IPhone only syncs to my girlfriend's Macbook Air

Some how along the way, my iPhone syncing transfered from my Macbook Pro to my girlfriend's MBA. When I plug in my phone to my computer, iTunes does not automatically start and when I manually start it, my phone does not appear in the Devices sidebar. When I try to Wifi Sync, my iPhone only wants to sync to her laptop, not mine.
Note, I had the iPhone before the girlfriend (and thus her MBA) so it was syncing to my laptop at one point.
How do I fix this? I want my iPhone to sync to my laptop and her iPhone to sync to hers.

If you have been using wifi syncing with her laptop you first need to disable this by unchecking this on the Info tab of the sync settings on her computer, followed by syncing. Then when you attempt to sync with your MBP, if not done carefully, you will losing everything on your phone. You first need to copy your iTunes library from her computer to yours (see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527) unless your music and other media is already in the iTunes library on your MBP. Once done, carefully follow the steps in wjosten's post here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/13356770#13356770 (substitute Outlook for iCal and Address Book in step 2).

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