Welcome back you tasty beast!

Tonight I made my tasty sangwich from when I was pregnant ... the one with the whole wheat roll, avocado, lettuce, honey mustard, turkey bacon and egg. This time I added sliced turkey and unfortunately some soy cheese. I have to say, it was just as good as I remembered. Even with the soy cheese! Apparently it wasn't just the pregnancy that made that sangwich tasty, it's actually just a tasty sangwich. Welcome back friend, you were missed.

Toys, Watermelon and a tasty Sangwich

Spring is here and all I want to do is sit in grass with Noah and Gary and buy purple nail polish. (I don't know what the deal with the nail polish is.) It feels like a bird is going to land on my shoulder and wrap a shmata on my head while I'm walking down the street...

My new favorite thing to do with Noah and Gary is to walk to the park and sit on the grass. We play "chuck-it" with Gary and Noah rolls back and forth on his tummy and feels the grass between his fingers. I can't wait til Noah is able to walk along side me...I picture us with a wagon. We could pile in all of Noah's toys and sandwiches, of course there has to be sandwiches, and we will drink lemonade, eat watermelon hunks and watch Gary run back and forth chasing the tennis ball.

I've been putting Noah in the baby swings at the park. He seems to really like it. He likes going up and back and when his little face comes towards me I smile at him and laughs and smiles back. I remember swinging on the swings and my favorite thing to do was see how high I could go and then jump off. I'm pretty sure there's no way I would ever jump off of a swing these days, but the thought still sounds fun, and it reminds me of spring.

Noah and I have been lots of fun together. He's so alert and wants to see everything around him. It makes feeding time very difficult because he likes to stop and look around ... he stops and looks at me and while its very sweet that he wants to smile at me, it's strange because my boob is sort of hanging out of his mouth. Yes, its natural, but in the end, that's still my boob and I don't really wanna "check it out."

Noah likes to watch the animals, neither of whom are interested in him. Well, actually, Gary is interested in him, but mostly in his departure. He's actually getting better with Noah. He's starting to sit next to him for longer stretches. Now that Noah is able to sit up on his own, Gary isn't as scared to be near him. But if you try and force them together or make Noah sit on Gary's back like a horse, Gary freaks out. Maybe that's why people shouldn't try and ride dogs? I think it'll get better soon, especially when Noah can pet and play with Gary ... Gary will enjoy the extra attention.

I'm sure Gary won't mind Noah when we're able to put his chuck-it in our wagon with the toys, watermelon and sandwiches...it'll be called the "Sangwich Express." Not sure what our theme song will be though.

Cheerios, Donut Holes, Purple Nail Polish and another .8 lbs ...

It's been a while ... not because nothing has been going on in the life of mommyhood, but really, I just haven't had the time. Noah is a lot of fun and I'm loving every minute I get to spend with him, well...almost every minute. Teething hasn't been so much fun. Noah has two bottom teeth and the doctor's think the next two are on their way.

School is still going on and I'm not on spring break. Ft. Lauderdale here I come! If by Ft. Lauderdale you mean Weight Watchers and then the park ... so yes, I am doing Weight Watchers. I hadn't really been doing anything except weighing in mostly and I had lost almost all of my baby weight until last week ... I was only 5 lbs away from my prepregnancy weight. I was so excited, feeling so confident. Thinking "this is so easy! I can eat whatever I want and the weight is just coming off ... as long as I'm breastfeeding and running, I'll be fine." Then, I got on the scale and I was up 2lbs. WTF?

So, I decided it was time to really pay attention. I had to stop baking all of my tasty, sugary treats and start watching what I was eating. I even tracked everything ... so today, Noah and I marched into the meeting with all of our stuff (mostly his stuff, but whatever, he'll get me back later) and I stepped up on the scale looking for that 2lb loss and to my dismay I had gained! Yes, GAINED, again!!!

There I was surrounded by all the old ladies (I think I go to the senior meeting) and they are all cooing and gooing at Noah and I had gained yet again ... could it have been the four bowls of cereal that I ate? No, that couldn't be it ... perhaps it was the 4 donut holes I ate after running the Shamrock? That couldn't be it, because hello, I just ran 13.1 miles. Nope, it had to be that I was pregnant again ...

In my mind the only explanation was pregnancy ... pregnancy made more sense than donut holes and cereal. So, Noah and I stood in line at the Longs while the checker tried to ask me probing questions about how old Noah was and then tell me how cute he is when I said "he's only 6 months." I know she was thinking, "6 months and already another baby?!?" Well look lady, I jsut gained another .8lbs, I have no time for your shenanigans, just put the pee sticks and the purple nail polish in the bag and let me go. (I couldn't just buy the pee sticks, I had to act casual, like I'm just here picking up a few necessities ... pee sticks, check. Purple nail polish check).

Just peed on a stick and there was only one line ... must have been the cheerios, because thank god I'm NOT pregnant! Yes, this is how neurotic I am. I would rather be pregnant again than stop eating all of my carbs ...

Not that having another baby is bad ... but I can barely keep up with Noah and law school, I'm not ready to start this again. Although, I was thinking the other day, I can now see what people mean when they say "you'll forget the bad stuff about pregnancy and labor, and you'll be ready to do it again." I can see that, but I'm not there ... maybe after I lose the .8lbs that I gained AGAIN. Maybe after law school, maybe after the bar, maybe after a job ... maybe sooner than that, who knows. Until then, I think I'll go and eat a bowl of cereal.

New Videos of Noah

Noah and the burp cloth click here.

Noah singing with Daddy click here.

Noah waking up in the morning click here.

Noah has an itchy head click here.

Noah and Mommy play peekaboo click here.

Greg and Noah make a Channukah message click here.

Gary and Noah watching some Baby Beethoven click here.

Gary is very excited click here.

Resolution Run 2009

We started the new year by running the Resolution Run in Auburn. I've been running this race the last few years and its hard to imagine that it was just last year I was pregnant with Noah. It's such a nice way to start the new year, I can't wait til Greg, Noah and I can run it together!

Giant Giraffe, Get in My Mouth!

Here's the latest on what's going on in our house ... at his last check-up Noah weighed 14 lbs and 13 ounces. Noah has been drooling like crazy lately and sticking his hands, and anything else he can grab, in his mouth. We learned that this could be a sign that he is teething.

He hasn't been too fussy since I changed my diet, however the last couple days he has been extremely fussy. Greg and I were both searching online for information and I of course called the doctor's office. They basically told me what I read online, which is really annoying, because why did I sit on hold for 25 minutes? So, Noah is teething ...

After I spoke with the doctor's office we searched for a teething ring...long story short, the one that we found was bad (not BPA free, which is basically kiddie poison ... when you go to the store and you buy the non BPA free stuff I feel like the person at the checkout is looking at you like "How could you give that to your baby?!?! Are you trying to poison the kid!?!?", so I don't buy that stuff whenever possible.) So, off to Goores we went ...

The teething rack had several options ... teethers that enhance touch and taste, BPA free, butterflies, raspberries, ridges, cooling sections, vibrating strawberry teethers, it's a bit overwhelming. So I just decided we needed one of everything! Then a couple walked by and recommended a giant giraffe teether, so we added that one as well. Greg and I know own 5 different teethers. Including a giant giraffe, a raspberry, a vibrating strawberry, a cooling ring and a butterfly. Let's hope it helps, cause I hate hearing Noah cry:(

Thrrrrppppp, Bddeeepppp and The Academy of Sciences

I finished my exams last night and now Greg, Noah and I are in San Francisco relaxing, shopping, going to Museums and eating. To see our trip to the Academy of Sciences click here.

Noah has started doing some fun new things ... here are some videos of what he's learned. Click here and here.

I'd write more, but after three exams, my brain is fried!