My breast friend

My load is about 15 pounds lighter today. I am drying up my milk and don't need to carry the chunky breast pump around anymore. I nursed Bella for 2 months and Tori for nearly 4 months and I am very satisfied with that. If I stayed home I may have made it even longer because it saves money and can be very convenient at times.
I am making the decision selfishly for me. The hormones are killing me, I'm not losing enough weight and when I drink milk or caffeine the baby has a reaction. She sleeps so well at night that my milk was drying up from not pumping, work can be crazy and not conducive to pump breaks plus my neck is all kinds of messed up from the nursing and pumping position that the pain is constant. I will miss the closeness and bonding it brings, but I know there are more ways to bond with my gorgeous baby. I hope she knows how much I enjoyed our time and loved every minute of it once the initial shock and pain subsided. My tiny nursing baby will always exist in my memories.

You have to see this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o&NR=1

Picture-rific

I swear this was not staged or posed. Bella gave Tori the monkey to cheer her up, all I did was get her to smile.
She's standing on her toy box giving her first speech to an audience of one... me.
I thought this sculpture needed something.
The smell of the leaves was so good she had to get closer.
Little girl cuteness + mountain fun = very good stuff.

We've been Bushed

I hope I never have to hear Pres. Bush speak EVER again.
He ticks me off and he feels NO effects of this sh*tty predicament Americans are in.
Bite me Bush!

Bogged

The baby isn't sleeping well at night so I am on autopilot. The cold that the girls have has lasted a month! It causes a spiratic barking cough and the congestion wakes them up at night. They have both seen a doctor and there is nothing anyone can do for them. It sucks.

Work it Mamis

After a great workout at the gym last night (Peak's "Funky Fit" class) I am feeling pretty sore. That class is by far the best I have ever taken in terms of fun fitness. I sweat, the time flies and I always want more. The instructors are wonderful and motivating and they sweat more than anyone else trying to make the class as fun as possible. It's great.
When the instructor kept yelling, "Work it Mamis," I thought it quite fitting. I need to be there so badly, but I looked around and realized I was one of the smallest people there and no one would ever guess that I have a 3-month-old at home. Nevertheless, I am a "Mami" (Spanish for Mommy) and I was in great company with the others.
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We are potty training at our house and it's not going so smooth. I am very confused about how to excite Bella enough to do it all the time. She cries sometimes and wants to wear her diaper because she has accidents.
Help!