Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Milestones a Plenty

I'm sorry that I have become such a bad blogger. I have the best of intentions of blogging while Sawyer naps, but I usually end up doing crosswords or watching TV instead. Such is the life of the stay at home mom. :)

I am such a TV junkie. American Idol is back for a fifth season so all is right with the world. :) Survivor returns in a few weeks too! I also love watching Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, Medium, ER, Ghost Whisperer, Cold Case, and All My Children. I was very excited that Lost and Desperate Housewives both won Golden Globes. I have the new Bachelor taped but I haven't watched it yet. I mostly wanted to watch it to see the scenery of Paris. That city will always hold a special place in my heart. The premise of the show itself is pretty old news though I think. I also have a feeling that it will be like when they were in New York and all they really showed was the Empire State Building and that was it.

Speaking of New York, Lorne's still waiting to hear from Will Shortz at the NY Times about his crossword. He found a website the other day that mentioned that it could take one week to four months for Will to get back with him depending on how busy he is so we're keeping our fingers crossed. We just mailed it last Thursday so there's still lots of time. I just finished Lorne's fourth puzzle yesterday and I think it was pretty challenging. He's going to send that one in once he hears from Will one way or the other.

We had a good weekend I think. I ran errands and went to Curves Friday evening while Lorne stayed home with Sawyer. I know that I should be enjoying my time to myself, but all I do when I'm away from Sawyer is wonder what he's doing and if he's okay. Lorne takes excellent care of him so it's not that, but I just feel like I should be with Sawyer all the time. I thought that starting the weaning process might help some since he's not completely dependent on me for nourishment, but I am still feeling anxious when I'm away from him.

I had lunch with my friend Kristy on Saturday. I was very proud of myself because I actually went to another county without Sawyer which I think was a first. It was so great to see her again. Her two girls were home with their daddy so it was just the two of us. We talked about our kids the whole time so I asked her what we used to talk about before we had kids. It's hard to think of what our conversations were about. I have a hard time even trying to remember how I spent my free time before Sawyer was born. I feel like my own life started over once his began.

We had Stephen over for dinner on Saturday. He and Lorne used to work together until about four years ago when Stephen left to make video games which sounds like a pretty cool job. He and his sister and mom have an antique store in Rockwall so he stopped by on his way home from there. We hadn't seen him since before we went to Europe last year so it had been forever. Lorne grilled a sirloin and I baked potatoes and made a salad. I also made seven-layer dip and a chocolate cake. Everything was really yummy! I didn't have any of the cake because I'm still not eating chocolate (how am I still breathing?), but the rest was good.

We were straightening up the house before Stephen got here. We packed up Sawyer's bouncer chair and it made me really sad. He wasn't using it anymore now that he has his high chair but it was tough just the same. Lorne wanted to pack up his Gymini playmat but I just can't yet. I am kicking and screaming inside at how quickly time is passing. We got his new car seat in last week and I took some pictures of him testing it out. I had to rob a small country to pay for it but it will pay for itself with the safety features I think. It is also good until 65 pounds so hopefully he will be able to ride in it until he's fifteen or so. :) I'm going to wait until we get back from Matthew and Jackie's party to put him in it. I have an appointment to have the installation checked next Wednesday. It will be such a change since this car seat actually stays in the car unlike the carrier he has been in for the past seven months. We'll also have to pack up his Bugs on Board that hang from his current carrier handle and that will be tough for me to do too. He loves playing with those bugs.


Sawyer in his Britax Decathlon. He has the Cadillac of high chairs so he might as well have the Cadillac of car seats too.


Looks like he is a future shot-putter.

He isn't crawling yet but I think that it is just a matter of time. He lifts his chest off the floor and kicks his legs but not at the same time. He's also going to be in size three diapers soon which are "Cruisers" instead of the "Swaddlers New Baby" that he has been wearing since the beginning. I cleared out his closet last week and packed up all the clothes that he has outgrown which was a lot. He'll be eating the "2nd foods" and meat baby foods soon too and that is a big step. I bought him some Cheerios to try for the first time this week also. I'll be sure to take some pictures of that big event. I bought him a booster seat and he ate his cereal and pears while we had Mexican food at Uncle Julio's on Monday. That was his first meal out in a restaurant so it was a big deal. He has six teeth now and he's not afraid to use them. He actually left bite marks on my arm yesterday. I thought that I was feeding him enough but maybe I should reevaluate. :) Big steps, big events, big deals. It seems like everyday there's another milestone around here.

I had my Weight Watchers meeting today and I was up again. I have been gaining and losing the same five pounds and it's starting to get really old. I think part of the problem is that I got into this mindset that I am just going to be getting pregnant again eventually (hopefully sooner than later) anyway so what's the point of getting back to 160. Of course that is faulty thinking because I need to get back there to have the healthiest pregnancy and to make it better for my body in the long run. I wanted to be back by Sawyer's first birthday and that's going to be here before I know it so I think that I'm panicking. I also think that I'm having a tough time because I keep comparing this weight loss to last time and my body just isn't the same and my lifestyle has changed just a tad. The last time it was all about me. I went to grad school and lost weight and that was about it. I am determined to make a fresh start beginning today! I CAN DO THIS!!! The alternative is not something I would enjoy I know. I keep trying to remember what it felt like to weigh 273.8 pounds and how miserable that was.


I got the idea for this picture from my Texas Aggie magazine.

1 Comments:

At 1/21/2006 9:59 PM, Blogger Darve Smith said...

It was good to see you tonight in Needville, and I guess it was good to see your two guys too. I love watching Sawyer grow up on the internet.

 

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