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Little Things
You know, it doesn’t really take that much to make me happy. I’m easily amused and love to enjoy the everyday things that some may see as “ordinary.” I wanted to make a little list of the little things that make me happy to share with you guys as we head into the weekend to help you recognize the little things in your life that can make you happy. Dual Monitors ok, this one might seem a bit nerdy, but it really has made my working (and blogging) life so much better! Having a gazillion spreadsheets, emails and documents open can get confusing. This helps a ton. It was actually…
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Life Happens.
My apologies for my lack of blog appearances lately. It seems like when things happen they come in waves. A few weeks ago Payton woke up from a nap with a fever. No other symptoms. After a few days of it not going down we went to the doctor. They thought it might be a urinary tract infection, so they were trying to do some tests to make sure. In the meantime her fever spiked to 105.1. I may or may not have freaked out…. and proceeded to take her to the ER as the doctor advised. They did some more tests and determined she did have a UTI and…
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8 months.
Yesterday Payton turned 8 months old! I can hardly believe how fast time flies, but at the same time how it seems like she’s been here forever. This month has been a fun one. She is developing quite the personality. She has experienced the emotion of frustration quite a bit over the last month, and even has her own cry/scream to express it. She is a master at blowing raspberries. She has the cutest open mouth smile, which allows you to see her now 4 (and almost 6) teeth. She has two on bottom, the two eye teeth have broken through an her two front teeth are on their way…
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recovering.
so i’m still “recovering” from this cold/cough or whatever miserable thing it is. I feel fine in the middle of the day, but mornings and evenings are rough. The cough and the sore throat are killer. swallowing is a chore, which is sad because I love to eat. I guess that could mean its a good thing for my waist line, or so you would think! I’ve eaten tons of soup and had countless cups of hot tea. I’ve been trying hard to take care of Payton while also trying to not “share” my germs. Thats so hard! I didn’t realize how much I love to kiss her little face…
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sick day
so yesterday afternoon i started to get a dry scratchy throat. by the end of the night my throat felt swollen, i had a slight cough and a pounding headache. when i woke up this morning my body was achy, still had the same closed-throat and pounding head. i was going to call in sick… until i remembered moms don’t get sick days. babys still need to be fed and diapers need changing. school deadlines don’t change. dishes don’t do themselves. food doesn’t cook itself. luckily my baby girl picked up on the fact i wasn’t feeling too hot and all she wanted to do this morning was cuddle…. (please…
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september?
Is it really almost September? When did that happen? So much has been going on. Payton is growing more and more every day. I feel like her personality is developing so quickly. She has the funniest faces and loves to talk. She is trying to crawl and gets so frustrated when she can’t get where she wants to go. She has an enchanting smile and a contagious laugh. Sometimes she can have a huge attitude… don’t know where she gets that from! I love spending my days with her. The days and weeks can sometime melt together, which is probably how september snuck up on me. I finished my second…
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progress.
i love seeing progress. little milestones that encourage me to continue. today when i weighed myself i was down another 2 pounds. that means i have just 6 pounds to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. only 63 pounds to get to my goal weight of 150. hmm, 6 pounds sounds a lot better. i was NOT feeling like going out running today. usually i go after Payton’s first feeding in the morning so i can get it out of the way and not make excuses. today mother nature made excuses for me. it rained most of the morning and by the time the rain stopped i was already well…
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encouraged.
well, i’ve got good news to report! after my last frustrated post i’ve been making it a point to go jogging this week… and it has paid off! i’ve lost another 2 pounds, making my total loss since Payton 35 pounds (reminds me, I need to put up some new progress pics!), which is good for a time span of 3 1/2 months (at least I think so!) I gained 43 pounds during my pregnancy which means I still have 8 pounds to go to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight… and i’m hoping to have that done by the end of the month. Then it’s on to that weight…
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finding a routine
i feel so out of it. i was doing so good, working so hard. then when i went back to work i feel like i lost it. my routine was shaken up. finding time to spend with chris and payton was hard enough, let alone time to work on me. from the time i was laid off i feel like i have been playing catch up… still trying to find momentum to get back into working out and paying closer attention to what i eat. just when i was getting there we went on vacation. it is hard to eat good on vacation…. not hard to eat good food, but…
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recap.
mmmm where to start? its been over 2 weeks since i last wrote a blog… not to say i haven’t sat down and tried, i usually get distracted too easily though. seems as if there is a permanent “to do” list floating around in my brain and before i can mark off one thing i jump to another. so much seems to be going on in my life right now, let’s see… last monday i went back to work after 12 beautiful weeks of maternity leave. that was rough. last monday morning was probably one of the hardest times i’ve gone through. i’m so thankful that chris’ family is watching…