1. I started getting a cold about two weeks ago. The first sign always is a sore throat. I did my best and drank a ton of liquid, took spray, tried to go to bed early. It got kind of better. Then I got a small cough. Then I woke up Monday morning of last week and could not speak. Like barely even a whisper. Fast forward to Thursday and I couldn't get out of bed. I was just overly tired. My body was trying to tell me to slow down. I spent all day Thursday sleeping. Not kidding. I ate a few bites of chicken noodle soup. That's it. In like 36 hours I had a few bites of soup. I literally lost 5 pounds. That part was kind of cool. (gained it back the next day, don't worry) I felt like everything was in my chest, so Friday morning I was diagnosed with bronchitis. Got myself some cough medicine and a sweet inhaler. Fast Forward to today, Wednesday the following week. I have a mad sinus infection. Like brutal. This afternoon I was like, ugh, I do NOT want to go sit in a germ infested doctor's room yet again to get diagnosed (hopefully) with something I know I have that will only go away with antibiotics (I have pulled out all of the sinus tricks - drugs, neti pot, steaming, etc etc etc - I need DRUGS!) So I just start googling online diagnosis and this website called Zipnosis pops up. I look it over - sounds perfect. Talk to Tom, he's like just go for it. I signed up, filled out a survey and within five minutes I had a response with a diagnosis of a sinus infection and a prescription for amoxicillin. How amazing! I quick clicked a button and it sent my prescription to CVS and I was able to pick up my meds within the hour. It only cost me $25! I was amazed! Obviously they don't prescribe the heavy duty pain killers, or scary drugs - but for what I needed, it was perfect. Just perfect! So happy! Now if only the meds would kick in!
2. Leo is moving. Like all around the floors moving. And putting every teeny tiny thing in his mouth. Every crumb, every sticker, every puzzle piece on the floor - that kid knows how to find the good stuff. You can tell he wants to be moving faster and gets frustrated, but he's on the move, watch out! None of my kids crawled for very long before they walked, but I'm hoping Leo will be a little slower. Both older boys were on the run by 10 months. I'd love for a late walker this time around.
3. I'm still obsessed with CorePower Yoga. I try to get there between 3-5 times a week and it's heavenly. I feel different, mentally and physically. I love how close it is to my house and I love having a routine of some sort and just feeling healthy and strong. I don't think I've ever felt stronger. My favorite class is Yoga Sculpt, but I love Core Restore and Hot Yoga Express too.
4. Tom and I decided to buy a Kindle Fire HD. We have been pleasantly surprised with how much we (I should say I) love it. The boys can play games that I download and we can also stream Netflix through there. And since it's the HD version, I bought a mini HDMI cord and we can plug it right into the TV and stream netflix on the tv that way. There are a ton of kids shows that the boys love on Netflix. And the size is just perfect for me to read from too. The first book I downloaded was Gone Girl. I finished that one within like 2-3 days. It was a great read. Not a fan of the ending though. Anyways, I'm an Apple girl at heart - but just didn't see the need for me to have an iPad or even a mini iPad for that matter. They are too pricey. I thought the kindle fire was very reasonably priced and does everything and more that I need from an eReader.
5. I gave up Facebook for Lent. YIKES! I can't believe that I actually did it. And truth be told, I don't really miss it that much. I miss it when I'm bored and just wanting to see what else is going on in my "friends" lives. I'm still on Instagram and I tend to get a tad obsessed with that at times too. But it feels good to be a little distant from all of the social media. Although I've joked around that now I'm going to start a Twitter page. I think Twitter would be fun to be on to follow certain celebrities and stay up to date that way. Thoughts? Opinions?
Also, on the Lent topic - why is it that every other Friday NOT during Lent, I swear I never crave meat so badly. Then Ash Wednesday rolls around this year and all I wanted was a big fat juicy burger. It's unreal. You always want what you can't have, am I right? am I right?
6. Today I counted Finn's teeth and it looks as though he is DONE teething. Which seems about right considering that he is not screaming bloody murder in the middle of the night, multiple times a night again. Good Lord. We are slowly getting back on track with a 6:30 AM wake up call around this joint, and that is a time that is doable in my world. I know we will go through other phases as Leo only has 2 out of 20 teeth. HA! But I'll take it when I can.
7. Each week I am getting closer and closer to my overall goal weight. I'm not like within a pound or anything crazy like that ( I was pretty dang close when I starved myself for those 36 hours though) ha. Tom says when I can stay at my goal weight for one week that I get to go on a shopping spree. DANG RIGHT I do. I've been pregnant for 30 months read two YEARS and 6 months in the past 5 years. I hate practically all of my clothes and nothing fits right. We are done having kids and I'm ready to move forward and feel good in everything I own versus just throwing on the same old crap every day. I'm sure it will still be another 3-5 months, but I've never felt like it would actually happen. I cannot WAIT! Talk about something motivating, especially with summer being right around the corner.....OH WAIT :-(
I think it's awesome that you gave up FB for lent! I'm going to think about doing that for next year.
ReplyDeleteAnd congrats on getting close to your goal weight! That's really exciting.
Can I ask you a personal question? I totally understand if it isn't something you want to share, but you mention that you are done having kids....how did you come to that decision? Did you just always want 3? Is it just a choice you and your husband made? Did you have a feeling of completeness after your 3rd? I know I'm still working on growing #3, but I struggle with the idea of this being our last. My husband seems pretty excited for this to be our last, but I just can't say that definitively yet. I'm hoping that a sense of just knowing we are done will happen at some point! I always wonder if those who know they are done had a feeling or sense of KNOWING that they were complete with that phase of their life?
Hey girl! After Finn was born, I went on to tell everyone that I was DONE having kids. I honestly thought that was true. I really struggled with two kids, and Finn was a very difficult baby. But I think Tom knew deep down that we weren't done quite yet. We never talked about doing anything permanent after Finn was born, we always just said "we'll see how we feel in a little while" etc etc. So maybe deep down, subconsciously, I knew that we weren't quite done too. Finn turned a corner around the age of 2 and Tom and I had long talks about having a third and we had always said we wanted three children (before we had kids of course). We knew that 3 would be our max. We just knew. And going through my pregnancy with Leo and everything since having him - I just knew deep down in my heart that we were done at 3. Plus I had a hernia and diastasis surgery and they weren't willing to operate on me if I wasn't done having kids because if I got pregnant again, it would most likely ruin everything that they were trying to repair. So that also had something to do with an overall feeling of being done. I don't think you need to "know" right now whether you are done or not. Everything will work out exactly as it should. Obviously you and your husband have to be on the same page, but I think that with time after the baby is born you will hopefully gain a sense of clarity as to where you stand with how many kids you want. Because let me also say that it feels SO freeing to get rid of those dang maternity clothes and all of the baby stuff!!!
DeleteThanks for taking the time to write back. I've really been struggling with this lately, which is so silly since I haven't even had baby #3, so why am I even thinking about #4?! I think it has more to do with IF this is our last child, coming to terms with this potentially being my last pregnancy, last newborn, etc... But you are right, I just need to calm down about it and let things fall into place. We have been blessed with "easy" babies in the past, but this little one could be totally different and change my whole mindset on the newborn stage!
DeleteAnd I can imagine it must feel SO GOOD to purge of all the maternity and baby stuff! Even now it has gotten so easy for me to just stuff a diaper and some wipes into my purse and I cringe at the thought of having to tote around the giant diaper bag and all the baby gear again. And don't even get me started on all the giant baby stuff like the baby swing, exersaucer and jumperoo...we hardly had room for that stuff before, now we have a plethora of big kids toys we are going to need to shuffle around to make room again!
Hey Molly. Yes to the Twitter account (this is my 2nd vote on the same subject but you have the same rules as American Idol right? I voted on different days). Congrats on your goal weight and I wish I lived closer because I'm beyond needing new clothes but have no girlfriends to go shopping with so I have a hard time buying stuff - I'm weird. Keep up the CPY...also wish I could go with you (ugh) :)
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