5 Months

It's been five months since I had this beautiful little girly. In the middle of the winter, it felt like this would never happen. But it has! And now, she sleeps well, eats well, is pretty much happy 95% of the time and is the sweetest. So thankful for her and my other two. It's a delight to not have to dread going through that process again! I have been somewhat discouraged about the whole weight loss, getting my body back thing. Not because I'm not making any progress or worse, losing ground. But because I'm still waiting. Waiting for my body to let go of the fat. It sucks. But my body doesn't let go until around 7 months. And even then, it's not a fire sale. It takes time, but at least it starts. I am thoroughly SICK of all my fat clothes and I'm ready for my nice size 6 stuff. It's still packed in a tub in Jack's room. I am SICK of the tubs in Jack's room, so I think I'm going to go through all of it and get rid of the stuff I know I won't wear anymore and maybe stick the rest in my drawers, or if that is too depressing, back into storage.

5 Months: 


Babies Weight: 18 lbs! She is going from strength to strength. 

Babies Habits:  She is still on a three hour schedule, but she is definitely on the edge of needing a revamp and going to a 3.5 - 4 hr. It's just such a pain to figure it all out. She also sometimes wakes up really early, so I didn't want to drop a feed until that stopped. So she wakes up usually, at 6, then eats food at 7, then to bed at 7:15, wakes up around 9, then 12, then 3, then 6 ish, though it's usually more like 5:45 because I have to leave work or get to dinner. Then food at 6:30 or 7 and nurse and to bed between 8 and 8:30.
This kid is a MAJOR grunter! STILL! She growls and grunts all the time. Especially when she's tired and it's time for bed. It's like she's trying to scare off the sleepiness. So cute! She is such a happy girl too. She moves her little feet around when she's excited and she loves when I talk to her. Big huge smiles and coos. It's definitely heart warming. 

Nursing: It was great, but truth to tell, it hurt again for about a week. I think I might have had a touch of an infection. Who knows. And she also cracked me..... WHY? I remember that this happened with Emma around this same time, so maybe it's something to do with them getting stronger around this time. Who knows.

Milestones: She is getting really good at sitting up. She can't do it unassisted yet, but definitely making progress. She slowed down on the rolling, since she's developing other skills and I'm lazy about laying her on the floor for belly time, but she'll be fine. :) We started her on solids a week or two ago. I was tired of her waking at 4 - 5 starving, so the oatmeal came out. It's such a pain, but oh well. I'll be feeding her for a LOOOONNNNGGGGG time, so get over it. She is also liking the Johnny Jump up which is pretty cute. She likes to be up and looking around. It's great to see her getting more aware of everyone.

Older Kids: Jackson learned to pump on the swing. He was really stoked. He was outside by himself and he just figured it out. We've tried to show him a bunch but for some reason this one time something clicked and he was able to do it. He's been fighting with Emma a ton, and we are just asking God for help knowing how the heck to deal with it. Emma is such a drama queen, that it wares me down. I am also really praying about answers to help her. She falls apart over the slightest thing and it just needs to stop. I was thinking about her one night and realized that though I made a major effort to spend alone time with Jack, I had not made that effort with her. I told her I would the other day and she couldn't stop talking about it until we did it. It's difficult because she still naps and I have to feed Juliet so much still, but I am making a concerted effort to get her one on one, non drama time.

My Weight: 154 It keep fluctuating though, but whatever. I was hoping I would get to 153, because then I would REALLY have lost 1 lb. But nope. It was not to be. 

Exercise: It's going really well. I think I got five days every week but one. One of those, that I had every intension of doing so, but it just didn't work out. I'm really getting into Crossfit and the more I do it, the more I like it. I am starting at the beginning and really focusing on getting strong enough before I try using the energy saving variations. (Kipping). I am seeing good things happen. I'm just not losing any weight... blahh... Be patient Janelle. I did run a "5K" a couple of weeks ago and did really well. I was running a 7:43 min pace and that's great for hauling around an extra 15#s. I finished 5th overall and the 1st woman. Of course, there were like 15 people running and 50 walking/jogging, so it wasn't like the competition was stiff. I am determined to get to 6 days a week by next month and hopefully see more progress. I am also needing to add some more running in, but haven't had too much extra time to do it in..... it will happen eventually.

Eating: Not great. I haven't bothered too much about it until this last week. Now I am on the straight and narrow... maybe.. :)

My Measurements:
1 Months PP: Hips: 41 Thighs: 21.25 Belly: 35.5 Waist: 32 Chest: 37

2 Months PP: Hips: 41 Thighs: 21.25 Upper Thigh:23.5 Belly: 35.5 Waist: 31 Chest: 37.5

3 Months PP: Hips: 41 Thighs: 21.50 Upper Thigh: 24 Belly: 34 Waist: 31 Chest: 37

4 Months PP: Hips:41 Thighs: 22 Upper Thigh: 24 Belly:33 Waist: 30 Chest: 37

5 Months PP: Hips:40.5 Thighs:21 Upper Thighs:23.5 Belly:33 Waist: 30.5 Chest:37

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