So behind..

Hello to anyone who still reads this sad excuse for a blog! I struggle to write here and I dont know why. I dont have work to do so I have plenty of time, its just that I feel like I would be saying the same thing over and over again.
So random stuff....
1. I am training for a 10K. 10K is a long way to run when you hate running. I am doing pretty good so far. The furthest I have gone on this training program is 4 miles so far, but this weekend I have to do a 4.5 mile run. We will see how this goes. Right now my goal is to run the 6.2 miles in less than 1 hour and 15 minutes. I did 4 miles in 45 minutes the other day and that is about 11:30 per mile, so if I can maintain that in the 6 miles I should be ok. But really, I will be happy to finish. (Like I said, I don't like running :))
2. I am currently 5 pounds below my pre-pregnancy weight. I have about 32lbs to go to get to my goal weight. Weight watchers is still working well for me, but I really have to give credit to nursing still. It is helping me lose this weight...b/c I feel like I NEVER stop eating. Thank goodness for those extra 500 calories I burn!
3. I don't like pumping. I know I have said this before, but its still a buzz kill. Oh well. Selfishly, the one thing that keeps me going is the weight  loss. Thankfully, my supply is keeping up with what Lizzy eats, and so far I haven't had any issues feeding her. She basically stopped breastfeeding when she went back to daycare (except for in the middle of the night, which she can stop doing ANY day now) so I am pretty much an exclusive pumper.
4. Lizzy is freaking adorable and I love her to pieces, but the girl needs to sleep through the night! A couple of weeks ago we implemented the cry yourself to sleep business. The first night I went in after 5 minutes and soothed her for a couple minutes and then left and she fell asleep after about 3 more minutes. Ever since she has either rolled over and gone right to sleep or cried for about 3 minutes and gone to sleep. The problem comes in the middle of the night when she wakes up and wants her stinking Nuk. That thing is the bane of my existence. I think some weekend SOON we are going to have to let her cry in the middle of the night and not use the Nuk anymore. I can't keep waking up just to give her that damn thing.
5. I miss my horse. I haven't been out to see him in weeks, or ride him for that matter. Its so hard to get out there during the week to ride b/c I pick Lizzy up at daycare. And on the weekends I have been going out to my moms new house (closer to me! yay!) to help her put in fence posts and do other manual labor. Hopefully the horses will be moved soon.
6. I need new winter clothes. Last winter I spent in maternity clothes and the stuff I have from the winter before is all too big. Any suggestions on where to get sweaters and work appropriate clothes is MUCH appreciated!
7. I love fall. Everything about it (except that it is followed by winter)...the weather, the leaves changing, the ability to wear jeans and hooded sweatshirts, apple picking, pumpkin carving...ahh! I love it :)
8. I am 3 lbs away from losing 50 since I started Weight Watchers. Holy crap!
9. My baby will be 5 months old this month, 6 months October 16th. Holy crap! I can't believe it. We tried rice cereal this past week, she LOVES it!! Its so cute to watch her eat...(I may or may not be thinking about #2. What is wrong with me? Wasn't I just saying how Lizzy needs to sleep through the night!!)
10. My daughter is freaking adorable. Have I mentioned that???

 

Her bouncer/activity thing is too big for her, but she loves it. She stands on an accounting book to help her out :)

 

I look exhausted, but she sure is cute!

 

This was at the State Fair, it was exhausting :)

 

This was before going to her 2nd Twins game! She loves Joe Nathan (or her mama does and loves this shirt:))

 

So happy!!!!

Random

I apparently suck at blogging. Sorry 'bout that.
I feel like I am living in the movie "Groundhog's Day." All my days kind of run together lately. I get up (way too early). Get ready for work. Nurse Lizzy. Get her ready for daycare. Run out the door (usually about 10 minutes later than I wanted to). Get to work. Sit here hating my job for 9 hours. Eat for too much food b/c I am so bored. Leave at 4. Pick up Lizzy. Get home. Either go for a run or do the 30 Day Shred. Wash the bottles and my pump from the day. Make dinner. Make lunches for the next day. Give Lizzy a bottle (she hasn't nursed at night in a couple weeks, she screams bloddy murder). Put Lizzy to bed. Shower. Go to bed. Rinse and repeat Monday -Friday.
I feel like I have no time for my hubby, and if I do, I am too tired to do much.
Lizzy is still getting up in the middle of the night. She gets up once to eat, the other times we just put her nuk in and hope she goes back to sleep. I would really like to cut out that feeding but I will wait until we go in for her 4 month check up next week. She is still screaming when I try and nurse her at night. The only time she will nurse is when she is mostly asleep (1am and then at 5/530 am if I catch her before she wakes up too much). At first I was sad she didn't nurse more, but I have gotten used to it and it is kind of nice to know how much she is getting.
Pumping is the bane of my existence. I hate it. It makes me cringe hearing the sound of that thing. But I use it four times a day and I should get used to it I guess. I don't know how long I will actually make it past my goal of 6 months. If I can pump that long she will probably have enough milk from the freezer to last through her 7th month. We will see. I would like to keep breastfeeding/pumping til about January but we will see. I am over it right now.
And to add to this debbie downer post, I hate my job. I get paid well and I have good benefits. Those are the only good things I can say about this place. The oldies I work with are complaining about something all the time. The new system we just got, the fact that they are moving our desks around, the sun shining, the clouds....anything they can think of. I'm over it.
But I have a cute kid, a husband who tolerates my moodiness b/c of my sleep deprivation (and offers to get up with her but really its not worth it b/c I just lay there awake until he comes back to bed), and a paycheck every other week. Life is pretty good :)
Here are some pictures from the last couple weeks (off of Facebook...so if you are my friend there, these are repeats). I have some video I want to post but I haven't put it on the computer yet.

We were napping on the couch together in this one and she was just so darn cute!

 Super smiley baby!

 She wore this dress and a cute black bow on her head to her Uncle Alex's wedding. She kept eating the dress :)

 I turned 29 on July 26th. Don got me a balloon :) (And tickets to see Cavalia)

 

And because he is my first baby here are a couple pictures of Leo. Love this guy! :)

Happy hump day!

This made me smile today, I love Sugarland, I like Sara Bareilles and I love this song.

I need to get better...

at this blogging business.
So this is week 3 of work and I am still not quite used to being back. I don't mind working, but I liked having my days free to get my errands done, play with Lizzy, and clean a little (ha, that didn't happen a lot, but at least I had the option!) I don't think I am cut out for being a stay at home mom (God Bless you if you are!) but I could definitely work part time.
Lizzy is coming up on being 15 weeks old. I have no idea where the time has gone. She is so full of personality, it is just so much fun! She smiles all the time, she giggles when I do stupid voices and make a complete fool of myself trying to get her to do so and she is so, so close to rolling over from her back to her tummy-I am just waiting to find her on her tummy one day. She is happiest in the morning, sometimes she is so happy she won't eat...which causes problems when I have to go to work b/c there isnt a lot of extra time built into the schedule. But I appreciate that she is happy that early, but I rarely am ready to start my day at that hour.
She still isnt sleeping through the night. For awhile around 6 weeks she was, but that didnt last too long. She gets up about once a night, eats, and goes right back to sleep. While Don is nice enough to offer to get up it is just so much easier for me to go in there and breastfeed her.
Lizzy went to her first wedding this past week. Uncle Alex married his long time girlfriend Megan. Don and I were both lucky enough to be part of the wedding party (Don was the best man and I was an usherette.) We had to coordinate someone to come and watch Lizzy at the church so no one in the family had to worry about her, and then my sister was nice enough to be waiting at our house so Lizzy could go home after the ceremony. It was nice for Don and I to have a kid free night :)
This is a picture of Lizzy with her great-grandpa. I was lousy at taking pictures since I was busy ushering but hopefully someone will have some (I know the photographer took some of her looking super cute :)).

The bib came off for the formal pictures, dont worry :)

So what else is new....not much. This is a really random post so I will just add some more randomness in bullets...

• I am one pound away from my pre-pregnancy weight. While this is great, my goal is to lose another 37 lbs. I am doing Weight Watchers again (I did it before I got pregnant and lost 40 lbs) and I love that I am nursing b/c I get 14 extra points.
• I am signing up to run the Twin Cities 10K. Yes, I am crazy. Yes, my only goal is to not die.
• Don is running the Twin Cities 10 Miler. 
• Both of us trying to train for races (I should put race in quotes b/c I will not be racing anyone!) will be interesting. I feel bad taking time away from Lizzy during the week but I am doing this to get in better shape...and a happy mom is a happy babe. So Don and I are trying to devise a plan so we both can get our runs in.
• I turn 29 tomorrow. I will not be turning 30 next year.
• We are going out for my birthday on Friday. We are going to dinner and then to see Harry Potter. Don asked if I wanted to go out on my actual birthday but I said no b/c I have to weigh in on Wednesday and I know if I eat out I will not eat well :)
• We are going out of town two weekends in August. I am nervous I will forget something at home that Lizzy will want. It should be interesting to see how much I pack!
• Pumping three times a day at work is getting old. My goal of 6 months seems so far away. But at the same time I am a lot more attached to nursing her than I ever thought I would be.
• Speaking of pumping...I need to go do that now!

I will try and be more regular in my posting. And next time I will post more cute pictures of my babe! :) Most of my good pictures are actually on my phone which is dead right now so I can't send them to my email!

Random Hodge-Podge

So my mind is not functioning properly lately...too much going on with school and being exhausted the majority of the time (thanks baby :)). Oh well, there is an end in sight to school and after that I can relax and get ready for the babe.
Here is all the random things I've got rattling around in my brain (pretend to be entertained... ;)):

1. Last week, I told my group in my marketing class I was pregnant and immediately I felt stupid b/c about 3 seconds after I did one of the women said she had to go give herself a shot...I kind of figured that it meant she was going through some sort of treatment for infertility..and she got REALLY quiet the rest of the night. I know its stupid to assume, I just had a feeling. Well...turns out I was right. Last night in class she was telling me that she had an IUI last Friday and she will find out next week if it worked or not. I felt SO bad that I just blurted it out. I know plenty of people who have had issues getting and/or staying pregnant and I really try and be careful about how I tell people. I don't want to be insensitive. I hope she doesn't think I am an idiot.

2. Why is baby furniture so freaking expensive? And not only that but how can a dresser be more money than the crib? I don't get it. We did find some we really like though, so that is good! Hopefully a big sale will come up and we can go get it then. (We found it at USA Baby)

3. I don't really feel the need to do the whole coming out on Facebook about the baby. I dont want to offend anyone who has done this...but I am not one to be the center of attention and it makes me feel kind of self centered to do it. One of my friends says I should REALLY do it though...I don't need 385 mostly random people to know (yes, I looked up how many friends I have)...If you already know then you are important enough for us to have called, emailed, or told in person.

4. Someone needs to come out with clothes that fit in this awkward stage of pregnancy.

5. I think some people on Facebook only know how to complain. It is so annoying. Example: A girl from high school, who I am 3 seconds from de-friending b/c all she does is complain about her job and her life. Now she started school this week and is already complaining about homework and working full-time (at Taco Bell...can't be that stressful). Buck up! Ive been doing it for almost 2 years, you will survive.

6. I'm excited for this weekend. We have no plans tonight and the only plans we have tomorrow night are to babysit my nephew while his parents go out to celebrate their anniversary. I love that little guy :)

7. And last...why now, that I am knocked up, do I desperately want a plain margarita?!? I've never liked plain margaritas, but they sound so amazing right now! Oh, and I looked at a beer last week and thought that looked good too. And if you know me at all, you would know that I hate beer usually.

8. I had to add this one after I posted...But I desperately want to see Secretariat too! :)

Ok. Sorry this is random and weird...but it's the best I could come up with :)
Have a great weekend :)

Neglectful much?

Geez someone has been slacking on this blog! Wow...they need to get it together ;)
Ok, so I know I need to post about my vacation yet but I seriously haven't even looked at the pictures yet much less put them on Facebook (God forbid). I need to get on that!
Lately by the time I get home I dont want to look at a computer much less put pictures on Facebook or try and upload them onto blogger. Which, by the way, they need to come up with something a little more user friendly when it comes to putting a lot of pictures in a post!

But...in other exciting news. I got another horse!!! Last weekend at our horse show a girl who we show with offered me a horse that wasn't going to be great for what she wanted him for, but he is going to be an awesome riding horse! He is only a year old so we won't be riding him for a couple years but I am already SO excited about this little dude! Oh, did I mention he was FREE?!?! WTF? I love it! He is so beautiful, and so laid back, and so sweet. Especially for a baby. He acts like he's 6 not one! Excuse the poor, poor quality of these pictures they were taken with my phone. I will put better ones up when I get some.

 

He is just too cute!!! I love him already!

Other than that, nothing too exciting in my life! Next Friday one of my bff's and I are having a pool party (at a local outdoor waterpark) and I cant wait! The weather better freaking cooperate. :)

I hope ya'll have a great weekend and I will work on my vacation posts. Soon...I promise :)