I was seriously distracted this week. At home...at work...everywhere.
Colin hit some major milestones this week. He has FINALLY begun to recognize Mark and me. Now when we pick him up from daycare, he first recognizes our voices then he frantically searches until his eyes focus and find us. His eyes get wide with excitement and he smiles so huge. It makes my heart swell with happiness, excitement, pride. It's just the best feeling.
Another milestone is grabbing. He's always held his hands in fists and never reached or held on to anything. But today...today he was in his car seat and he was starring at a toy on it. Then he flung his arm up, opened his hand and GRABBED IT! He squealed with delight and I did, too. I didn't care that we were in public. I've been waiting and waiting for him to figure out how to control his movements. Now he gets even more excited when he sees his beloved star (which lights up and plays music) because now he knows how to reach up, grab it and shake the hell out of it! I'll post a video of him with his star later today.
Lately I've been getting bored with the whole "working mother" persona. I need a hobby so I've decided to start making jewelry. Not to sell or anything (yet) but just for my own use. Cute, affordable jewelry is hard to find, at least for me, so I figure if I can save a few bucks and have a little something extra in my life to look forward to, I might as well give it the ol' college try. I've already got a few ideas sketched, I just need to get to the store to pick up the beads and other jewelry making essentials. I've had a lot of fun jotting down ideas and then breaking out my colored pencils and sketching them. I just hope actually making the jewelry will be as fun as sketching has been.
With all the milestone-reaching and jewelry-sketching that has gone on this week, I forgot to track my Points. I usually do it at work but a lot was going on there too so tracking took a backseat. I think I did OK with my eating this week but I did eat some stuff I probably shouldn't have. But you know what? I don't care. I had an epiphany. I currently weigh 10 pounds more than I did before I got pregnant. 10 measly pounds! I realized it's not the number on the scale that I'm concerned with. I want to be toned. I don't like having a jiggly belly, butt and thighs. I know the only why to accomplish that goal is to workout. I'm not going to get into a good workout schedule until Colin starts sleeping through the night. I just do not have the energy. It's probably not healthy to already be exhausted and then workout, which will only exhaust my body more. So for now, I'll continue taking the stairs at work and taking leisurely strolls with the kid. I'll eventually get back to my old body, I just have to be patient. And to be honest, my old body isn't that far away.
So here it is...I gained 1.2 pounds. I'm OK with that. It's far better than I thought it was going to be since I didn't keep track of my food very well.
And if you're looking for more inspiration about how it's completely fine to have an "off-week", head on over to http://somethingiamworkingon.blogspot.com/. She is much better with words than I could ever dream to be.
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