Wow!

This is a little less about Evan and more about me. It's okay, it's still my blog.  =]

I started a new migraine preventative medication about a month ago and one of the side effects is weight loss. Yay! I've lost 6 lbs while on it. I'm pretty happy about it, I guess, but I'm more surprised about the fact that I don't care quite as much as I thought I would.

WHAT?!

I know, right?! I was 100 lbs even when I got pregnant, nice and curvy [34C-26-36!], with a gorgeous hourglass body. I really wish I had gotten some sexy boudoir pictures taken then. Oh well, live and learn. But I never was quite comfortable in my skin. I would compare myself to other people and hated the way I looked compared to them. I look back and I'm like, what the hell was I thinking?!

Then I was pregnant. And I was huge. By the end of my pregnancy I was over 150 lbs. The last 3 weeks I packed on 12 lbs of water weight. Not much I could do about it. It was hideously uncomfortable.

And afterwards? I've slowly lost the weight. Within two weeks after Evan was born I was down 20 lbs. Over the summer I kept losing bit by bit, until I was about 118, and there I stayed. Some weeks I would get down to about 116, other times I would go up to 120. It just varied.

Lately I've been working on eating better. I don't drink milk, so I've been working on eating yogurt daily. We've been trying to eat better and as soon as this dang snow melts we'll be outside walking. Not because I'm so concerned with how I look, but just because I want to be in shape. Evan will be walking soon, and then he'll be running, and this summer we'll be pretty much living at the park near our house. I don't want to be huffing and puffing trying to chase after him.

But now I'm down to 112 lbs. I took a good long look at myself in the mirror the other day, and I have to say, I look damn good for having had a baby within the last year. Sure, I have a little extra pudge here and there, and I have some sweet stretch marks all over the place but I am still freaking gorgeous.

And I have never felt sexier. I love the way I look, and I love the way I feel.

Being sexy isn't just about having washboard flat abs or having perfect hair. Being sexy is how you feel. Sure, sometimes I don't always have time to put makeup on every day or even put on jeans. I'm a busy mom! But no matter what I have been making sure that at least once a day I really look at myself and acknowledge that I am beautiful, sexy and incredibly fantastic. Because hey, if I don't believe it, who will?


On those days I need a little extra encouragement, theshapeofamother.com is always there to help me out. Those are real women, showing off their real bodies. They are beautiful, they are real, and they are inspiring.

Silly Baby

I have a little comedian on my hands. He loves to do all sorts of goofy things. The latest thing he was doing was "biting" Chris's finger and laughing when Chris would pretend it hurt. It was so funny. He still does the little pacifier game with me, only now he's branched out into using other toys. He was giving me his keys the other day and was doing very well with sticking them into my mouth.

With his new-found hilarity comes trouble. Now he doesn't like to be fed baby food. He just likes to blow it out all over everywhere. The only jarred foods I've been able to give him have been the spaghetti and the lasagna in a meat sauce, and I think that's because those are like mini Spaghettios. But he looooves to feed himself, although he will gum stuff for a bit then spit it out. So that's been a bit of a struggle. He really enjoys having Golden Puffs or Honey Nut Cheerios or even the occasional piece of cinnamon Life for breakfast.

We're finally getting the tip of his first tooth poking through I think. Or it's just about to. Kid hasn't been sleeping very well at night lately. Last night wasn't as bad, but the night before he talked to himself ALL NIGHT. SO of course I didn't get any sleep. But you know, that's how it goes.

Overall he's a good baby. Just going through some less than delightful phases but we'll get through them.

Chris and I bought some stuff for his birthday party next month. I can't believe my baby will be one in just over a month. It's gone by so ridiculously fast. I love where he is and I love seeing him growing and changing but man I miss my newborn. He had the hiccups the other night and I was watching him play and I just thought, wow, a year ago those hiccups shook my entire tummy. It's going to be fun but kinda sad I think. I don't know. I've been pretty emotional lately. It's stressful.

We are so blessed to have such a wonderful, beautiful, healthy baby. We love him so much.

<3

Happy Baby Is A Happy Mama.

Evan's been doing well lately. He's crawling like crazy, zooming all over the place. Now he's walking along furniture. Pretty soon he'll be walking all on his own. My little man's getting so big.

He's so stinkin cute. The other night we were playing before bedtime and he was playing with his pacifier so I took it and sucked on it a bit and he laughed and took it back. He sucked on it for a bit then gave it back. Then once I had it again he'd take it away and laugh and laugh. Partly because he knew he was being funny and partly because I was making silly faces and sounds. I think we went back and forth for about 15 minutes doing this. It was absolutely hysterical. Chris and I were practically crying from laughing so hard.

His likes and dislikes are becoming more and more evident. He loves carrots and hates oatmeal. He loves all his toys but especially gadgets. He is absolutely a gadget boy. We go up to my grandpa's house once a week and he just loves it. That is just so much fun for him. He loves eating with us and playing with Grandpa and everything.

We just have the happiest baby. We are so blessed.

<3

Oops...

So I haven't updated in a really long time but life has been crazy busy.

Highlights:

Evan is crawling now! He's constantly on the go. He also pulls himself up to standing which is pretty fun.
Christmas was really enjoyable. We had a wonderful time spending it with our families.
We had our parents come over for New Years which was really nice. We played games and had some yummy appetizers. It was great.
He feeds himself puffs now. He loves feeding himself. He thinks that's just the best thing ever.



Lowlights:

Baja Sol closed, so I'm having fun doing the job search. Except not. I hate job searching. And I'm on like day 9 of a hideous headache. It sucks.

So......that's about it. Sorry for the lack of updates.

<3

Seeing Santa!

Evan got over his chest cold pretty well, thankfully. I think his ear is bothering him though, I did notice him tugging on it and pressing on his head above his ear tonight. I gave him some Tylenol so hopefully that will help. Dr. Coyne said that he had some fluid in his ear when I brought him in last week.

Tomorrow morning we're going to go see Santa. I'm so excited. I met the PERFECT Santa at work a few weeks back. It's going to be a bit of a drive to see him but I'm sure it'll be worth it. I'm still debating on what I'm going to have him wear but I'm thinking it'll be his green plaid shirt and either overalls or jeans. I'll probably have to see him in both to decide.

Next week is Thanksgiving, my cousin Shane and his family are coming up from Texas. His youngest son's baptism is on the Saturday following Thanksgiving so that'll be fun. I haven't seen Shane since before my wedding I don't think. I'm really looking forward to seeing them. There will be lots of pictures of Evan and his cousins, that's for sure.

Evan is super close to crawling now. He was trying to reach his box of toys earlier today and I saw him scoot his body closer to get it. It'll be any day now. He's pretty mobile though, he can move around on the floor just fine without actually crawling. He will roll himself to where he wants to be which is pretty dang cute. Okay okay, so I think everything that kid does is pretty dang cute. But I'm his mommy, I'm supposed to think that.

He's been chowing down a lot of food lately which is really fun. He'll eat basically anything you put in his mouth. The only things he doesn't like are the rice and oatmeal cereals. I gave him the jarred rice cereal and peaches and he yummed that up just fine. I think it must be that it's so bland. But I tried mixing the cereals with fruits and that didn't even cut it. So I guess I'll just stick with the jarred stuff.

I'm so excited about tomorrow. I know it's silly but it's going to be so neat to see my boy sitting with Santa. I remember last Christmas season when Chris and I were at Cabela's and I saw the kids sitting with Santa and I cried  because this year my baby'd be sitting there with him. It's unreal.

I was watching him earlier and he was just playing with his toys and it just hit me that that's my baby. That's the little guy that would kick me in the ribs and have hiccups non-stop and would snuggle up so sweet when he was just a newborn. I can't believe how much he's grown and changed in such a short period of time. He's so big and happy and active.

I'm so grateful that I'm his mommy. I couldn't have been more blessed.
I love my Bear.

Sweet dreams!

My little sickie...

Evan has been sick since Saturday. It makes me so sad. I took him into the doctor yesterday and it turns out that he has a moderate chest cold. Dr. Coyne said to just keep doing what we're doing and he should be better soon.

He seems a little better today, but it's early yet. Hopefully he will go back to bed soon since it's ridiculously early.

<3

Halloween.

Evan wore a little fleece pumpkin costume this year for Halloween. He was adorable.

He was tired when we got to the party and couldn't settle down to go to sleep. He was fighting so hard to stay up that we just let him be up. Finally he got so exhausted that his little head drooped down to rest on the table. It was lights out then.

We took him to my dad's work on Sunday and took pictures of him sitting among the pumpkins. The pictures turned out GREAT.  I am just in awe of how cute and happy and sweet he is. And he's so incredibly photogenic. I wish I looked as good in pictures as he does!

I love my little man. I can't imagine not having him in my life. He is the best thing to ever happen to me.

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