Things are finally smoothing out around here :) Baby Goo is
3 months old and life is looking up, in a lot of ways. Physically, I’m
completely healed from my surgery and have been for awhile. We figured out our
nursing troubles (mainly caused by a tongue tie that my son had, which has now been corrected.) So no more plugged
ducts, no more pain and it’s going beautifully! Loving it all the time. My
original goal was to get to 6 months breastfeeding, then possibly a year. I
live in a great community for breastfeeding support so now I think my goal may
even be longer than a year! We’ll see where the future takes us :)
I’m working on weight loss and getting in shape and
unfortunately about 6 or 8 weeks ago I tore a ligament in my knee and had to
stop running after only 2 weeks into my exercise regimen! I was so
disappointed. Instead I began focusing more on my diet and that is going very
well. I have cut back the amount I am taking in and in the past month I have
lost 5 lbs. and 1 inch off my waist. Yeah! It definitely feels good to see
progress. I have 3 more lbs to lose to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight
(which was heavier than it should have been because of medication I was
taking.) So ultimately I’d like to lose 10 more lbs. after that. I know I can
do it! It isn’t always easy but I have the goal and I am determined to reach
it.
The kids are doing great as well and my twins are about to
start school! I can’t believe they are growing so fast. I remember when they
were born, thinking 5 years was so far away but it has passed in the blink of
an eye. Now with my son, I am doing things a bit differently. I know how fast it goes and instead of
lamenting the hard times I am cherishing every moment because it will be gone
all too soon. I am so in love with my baby boy, I just can’t get enough of him!
I think he is the cutest, sweetest baby that ever was. :) I love every little
thing about him, he is so beautiful, adorable, loving, I could go on and on
with glowing adjectives, in short, I am just completely enamored of him! I LOVE
MY BABY GOO and he has totally changed my life, in a wonderful way.
Mentally I am also doing very well. I’ve been making big
changes in my life and my anxiety level is lowest it has been in years. I
realized I wasn’t happy with the way things were going and ultimately, I had to
change things for them to get better. It feels so awesome to know that I’m not
watching life pass me by anymore and I’m actively out there doing things and
enjoying things instead of being held back by anxiety and depression. I can
only assume right now I’m in “remission” (I have no idea what they call it with
bipolar!) But I’ve been med free and episode free for a year now and I’m doing
so great.
Life is good.
