First, I wanted to say that if you haven't noticed already I am going to be updating JR's weight loss on the chart on the right side of my blog every Monnday...I re-did it today...but I am going to try to do it each Monday. I didn't realize it before, but since we stopped doing the diet at Mother's Day 2011, he gained back about 15 pounds in 6 months. 7-8 of those pounds were in the last couple of months alone, but it really scared him when he realized he was so close to going back over the 300 mark, which is a place he said he never wanted to go again. He has already lost 9 pounds since Monday, so he is back on track. I do, however; wish that he wouldn't have dropped his original goal weight (250) another 25 pounds. He now says he wants to get down to 225. Personally, with his build and bone structure, I think 240 is about right..but we will see what happens. As of now he is hoping to be 250, by the time we move into the new house...which is 38 pounds in roughly 2 months! YIKES! I am down to 126...but again, I have to say that I really think this is a combination of not drinking my 4-5 Dr. Peppers a day and water weight. I am now going back and forth on this because while part of me doesn't want to lose any more weight because my face already looks skeletal...another part of me thinks, hey - if I lose more weight it wont have a choice but to come from my belly, or butt! LOL No matter what, I dont want to go below 120. Anyway, we are just going to keep it up and see how it goes. Last night we had fresh cooked green beans, and barbeque glazed grilled chicken...I ate 2 whole chicken breasts..it was a little insane, but it was sooooo good. Plus, this diet really helps with my digestion problems...I find myself having a BM once every two days instead of once every 4-5!
I was reading my friend's blogs earlier and my friend Alexa wrote about her son feeding his little sister. The point is, that he was feeding her ice cream - which we all know is a very hard thing to share because it's so yummy! But, how amazing that this 3 (almost 4) year old little boy took the time to feed his baby sister who is almost 1.5! It shows what a great big brother he is and in my opinion its a tribute to his parents...they must being doing something right! When I finished her blog, I read my friend Nikki's blog. Nikki is a little over 20 weeks pregnant with her second child, Mila. Nikki wrote, about her son Aiden (2.5) using such good manners by telling his daddy "thank you" for getting him dressed. Another slam dunk in the parenting department. She also said that Aiden was asking about Mila. This can be such a tricky thing to explain to little ones, but I think its great that he is anticipating the arrival of his sister. Logan seemed to be excited before Landry arrived, but once she was in my arms it took him about a week to even get near her. Of course, now he loves her so much and is an amazing big brother...but all this got me thinking. Logan is actaully pretty big for his age, which means that some of the kids he plays with are smaller- duh! He knows that when he plays with kids that are smaller than him he has to be easy. He knows that he doesn't hit girls and he needs to be gentle with them. This has worked out pretty well. When he plays with kids his own size, he can play a bit rougher - but I really dont like the hard core rough housing. He and his cousin Isaiah (6) can play pretty rough sometimes, and I try to hold my tongue...but its just my nature to be gentle...I have always been this way. Even growing up, my sisters, who are 8 years apart, would wrestle and call the fun police because I would be there telling them to stop before someone got hurt...and eventually - someone always got hurt! Anyway, the problem I have realized is that, when Logan plays with a smaller kid...he tries to be gently, but the smaller kid is playing more rough, because he is playing with a bigger kid. Normally this is isn't a huge problem because as they get older they develop more skills, but when Logan (3months from turning 5) plays with a 5.5 year old who is smaller than him - it can turn into some issues. Even though Logan is tall for his age, he is still very uncoordinated sometimes. So, while I have always taught him to play easy with smaller kids - it's really hard to explain that some kids are older than him, but smaller - and Logan usually ends up getting hurt, or he comes to me to say the other kids isn't playing easy. Ughh Like I said his cousin Isaiah who just turned 6 last month likes to play really rough, and he's probably only an inch or two taller than Logan...but most of the time they play really well together. Logan's other cousin, Davin who turned 5 in August, is about an inch or two taller than Logan, but while Logan is a little lanky, Davin is much thicker...and Davin (an only child) doesn't know easy..at all! Logan loves playing with him, but I am constantly worried about him getting hurt. I mean, I am AFRAID to play with Davin...I'm pretty sure he could take me...so I guess my point is that we teach our kids these rules...be gentle, dont hit girls, but what do you do when another kid is older and more coordinated but smaller...and what do you do when your kid is playing with another kid that is being entirely too rough....especially when their parent is watching the same thing you are but instead of discouraging the rough play...they are actually saying, "Get 'em, Get 'em"???
They should be done with the dry wall by the end of the day today. Yesterday they finished the ceilings upstairs and downstairs, and the walls of the game room and Landry's room...so...hopefully that will be finished up today!
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