2 Month Check-up

Kenzie had her 2 month check up yesterday...which include SHOTS! I must admit, I had slight anxiety about the day, knowing I was going to have to see her little sad face and hear her cry, *ahem* scream!  Well she is literally off the charts for her length at 24 1/2in long.  No wonder she is curling her toes in some of her 3 month clothes.  She is in the 85th percentile for her weight..12lbs 3oz.  Her pediatrician says she is perfect from head to toe.  Always a relief to hear, even though we were pretty confident she was. 

Then onto those horrible shots.  She had 3 in her thighs and one she took orally.  Why don't they make all shots drinkable?  adults included?  And the screams weren't as bad as I thought, only because she couldn't even catch her breath she was crying so much.  It came out more like a gurgling squeal.  Regardless still horrible.  She was a little sassy the rest of the night, but today has been back to her completely loveable and smiley self.    

Wordless Wednesday

Boppyness

2 Months Old!

Lookie Lookie who turned 2 months.  She has changed so much already, and as excited as I am to see an (even more) alert and smiley baby, it is sad to see her growing so fast. 

Wordless Wednesday

Mamarazzi

Go Bills!

She already has impersonations down

Smiley baby!

Smiling at her daddy's 1st teddy

Put em up, Put em up

Much needed walk on a "warm" day

Does this need a caption?

Wild hair!

It's not a race...

Well we've all heard the phrase "It's not a race, it's a marathon."  It can be applied to St. Patrick's Day celebrations, Thanksgiving dinner, and in my case losing the baby weight.  I gained about 30lbs with little Miss Mackenzie, and was lucky enough to have lost 20 of it by the time I came home from the hospital.  So now I've got these pesky 8-10 to lose. 

Now I'm generally a pretty healthy eater (obviously) and although I'm getting my Masters in Exercise Science, I have to admit, I pretty much loathe working out!  But I'd like to tone up and get rid of the baby flub, possibly even run a 5K.   (Deep down I think, maybe if I publicly announce this, I'll stick with it!

So last week I made the first step and hit the treadmill.  As I stood there warming up, I couldn't help but remember the last time I was on it.  On January 25th, watching the 5 o'clock news, I was in that same spot, trying to walk that baby out of me!  I remember counting the contractions using the timer on the treadmill, gripping the handle in anticipation as the seconds tick by, knowing the start of a new contraction would be arriving.  Fast forward 8 weeks, I'm now watching the seconds tick by in the same dreaded anticipation of knowing my warm-up is done, and I need to up the speed!

Same thing with the exercise ball.  Last week I used it for ab work outs and stabilization resistance exercises, but 8 weeks ago, I sat on that thing, on the side of my hospital bed, really just to appease the nurse.  She said "some people say it helps with the pain."  Well, that thing did nothing for those contractions.  Epidural please!

So I'm hoping to begin to enjoy working out and trying to stay positive on this new "race" I'm running.  But I have to admit, the reason I'm racing is completely worth it!