Ahhhhh. 9:30 pm. My alarm went off at 5:45 am. My first chance to really breath, yet I'm still having to re-insert pacifier every 3-5 minutes.
(Funny, now that pacifiers are back "in" and proven to reduce SIDS risk, etc - Maile loves them. Kimo never much cared for them, which was good back in the day 4 years ago when pacifiers would ruin their teeth for life, etc, etc.)
Deep breath. No, I wasn't working terribly hard today, but I was still "on". I have been "on" since 6 am.
Yesterday and today I have been eating like the old me. Not good. I have lost almost 40 pounds since Maile's birthday. I don't want to put it back on. It's a stress thing, I'm sure.
I really need to take a few minutes several times a day to deep breath and feel joy and gratitude for this infant and my wonderful 3 year old and my crazy, busy life. Get centered again.
That's the project this week. For right now, I have 15 minutes to spend in mindless games before sleep, and I'm going to do so. Peace; out.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
I'm Baaaccckk!
Maile is 8 weeks old, I am back to work and no more excuses for not blogging!
We are all well. I am dropping weight quickly, nursing sure helps with that. Maile is gaining almost as fast as I am losing - well maybe more like 8/1 - I lose 8 and she gains 1!
I just started work up again yesterday, so we're all trying to adjust to the new routines. I will be working from home a lot the next month, so we're not totally on our new, 2-child routines yet. Da Kane is having some difficulty adjusting to having me home so much - he works from home already.
Kimo LOVES LOVES LOVES his baby sister. It is quite sweet and a relief. We've seen a little regression and acting out, but really very little. It's hard to believe he will be 4 in about 6 weeks.
I had a birthday this week - talk about hard to believe! Those birthdays ending in 0's or 5's are so much harder for some reason. This was a half-decade one - I'll let you guess the first digit.
Maile's most unforgettable trait right now - she eats her fill and pulls off with this milky half-smile, eyelids 90% closed, eyes rolling back in her head. It's most amazing and I hope to figure out how to film it without exposing myself too much!
We are all well. I am dropping weight quickly, nursing sure helps with that. Maile is gaining almost as fast as I am losing - well maybe more like 8/1 - I lose 8 and she gains 1!
I just started work up again yesterday, so we're all trying to adjust to the new routines. I will be working from home a lot the next month, so we're not totally on our new, 2-child routines yet. Da Kane is having some difficulty adjusting to having me home so much - he works from home already.
Kimo LOVES LOVES LOVES his baby sister. It is quite sweet and a relief. We've seen a little regression and acting out, but really very little. It's hard to believe he will be 4 in about 6 weeks.
I had a birthday this week - talk about hard to believe! Those birthdays ending in 0's or 5's are so much harder for some reason. This was a half-decade one - I'll let you guess the first digit.
Maile's most unforgettable trait right now - she eats her fill and pulls off with this milky half-smile, eyelids 90% closed, eyes rolling back in her head. It's most amazing and I hope to figure out how to film it without exposing myself too much!
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