GOALS

Goals; isn't that what life is goal after goal after goal; some achieved some not some made so many times you can not even remeber if you achieved it or not! LOL! i.e. Weight Loss! LOL! I am back into the swing of things post baby and so far have lost 6 pounds; now only about 600 more to go! Or so it seems to me! Not to much has been happening in Reese land. I have made some changes when it comes to TJ and the way I handle him. I have been far to easy on the little guy and he knows it; he also knows that mommy is the push over and I recognized this (it did take some time didn't it) and am now on a mission to re program the little man (since he is becoming a little man these days). I want my boys to be great men and it takes alot to raise a great man. He knew that mommy would get him a toy everytime we went somewhere; this has stopped; he is now in the process of learning to EARN his rewards since nothing is handed to you in life it is earned. It is tough; I would say more so on me than him. Our first meltdown in Walmart (which sells beer and wine now) was last weekend at my first attempt at saying no toy. I explained to him before we even left that there would be no toy; he assured me that he understood and still wanted to tag along; the entire trip there I repeated myself over and over no toy; you may pick a book or puzzle (educational) but no toy. We were about 5 steps in the door when I hear "I want a toy"; I was dumbfounded! He knew in his little head that the old mommy would have just said fine and he would have gotten yet another toy he really does not need but this is new mommy he is dealing with now! It was a loud tantram with lots of crying but I won that battle and stuck to my word and by the time we got home he gave me a hug and a kiss and was fine. Grated my nerves to their very core but I am sure we will have many of these struggles before he realizes that mommy means business even if it did take me almost 4 years to realize that! LOL!
He is almost 4! I can not believe it! He wants a John Deere birthday so I am trying to make that happen; nothing exciting or fancy this year; truthfully I haven't even sent out any invites or anything! Go mommy of the year! LOL! He dresses himself start to finish (except sneakers) and tells me more and more I am a big kid; he did tell me about a boy at daycare the other day I asked how old the little boy was he said he was medium! LOL! Not little like McKenna or big like him but medium! Love it!
Jack is trying his best to get to a sitting position from the floor; he gets over on one side and then grabs his leg while it's like sticking almost straight up and just tries and tries; not there yet...he is army crawling himself across the floor and likes to stand more than sit and lay...we still have to hold him up for the most part but he's getting there....I am in no rush since this will be my last little chubbster and a chubbster he is! He goes for his 6 month check up on Monday the 22nd of Jan. We'll see what they say!
All else is well.