Dental Hygiene is SO important

Sophie really seems to understand how important brushing her teeth is. If she doesn't get to do it for a full 10 minutes, she throws a fit. I think I might teach her to floss next. Those eight teeth could get all sorts of food stuck in between them! My uncle was my dentist growing up, he'd be proud to know that we've started Sophie young. She always wants to stand on the tooth brushing stool and put her brush in the water. It's adorable.

That Darn Baby!

Sophie climbed out of her crib 4 TIMES last night! After the first 3 times, I tried rocking her to sleep, then laying her down and she woke up and climbed out. We ended up letting her fall asleep on the bed in the office room where we were at and carrying her up to bed a couple of hours later. I know climbing out of cribs is a milestone many children hit. But Sophie is only 16 months old and I'm not quite ready to deal with it yet.

So, I ordered a crib net to further secure her cage for the time being. I should get it in the next week or two. I'll be sure to post on how that works out later. My dad thought it was hilarious. Sort of a Karma thing, I suppose. I was quite the escape artist in my day, so I guess Sophie has it in her genes.

Anybody reading this - please give me tips on what to do. Did your kids do this too? If so, please don't tell me you just moved them into a bed!

Nothing in Particular to say

So, I don't have anything momentous or even very interesting to say today. I just like funny pictures of the kids, and thought other people might like to see them too. It's rare to get a smile from Sophie in a picture, but I got one the other day. It's sometimes tricky to get Abby to agree to a picture, but I got a good sassy one of her the other day as well. She looks pretty funny, but I think it shows her personality a lot.

Here's a video of the kids dancing. You have to look pretty closely to tell that Sophie is doing much, but she really was trying to dance. The video is pretty short and random, but you'll get the gist of it anyway. Yeah, that is our dog in the cage in the back. I'll bet he's thinking he'd like to show off his moves too. Too bad he was stuck in the cage . . .

And the Winner Is . . .

Me!!! Our Biggest Loser Contest ended last night and I won. Woo hoo! I think I worked pretty hard, so I'm proud of myself. I have lost 37.5 pounds since January 1st - that's 15.7% of my body weight. I feel a lot better now too. Steve won for the men. He lost 53 pounds which is 18.7% of his body weight. On the whole, everyone did really well. I was really nervous going into it, but it turned out that I won by 6% or something.

We reported weekly for the first two months, then didn't report at all for the last month to keep the winner a secret. There was sound reasoning behind the decision, but we all lost some motivation by not checking in. The accountability kept us in line.

Some of us finished up the night by going to our pseudo In-N-Out burger place. I had a gigantic chocolate milk shake, fries, and a delicious cheeseburger to celebrate. It was fabulous! I won't be going back to eating the same as before, but I might let myself have the occasional shake now and then.