The cheese stands alone

I just can't believe it. Jackson spent yesterday trying to figure out a way to pull himself up using me, the coffee table, the couch, the dog, whatever he could find. Then today, he did it, he stood alone; OVER AND OVER again.

I am so happy and so sad all at once. I thought that I would be ecstatic with all the milestones, but feel that he is doing them too soon, KWIM? He squirms when you try and hold him too long. Since he has been crawling for six weeks, he is crawling so quickly now that he can follow us room to room. I had to childproof at 5 months

I want him to stay a baby for a while longer since I don't know if we will be able to do this again (emotionally and financially).

And he caught his first cold this week. And since we were in for a well child visit yesterday, the doctor took a look and said that it is a slight ear infection (but no antibiotics needed). I felt like a bad mommy for letting him get sick too.

I guess I am just a wreck.

Time to get caught up

I just realized that it has been weeks since I have read other people's blogs. I normally checked my fav's every day (about 30 of them). So I have made it a goal to get caught up with everyone by the end of this weekend.

And since we are getting caught up here is what I've been up to:

Jackson is a little over six months now, can you believe it??? He has been crawling since before Christmas and has 7 teeth already. His height is still off the charts and weight is having a hard time keeping up. He is sitting well trying to pull himself up to standing. We had to lower the crib because the standing is imminent. He has such a little personality now, we love every minute with him. He hardly fusses or cries and is still sleeping all the way through the night (7:30pm-7:30am). He is outgrowing most of the 6-9 month clothes, especially if they are one piece. We go to the doctor next week for his 6 month checkup. He hasn't been sick at all yet, so we count our lucky stars for that.

He is also enjoying the car/carseat and stroller more now. I swear that I had the only kid on the planet who hated both of those things for the first four months of his life.

We also finalized the adoption on December 30th so that was a huge weight lifted too. We have his birth certificate on the way, then I can work on getting him a social security number and passport. So hopefully that will be done by spring.

Weight loss is not the right term. So far it is purely weight maintenance. I am holding steady still at 191, but am elated that I haven't put a bunch of it back on considering how reckless I have been with the eating and little to no exercise these past few months.

I had been experiencing a lot of back problems, but have been seeing a chiropractor for about a month. I go in three times a week for adjustments and rehab. I am on a bunch of machines (upper body cycle, wobble board, lat, ab, back, thigh, neck, etc.) . And whatever they (or I) am doing is working. My back feels a hundred times better and I feel stronger by the day. Now I just need to add my cardio back into the mix and I should be hunky dory.

I'm working on it

I updated my ticker, my links and some other formatting issues and now I am going to take a stab at adding my first picture! Here goes nothing:



Whew, it worked. This picture is a few months old, but it was what I had available at work to practice with. Yay! Now I could, in theory, add before and after pictures of my weight loss journey to date. Now, to just get the courage!

In the dark ages

I guess as much as I consider myself technologically saavy, some things don't occur to me. For instance, I have never opened a free image hosting account. That is, until this morning. I realized that I have been missing out on this blog and on message boards by not having that capability so now, I have no excuses.

Now, I just have to figure out what pictures I want to upload!!!