Looooong Weekend

Wow its been a long weekend and its not even over yet. My husband went out of town to visit his family and I stayed home with the kids. Usually I get a break in the weekends when the hubby is home but not the case this weekend. I have not had a break from the same daily routine and I am exhausted. As attached as my kids are to mommy, I think they are even tired of me. It gets old. Our weekly routine continued through the weekend without any real change. We were not even social with friends so it was really just us and my mom came over on and off. I don't recommend it....if you are home with your kids for a full weekend and thats what you do during the week...don't do it...its not fun for anyone.

A Few Things I Learned...

1. Do not let your 10 month old play with markers when you are not watching.  My older son and I were coloring with markers and my 10 month old came to join in on the fun. I walked away for 2 minutes to take my son to the potty and I came back and my 10 month old had a green tongue and a green face. Somehow he got the lid off and decided to put the marker in his mouth...what a pretty sight!

2. In order to be a "Good Indian Wife" I need to give my hubby a massage every night (yea right), cook him a full Indian meal every day (haha...in his dreams), be dressed nicely in a sari when he comes home from work (no sweat pants?), have the house cleaned before he gets home (that I can do), have the kids showered, fed and quiet (umm...showered and fed is easy but quiet is not gonna happen)...

3. Do not stay up too late reading when you know you have to get up early the next morning. I am obsessed with this book:   Its so good that I can't put it down so of course I was up late last night reading knowing that I still have to get up 2 times in the middle of the night for my younger boy. Also my kids get up at 6am so going on a few hours of sleep is not fun. At least the book is worth it.

I'll add more to the list as they come to me!

Potty Trained

We reached a major milestone in our family...my big boy is finally potty trained. Its a very exciting time...no more diapers...well except pull ups at night and naps. I love the idea of not having to worry about diapers...the issue now is making sure we are accessible to a bathroom everywhere we go. When he tells me he has to go...it means we make a mad dash to the bathroom before he has an accident. He can hold it but not for very long.

Last night after putting him to bed he got out 2 times because he had to go potty...omg that was so tiring but then also exciting because he recognizes that he has to go and does not want to wear a wet diaper anymore. I love it!

I think this means reward time for him...

No more diapers, no more wipes, no more mommy's yucky looks.

A few cool sites

I had to share a few cool sites that I have used lately:

1. www.sendaball.com - Send an inflated ball anywhere in the US. They have standard messages printed on the ball or you can customize it. The ball is delivered without any packaging...just an inflated ball. A very cute way to send a fun gift that kids or adults would love to receive in the mail. I just sent to 2 different friends from my kids to their kids. I think it is a very coolest and inexpensive idea. Why didn't I come up with it?

2. www.photofetti.com - Confetti made with pictures and some color circles thrown in too. The pictures are the size of a nickel and then you get to pick 3 different colors to go with it. I ordered some to throw into the invitations I made for my son's 1st birthday. His birthday is in June and I am doing a carnival theme party and I thought it would be fun to have confetti with his pictures inside the invites. Super cute!

Photographer I LOVE!

So I took my little boy to an amazing photographer today. She was looking for some babies to shoot in her garden and Jaisen was one of them. This women...Monica Laipple...her business name...I Love White Rabbit is amazing. I have been seeing her work on fb for quite a while and have been so impressed by what she does. I went to her studio today and realized she has an fantastic eye for photography. She is not into studio portraits, she does more of the natural settings and scenes but she knows what she is looking for. Her settings are so cool...she finds places in public that are just the perfect background to photograph. A few months ago I told the hubby that I want to do family portraits with her and after today's session I am definitely going to do it. I can't say enough about her. I found a new photographer...woohoo!

Just as an fyi we had a great photographer in San Jose but she sold her studio and stopped doing photography so I was on the lookout for a new one and I am so happy I found her.

Thanks Monica!
http://www.monicamichelle.com
http://www.ilovewhiterabbit.com

All rights for this image go to Monica Laipple.