I went to Motherhood Maternity the other day so I could get some new bras (other stores just don't have good nursing bras). Rounding the corner, I saw the Spanx wall. I never have worn them before but there was a tank top, so I thought, why not? I tried it on in the dressing room and it is really hard to get on but once on, A-Mazing! It pushes up what needs to be pushed up and tucks in what needs to be tucked in. I wore it under my shirt for work. (We get to wear t-shirts at work with the hospital's logo on it). And since being back to work, wearing scrub pants and t-shirts, I've felt like I look three months pregnant. . . the ever-present "pooch" that moms all talk about. Anyway, so I wore it on Saturday and fellow-young-mom Allison said, "I've really been noticing that you're losing weight!" I excitedly told her that I was wearing the Spanx tank-top and she goes "well not just today." SUUURE, I told her. haha :-)
So, in addition to that. Adam and I have been on a calorie counting diet. I've lost four pounds since starting it. The "Tap & Track" App on the Iphone is (again) A-Mazing! It's so easy to input the food you've eaten because they have a massive inventory of foods, brand names, and restaurants. And if after that, they still don't have it, then you can enter your own foods and their information. So you put in your weight, age, and other information and it gives you your calorie allotment and you try to stay under that every day. And you can tell it if you want to lose one pound a week, less or more. AND you can enter your exercises and also tell it if you have a strenuous job (like me where I'm walking 80% of the 12 hour shift). And I can also tell it I'm breastfeeding and it takes all of that into account. It really shined light on my eating habits. I thought I was eating well. . . but I was eating a ton and with "angry baby perk" everyday, I would go to fast food just so I could get out of the house. Fast food is ridiculous. I know that's a "duh" statement, but seriously. You don' t think it's that bad till you see it staring you in the face on your iphone. :-)
Emma was unofficially 12.5 pounds on the scale at home yesterday. She has her 4-month appointment tomorrow so I'll let you know! She's out of newborn clothes ::TEAR:: Our little girl is growing up. :-(
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Pros Cons
Recent Pros: Friday night, Erin and Scott came over to hang out and there was a noticeable BUMP with Erin!!! Eeeeee. I'm so excited. They just started trying this summer. :-D
Recent Con: Got Emma off her bedtime routine on that Friday night and she woke up three times before finally nodding off at 10:30 but mom nodded off with her and didn't get to hardly talk to Erin about her pregnancy or get to say goodbye. ::sigh:: Thus started a week of Emma not going to sleep well. We would do the same routine and she would fall asleep at 8 but be up again at 9 and at 10 and only sleep till 5. ::Double sigh::
Recent Pro: Sunday, Adam and I went to Hurricane Harbor! We have been talking about it since before Emma was born. My bathing suit was a tad bit small on top. Yikes! Didn't expect that. No time to buy a new one so I'm sure I just looked like a floozy to all the parents there that day. lol. That same Sunday night, Adam and I finally hung out with our neighbors behind us. They are a young family like us with a 20 month old and a one month old. The dad, Phil, is always in his garage working on something so we have always just talked there. But Sunday night, we came home and celebrated Labor Day with cooking out and a great backyard dinner and "red neck golf." I can't even begin to explain it so look it up. :-) Their friends Emily and Barrett also came over and Barrett is in comercial real estate so he and Adam got along really well. They all went to SMU so it felt a little weird at times for us to be like "yeah. . . we went to UTA. . . " but other than that, it was totally fine!
Other Pros: Emma has grabbed her toys all by herself for two days now! Isn't it funny how the smallest things excite you?? We're also working on rolling this week and Emma is almost there with rolling on to her left side by herself. She just needs a little push! I would upload pictures but the camera is in the other room and you guys know I'm way too lazy for that. ;-)
Con: Had our first tornado warning at the house on Wednesday night. Hans, Emma and I went to the master closet and hunkered down for a bit. That closet seems really big until you stick Hans in there. Holy cow, he's so big! Poor buddy doesn't know it. :-) The tornado touched down in downtown and the storm came right over us but another tornado did not touch down in our area. Thank goodness!
... I think that's it for now!
Recent Con: Got Emma off her bedtime routine on that Friday night and she woke up three times before finally nodding off at 10:30 but mom nodded off with her and didn't get to hardly talk to Erin about her pregnancy or get to say goodbye. ::sigh:: Thus started a week of Emma not going to sleep well. We would do the same routine and she would fall asleep at 8 but be up again at 9 and at 10 and only sleep till 5. ::Double sigh::
Recent Pro: Sunday, Adam and I went to Hurricane Harbor! We have been talking about it since before Emma was born. My bathing suit was a tad bit small on top. Yikes! Didn't expect that. No time to buy a new one so I'm sure I just looked like a floozy to all the parents there that day. lol. That same Sunday night, Adam and I finally hung out with our neighbors behind us. They are a young family like us with a 20 month old and a one month old. The dad, Phil, is always in his garage working on something so we have always just talked there. But Sunday night, we came home and celebrated Labor Day with cooking out and a great backyard dinner and "red neck golf." I can't even begin to explain it so look it up. :-) Their friends Emily and Barrett also came over and Barrett is in comercial real estate so he and Adam got along really well. They all went to SMU so it felt a little weird at times for us to be like "yeah. . . we went to UTA. . . " but other than that, it was totally fine!
Other Pros: Emma has grabbed her toys all by herself for two days now! Isn't it funny how the smallest things excite you?? We're also working on rolling this week and Emma is almost there with rolling on to her left side by herself. She just needs a little push! I would upload pictures but the camera is in the other room and you guys know I'm way too lazy for that. ;-)
Con: Had our first tornado warning at the house on Wednesday night. Hans, Emma and I went to the master closet and hunkered down for a bit. That closet seems really big until you stick Hans in there. Holy cow, he's so big! Poor buddy doesn't know it. :-) The tornado touched down in downtown and the storm came right over us but another tornado did not touch down in our area. Thank goodness!
... I think that's it for now!
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