Woo woo my friend and his sister are coming to visit!! I am going out of town for 2 nights, leaving my husband in charge! He can totally handle it. It is me that feels like crying. What if he doesn't dress her warm enough? What if he doesn't wake up if she cries? What if he forgets a diaper change and she gets a rash? Speaking of diapers, what if he washes them wrong? I have issues I guess.
Also, just between you and me, I have been secretly thinking about having another baby, and it doesn't make me want to join a band if traveling gypsies. Not right now of course, but maybe in a year or so? I look at all those tiny newborn diapers, hear stories of beautiful births and breastfeeding a new baby.... it all makes me nostalgic for the tiny baby days.
Anyway. This weekend in San Fransisco and Napa.... yes that will be fabulous.

long time no write

Haven't been on here in quite a while! My little baby has turned one, decided she no longer needs us and I suspect has plans of moving out soon. Well, except when she still breastfeeds at night and that whole pooping her pants thing....
I will be training to become a certified lactation educator in March and April and I am really excited about that. It just sort of fell into my lap, and I dont have to pay for it. Awesome. So look out boobies, I am coming atcha with some new knowledge. I have been pleasently surprised at how many of my friends who became mothers are breastfeeding. Like one said yesterday to me, you might hate it all day, but at 2am when all you have to do is whip out a boob, worth it.

Woo woo my husband is home! He is off until May!I am still getting used to someone else being around to help me! This is his second week as a SAHD and today he is making her some more baby food, this time from pumpkin and chicken. She is such a great eater and she is still nursing too. Not as much, but I am confident we will make it to a year and maybe beyond! I have finally lost 5 lbs, which is still not much considering I have been P90X-ing for over 3 months and also running 2 miles at least 5 days a week... but I still blame breastfeeding! I am 5 lbs away from weighing my pre preggo weight and 15 lbs from my goal...

Life is way good right now. I made the first cut for the possible job and now it is just more waiting, but I am still unsure if I really want it timing wise right now. Oh well... it is up to someone else now!

A new job... I dont know...

There is an opening for a new job with more money, better benefits, more growth potential etc. It is full time. ewww. I really like being home with babe 4 days a week. But with me making more money we can quickly get completely out of debt (DH has a car payment, we still have a little student loan action from me... nothing too serious but it would be an awesome feeling to not owe anything to anyone except our mortgage) I love my co-workers, I love the flexibility I have here. I love my boss.... I wont have all that with the new job. My plan is to apply and see what happens...

Still Waiting...

I have been so good about working out! I break a major sweat almost every day (I have taken maybe 5 days off in the last 3.5 weeks)! And althought I told myself I would wait until day 30, I got on the scale two days ago. And what do I see?? The exact same GOD DAMN numeber that I had before I started working out. DH was trying to be encouraging telling me that he can see a difference... what ever. I want to see a difference in number form. I am pissed.

Coming soon: Buffness

I have complained loud and hard about my extra flabby post baby bod. I am sure anyone who has hung out with me in the last 8 months could tell you that it is annoying. I know this. I have never really worked too hard at being slim and I figured since I only gained the recommended amount of pregnancy weight (27 lbs to be exact) that I would have about 2 pudgy months before my supermodel figure would reemerge (did I mention that I have developed a romanticised version of my self esteem before baby). I lost about 20 lbs the week after I gave birth. And here I am 8 months later with the same 10ish lbs just not budging. I am still nursing, but that is just an excuse. So, I have recruited 2 ladies at my work to be tourchered with me as we try to slim down using P90X. I have been working out for 5 days now and I am not buff yet, but it is coming.

Seriously??

So we live in the offical sticks of CA. Like a literal Walnut orchard. Yes, I am allergic to walnuts and I understand the irony...
We like it out here because we can afford 2 acres, it is quiet and private, not a lot of traffic unless you get caught behind a tractor. We have some great friends with kids two houses down that are like family. I am home alone a lot with DH working out of town and I have finally convinced myself that nothing happens out here and I am safe!!
So I get a call from my neighbor after I got to work this morning and there was not ONE but TWO frikin SHOOTINGS!! IN THE COUNTRY!! One man was killed, the other just injured. It seems that people have a short fuse in the orchards. I think there may be about 20 houses within a one mile radius of me. That is a shooting at 10% of the houses near me. YIKES.
This tells me a few things about my neighborhood.
1. It is not a good idea to steal from these people. They are under the impression that theft is a capitol crime.
2. If anyone deserves to have rubber testicles hanging off of their f-350's it is said neighbors.

I am staying at my parents house until things calm down in the 'hood