The Whiny Whinyies

Sometimes being a new mom is just so rewarding. I get to learn so much about my little sweetie and I learn so much about myself.

What I have learned about myself today: I'm going crazy.

My current lesson: Suck it up buttercup. Who knew that when moms talk about this lesson they mean I need to suck it. I always thought it was the toddlers they were talking about. Oh no. I mean, you can try to reason with your screaming child... but that's about as productive as hitting your head against the wall. Believe me. I may or may not have done both.

Analie has entered this phase where she found out if she can cry loud enough I'll run around the world trying to get her to stop. This little smarty has figured out how to FAKE cry. Wah wah wah wah wha!! Until I come to her aid. Then she just stops. On a dime. Writing this I am seeing the humor in it... but when I'm in the moment or calling my mom complaining about the woes of motherhood it is NOT FUNNY. mother. :P

To Ana's credit she IS growing AND teething right now. Plus fighting allergies like her daddy. So she has an excuse sometimes. Thank goodness for mexican otterpops. :) She loves them and they are cheap even at Albertson's (which is just down the road). So I can sit her down with one of those long enough to blog about it. But just long enough. I have a sticky leg now. :|

Fun things to do in SoCal

About two months ago I moved down to Southern California to be with my husband. We live in a medium sized city between Los Angeles and San Diego. I've only been to California once before in my life and it was to go to DISNEY LAND of course! :) So this is the farthest south I've been. It's pretty here and while I miss a few things from Washington state, I really love my new temp home.

Analie loves it too! She really enjoys that because there is SUN we can actually go out and do things. She's still pretty young to get some of the things we can do, but she's learning fast.

I am within walking distance to two parks. It was so funny the first time we took Ana. It was

magical. She was SO excited to climb all over stuff! We live in such a tiny room that I am really glad she has a place to exercise and learn skills like climbing (and more importantly coming DOWN stairs), and running, and dolphin riding.

We also enjoy our beach in Carlsbad. Jeremiah likes to dig and Analie likes to...eat sand. She also enjoys chasing the waves. She is a DAREDEVIL and we really have to watch her. One time a wave completely toppled her over and she blew bubbles in the water while she flailed on her belly. I don't think it's going to be that hard to teach this little lady to swim!

Jim at the gym

So today I was in a really bad mood. like. super bad. Everything was just dumb and stupid. My daughter, Analie was not cooperating at all with my sleep schedule. I had laundry to finish and a room to clean. And Jeremiah had yet to even check in.

When I finally did get a text from him, he was already studying. He had spent his ENTIRE DAY sleeping. Was a jealous? Only alot. We had been talking the night before about wedding plans and other stuff that doesn't matter now I guess. But we had stayed up FOREVER. So it didn't seem fair to me that even though HE was the one fighting with ME, he got to sleep! Haha, maybe I was being a little over dramatic. I'm glad I got over myself.

Or rather I'm glad I went to the gym because I had some serious steam to blow off. Analie stayed with her Grandma so I could go. I usually go with Amanda, but she's in Moses Lake with Desi so I had to go BY MYSELF. Yes, life is quite cruel to me. So anyway as I'm elipticaling ALONE finishing my bridal magazine and Twilight the first movie on my iPod feeling sorry for myself and going pathetically slow I look over to one of those ceiling mounted TVs. The kind that makes me feel as if I am some part of an elite expensive club. Anyway I look over and JIM! Jim Halpert. Right there. In the office. In my gym. :) It was the episode where Phylis is getting ready to get married and they are throwing her a bridal shower. Haha, so Micheal is like "yeah well we're having a shower for Bob too! And no girls invited! But nothing gay, just men taking a shower from 2:30 to 3:15. A nice long shower with all men." AHAHAHAHAHAHA

So needless to say, I was happier after that. If there is one thing you should know about me it's that I absolutely LOVE Jim. I think he is SO fun. And it makes me sad when I see pictures of John Krasinski and his ACTUAL wife (who isn't Pam OR Jenna Fischer) it makes me sad. Anyway, I digress. I was inspired to continue my workout and when I went to the bathroom to weigh myself I discovered...I lost weight! Almost 13 lbs since I first started working out like....3 weeks ago. It feels great. I was expecting to see that I had gained since I last checked (it'd been a few days and a few cookies since then) but nope. I lost. YES!

Then after I got home we had dinner. It was nice. Meatloaf made in a cupcake tin. :) very yummy and a good portion. Also corn which I love. And I had Analie on my lap and my sister Kaytie came up behind me and she said "Hey, I think i saw that Ana has teeth" and my mom and I looked over and said "nah, she's just teething but no teeth yet" But I stuck my finger in there anyway (Analie wasn't very happy) and WHAT DO YOU KNOW? A TOOTH! My baby got her first tooth tonight!

So even though this day started out stinky, it got better Hurray!!

Fitness log

35min Elliptical

10min abs & chest

Total: 45min