Busy

So it's been forever since I've last posted anything and I have been just busy. Well I guess not busy but some personal things have come up and I'm cold and have the good ol winter depression blues. I really do hate winter because it's too darn cold to do anything so we are cooped up in the house doing nothing but eat. I am soo ticked off of myself because I gained 10lbs! I usually give myself a 10 lb window for the holidays but this year it just didn't happen. I really haven't ran because it has been cold and I didn't really want to worry about slipping while running. I did get the Biggest Loser game for the wii and I've done it a couple of times but no motivation. I have figured out that I am the kind of person that likes to get away from the house to work out. It's hard to work out at my house because of Brock getting in my way and working out is me time. That's why I love run is because it's me time. I get to get away from it all and just thinking about things and clear my head. I love love going to the gym because it's me time. I do much better losing weight or staying somewhat healthy if I can get away. I have now joined a workout group within my neighborhood on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays for 1hr. It just started on Monday and we did P90X and it was good. I felt soo much happier after working out and it was such a beautiful day that I decided why not go on a 5 mile run. So I did and I loved it! I had the best day on Monday and I was soo happy. I didn't feel all yucky and gloomy. I figure if I can keep that up for a couple of weeks I should be able to lose my 10lbs that I have gained-right?

This month I have started to potty train Brock and he is doing awesome! I would say that he is pretty much potty trained. We still have to put a diaper on at night but he is doing great! I was soo tired of having to constantly change his diaper every 1/2 so I figured if he is telling me to change his diaper he is ready to get potty trained. I was soo scared to potty train him because he had no desire to go potty in the toilet. Whenever I would try to put him on he would kick and scream. One day I was done and we went and got a toilet for him and got him another pack of underwear. I had already bought him a pack (Toy Story) a month or 2 ago. I told him we were going to take his diaper off and go on the toilet and he was fine with it. Well when we got home from the story he kicked and scream about sitting on his new football toilet. I thought there was no way he was going to get potty trained. I had heard that boys were way harder than girls so I knew it was going to be a rough couple of months or even a good 1. I really wanted to get him potty trained by his 3rd birthday, or get semi potty trained so I was determined. Brandon and I told Brock that if he went potty in the toilet and did good we would get him a jazz bear. He absolutely loves the jazz bear. When we watch the jazz games and they are playing home he will try to spot the jazz bear. So the next day Brandon tried to put Brock on his toilet seat and again kicked and screamed so he showed him how daddy goes potty. After that he was fine to sit on the toilet. He did awesome his first day, he had only 2 accidents! I started him in the middle of the week and he seriously had no more than 5 accidents. He did poop his pants and he did not like that at all! For going on 3 weeks he has done soo good. He hasn't gotten his jazz bear because he pooped his pants a couple of times and has had a couple of accidents. I told him once he stops pooping his pants, which has only been 3 times, and goes potty with no accidents we will get his jazz bear. Now the only thing is trying to find one. He has done soo good and I had heard horror stories of how hard boys are to train but honestly my girls were a lot harder than Brock. My girls were always wetting their pull ups. I think that's where I made the mistake with them was pull ups but as soon as I gave them a big incentive (dance) they tried their hardest. I know that nighttime will be the hardest but I'm just glad we don't wear diapers during the day. It was starting to get expensive buying diapers, from Costco every 3 weeks or so.

A couple of days before Christmas I went up and stayed a few days at my parent's house and we took the kids and my brother to Lights at the Bay. It was freezing cold and we waited forever in line to get the stupid horse carriage ride to take us through the park. It would have been faster and warmer if we just went through in the car but we figured we would do this for the kids. My dad started to get grumpy after waiting in line for an hour.

I had to take a picture of my old man because he was starting to get ticked off and I figured I would try to crack a smile by taking his picture. It didn't work.

Making snicker doodles cookies for Santa Claus Christmas Eve

New Year's Eve. We took the kids sledding at a park in Brigham not too far from my parent's house. This was Brock's first year sledding and he loved it. He wanted to go down the hill by himself and bring it up by himself. The kids had fun and mom (me) froze. It was cold that day.