Macie is now ten months old!!! I cannot even believe it. She claps when she's excited, she copies sounds, she recognizes special people in her life, she says da-da, she crawls and pulls herself up to stand against furniture, she eats a variety of foods, and she is still breast feeding!! I am so proud that we have made it so far... Even if it feels like I'm nursing a monkey right now. She is healthy, happy, and growing too fast. She's just a joy and we love her so much! However it would be nice if her two top teeth would cut through... They make her turn into oscar the grouch.
As far as my post-partum health is concerned, I'm doing pretty well. I'm actually very pleased with where my weight is at... I'm sitting right at 150lbs which is five pounds from my goal weight. I just need to tone up a bit and things will be great. I've found that even though I'm back to my pre-baby/high school weight, things look nothing like they used to which brings me to the realization that weight really is just a stupid number on a scale and means nothing if you're still unhappy with how you feel and look. Whatever though! I'm happy with where I'm at. It's a huge deal for me. I have not weighed less than 160lbs in almost six years. That's a long time! Those pants I saved from when I first married Jeff... Yeah they fit now! I can wear them comfortably. I saved those jeans not only because they cost a pretty penny and reminded me of how good I felt about my body when I wore them, but I saved them as a motivation tool. I am so happy to be back in my old jeans... They're like that old friend you haven't seen or heard from in years but continually thought about in their absence.. And when you reunite with said old pal, it's a magical thing. Warm fuzzies... You get my drift. It's freakin awesome and you want to tell everyone to look at your jeans and then they think you've lost your flipping mind. Whatevs. So there you have it. My body is far from perfect, but I'm at a healthy weight that I'm no longer embarrassed of, and clothes are starting to fit and unfit... Clothes I held onto forever are beginning to look good on me, but the ones that took their place for six years are beginning to fall off... Which is both a blessing and a problem. Only a problem because life is more expensive than it was when I could just go buy new things whenever I needed them. Again... Whatevs. My little clothes fit! I'll take a smaller wardrobe for the time being.
In regard to how I lost that last ten pounds... 1) breast feeding exclusively (I think has helped anyway)
2) my dr thinks I have Ménière's disease... Google it. I'm now on a low salt, no caffeine, boring diet that helps my symptoms immensely. 3) I'm taking water pills for said disease in order to help combat water retention in my middle ears which cause the bulk of these very unfortunate symptoms.
Sooo yeah. Out of an unfortunate discovery came the fortunate result that I love to call,"this crappy situation got me back in my sexy pants!" Now hopefully my sexy pants can help me continue feeling sexy with the sexy new hearing aids I'm saving for. :-/ whatev.
Anyhow, that's all that's new here...just living the dream, praising my father in heaven for His many blessings, and doing my best to be the best wife and mom I can be. Just enjoying every moment I have while my babies are small. Sooo dear friends, I hope you're all enjoying this fabulous start to summer. I know we are! Going to pack it full of outdoor time and hopefully a camping trip or two. Joey is all enrolled in his home school program, so I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival of my teaching materials so I can get a head start with this. I'll update on our home school journey too.
Anyway. Thanks for reading friends! God bless you!!
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