Update

1. I am so excited that the warm weather is finally here.  I bought toddler MH a water table that I put out on our deck and while I sun bathe she has been content with it for hours

2. Potty training, oh boy.  I was actually excited about the whole potty training thing.  When I thought MH was ready in the winter it was too cold to try the training and I figured she  needed a little more time.  So for the last few months we watched potty training videos, read books and I took her to the restroom with me and time and time again said goodbye to Mommy's pee.   As the weather finally warmed up on a Monday morning three weeks ago we started.   We first watched a potty video she liked on YouTube.   We then took off her dolly's diaper and said goodbye, dolly peed on the potty then toddler peed on the potty after about 30 min of sitting on it.  She was excited, I was even more excited with the idea of saying goodbye to the money sucker diaper.    She was trilled with the task of dumping the pee in the toilet and flashing.  We sang, danced, clapped and she got a sticker and a cookie.  We did great the first day.   She had a few accidents but when it happened she started running towards the potty which she would eventually fall since we have hardwood floor and she slipped on her pee.    Day 2 we were a little distracted by unexpected visit from family (a usual occurrence).  However, we tried our best.   On day 2 when she had accidents instead of running towards the potty she just sat on her pee.  She was scared of falling, and before she slipped, she would sit on the pee and spread it on the floor with her hands :(.  Mommy wasn't too happy but I kept my cool.  After all it was only day 2.  My goal was to have her trained in a week. Hahahahahaha
Damn those videos that say they trained their kids in a day or three.  By day three no poop happened in potty.  Little girl was holding to it, so out of fear of the greatest constipation, I put a diaper on her after dinner and she went behind the side of our living room sofa as she usually does and did her business on the diaper.  So I said she is not ready for #2 to happen on the potty so I backed away from insisting #2 happen in the potty. 

Day 3, 4, 5,6,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,25.  By the third week she figured out the pee thing and would sit on the potty to pee.  She is running around without underwear the whole day but she has accidents if we don't insist she sits on the potty.  I keep repeating, "pee in the potty" but I am exhausted but seeing the improvement I am encouraged.  This week we have been focused on #2, just telling her that it needs to happen on the potty but no show yet.  We shall see.   

3. Moving away from all things potty; since I decided that I will give HCG a go, I was waiting for a sign of ovulation but none was to be seen.  On cd16 I started cramping which I thought weird.  Then I remembered, last cycle I only spotted brown stuff for two days, right after that I had fertile CM which I thought was odd but it disappeared a few days later.  So 16 day cycle, I had a full period with a good amount of bleeding which reminded me of the old days.   The cramps were brutal though and I blame the red meet I have been consuming after Easter.   Time to take it out of my diet.

4. Lets just say, family drama has been at the highest this season and I am praying and hoping that everything will work out.  I hate early morning and late night phone calls.   I get so anxious that someone is going to tell me one more bad news.  My sister called me yesterday after 10 pm, one more bad news to add to the list.  It could have waited until the morning but no she has to ruin my night.  It took me a good hour to fall asleep and I walk up multiple times during the night.   Having a large family for the most part is a blessing but it is also hard since you have to hear of everyone's problems.  It is draining emotionally.

5.  My hubby has a few days of before the summer session  classes begin so we plan to go out and enjoy the warmer weather.   We shall see how I do physically.  I am in the first part of my cycle where the pain is at its worse.