[LETS POTTY]

[MOMMYHOOD]
MY LIL MAN IS GROWING UP. I FIGURED SINCE CAE IS PRETTY BRIGHT THAT I MIGHT WANT TO INTRODUCE A POTTY EARLY. (IM SURE EVERY PARENT FEELS THE SAME WAY ABOUT THEIR GENIUS CHILD... AND EVERY PARENT HATES DIAPERS). BUT BECAUSE HE IS STILL PRETTY YOUNG (ALMOST 20 MONTHS) WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUSH IT ON HIM AND FORCE HIM INTO IT. DONT WANT TO SCAR AND TRAUMATIZE THE LIL DUDE. SO WE BOUGHT ONE THIS WEEKEND AND JUST WANTED TO GET HIM USE TO SEEING IT AND EXCITED ABOUT IT. (ALMOST) EVERY TIME HE SAT DOWN ON IT WE'D GIVE HIM A GRAHAM CRACKER AND LOTS OF PRAISE. SO OVER THE WEEKEND WE'D ASK EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE FOR HIM TO SIT ON IT... AND LAST NIGHT WE HUNG OUT IN THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND BY GOLY HE POOPED! IT WAS THE SMALLEST POOP IVE EVER SEEN, BUT I DIDN'T EVEN CARE! I SHOWED HIM, AND EVEN HE LOOKED SHOCKED, MOSTLY BECAUSE HE COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS WHAT CAME OUT OF HIM HAHA. HOPEFULLY IS THIS NOT TOO 'TMI' FOR YOU FOLKS... SO OF COURSE, BEING MY FIRST CHILD, I WENT BONKERS WITH EXCITEMENT! AGAIN, WE ARENT PUSHING HIM TOO HARD, BUT I THINK IM JUST GOING TO TAKE HIM IN THERE EVERY TIME I HAVE TO PEE; WHICH IS A LOT BECAUSE I DO LOVE MY COFFEE AND WATER HAHA

[FITNESS]
JOSH WAS WONDERFUL AND WATCHED CAE YESTERDAY SO I COULD GO RUN ON THE BEACH. HE FIGURED IT WOULD HELP A LOT TO RUN ON THE SAND. MAKES TOTAL SENSE, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE I USUALLY HAVE THE STROLLER (TOO MUCH RESISTANCE IF YOU ASK ME; IM  NOT THATTT HARDCORE). SO I WENT DOWN TO THE BEACH, SO CROWDED! THANK YOU RESORT TOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER. AND THE TIDE WAS COMING IN SO THE SAND WASNT PACKED VERY HARD. WELL ACTUALLY NOT REALLY AT ALL. WHICH DEFINITELY KICKED MY BUTT. BUT I NEEDED A GOOD BUTT-KICKING. GOOD THING IT WAS ONLY A MILE! SO FAR IVE DONE THREE 1 MILE RUNS, AND SO FAR I HAVEN'T HAD PAIN DURING THE RUN, AND A LITTLE SORE AFTERWARDS. I THINK AS LONG AS I KEEP ICING IT, STRETCHING, AND DOING MY PATELLA EXERCISES, ILL BE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

[FOOD]
GOING FROM EATING NOT-SO-GOOD TO TRYING TO BE GOOD IS AWFULLY HARD. WE ALL KNOW THIS. IVE BEEN TRYING. I THINK THIS IS THE AREA I NEED THE MOST ENCOURAGEMENT IN. I JUST FIND MYSELF CRAVING ALL THE BAD STUFF. LIKE A TEENAGER, ONCE I CAN HAVE SOMETHING OR CANT DO SOMETHING, I FREAK AND HAVE AN INSATIABLE URGE TO EAT EVERYTHING IN SIGHT. I JUST KEEP REMINDING MYSELF THAT FOOD IS FUEL. ITS JUSTTTT FOOD. SO IVE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO GET MY WATER IN AND KEEP BUSY. I FIND WHEN IM MOST HUNGRY, IM JUST BORED. ILL HAVE TO BREAK MYSELF OF THIS.

ALRIGHTY FOLKS... TIL NEXT TIME
BACK TO WORK ;D
J