6 months!

I cannot even believe that Macie is half-way to her first birthday. It's unreal! I am so enjoying every moment and I cherish every day with my kids, because I feel like these days are flying by. I'm doing my best to be sure that I enjoy them. Spend more time playing and laughing with them, because those are the things I hope they will remember about their childhood.

As of now, Macie is trying really hard to start crawling. Very soon... Very soon I'll be working hard at teaching the kids to keep little things off the floor and out of her reach. Praise the Lord that winter is ending and we won't need to use our wood stove! 

Macie has also found her feet, she's learned to roll as a form of mobility, she reaches for and grabs toys (they go right to her mouth of course), she yells, coos, copies facial expressions, she's learning to sit with minimal help, and she is fascinated with her surroundings. She loves to look outside and now really enjoys being in the moby wrap. At the moment she is also working on those two first bottom teeth.. Won't be long until they come thru! 

We are still currently breast feeding exclusively... And by exclusively I mean that she literally won't take a bottle and all our bottles and old sippy cups are headed for the goodwill since Annie no longer needs them either. Crazy! We still haven't started solid foods. Honestly I'm holding out as long as I can so she can maximize the benefits of breast milk for as long as possible. I'm waiting instead until she crawls and can sit unsupported. I'm so concerned that starting her on solids will cause my supply to take a big dip. It's very sensitive and I really want to make it to one year before weaning... We will see though. In the mean time, she's benefiting perfectly from me, and she's gaining weight at a good healthy pace so I'm not concerned at all. She's already in 9 month clothes and will probably be in 12 month clothes well before summer. 

As for me... 6 months post partum. I'm still pretty much at the same spot I've been in... I'm 2 pounds from my pre pregnancy weight. Not bad, but I'd really love to lose at least 15 pounds to get back to a healthy weight. Definitely no more than 20 lbs. I'm not currently going out of my way to lose weight. I decided to wait until Macie is weaning, and until I've recovered from an impending hand surgery this summer... I am still praying about this surgery and if I want to go thru with it. During pregnancy I developed a condition called: dequervains tenosynovitis. Not sure how to explain it except for that it's extremely painful right at the base of my thumb. After two failed cortisone shots and physical therapy, I'm weighing my options. It's difficult to do a lot of simple things like holding heavy pots and pans, picking up the kids, turning door knobs... you get the idea. It's painful. Anyway, we'll see where that goes. Maybe I'll get super lucky and it will go away!

Thanks for reading, dear friends! God bless!