I'm starting a new blog

I've started a new, additional blog (I'll still have this one)...it's called Diary of a Great Wife. It's not about the family per se, but it has things that I do during the day.  It includes recipes I've tried, some work and some don't.  It goes through my workout journey, crafts I make, things my baby does...you know, just whatever seems noteworthy.

I wanted a blog that documented the stuff I tried that just pertains to me.  And I was watching the documentary, "Hungry for Change" and one of the doctors on it talked about thinking positively and being positive with yourself.  That's true, ya know.  If you continually tell yourself you're not good enough or smart enough or pretty enough, or whatever, then that's what you'll be...BUT if you tell yourself you're great, then THAT'S what you'll be.  So while I don't feel great all the time, I vow to tell myself that I am great and smart and funny and pretty and whatever else I want...so then maybe that's what I'll become.

Just Some Random Stuff

So my baby is learning to sleep through the night...she sleeps from about 8pm to 7:30am.  Wait, what?  That sounds like a lot.  Well, it is.  She does wake up once around 3am, and I nurse her back to sleep by 3:30...that's when she sleeps until 7:30am.  The downside with all this sleep at night, is that she doesn't sleep that well during the day.  She's not cranky or anything, but that just means I rarely get a break...she's nonstop all day.

This is Liliana, doing her favorite thing...eating shoes...although she knows she's not supposed to!

Well, things over here are good...Liliana is 7 months...she's little for her age, but still cute.  It appears that she'll be about my height, which isn't bad I guess.  She crawls everywhere and gets into things.  She started crawling at 5 months, and she really perfected it by 6 months.  She learned to pull herself up while we were at my parent's house in California in early January.  Oh yeah, we went to Massachusetts for Christmas, and California for New Years!  It was a total of eight planes rides (2 there, 2 back, 2 there, 2 back)...and Liliana did GREAT!  Anyway, I guess I can post about that later.  Anyway, so she's crawling, and eating baby food.  She loves to eat food, and she always wants to have what we're having.  I'd be more incline to let her try more stuff, but she doesn't have any teeth yet.  So for now, we stick to just baby food.  She screams with excitement a lot; it's loud and high pitched!  If you're holding her while she's doing it, you will temporarily go deaf!  She still has her little dimples.  (I still don't know where she gets them.) And she's starting to look A LOT more like Adam.  But I can still see myself in her.  Her hair is starting to grow back, and she loves animals and other kids.  She loves singing/music and reading books.  She isn't interested in TV or cartoons...which is fine by me. I think I'm gonna try to get her ears pierced in the next couple months...I really want them pierced soon!

Adam is back in school...working hard.  This past semester he did very well...he didn't get straight A's like he was used to in undergrad, so he was a little disappointed.  But I think he did very well...he did.  He works hard, and he's smart.  We still miss him because he's gone all day.  Lili LOVES when he's home.  That's when she screams the most.

I'm still doing Insanity, and I love it.  I have a crush on Shaun T!  Haha...I miss going to the gym, but right now it just doesn't work...I think Liliana is old enough to go to the Kid's Club or whatever, but I'm still a little worried about her being with other, older kids...but we'll see.  I lost the "baby weight" a couple months ago, but I swear all of my clothes still don't fit.  I guess I should point out that some of my jeans used to be really tight (by design)...and now I feel like even though I lost the weight, my hips are just a little wider...soooo...yeah...but I'm still working out, so maybe I still have some weight to lose.  (what am I talking about?!  OF COURSE I have more weight to lose!  haha).  I think I may have acid reflux...I had terrible heartburn and reflux while pregnant and sometimes I feel like it never left...so last night I was looking at "natural" ways to relieve it, and diet is the first thing I'll try.  I'm gonna mix things up, give up sugar, most processed foods, and fried/fatty foods.  Oh, and I also bought a sewing machine off of craigslist.  I'm super excited about it, but I need to get the correct bobbins for it before I can use it.  My car has been out of commission all week.  We had to order a part ($180!) and Adam is going to try to put it in today...we'll see...that's a story for another post!  But the point is, I haven't been able to go anywhere this week (which has really sucked)...so as soon as Adam gets back from studying, I have a list of things I want to do today!

Ok, well that's a little bit about what's been going on over here...since no blog post is complete without pictures, here's some pics of Liliana.

At 4 weeks, maybe?

7 Months, she looks like two different babies!