January is lame

I just realized the month of January has almost gone and I haven't blogged. I guess that is probably due to the fact that January and February are the lamest months of the year. To me they are just gray long days where I am stuck inside. There are a few things to remember though.

First, Andy is a stubborn child. We spent 3 days trying to get Andy to take a bottle. Everyone would say to Jake and I that eventually he would get hungry enough to just take it. It worked with Nathan who also had a hard time. It took him about 8 hours but he got it. Well to those who believe it works for every baby. They were wrong. For 3 days I would feed Andy in the morning but after that feeding we would try with a bottle. He would scream once he started to get hungry and realize that I wasn't going to feed him. He would cry for about 3 hours and them finally go to sleep. Once awake he would be sweet and happy for a few minutes then he would remember he was hungry and it would start all over again. The first day we went 7 hour and finally I gave in. The next day I was better prepared but unfortunately so was Andy. He went 10 hours refusing to take a bottle. I was a mess. He was a mess. It was terrible. The last day I was sure he would give in. We went for about 7 hours and at that point I couldn't do it any longer. It was baby and mommy torture. So sadly he still won't take a bottle. Just so you know I love nursing. It is one of my favorite parts of being a new mom. I don't mind the commitment but after 5 months for the sake of the baby and also Jake I feel that he needs to take a bottle. It is very difficult for Jake when there comes a situation where I have to leave for a couple of hours and Jake is stuck with a baby that he cannot take care of. It doesn't happen very often but there are times when it does. I love Andy and I am hoping that maybe we can teach him to use a sippy cup. I have heard some people say they have had success with that. So onto that challenge. Hopefully Andy wont be as stubborn with it.

Second, I am fat. It cannot be denied. That is what happens when you spend 14 of 16 months pregnant ( I also started out 12 lbs bigger than I should have been because I never got rid of all Nate's baby weight) . So 2 weeks ago I stopped eating sugar and I got a gym pass. I will allow myself to make a treat on Sunday but that is it. I know I would go crazy if I cut everything out so I thought this would be ok. When preparing for this new plan I looked at our meals and I realized that overall our family eats pretty healthy. I needed to cut back on some of the carbs but for the most part I just needed a little portion control and I needed to quit snacking on sweets. They were the killer to my diet. So it began 2 weeks ago last Monday. In the first 9 days I lost 6 lbs ( I found I was eating a lot of fruit snacks and making treats for dessert a little to often). I have a goal to go to the gym 4-5 times a week for 45 minutes to an hour. That has gone pretty well for me. Unfortunately this past weekend I had a bridal fair and there was a cake booth right across from mine. They were super nice and gave me samples. I only ate 1 cupcake but that lead me to eating a few chocolates that I had in a bowl at my booth. Then came Sunday and I had promised to make brownies with Nate so there goes that day. Then came Tuesday and my visiting teacher brought over some super yummy cookies. I didn't eat them all but since I am mentioning them you can believe I didn't not eat them (Donna I don't know if you read this but they were really good and don't feel bad because Jake and Nate were happy to take care of them for me). So tomorrow I am going to be vigilant. No treats and I will probably skip our Sunday treat this week because I obviously don't deserve it. I am hoping to be down 15 lbs by the time we leave on our family trip to Disneyland in 5 weeks. That means I have 9 to go so I had better be super good. So if you are my friend know that I have little self control if something is in front of me. I am pretty good if I can avoid things but don't leave a cookie at my house. I just can't seem to say no. I know I can do this. It makes me excited to think of June because if I hit my goals I can be pre baby and possibly pre surgery before the wedding weight (I was at a good place when I first got engaged... stupid surgery 6 weeks before getting married). I actually really enjoy the gym so I look forward to it. So now you all know what my goals are so hopefully if you see me fall off the sweets wagon slap me upside the head really hard.

That is kind of all for January. Nate is as sweet as ever. He is a little wild and all boy. Just today he did a flip off of a couch and strained his neck and he also was trying to kung fu fight earlier and tripped and fell down the stairs into our family room. Thankfully he was ok both times but he sure keeps me on my feet. Jake is doing well and life is pretty darn good for us. We hope all is well with you.