it a few weeks until it's back, because by then, my BFF Cassie will have her new baby boy, and I get to snuggle a newbie again....oh.....my heart will melt, I'm sure!
• I love my hair more every time I see it in the mirror...BUT....I'm thinking next time I get it cut (right before we leave for FL) I'm going to have my Janie Poo cut it a BIT shorter in the back! 

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SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! if:

• I worked out last night. I did NOT want to, but I did it....
• I'm going out tonight. Yep, Wednesday night! It's actually a work event for ACS! Comedy Club. Yep, I'm pretty excited about this!
• I haven't been keeping track of what I eat all week.....and I.DON'T.CARE!
• I started getting back into Pinterest after a few months of not really paying attention. And now I want to make every single dessert and crock pot recipe I can find!!
• I was drinking Vi Shakes, but then I stopped...they didn't work for me.
• I'm totally considering letting day care potty train Chloe when she's 2.5! Just because I don't feel like dealing with it. Unless she shows signs of interest before then.

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