Oh how I love the weekends! Unlimited snuggles with my favorite little boy. Goofing around with my husband. Catching up on my DVR. That’s what my weekends are made of and I just love them so much.
This weekend we ventured downtown to the St. Louis Auto Show. We’re in the market for a new SUV so we thought this would be a great way to check out the latest models all under one roof. We spent a little more than 2 hours hopping in and out of vehicles and by the end of it all, I think we’re even more conflicted on what to buy than we were before. We absolutely LOVED the Buick Enclave, but holy smokes is it expensive. Other favorites include the Ford Explorer, Jeep Grand Cherokee, GMC Acadia, and Chevy Traverse. Ideally, we’ll get something with an accessible third row that also lays flat so we don’t always have to board our dog when we go out of town. Something spacious with room to grow with our family.
Basically, a van that isn’t a van.
D approved of this red truck, but we had to explain to him that it’s not very practical.
Anyway, I’ve been doing a bit of navel gazing lately, mostly about life, parenting, money & career, health, the pursuit of happiness, and friendships. Broad topics, I know, but that’s just where my head is lately – jumping from big picture to big picture. I’m constantly trying to “trim the fat” from my life, in every sense of the phrase.
In regards to parenting, I’ve been stepping away from the weekly Bump and BabyCenter emails, and have swapped out my Baby Development books for guilty pleasures like US Weekly or a Chelsea Handler book. My baby is happy and healthy and developing just fine, but I get too caught up in the tiny milestones like crawling, talking, and teething that I work myself up into thinking something is wrong with my child.
Newsflash to myself: Just because someone else’s kid crawls faster than yours doesn’t mean they’re the next Einstein. It just means they have to babyproof earlier.
Besides, your kid has more hair than any baby on the planet and already LOOKS like Einstein. See?
And enjoy those lack of teeth as long as possible. Gummy grins are the cutest anyway.
Maybe I’ll dive a little deeper on the other topics in the near future, but for now, let’s skip ahead to the literal “trimming of the fat” shall we?
Week 4: -1.2 lbs
Total lbs lost: 6.4 lbs
Total lbs to go: 33.6 lbs
So it looks like I’m not averaging 2 lbs a week, and while a tiny bit of me is disappointed by that, I’m SO HAPPY to see another loss. Especially since I FINALLY dropped a tens digit. The truth is, I could probably work a bit harder. I haven’t worked out AT ALL. I’ve been hit or miss with tracking points because I’m still allowing myself to live my life and not force friends or family to adjust their habits based on my diet. I’m making better choices most of the time, and I’m back to tracking this week, but I know there’s room for improvement and seeing a tiny drop is just enough motivation to keep me going, so for that, I’m thankful.
We have a Kia Sorento with a 3rd seat and I love it.
I’ll have to check that out. We didn’t see many Kia’s, so I never got a chance to look at the Sorento.
I love your weight updates. You are doing great! It is a slow, but steady process! And, don’t trim too much fat with your friends. I don’t want to be trimmed out! :)
Thanks Jen! And no, of course I’m not trimming you out! I’m not trimming anyone out really. I did that years ago. Just trying to get more comfortable with only having a few close friends.
Keep up the GREAT work on the weight loss! I started a new diet yesterday and am already hating life, but I know it will be worth it in the end. I tried to comment last week on your last post but something was going on with my computer – anyway I have a delicious chicken chili recipe, let me know if you want to send it. I am not sure how many WW points it would be, but it can’t be too many because it’s literally a bunch of vegetables and chicken (and beans). Also, we have the Ford Explorer and we LOVE IT, I cannot sing its praises enough. They are expensive but in my opinion worth every penny, Ford has really stepped up their game and it’s a great “truck.”
Thank you!! I’ll definitely take more recipes, and it’s pretty easy for me to calculate points on the WW website, so no worries there. Best of luck on your new diet! Though you already look pretty fabulous, ESPECIALLY for having a barely 1 year old baby.
I have dubbed it “operation starvation” because that’s what it feels like, ha! I wasn’t exactly where I wanted to be before getting pregnant, so really I just want to cut some of the crap from my diet and see how I feel. I will warn you that the chicken chili requires a good bit of prep work (read: chopping vegetables), but I promise it’s worth it! I say that to say that you may want to determine point value before you do all the work to see if it’s worth it. ;-) I’ll e-mail it to you now. It is one of Dan’s favorite things I make, I hope you like it!
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So, I hope I wasn’t the asshole mom that brags so much about her baby that I make you feel like your baby’s behind. If I did, I’m so so so so sorry. I’m such a jerk. Other moms have done that to me before and it makes me feel awful. I hope that wasn’t the case. I loved getting together and talking about our little dudes. I hope we can do it again soon. :)
Ha! No, not at all. You actually made me feel MUCH better when we talked about crawling. And I don’t fault any moms for bragging on their littles; I’d do the same. It just makes me second guess what I’m doing wrong, if anything.
Girl, you are not doing anything wrong! You love that kid so much and it is obvious. Your whole face lights up when you talk about him – its wonderful! Every kid is different and has a different schedule. There’s nothing you could do differently to make him crawl! Enjoy carrying him now while he’s little for as long as you can. You are an amazing mama!