Before we get to the title of this post let me back up and fill you in. Weight has always been a struggle for me... I have gone up and down up and down over and over (and over) in my life. Weight does not define me as a person but I always feel better when I am in a healthy range. Weight has always been a huge mental thing for me too... I do not like shopping because I hate being disappointed when things look bad on me or I have to get a size bigger than what I think I should be etc. (I told you it was a huge mental/HUGE insecurity thing) I was in a healthy weight range when my husband and I first started dating (seven years ago this last Sunday--don't ask why/how I remember that but I do, haha) then the weight started creeping up and up and up. I was bigger than I wanted to be on my wedding day and guess what happened after the wedding.... it kept going up and up. I woke up one Saturday and decided that I was going to do something about it so I joined Weight Watchers. I walked in their that day, all by myself, and that was it. I lost almost thirty pounds then got pregnant with Braxton. Knowing what I know about how I gain weight and how easy it is for me to gain weight, I should have known that pregnancy would accelerate that and it did. I was huge for my short frame. There was no turning the weight gain around by the point that I had that "Oh poo-poo" moment and realized that I was gaining too much. So... I got huge and I mean really huge--like saw numbers on a scale that I never ever ever wanted to see. When Brax was 4 months old I joined weight watchers again and the weight was melting off of me. I was going to Zumba, I didn't curve from the path, I felt GREAT. I bought my first pair of shorts in honestly over ten years last summer (again, shorts are a mental thing for me and when I say HONESTLY TEN YEARS, I mean it). I loved shopping, it was fun! Then guess what??? I got pregnant again, what?????? haha. Not the weight gain again. Anyways, I was more sensable with this pregnancy but the weight still hasn't melted off of me, imagine that. So, here I am post baby and itching to get in the gym, back to Zumba,etc.
So onto my new challenge... I am currently working through the Couch to 5K running program. Now if you know me you know that I can walk from here to El Paso without stopping (ok, not really) but I really do LOVE walking and I walk at a pretty fast pace for my short little legs but I can not stand running. I have never liked it, even when we were forced to run in middle school cross country (I did win a ribbon once for my mile run), BUT I am determined to finish this. I started it and now I have to finish it. I am currently on week 4 and I almost died just now getting through the work out but I turned my radio up so I couldn't hear my foot steps or my breathing pattern (it's a mental thing), turned my phone over so I could not see the countdown timer on my free C25K app, and I ran and better than that... I completed the run for today. It's not fun and I do not leave the gym thinking that I will ever like running but today I feel accomplished because the run today was the most running I have done so far.
Anyways, this was a random post about a bunch of hoop-la but I will keep ya'll updated on how the rest of it goes. I am trying to talk hubby into running a 5k with me when I finish this so we will see.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
Routines, Changes, Etc.
Lots of happenings, kind of, well not really just have not had time to write. Before I forget to post about her two months I need to do that.
Brooklyn-2 Months
Things have calmed down for the most part. We put her on reflux medicine and it has made a world of difference. She still has her moments but it is mainly when she is fighting sleep or if it is time for her medicine. We are so thankful that we have found comfort for her and sanity for us, haha. She is wearing size 1 diapers and 0-3 month clothes. I know we (all moms) say this but they grow so fast. I took the head padding thing (I have no idea what to call it) out of her car seat the other night and she just looked so big. She is sleeping better, usually up two times a night. Once between 12 and 2 and once between 2 and 4. ***Last night she slept all night!!! Well I say all night, but she slept from around 8:30 until 4:30!! She also rolled from her stomach to her back yesterday. I think that it was just a fluke because she was very upset about being on her stomach but we will see--she has yet to do it again. She loves her brother. I know it sounds weird saying that because she is only two months old but she tracks him every time that he walks by her and she smiles so big at him. It melts my heart to see this interaction already going on.
Brax is 20 months now and we were talking last night and decided that if we could have our children stay one age forever it would be this age. He is a blast! I won't bore you with details but he is learning SO much. He loves animals and knows the sounds to most of them. He is obsessed with puzzles and this boy is so good at them. He knows two shapes, stars and circles. I was so surprised but SO proud, in my nerdy math teacher mind, that he actually started pointing these things out to me and saying the word. He loves putting the shape blocks into the correct spot and he has a flip up shape book that we has been obsessed with for a while. All of our time this summer doing these two things has paid off!!! I am working on other shapes but they are a bit harder to say. It is so amazing to me at how much he has learned and continues to pick up on so fast. Next week we are starting addition...BAHAHA kidding!
Now onto changes--I say changes but really it's just my babies growing up (mainly Braxton). I will admit, I am going to be the mom that cries at every milestone, every school program, etc that my children are involved in. In the last week Braxton has started walking himself to bed. We say "ok it's time to go night night" and he gets him blanket and walks in there. (Of course we follow him in there) Again, I know this is probably not a big deal but this is our "baby," our first born. He also walks himself into daycare. Of course, I have no other option because I have to get Brooklyn out but it makes this momma sad. I have carried my "baby" into daycare since the first day I took him when he was 9 weeks old and now he walks himself in.... hmmph. Onto another change.... Brook started "school" today because my new hire training started for my new district. I was better today than the first day I took Braxton, I actually didn't cry (I know you can't believe it, haha) but it still hurt this momma's heart to drop both of them off. THEN, I got a picture text from Mrs. Donna that said "sleeping on a big boy mat." He no longer sleeps in a pack-n-play but on a mat.... he looked so cute, so peaceful, and SO grown up.
We have found a new norm with two babies and will continue to find another new norm as school starts back up. Hopefully, I get into a good morning routine really fast, haha, this morning I was doing so good...both kids up, dressed, packed and ready to go.... then I got in the car and realized I didn't eat breakfast! Oops, I guess that's part of being a mommy.
Brooklyn-2 Months
Things have calmed down for the most part. We put her on reflux medicine and it has made a world of difference. She still has her moments but it is mainly when she is fighting sleep or if it is time for her medicine. We are so thankful that we have found comfort for her and sanity for us, haha. She is wearing size 1 diapers and 0-3 month clothes. I know we (all moms) say this but they grow so fast. I took the head padding thing (I have no idea what to call it) out of her car seat the other night and she just looked so big. She is sleeping better, usually up two times a night. Once between 12 and 2 and once between 2 and 4. ***Last night she slept all night!!! Well I say all night, but she slept from around 8:30 until 4:30!! She also rolled from her stomach to her back yesterday. I think that it was just a fluke because she was very upset about being on her stomach but we will see--she has yet to do it again. She loves her brother. I know it sounds weird saying that because she is only two months old but she tracks him every time that he walks by her and she smiles so big at him. It melts my heart to see this interaction already going on.
Brax is 20 months now and we were talking last night and decided that if we could have our children stay one age forever it would be this age. He is a blast! I won't bore you with details but he is learning SO much. He loves animals and knows the sounds to most of them. He is obsessed with puzzles and this boy is so good at them. He knows two shapes, stars and circles. I was so surprised but SO proud, in my nerdy math teacher mind, that he actually started pointing these things out to me and saying the word. He loves putting the shape blocks into the correct spot and he has a flip up shape book that we has been obsessed with for a while. All of our time this summer doing these two things has paid off!!! I am working on other shapes but they are a bit harder to say. It is so amazing to me at how much he has learned and continues to pick up on so fast. Next week we are starting addition...BAHAHA kidding!
Now onto changes--I say changes but really it's just my babies growing up (mainly Braxton). I will admit, I am going to be the mom that cries at every milestone, every school program, etc that my children are involved in. In the last week Braxton has started walking himself to bed. We say "ok it's time to go night night" and he gets him blanket and walks in there. (Of course we follow him in there) Again, I know this is probably not a big deal but this is our "baby," our first born. He also walks himself into daycare. Of course, I have no other option because I have to get Brooklyn out but it makes this momma sad. I have carried my "baby" into daycare since the first day I took him when he was 9 weeks old and now he walks himself in.... hmmph. Onto another change.... Brook started "school" today because my new hire training started for my new district. I was better today than the first day I took Braxton, I actually didn't cry (I know you can't believe it, haha) but it still hurt this momma's heart to drop both of them off. THEN, I got a picture text from Mrs. Donna that said "sleeping on a big boy mat." He no longer sleeps in a pack-n-play but on a mat.... he looked so cute, so peaceful, and SO grown up.
We have found a new norm with two babies and will continue to find another new norm as school starts back up. Hopefully, I get into a good morning routine really fast, haha, this morning I was doing so good...both kids up, dressed, packed and ready to go.... then I got in the car and realized I didn't eat breakfast! Oops, I guess that's part of being a mommy.
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