End of the soup diet and other stuff

Well, we finished the heinous soup diet! The hubby lost 10 pounds, and I lost almost 7 (sounds better than more than 6!) I had a much harder time with it than the hubby, as I was around the kiddos, the cupboards, freezer and fridge! haha! Plus, add the fact that I really do not like alot of my veggies cooked in a soup! We are going to try and adopt a few more healthy eating habits to see if we can lose a few more pounds before Spring Break. Being a bread-a-holic and choco-holic, this diet is extremely hard on me! hehe!

We have been continuing to work with Little O on her toilet training... she is a bit defiant at times! She is pretty close, but seems to be the kind of little girl that will be ready when SHE says so! All we can do is give her little pushes and reminders.... I can't wait until we can stop buying Pull-ups and diapy wipes! Overall though, she has made great strides in her development, considering her background! I would have to say her understandable language is close to 50 words. WE can understand alot more, but someone who is not fluent in "O-lish" tends to have problems figuring it out! She can get most her clothes off by herself, and put her PJ's on by herself... she can brush her teeth (with help!), she is REALLY close to being able to pedal on her trike (time for a helmet!) as well as she can ALMOST write her name to where anyone can read it.... At times we forget about her past and compare her to her big brother J, when it comes to the developmental stuff... Little J was always way ahead developmentally, potty trained at 2 and reading at 4.... I have a feeling in the next few months she will really take off! She is now wearing her 3T shirts/dressers and 2T pants! Amazing how much she has grown! She is slowly getting out of the Sesame Street phase, currently in Pooh and Mickey Mouse! She also loves to look at books and tries to read them, but we have to watch her, as she also loves to shred books! She actually likes to ruin board books and the lift-the-flap books best!
Off to get the kiddos ready to take Big A to wrestling practice!