updates and more updates

i've been forced to assimilate my blogger acccount with a google account. i have no clue what i have done but it wouldn't let me into my blog without me doing it. and we all know how VITAL it is that i get in here. i mean, my audience would really miss me. right? right???

this time THREE months have passed since my last post. wow. that's not very good at all. i guess i've been busy...

here's elisha's update:

• she is crawling.
  
• she is also pulling up on stuff.
• she just climbed a box yesterday.
• and she clapped
• and she has 2 teeth that she loves to bite with! ouch!
• she says 'mama'
• when she wants me, she chases me down and head butts my leg til i pick her up
• she's still sleeping with me and scared of the crib (or scared of being alone, i'm sure that's really what it is. she's used to having 2 older entertainers around constantly.)

here's cade's update:

• he's almost pottytrained! yee haw!!! he wears undies during the day and pullup at night. he's usually dry in the morning but i have a lot of pullups left over so we're going to use them.
• he's singing. some people may not be excited about this, but i remember reese doing it and i love that he's singing and remembering words and was paying attention to me when i sang to him all those times.
• he's now sharing a room with reese and bedtime is so much easier. for me. maybe not for reese. she takes the role of little mommy and makes sure he stays in bed.
  

here's reese's update:

• she's about 6 weeks away from turning 5. wow. a 1/2 decade. she's getting so old.
• she has started giving back what i give her. sometimes i am too impatient with her and tell her to hurry up. she fires right back with 'i'm BUSY, mommy.' so i guess she's learning to stand up for herself???
  
• she's also about 6 weeks from finishing her year of preschool
• i *think* she's reading. or else she has a photographic memory. the books she brings home from school are simple but she's reading them. and then talking like them. these books drive me crazy because they'e so simple...."i like you. you like me. here we go, up up up." etc.

and my update:

• i've been doing weight watchers since march 1st and have lost about 30 pounds. this is huge for me. i was growing out of my size 20 pants and now i'm fitting comfortably in 18s and a few 16s. i have about another 30 lbs to go until i reach what i weighed when i got married.
  
• major diet changes...no high fructose corn syrup (or at least in very limited amounts), low sugar, high fiber, low fat. my mood swings have really stopped...i can't believe how hfcs can really affect a person's moods. i'm doing similar things for the kids' diets (except the low fat part, i know they still need fats for good physical & mental development).
• the house *might* be rented out very soon. a couple came and looked at it, loved it and are submitting the paperwork to the property manager for approval. we might be moving very soon! hopefully after reese finishes preschool though.

so those are our updates. see you in another 3 months. :b