growing up

Austyn is going to be 6 months on Monday! Can you believe that !?! Time flew by! We started feeding him, home-made sweet potatoes. I think next we will do rice cereal and then maybe avocados if they are in season and available. He is already army crawling around like a pro. Getting into all sorts of stuff. He loves eating paper. It doesn't matter if it is a little scrap found on the ground or tearing pages out of a book to eat. Ya, that's one of those things you need to be watching. He is also sitting up well now, with only the rare topple over. My 6 months doctors appointment is on Friday so I'll be able to give you his stats then. He is the most adorable boy! Below is a picture of him eating for the first time.



And who could forget about the princess. She is really getting good at smiling and posing for the camera, isn't she? It's always nice when they actually look at you when you take the picture isn't it? She is 2 1/2 months away from turning 3, can you believe that? I don't think I'm ready for my baby to get older. I'm so sad. They grew up too quickly.

donate life results

I finally got my results back from last race. And I came in at 37:18 for the 5K. It was really hot that day and the race kept circling around the area so I lost track of where the finish line was. So next race I'm going to try to shave off 2 minutes and come in closer to 35 minutes. If I'm doing my math right I'm averaging a little under 5 mph. Cause I'm walking and running still part of it the more I train to run longer the quicker I'll be. My next race is May 30th in San Diego.

getting disciplined

Well after working Friday and Sunday then having a family fun packed day on Saturday the house is in a less then par condition. (Even though Russell was able to fold laundry and do the dishes Sunday before I got off). In any case, my morning has been full of putting the crayons away that were in the bathroom and such. How did those get in there anyways? But today, the start of a week for me, has got me thinking about disciplines as I try to slowly get the house back in order.

Some of you might know that I have been struggling with my milk supply. I have been doing fine at home but at work it has been coming up short. After talking to a dear friend, who happens to be a lactation consultant, that I swear was heaven sent. I went off my diet and started taking herbs and doing all I can to get it going again. Yesterday was my first day that I felt I got a little bit of a handle. Even though my supply in the freezer is pretty much gone I'm at least getting the amount that I should be making while at work. I'm not saying we are out of the hole yet, so keep on praying. But while doing all that, I think I gained 5 lbs this last week because of all the extras I allowed myself. I kept thinking in my head that I'm not going to get this later so I might as well enjoy those french fries, chocolates, pizza, whatever. Geeze, did I enjoy it, a little too much. I'm hoping that the weight will come off easy. Maybe it's water weight from all the extra sodium in that food. That would be pleasing to get it all off in one week that it took to get it on. So either way I'm back to working on my diet. (At the same time monitoring my milk supply).

Also for a while now I have been shy to admit that my daughter watches too much television. So I'm going back to the APA recommendation of only 1 hour a day max. So far so good. My biggest problem is a habit I did when I lived alone so many years. I would turn on the television even when no one was watching it, so I don't feel alone in the house. Even though I made sure the background noise was news or something so it wouldn't be for Nelly it still added. If I get the yearning for it, I'm just going to have to put music on or something.

House in order, diet intact, kids getting healthy entertainment, I'm hoping for a good flowing day tomorrow.