Josie's 1st Dentist Appointment

Josie's 1st official dentist appointment was today. We took her at the end of January to a dentist in Belmont but they referred us to a pediatric dentist instead.

We went to Hamilton Pediatric Dentistry off East Beltline. It was great. Josie loved the toys and the staff was wonderful. Definitely worth going to a pediatric specific office.
I kept asking Josie if she was so excited to go to the dentist in hopes that she'd not feel scared, etc. I think it helped a lot. Although she does well in many different situations so I wasn't too worried.

She did awesome. I did have to have her sit on my lap during x-rays and cleaning but she just kind of got a little scared. She didn't cry. She acted like a pro during x-rays. She got to pick out her toothpaste flavor so she picked chocolate. =)

She was happy to pick out a prize at the end along with a sticker, Minnie toothbrush, floss, etc.

The unfortunate news is that she has 7 cavities and 1 tooth needs to be removed. Bad Mom Award right here! We've not been consistent with a brushing schedule. Feel horrible. She will need to be asleep when they fix it all. She'll also need a spacer to make sure that the next tooth comes in properly (from where the one is being taken out).

I'm so glad she did so well, but like always lesson learned on making sure we keep better care of her teeth. Abby & Jasmine have appointment Wednesday so I'm assuming we'll hear similar stories.

Here are some cute pictures of her visit.
We won't know when her next appointment is until the dentist office calls back.

 Smile for Daddy @ work

 The assistant showing Josie how the tooth brush works

 Josie thought the Chocolate was already on the toothbrush

Love this one. They gave her these sunglasses for the bright lights. Cutest pic ever!

4 Month Surgiversary

2-1-16 4 Month Surgiversary
Feeling great & it's so much more than the number on the scale ♡

Minus 119lbs since my heaviest weight in 08

Minus 10.8lbs since January 1st 2016

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Happy New Year!  1-28-16

I haven't blogged since March of 2014. I'm going to try and go back through to read some of them for the memories.
Most of them were during Josie's pregnancy. =)
Most times when I decide to blog I often feel like I can't come up with the right words to express my thoughts.
Or that maybe I should wait until another day so that in the heat of the moment type words don't go flying through
my fingers. But anyway, just trying to keep it real and sometimes it feels good to feel like you've gotten things off your mind.


Lately I've felt the need to remove Facebook from my phone at least for personal use.I may change my mind but for now I'll see how it goes.
With Norwex & Home Cleaning it's necessary but I can give it a break for personal use.
It's kind of like the whole "out of sight, out of mind" If I don't see it, then maybe I won't think about it.

Pretty much everyone in my life has accused me of being addicted to Facebook. To some extent I totally agree. However,
because it has done so much for my businesses, I'm constantly busy with that. I literally would get notifications every
couple of minutes at least.
So I would sit and just refresh and type, and think of new things to post, etc. Josh normally watches TV and the girlies
want to do their own thing.
So I sit on my phone. Taking care of business or just scrolling through my newsfeed. I care about people and enjoy reading, keeping up, liking, commenting, etc.
What did we do without Facebook? Oh how I wish we could go back to life without so much technology.

I don't want that to be my life though. I want and need to spend quality time with my girlies. So I've decided to take a break.
I miss keeping up with posts but I can not let it consume me. I don't want to die tomorrow and have my girlies remember
me as the Mom who was just always on her phone.

Plus things stress me out. I overthink absolutely everything. Why didn't they like my post? Why didn't they comment on my
post? Do they like them better? Why do they always comment on their posts but not mine? Etc - just silly. If someone wants to
keep in touch they can through email, text, in person, or my blog.
I would much rather have 1 (true) close friend than just have 1000 that just watch my updates and don't care to interact
with me at all. There are even some you see in person and they act like they don't even know you. Then why are we friends on facebook?

I thought about removing friends that have never interacted with me but that would take way too much time.
Maybe you do care but you're just not on much or you just don't comment or like on anything? I don't know, that's ok I suppose but what's the point then?
Anyway - there is nothing wrong with a break and I'm just going to see how it goes.

I know I'll miss it - but it feels freeing to not have that attached to me.

I feel like a completely different me than the "End of 2015 Amanda". I feel so much better. I feel more confident. What's wrong with being confident?
I am trying to be positive. There are days I still feel down BUT for the most part I feel like a whole new me and I want to remove anything that may change that.

Not sure how often I'll blog - thought about once a month for sure.
Maybe no one will even read it?
Anyway! I've also been going to bed earlier because I'm not up all night on my phone. Another PLUS!

Thanks for reading.

Have a good night! Sleep well!
Much Love
Amanda


Jinger has to be everywhere I am. Love that she loves me.