Bitching! *this is gonna be long*

Yeah, going to be a lot of bitching and probably going to make myself sound like a giant one. But this is the only place I can vent it all.

Ok so, I know we really shouldn't judge other parents too hard. Most are just trying to do the best they can, but.... man, I'm so concerned about my nieces.

One is 9 the other 7. The 7 year old is already in need of a training bra b/c she is on the verge of being fat. Actually no, not even on the verge any longer, she is heavier than she should be by at least 10 (probably closer to 20) pounds which is a lot for a 7yo.

We had Zoe's pool party thing today and I was completely shocked with how large the 7yo's stomach was. The girl is SEVEN and already has cellulite. That is not right.

Now I know kids can be picky eaters, but everyone gives in to her when she refuses to eat real food and only wants junk. Sugary carb loaded junk food. DH's aunt was telling SiL how the 7yo didn't want eggs and other regular breakfast food that morning. Showed up a little while later with a Nutty Bar in her hand asking if she could have that instead and, YEP, they let her eat that instead of real food. And SiL just laughed and said yep, they usually just eat whatever they can reach.... ok so how about putting some healthier foods in their reach then......

UGH it just kills me!!
They are setting this girl up to have a weight problem before she even hits puberty. Or hell, b/c of the weight problem and all of the problems it can cause, she may hit puberty at the same time as her older sister.
How the hell do you bring up concerns without sounding like you're judging?? Even though maybe you are.... at least a little.

And the 9yo. UGH that child..... just film her for a day and send it out to all high schools and colleges and it would increase condom sales 10x. That's so bad to say and she's not terrible sometimes, but the girl is just..... ugh. I love her, but damn.
I think it's partially DH's family's fault. They used to take her when she was just a baby and spoiled her rotten. And that is rotten with a capital EVERYTHING.
I think b/c of that, or some of that has shaped the 9yo in to being handed everything whenever she wants it. Oh, NOW she doesn't get everything b/c they're all sick of her entitled attitude, but it's like.... you can't really blame her b/c that's all she knew before. Ya know? She whines, she lies through her teeth, she whines some more, she cries at the drop of a hat over every damn thing (especially if she doesn't get her way), she gives MAJOR attitude towards her mom, and she whines... ALL THE TIME. And seriously... I really hope she grows out of it by the time she hits puberty b/c if she doesn't.... Lord help my brother and SiL b/c they're going to go through hell. Plus if she keeps up with it all, she's never going to have a boyfriend for more than a week b/c they're not gonna be able to stand her.

I could see the problems before, but now that we have Zoe, all of their problems... I can't help but notice and hope to whatever is out there that Zoe doesn't end up like that.
Makes me feel terrible to even think it, but I REALLY hope Zoe does not end up like her older cousins.

We're def going to try her out in some physical activities. Dancing and probably some sort of martial arts.

Anywho..... her pool party was meh, ok. Any other weekend, there are maybe 2-3 families at the pool at once. 2-3 families of 4 people each max. Not today though. Apparently a lot of people thought today was THE day to throw their own pool party along with bringing all of the 15 children to the pool!! Thankfully by the time we went in, some had left but there was still A LOT of people there.
Not that I have anything against sharing the pool, it just figures that the one time we have something planned for it, that is the day everyone else picks too.

Anywho, it was way too hot and after everyone got out of the pool, things were pretty miserable. We are not doing anything outside again for the next birthday party whenever that may be.
We got our junk food cravings out of the way this week and I've told DH, no more junk food. If we want to make that TTC in the fall deadline, I REALLY need to stop procrastinating about losing weight and just frickin do it already. SiL posted a photo she took today of Zoe eating her smash cake w/ DH and I sitting behind her and good lordy the fat rolls are so embarassing.

Oh another bitch....
Friday we went out with family as usual. First.... DH's aunt tried to give Zoe fucking SPRITE. Yeah, she tried to give her SODA. WTF????? I saw her giving Zoe tea and milk shake. Not happy with that but Zoe doesn't get a ton of it so not that big of a deal, but soda is another thing.
Thankfully, Zoe didn't like it and actually spit it out all over the aunt. But come on now... fucking soda at 1yo??? I wanted to punch her lights out.
And then, MiL asked what we did on Zoe's birthday. We told her we went out to dinner (which wasn't that good unfortunatly), and she got all upset b/c we didn't invite her.
Excuse the fuck out of us for wanting it to be just us for once. And she kept going on and on about it trying her best to make us feel bad... which we didn't.

Anyway, more photos to come. Zoe didn't get to open her presents today so we'll take some photos of her doing that tomorrow. And to leave on a more positive note...
The girl LOOOOOOOOOOOOVED her smash cake. It took a little bit for her to get going, but she dug right in. Didn't get all that dirty b/c she was shoveling it in to her mouth pretty darn well lol. Hope she doesn't wake tonight with an upset tummy.