I went out with some friends that I used to work with tonight. We went to Olive garden and one of the ladies son-in-law was our waiter so we all got a free dessert, which was very good. After taking a picture, I am further motivated to start eating better. Lol. I am going to wait til 6 weeks before unfreezing my gym membership so I can be fully healed, but I suppose I don't have to wait 6 weeks before eating better... I told my friends at our next dinner in December, my goal was to be down 15 lbs. Hopefully I can do better than that, but 15 is definitely a reachable goal. I also know why I should have not tried on my non-maternity clothes so soon. Very depressing. Joshua has a little cold, so things at night have not been too great. I am pretty tired, but feel like my prayers have been answered in that I feel rested even if I'm not.

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As you can tell from the picture, my big girl finally pooped on the potty! Finally, a bribe that worked. Lol. All of the sudden we hear from the bathroom, "I'm pooping!" And sure enough, she was. Lol

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Things have been going as well as we could have hoped. The first few days home, I was pretty emotional. I just hate not feeling in control of my emotions. Dave came home from work one day last week (he's had to go in the past week for meetings) and asked how I was doing. I started sobbing. I am pretty sure that day I had screamed at Maddy :( Sleep was obviously the biggest contributor to my lack of control, so there have been a couple of nights when Dave has shooed me off to bed. I told Dave there's nothing like not being pregnant to remember how much I love him. It has been so long since I actually wanted to hug Dave. I don't know what it is about pregnancy, but a lot of things, more than just intimacy, go out the window. Now that I'm starting to feel normal again, every time I have wanted to just be with him, we are too busy with the other kids, the baby, or sleeping. I finally just laid out a blanket and pillows on the living room floor last night since Joshua was sleeping in his bouncer and told Dave I needed to lay down and just have him hold me. In addition to an amazing husband, Cheryl has been a life saver. She has come over almost every day and watched the kids while I take naps. At times it is a bit chaotic, but I don't know how I could have stayed sane without her help. She is the only one besides Dave who I trust with Joshua, locally anyway. The ward brought us a few meals and my inlaws have also provided several. I don't suppose things could be any easier, but it has still been a very hard 2 weeks. Will started school last week and has loved it. He even told me he loves doing homework with me. Lol Maddy has been doing great potty training. I got sick of changing diapers, so she wears underwear all day now. The problem we were having was with pooping on the potty, so she has the choice of putting on a pullup to poop or going on the potty and getting a princess dress as a bribe. Needless to say, the dress is still hanging up unworn since I got it. So, we are making it, but I am praying Joshua starts sleeping through the night as quick as the others did. I don't function without sleep very well. We put some pictures up on google +, so if you don't have that, let me know.