Milestones

"Good morning to you!"


"Get me out of this pee pee diaper, please!"



I was trying to capture his morning smile, but he got distracted



"Hi Mama!"





Bubbas in the big boy bath.


Angelo is turning 7 months old in a few days and is crawling now, YAY! Apparently he's been doing it for a while, but only with Dave when I'm busy working...go figure. Last week, however, I happened to be in between calls and off he went! I let out a HUGE "Gasp and Oh my God, woooo hoooo!" which scared the living crap out of my child, LOL. His crawling technique is hilarious. He gets up on all fours, sways back and forth and starts pulling himself forward with his hands. Then he hops with his legs for a couple of paces. When he realizes that doesn't get him where he needs to go fast enough, he gets on his tummy and does the "army crawl". The Bubs will go between the hop and the army crawl to reach his destination.



The other night Dave and I were watching TV. Angelo was done crawling for the moment and was messing around with his play gym. For some reason he got pissed off and the next thing we hear is a really loud, "MAMA!" Dave and I whipped our heads around in shock and I said, "Did you hear that?" He just nodded in total disbelief. It was a very clear and distinct "Mama", thank you very much! Now I am comfortable moving forward with "Dada" since I got what I wanted and all of it happened before our trip to Vegas. I was so worried that Angelo would do all the cool stuff for Dave's parents and I'd miss out.


I think I mentioned this before, but the Bubs is going through a major bout of "mommy separation anxiety." I feel like I have to sneak around once he's occupied or else he'll throw a fit. For example, when Dave has him at night and I'm working he's okay at first. After a while he's totally done with Daddy. When I come upstairs and Angelo sees me, he starts whining and wants me to get him. It's gotten so bad that sometimes Dave brings him down while I'm working so that Angelo knows I'm still here.

Angelo is holding his bottle really well now while I'm holding him. I am going to try and get him to do it on his own while he's sitting up. Once he's got that down, we're going to the sippy cup. Dave's mom gave him a top to a sippy cup the other day and it looked as though he had no trouble getting it into his mouth the right way. It was on the bigger side, so I'll try to find one that's smaller and we'll see how he does. It's not time yet, but we're getting close. He's doing great with the solids and we will be transitioning him to meats in the next month. My doctor told me that he should be on them by 9 months, but we'll see how it goes.



His sleep schedule isn't so bad these days. Most of the time he sleeps throughout the night (bedtime is around 10 or 11pm), but he'll still get up around 6am and want to go back to bed until about 10/10:30am. I'm thinking about keeping him up when he does that because I'm not going back to bed at 6am anymore. I've decided that staying up helps me get more accomplished during the day.


Now, on to me!

I've lost 15 pounds this month so far and I'm reallllly excited! I have 5 more left to lose and I'll be at my pre-preggo weight. 25 more to go for pre-Dave weight, sweet! Dave's parents complimented us on our weight loss and yet Dave and I haven't noticed a significant change in our bodies yet. That's probably because we see ourselves every day and they don't.

I'm still having a bit of trouble with my calorie intake. I need about 1,200 per day to keep losing weight. I have to adjust it every week when I do lose though. The hardest part is remembering to eat breakfast. I'm great with lunch, snack and dinner though. This is why I'm changing my schedule. If I'm up at 6am, I have plenty of time to eat, but if I wake up at 8 or 9am, I get carried away with the baby, chores, errands and work.

I've been doing this 6am thing for the last two days and it's also giving me time for my exercise routine. I do the Wii Fit 6 days a week and my "wild dancing" 4 days a week. Wild dancing is me bopping around in my basement, doing random stuff. I know it sounds silly, but it's working out great. Once I master everything on the Wii Fit, I'm going to look into an Aerobics class and maybe adult soccer. When the weather breaks I'll be buying a bike and start running. I've already looked into a jogger stroller for Angelo. By that time, he'll be big enough for it.

Sorry about the spacing of the last few entries. This blog won't update properly when I try to fix it.

Changes, changes!

Hello all!

There isn't a whole lot to say about Angelo right now. He's doing pretty much the same things as I described in my last entry. Dave and I are going to Las Vegas from March 1st to the 4th and my fear is that Angelo will start crawling while I'm out of town. He's getting really close, I can feel it! At this point, he's able to prop himself up in the crawling position without assistance, but he still can't coordinate his hands and knees to get a move on. He's very good at turning himself around while on his tummy though and that's great!

His sleep habits are changing a bit, but he's still waking up a couple of times a week. Instead of it being 3:30am, it's around 6am. We'll put him down around 10pm, he'll sleep for about an hour, wake up and then go back to bed around 12-12:30am. Odd, huh? The other days he just goes to bed between 11pm and 12am, then wake up around 9 or 10am. I love those days. That gives me time to eat breakfast and work out for about 20 minutes.

The Bubs is getting some separation anxiety now. I noticed it a bit last month, but now he can't stand it when I go into another room, even for a minute. He'll start crying and it's oh so sad. If he's in his jumperoo and has his back turned toward me, he doesn't notice me moving around from room to room. Once he's bored, however, it's a whole new ballgame. He's sitting up on his own and not tipping over anymore, which is way cool. So if he gets bored of his jumperoo, I can plop him on his butt with a toy and clean or work out while in the same room.

Angelo is holding his bottle more steadily these days, thank God! He still needs a bit of work because he's easily distracted. When Dave is feeding him Angelo grabs his chin, trying to figure out what Dave's stubble is all about, LOL. Bubbas has also started grabbing my lips when I speak to him. It's too cute! I've also noticed that the Bubs is getting really attached to Trenity and Halle when they're here. If they're in the living room with him, he wants to play and when they leave, he cries.

That's about all for the Bubs at the moment, now on to me!

I mentioned before that we got a Wii Fit. I didn't realize how out of shape I actually was until I started the program. Yoga was always a pain in the ass, but now I can do it! I've been using the Wii Fit for 21 days now and guess what? I've lost 11 pounds!!! It took me about 3 days to get used to the exercises and I'm not a pro yet, but I'm getting there quickly.

I was a bit down the first couple of weeks because I couldn't figure out why I wasn't losing much weight, but then we bought The Biggest Loser cookbook and it turns out that I wasn't eating enough calories. Can you believe that? My dumb ass was skipping breakfast and eating my meals way too late in the day as well. Not a great combo if you want to drop some pounds. The other great thing about that cookbook is that we're learning how to make family meals in less than 30 minutes. This has saved my life, big time! Now we can't make up excuses as to why we're not eating right anymore, which is lovely.

So last week Dave and I upped our calories and adjusted our eating schedule. We're seeing amazing results and I'm VERY happy! I only have 9 more pounds to lose until I hit my pre-preggo weight and then I have 20 more to lose to get back to my pre-Dave weight, LOL. I'm hoping to achieve my 140 pound goal by the end of April.

Now, here's the best thing about me working out...I have more time in my day!

I know..sounds crazy right? Well, it's actually happening. I think it's a combination between me having more physical energy due to working out and Angelo being able to occupy himself more. What I found to be most interesting is that I'm motivated on a much higher level. I'm happier when I'm exercising and not just because I'm losing the weight. Even if I wasn't, my body chemistry is different, which has caused me to see things from a completely different perspective. I feel as though I'm ready and available to do the things I really want to do in my life. This is so exciting!