Midweek confessions

1. I get so annoyed when reading articles/blogs/stories with too many explanation points. In fact, sometimes I just have to quit reading it altogether to avoid my blood pressure rising. This may seem like an exaggeration because it is, but only slightly. Feel free to call me out when I get a little over excited with the !!!!! in the future.

This face is like four explanation points.

2. I also get really annoyed when commas are overused or in the wrong place in a sentence. I'm no grammar expert, but come on... we all had to take the basic English classes growing up. It just erks me. Erks... look it up. :) (Again, feel free to call me out, but not too often because I'm sure I do it too all the time and I can't handle that kind of criticism on a daily basis. I never call others out on it, it just is in my head every.single.time).

3. I don't feel like I've  had quality time with Josie since she's gotten this annoying cold. When she is awake, she is so determined to be active and on her own, and when she's getting tired, my efforts are all focused on getting her more comfortable for bed. I don't feel like we have any fun anymore! A small part of me gets scared that she won't even like me after this is all over (the cold, not her childhood) even though I know that is ridiculous.

How is me being a baby babushka not fun?

4. We've lived in our house two years now and we still have not decorated many of our walls. We have some large paintings that I inherited (and love to death) but its hard to decorate around large paintings. I would just leave them up alone without another thought if they took up enough of the wall space, but unfortunately they do not. It's just awkward.

Now that you mention it, you could really improve this place.

5. I have two pairs of shoes that I leave at work because I wear them often enough. I'm so lazy these days that I am basically only wearing those two pairs because I don't feel like carrying/wearing a different pair. So all of those shoes in my closet that I need to have? I still need them...just not using them... If you are wondering what those two shoes are, you are in luck. I will share. :) One is that nude heel I had talked about here and the other pair are the boring black shoes I mentioned here. Safe, reliable, totally me. Someday I might step out of the box but that someday is not today. It's too easy!

My kicks are better than yours.

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Seven months

Happy Seven Months baby girl!

Initially I didn't think we were going to get a good picture. This is the reaction I was getting.

But she perked up after a while!

This month... this month Josie was movin and groovin all over the place. She got crawling down, sitting up on her own, and just recently started propping herself up on her knees. I would predict that by next month, she will be standing on her own easily.

She's been trying a lot of new foods as well. Variety of veggies including peas, beans, carrots, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, and corn. Fruit includes pears, bananas (so. many. bananas.), and peaches. She is still loving her puffs and they work great as a distraction in almost every single situation.

She has been sleeping ok although we never did get back to sleeping through the night. Our routine works great with one of us putting her to bed (no matter how many times it takes going in and out of her room) and the other parent getting up in the night (no matter how many times she's up).

She's really reduced how much milk she drinks and she's slowed down a bit with growing now that she's moving so much. She really does have quite the appetite though so we aren't worried about it!

I'm thinking we are going to skip the bangs stage with her hair which means that she has hair in her face about 90 percent of the time. I put it in pigtails or ponytails almost every day and she sits still so good in her high chair until she's looking just perfect! I hope this lasts... I'm working on a braid but it's so soft and slippery...maybe next month.

She spent the last half of the month being sick with a cold, so we are practically counting down the days til she's her goofy smiley self again. The cough isn't going away so she might be visiting the doctor soon.

We traveled to the cities (3 1/2 hours straight driving) without a hitch which shocked us all. She's been a lot better chilling in her car seat lately. Such a relief after the screams she used to give us even with just a short five minute drive. Lately she even gives us some chatter while in her car seat; totally melts my heart!

This month flew by and this is the best winter we've ever had hands down. The weather helps, but she just brightens every day (no matter how cheesy it sounds).

She's done, so I am too.

Love you little Josie Grace!

Techie baby

Why oh why do the babies go for the cords? I have no idea how to baby proof all the cords. It's going to be a long process getting everything put away while she explores this house over and over and over again.

Tomorrow we're back. And by we I mean me. And by back I mean working out 10k training style again. Bring it on bad ankles and lazy attitude! I'm in the mood for getting my bum kicked and you don't waste moods like this!

After all of the eating this weekend, it's going to take everything I have to lose the desired amount of weight this week. Here we go!

This little girl is feeling less than healthy. You can't tell it from these pictures, but she has a crusty nose, a brutal cough, and overstuffed sinuses. We're rounding out the first week with a sick baby and I have to say, I've practically forgot what our sweet little smiley baby is like without being sick. There are hardly smiles at all anymore and its hurting this momma. My heart hurts for her. 

I'm not feeling great either, but I'd rather feel twice as sick than have her go through this. Her little immune system doesn't know what hit it and is having such a hard time catching up. 

**Note to self: enjoy the good days when there is no cough and runny nose, because it doesn't last forever and is so much better than you can remember**

I worked this weekend (again! ready to be done with Saturdays for a while) and just feel like we need the rest of the day to catch up. Tomorrow will be busy with some family time, church, and a Super Bowl party that we'll probably only stay at for the first half (lame... but we aren't too excited about the game itself anyways).

I haven't worked out yet this week since that miserable run on Monday, but I did manage to go down two more pounds (total 7.5!) this week mostly from feeling miserable and having a small (itty bitty for this girl) appetite. Maybe the shrunken stomach will last and I can make this the new norm. There's always that to hope for I guess.

It's really quite exhausting to constantly be thinking about weight gain, my body size, my self image. Being self involved all the time wears a girl out. And yet I still am, day in and day out. I tell myself its about your health and not about to the size I am or the way I look in a picture, but the truth and reality is that I think about it constantly. I don't want to be obsessed with it, but when I stop thinking about it, I gain weight. I'm no longer making healthy decisions.

Gotta get this figured out.

On a lighter note, these two goons are getting along better than ever. 

Happy weekend!