Weigh-In-Wednesday.

Weight last week: 149.6

Weight this week - 147.4

Down 2.2 pounds!

I started lifting weights again this week. 

I love weight lifting. 

I need to be a bit careful about gaining muscle before I  have lost most of the weight I need to lose. 

But,

I love feeling strong.

and this kid is getting heavy these days! 

every day its like 100 sets of 100 reps of lifting this big guy!

My cardio ability is slowly returning and im doing more HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training)

I have also had a tremendous outpouring of friends offering advice and programs to get me on the right track.

On Friday we head out for vacation!

that means that I miss next weigh in Wednesday.

Being away from home also means that I probably wont lose as much as I should/want to.

but I will try hard!

Its terrifying that every Wednesday I have to come on here and confess every pound, but its really produced results.. I have lost 42 pounds of the baby weight I gained. 

Wish me luck in the next week friends!

xx - r.

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.Rice Cereal.

 At our 4 month Pediatrician appointment our big guy sat at the 75th percentile for height AND weight - weighing in at 15 pounds 4 ounces and a tall 26 inches!

The ped commented how strong his neck was, and was surprised AT how much he likes standing up!

I have a perfect baby! (says every mother, ever)

I was informed that now is the time to start solids!

first things first...

Rice cereal! 

 Easton was not too sure how he feelt about it...

And, as you can see... his big ol' legs don't exactly fit into this bumbo... we might need a high chair sooner than I though...

But he ended up REALLY liking the cereal!

And making a huge mess!

Easy had been eating more milk than normal lately... I think he was ready for solids...

And because he was nice and full and content...

we all got a 12 hour sleep!

*sings "oh happy day"*

xx - r

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A Birthday and .Family.

 "A happy family is but an earlier heaven."

We got to be at an 80th birthday for my husbands Grandpa this weekend. 

boy was he surprised!

being with family was great. 

I was lucky enough to marry into a fantastic/large/loving family. 

With lots of kids!

great aunts and uncles

and lots of good friends. 

I am so happy to finally have my own little (good looking!) family. 

 "The family.  We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together."  ~Erma Bombeck

xx - r

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Get Out. - A Wordless Post.

xx - r

The Office B.

These days are slow. 

Were getting into a rhythm of sleeping/eating/pumping/gym time.

Its nice to have a little best friend that is more and more like me every day.

I used to be the office B... (not a nice B word either)

I was a hard hitting-fake it till you make it-take my attitude and deal with it... "B"

I mean... people liked me well enough. But man, was I uptight sometimes.

I like to think I was pretty good at my job, and I worried I would never be able to let it go. 

I enjoyed working. Weird, I know.  

I think it helped quell my anxiety sometimes... 

I wasn't in the "Service" industry.

most people I dealt with here on the phone or people I worked with every day. 

I sat behind a desk or in a meeting room taking notes. 

 I identified myself with this job that I had. I liked being appreciated and told I was doing a good job. I liked climbing up the corporate ladder and making money. I liked getting educated about my work and moving forward with it.

 I genuinely liked my job. it was almost an escape for me sometimes... and it helped keep my "control freak" under control... because... well, I could be a neat/control-freak. 

Then this happened. 

And I went through this journey

(All of these are proudly taken in the women's bathroom at work...)

ITS A BOY!

Until my last day of work!

Boy was I ready to be done at that point!

my little work team!

When I was on mat leave, I struggled with being unproductive... I organized my pantry and made a budget and wrote emails to work trying desperately to keep that part of me alive. 

But when this happened...

Things changed a little. 

When I brought Easton by my office for the first time

My boss pointed out how surprised he was that motherhood suited me so well. 

I was relaxed.

Less of a "B" and more of an... "M?"

Dont get me wrong, my neat-control-freak is still hard to manage sometimes

my anxiety is still peaked when I have to leave the house.

But I like being an M alot better than being a 

B. 

We will decide when the time comes, whether I will go back to work or not.

But for now im taking my M job very seriously. 

And loving it.

xx - r

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