Such a sweetie pie :) A lot had happened since the last post! Zoey is not 7 months old and working her way quickly to 8 months! I know it's cliched but they do grow up so so fast! I am soaking up all the time I can with her and enjoying the cuddles and quiet time along with the sweet moments of her exploration. I adore watching her focus so intently on something new in her hands. Her little mind is taking in all the new sensory information and her tiny hands try to control it and examine the objects.
I've been talking to Henry about the fear and joy that comes with realizing you are responsible not only for this baby to keep her safe, healthy and loved, but you are responsible for turning a little baby into a good child, a well adjusted adult. Some days I feel dangerously under qualified! But in talking to other parents I think that comes with the job. On the flip side, how could a child as sweet as she is be anything less than a sweet and wonderful grown up. I just keep praying that we raise her the way God wants us too.
In the past week or two I've been struggling to get on the treadmill or outside for walks. It was eating away at my self esteem. While I know that in the broad scope of things I've done okay post pregnancy, however, its those pesky final 10 pounds that make your jeans not fit and everything you wore before pregnancy look ill shaped. The fact that my boobs are obnoxiously large from breastfeeding sure doesn't help things either. So I've come to the place where I realized I don't get to complain about my body if I'm not doing anything about it. So once I realized that trying to run during the day or at night really doesn't work for me I am now getting my runs in the morning. Sometimes she sleeps till 8 which works great for me, or I'll try and get up at 6 which does happen, or after Henry goes to work I'll bring her down and put her in the jumper (which is now downstairs) and she'll play for the 20 - 30 minutes that I need (start slow :). So far it's been great. Those few minutes I take for me and it starts my day off right. I am being proactive and it's helping me mind and body. And in return Zoey gets a mommy who is more well adjusted and present and Henry gets a wife who is less cranky and has more energy (going to bed at 8:30 is embarrassing!).
Zoey is eating more cereal and we are working hard with her on that one. I hit a point the other day where I thought, 'I am going to be nursing her forever!'. The reality is (after some research and levelheadedness) she won't be nursing forever, it may be a tough transition (for both of us) when the time comes. I have committed mentally to a year of nursing but we are all hoping that in a few months she might be doing half cereal/solid and half nursing soonish. The teeth that have come in have surprisingly not complicated things...so far! There is a top tooth that is causing a little bit of grief lately and I think it's fixing to come through hopefully soon. This teething thing is awful! The fact that they go up and down this much is sad! Babies go through a lot that way.
That's all for now :) Time to get some work done!
God Bless
