Dr Pepper

My name is Julie and I am an addict.

Dr Pepper. Mmmm, I love that stuff. I used to drink a can a day and an occasional Rt 44 from Sonic on the weekend.  I had no desire for DP during the first half of my pregnancy and had an occasional can during the second half. When Jenna was born, I quickly resumed my can a day habit. But then I went back to work, we moved, and she went from waking up at 10 am to 6:30am AND (most notably) McDs started selling their large drinks for $1 and my DP consumption grew exponentially. Now, I must have 4 cans a day and often have more. Although I am only short 5 lbs of my pre-preggo weight (and haven't gained extra due to my addiction), it is obviously proportioned different, not to mention that my pre-preg weight was a good 10-15 lbs higher than desired. I work out enough and eat well enough that I think I should be able to lose at least the 5 extra pounds, but I know it will never happen with all that DP running through my system.

Soooo, I'm telling y'all that I am quitting DP. I don't plan to never drink it again, but starting Jan 1st and for at least a few months I'm not going to drink it at all. So, if you see me out and about and notice that I'm thinking about having Dr Pepper, can you remind me that I'm off it? Please? :) Thanks!

P.S. Please don't tell me not to drink it between now and New Years - I am enjoying it while I can!

Table Manners

Hey Mom, can you put some food on my fork, please?

 

Mmmmmmmm!

 

Don’t even think about getting between me and this fork!

 

I’m so cool now that I can feed myself!

 

Toys, toys, toys

Since Jenna just had a big birthday and got lots of great gifts, I decided it was time to swap out all those “baby” toys for her new “toddler” toys.  Yep, I pulled out every-single-little-itty-bitty-toy from her toy chest and special drawer in the living room.  I found out that we had about 1000 30 books stashed away, along with many, many stuffed animals, teething rings, and did I mention books? Here’s the after picture of her toy chest – yes, it is also after she had a fun afternoon of playing.  I admit that sometimes my living room is covered in toys! Luckily, it is super easy to put everything back in the chest (well, at least it is when you don’t have a toddler pulling toys out faster than you put them in! 

We also expanded her special drawer to two drawers. I think she was pretty excited. The table has 4 drawers in it and she is always trying to get into the other drawers (as you can see by the picture below – the top drawer is “not-for-Jenna”, but she really wants to get into it since that’s where her diapers and wipes are).  The left drawer is for books. I think we narrowed them down to about 10 and the right has a few random toys that will probably go back-and-forth between the toy chest and her drawer.