Thirty One Gifts

For awhile now I have been contemplating selling 31 Gifts and I am finally going to make the plunge.  I was hesitant because I used to sell Lia Sophia but that didn't work out.  But I think part of it was that I don't think I was as excited about it as I am with 31.  Plus I had a full time job at the time and didn't want to put much effort into it.  Now that I am a stay at home mom I will have more time during the day to do things with this business.  And then the other reason for doing it is that this momma just needs a break from her boy or might go insane.  So this will give me an excuse to get out of the house some evenings and have some girl time. 

Another reason for joining this business is not only do I need time away from my boy, but he needs time away from me.  He needs to start getting used to me not being around all the time.  He is with me 24/7 that he doesn't know what it is like for me to leave.  We had an incident at the YMCA yesterday.  I hadn't been there in awhile so when I left him in the child watch, apparently he was having some separation anxiety issues and would not calm down.  So they made me come get him and so therefore we had to leave.  I was so upset because in typical Kim fashion I overreact at everything at first.  And so I was like great now I have to cancel my membership and never come back again because Caedmon wants his mommy and they will make me get him and leave.  But after speaking with some friends and family I calmed down and realized that one, he has a cold and isn't feeling well and probably just wants his mommy.  And two, we just have to keep trying and he will get used to it eventually.  Maybe I need to go in there with him and play with him for a little bit in that environment before I run out of there.  Make sure he is playing and is happy before I leave.  So after this cold subsides I will try it again. 

So selling 31 will be another excuse for him to get used to me not being around.  And of course it is a way to get a bunch of products for a cheap price and free products as well.  As a stay at home mom I just love all of the products to help keep me organized.  And lastly to earn extra money as well.  I am pretty excited about this opportunity.  

 Can't wait to see all of this on my doorstep

And Lastly 12 Months! (and a Year in Review)

Amazing how fast a year goes by.  Caedmon loves to be independent with his eating and is a very good eater.  He is a very good sleeper as well.  He is now starting to go to one nap a day for about 2 hours long.  Sometimes he might take a second nap.  He might fight his nap for a little bit but usually goes right to sleep with no fussing at bed time.  He likes to be in the same room as you so if you leave the room he will usually follow you.  If something makes him mad he will whine and he gets mad if you do not let him do what he wants to do.  Sometimes him getting mad is annoying and other times it is funny.  He likes to be playing independently and then come over to you for a quick hug and then go back to what he is doing.  He likes to go outside and if you go out without him he gets mad.  He likes stroller rides, swinging, and pushing him on toys that have wheels.  He is not walking yet but is getting very close.  He will sometimes walk behind a toy that has wheels and he can stand on his own without holding onto anything.  He just doesnt have the confidence try to take any steps on his own.  I think he is afraid or nervous.  Unfortunately he still likes his pacifiers and we think he has a foot fetish.  He always manages to pick out socks out of the piles of clean laundry over any other article of clothing.  And he likes to play with shoes too.  He gets excited when Thomas the train or Bubble Guppies comes on the TV.  He likes to poop in a freshly changed diaper.  He does very well on long car rides as long as he doesn't have diarrhea.  I could keep going on and on but will stop here.  He is generally a very happy little boy.  Just talk to him and he will smile.  He is a very loved little boy and we love him to death. 

Caedmon's First Haircut

Caedmon got his first haircut on Halloween.  The weather was bad and trick or treating was postponed to Nov. 1st around here.  He didn't go trick or treating anyway because he is too young, I already had plans for Nov. 1st, and we don't hardly ever get trick or treaters in our neighborhood anyway.  We were going to go to Lafayette to grandma and grandpa Hatke's house and have Caedmon wear his costume and help pass out candy at their house but again the weather was crappy.  So we decided to stay home and get his haircut because we had family pictures this past Saturday that we needed to get ready for.  And if we would have been able to do our annual Halloween camp trip, he would have gotten to trick or treat there.  More on that later.

So he did really well at his first haircut.  He was a little squirmy but with mom and dad making fools out of ourselves we got him to stay put.  It was too difficult to choose which pictures to put on here so I just put them all on.  Enjoy!

OMG! What did you do to my hair?

Don't I look handsome?

Yay I get a balloon

Playing after my hair cut

 

 

 

 

 

Lastly, one in my Halloween costume

iPhones: Greatest Invention Ever or Worst Enemy

I have a confession.  I am addicted to my phone.  I know a lot of people including myself are always on our phones and cannot put them down.  A lot of times I get mad at Tanner because he is always on his phone when we are supposed to be spending time with each other.  But I cannot get mad at him because I know I do the same thing.  I saw this video on Facebook that was interesting and made me feel guilty. 

On the other hand you have to admit it is pretty awesome the things you can do with it.  There are so many awesome apps out there that you can download.  And the reason for this post today is that I came across the My Fitness Pal app and it is pretty awesome.  Of course this is day one but I really need to lose weight.  My feet hurt all the time and I feel like I have no energy a lot of times.  I have done Weight Watchers in the past and was successful with it (lost 20 pounds).  I was going to do Weight Watchers again but have been hesitant.  I do not want to spend the money on it when I already know the concepts of it and am already spending money on a gym membership.  Of course losing weight is a lot of self control and willpower.  But when I came across this app I got excited.  Just like with Weight Watchers, I can record everything I eat into the app and it tell me how many calories (or points with WW) I have left for the day.

Some of you might think well why not record everything into a notebook or something.  This is not the same because a lot of the foods are already in the app.  You just look up the food and hit add.  It also does all the calculating for you.  In fact the part of the app that I got the most excited about was that you can scan the bar code on the food item with your phone and it automatically brings up the food item on your phone.  So I was having fun scanning things with my phone.  Then Tanner and I had to be dumb and scan Windex to see what would happen.  It just said cannot be found.  We were hoping a message would pop up that says "Do Not Eat." 

So any encouragement and support on losing weight and being off my phone more is welcomed.  There was a funny ecard on Facebook that I saw not too long ago.  I searched all over for this quote and cannot find it anywhere.  So I will have to summarize it for you which will not be the same.  Oh well.  It said something about looking through Facebook newsfeed all the time throughout the day is like constantly eating while in front of the TV.  So maybe being on my phone is better???