Update!

Wow, things have been crazy around here, and I don’t really even know why. I’ll begin with the most recent news. AG had an appointment with her cardiologist today. While we were hoping to hear the tumors (rhabdomyomas) had shrunk, that was not the case, yet they didn’t grow either! The best news of the visit was that I can quit the 12 AM med, and spread the others out over 8 hours. THIS IS HUGE! For the past 9 months I have been giving her meds at 12 AM, 6AM, 9AM, 12 noon, 6 PM and 9 PM. Translation: no sleep. I have to stay awake waiting for midnight to roll around and usually by then I got a 2nd wind, and went to sleep between 1 and 2, only to have to get up again at 6. 60 minutes just did a big report on how important a good nights rest is for your health, and I look forward to testing out those claims!

As for C25K, I haven’t given up totally, just haven’t been doing it. It is getting really hot here and I am usually too tired to get up and run early (see above). Jason added the kids to our gym membership so now I can go in the morning with them and get a good workout in. The gym has just been remodeled and they have a really great new play area that the kids love. My running goals haven’t changed, but I will be spending the next few weeks making up for lost time.

Same goes for the diet. I truly believe diet and excercise go hand in hand, I seem to do better with both if I make the effort for both. Make sense?? Tomorrow I am going to WW to buy the digital points caluclator and get back on track. AG’s 1st birthday is 2 months away and I would like to actually like to be in a picture with her. PLUS, Jason has dropped a LOT of weight recently, seemingly without tryingn as men seem to do.  PISSES me off.  AAAH! But he looks great, feels great and I am proud of him.

I mentioned potty training a while back, and I am pleased to report Emily is mostly potty trained and has been for a while now.  She is such an amazing little girl.  Our whole PT experience was pretty painless.  I left the little potty (BJORN brand) in the living room, bought a few books and watched “Elmos’ Potty).  Some mornings I would get her up and sit her on the potty and then put her in underwear.  If she didn’t seem interested, I waited a week and tried again.  One day, she went first thing, and then again and again.  After that day the biggest effort was in emptying the potty, otherwise she did everything on her own.  Thesd days most ‘accidents’ revolve around her trying to go on the big potty by herself.  I still put her in a diaper at nap and nighttime, but even those are dry most of the time.  So my best advice is to wait until THEY are ready.  Logical and true.

There have been lots of other things going on around here, but those stories will have to wait as AG needs some mama time before bed.  Peace. 

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