Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas! It was Unit 2's first Christmas this year. She did so well at my mom's house and our house when my In-Laws came to visit. It's been a long and eventful year for my family and I. I'm grateful to be able to have the ones I love with me for this time.

Time Flies By

I can't believe how much 2012 has flown by. My little girl Lil' M is already three and is potty trained and off to preschool. She's been through a lot this year. It includes those two things plus me being admitted to hospital and her having a little sister. She's accepted every
change in her life pretty well, but up to this point she is acting out a little bit. I expected something to happen and I feel bad for her. Thank goodness she loves her sister.
I know that soon enough, it'll be the new year and and so forth. I'm learning to cherish every moment with my girls.

I went to my dentist and orthodontist last week. It's been about 5 months since I last went. When I told the orthodontist about why it's been so long (being hospitalized), she shared with me hat she lost her baby at 36 weeks! For no apparent reason, too. My gosh, I'm so lucky my baby made it out safely. Here I am thinking once you past 30 weeks, everything should be fine. It just shows you how life can be unpredictable.

I have one more month until I go back to work. I'm nervous because it'll be 6 months since I last worked and I'm going to leave my girls for the day. I hope my mom can handle both and we can handle both!

Potty On!!!

Oh my! Big M and I have been trying on and off for months to potty train her and it was not successful. Big M's technique was to have her in pullups and when she looks like she has to go, she has to sit in the toilet and try. At worst case, she can get a diaper and go, but back to pullups. Low and behold, the second day of doing this, she willingly went with me counting to 5 and hugging her as she was doing her business. For some reason, that worked. She seemed very happy and relieved to go. I hope she'll keep doing it. We're so proud of her!

Tired...

Baby is now 7 weeks old and doing good. She's starting to stay up in the days longer. She started cooing and doing her social smiles more often. While I'm loving these firsts, I'm sad that these days will go away before we know it. We are trying to discipline Lil' M during this time, too. From curving her tantrums, potty training (not well at all) to eating and drinking her milk under an hour.

I'm ridiculously mentally tired more than physical. I've gone through a lot and feel a bit lost at this point. I'm doing my best in taking care of the baby and oversee Lil' M which is so hard. Big M is doing his best to do the things I can't do w/Lil and house chores. I wish I can do more to help with the house, but the baby keeps my day so full.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Courtesy of my sweet boss, I had a ticket to take Lil' M to watch 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' play at The Old Globe in Balboa Park. To prep and excite her about it, we borrowed the book and the DVD of it for her. That seemed to help her understand the play/musical. She clapped eagerly and swayed to the songs. We had a great time!