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TODAY'S MOTIVATION

Ok I promise pretty soon I will start doing some more meaningful posts, but in the mean time this is what has motivated me today. I was going through my closet to see if there are any clothes that still fit me for my trip to Florida coming up in a few weeks. You remember when I went through my closet and got rid of old clothes? Well there are some more I have to give away, cause I found a bunch of stuff that used to be real tight on me and now is falling off of me. Sometimes you don't realize how far you have come until things like that happen. So that is my motivation today... being able to recognize that things do change - when you put it into action, it will happen.

Also I'm going to be making some changes on this blog soon, mostly just updating it and changing some of the pages so stay tuned for that!

RANT OR RAVE

Well the past week everyone at my house has been sick and honestly I just haven't had any motivation to really do anything. I was also not getting any sleep between Maya teething again and me not feeling well, so during the day I have been a bit of a zombie. But that all changed last night. I went to bed at 8pm while Chris put Maya down. She only got up once at 12am in which Chris offered to get up with her but I needed to get rid of some milk (still breastfeeding) and quickly fed her and went back down until 7:30am this morning! I got over ten hours of sleep in total! Holy cow I am a new woman this morning! You have heard me complain about sleep on here many times before, but it's always nice to brag about the times I do get to sleep. Also, this reminded me of a video that someone recently posted on facebook. So many things on it I could directly relate to, especially the one about millions of people enduring sleep deprivation. Anyway, take a look for yourself:

I seriously want to share this video with anyone about to have their first child or anyone who has just had their first child. While I was watching, it seemed like each one was a direct quote from friends and coworkers who had shared their experiences with me about what to expect with motherhood.  It was like, "Hey that is just like what so and so told me!". Anyway, I thought it had a lot of universal messages and I know all the Mom's out there will relate to this one.  

RANDOMS

So Maya has finally figured out that if she drops food on the floor Gunther will automatically eat it. She has been watching him sit underneath her chair since she started solids, eating her discards - but it wasn't until recently that she realized that she was the sole person responsible for feeding him in this manner. So yesterday she just started taking all of her food and just throwing in on the floor to watch Gunther eat it. This new revelation was funny so I took a few pictures. 

Baby Fat

TODAY'S MOTIVATION

There is this online birth club that I joined when I was pregnant with Maya that is all Mom's with March babies. Yesterday someone started a thread on the message board about losing baby weight. She had asked whether anyone else was still trying to lose their baby weight and if not, how much more they had to lose before they are back to their pre-baby weight.  Reading this thread made me feel good because I have lost all my baby weight plus 26 lbs on top of that. 

This is a big deal for me because I always had this fear that I would gain more and more weight each time I had a baby and never truly get back to how I was pre-baby. My body is still not the same - stretch marks and a few varicose veins (I know gross), but at least I can say that I got back to a decent weight. There's still more weight that I want to lose but at least I have accomplished this goal. So that's what keeps me motivated today: being able to feel good about losing the baby weight and then some. 

RANT OR RAVE

Christmas is coming up and I am feeling a bit anxious about all the parties and stuff that will have lots of food and desserts. I know that everything is fine in moderation but it's really hard not to "fall off the wagon" at this time of year. 

I've warned my husband - it may make me a bit cranky. I hate that something like food can ruin what is normally a magical time of year for me.  I know it's mostly in my head, but it is frustrating all the same. 

RANDOMS

So here are the rest of the pictures from our visit to Nova Scotia. It was a pretty low key trip. We did not travel around and see the ocean or eat lobsters or all the other things you do when you visit the east coast. Really, Maya and I just visited with my sister and her husband. They don't get to see Maya that often, and so they were kinda just soaking up the time they had with her. 

How we spent our time:

celebrated my sister's birthday

celebrated my birthday early

went out for lunch

walked around downtown

ordered take out

went to the market

had impromptu photo shoots with Maya in the living room

cuddled and watched TV

had turkey dinner with my sister's friends

set up a play date for Maya

fed Maya her first taste of ice cream (omigod she went bonkers for it)

went swimming

watched movies

played with balloons

listened to a lot of records

went for walks

It was a good visit. The people living above my sister were really loud and so Maya did not sleep very well. Once we got a white noise machine it was better. Maya was a bit off kilter the first few days and would scream if I was more than three feet away from her but by the end she had made herself right at home.  I am glad that she was able to spend some quality time with her Aunt and that I have pictures for her to look back on her first trip out east. I look forward to spending summer vacations there going whale watching and seeing the tides go in and out.  When we returned home you could tell that Maya was missing her Daddy. We talked to him on the phone while we were away and skyped him a few times. Every time she heard his voice she would light up. When we saw him at the air port she was overwhelmed with emotions (from all the travelling and being away from home and lack of sleep). She laid her head right on her Daddy's shoulder and stayed that way as if to say, "I had fun but I am sure glad to be home!".  The first morning that she took a nap back in her crib she slept for two and a half hours.  I guess there's no place like home!