Hooray!

I hit 168.6 yesterday! I am officially at pre-pregnancy weight but actually wearing a size 10 which is smaller. Starting to wonder how much more I can get off before getting pregnant again. Hoping for another 8 lbs.

Oh, and I had to share this one. I went to the Dr. the other day and had to get on the dreaded scale. The nurse put the little weight on the 150 and started moving the little weight. There was this look of 'no way' on her face when she passed 160. When she got to 170, she told me 'I would have never guessed.'

Seems my new lean muscle is fooling a lot of people these days as the women on my tennis team asked how much I lost. I got the same reaction from them. There are 4 of us that have lost 20+ lbs since last January. My tennis partner Jen, gets the prize at 50lbs! She is also one of my workout buddies and I take a lot of inspiration from her.

Please keep her in your thoughts, she and her husband are fighting a LONG infertility battle(3 yrs now). I pray so hard that we get pregnant together since we are supporting each other through each cycle right now.

The Little Mommy

ok so here's cute story from babysitting Andrew on Thursday. For those that don't know, I babysit Andrew, aka Nora's "boyfriend" on Tues and Thurs from 4:30-8pm. His mom, Kathy is going to graduate to get her masters and also teaches kindergarten full time.

We go downstairs so I can start dinner for all of us.

Nora and Andrew are running around chasing each other with
the toy stroller. Having a grand time considering they were both in 'no sharing' mode for the earlier hours.

I'm in the kitchen cooking dinner. I hear a 'thud' in the entry and
then their little voices. Then I identify it as crying and not my child.

I come around the corner to this endearing scen.

Andrew crying 'Nora bonk head' (sob, sob, sob)
Nora, 'It's otay An-dew, it ah right, no cry'
Andrew 'I fall (sob) heeeaaaad'
Nora, 'mommy here An-dew, it otay'

Nora had wrapped herself around Andrews' head and is hugging his head and
patting his back as he is splayed on his tummy across the entry floor....

Andrew gets up and gets snuggles from me as I was kneeling down. Nora
then hugs him from the other side so he was sandwiched! Andrew kept
telling me he bonked his head. It was a big discussion for them
during dinner.

The Security Check

Nora has been sleeping in her big girl room for 3 wks now with very little drama past the first night. That ended with her back in the crib.

This is the new bedtime routine....bath, puzzles, milk, brush teeth.

THEN, we get to tuck her in with her Elmo, Carebear, flannel blanket, and 2-3 byes(paci's).

When all that security checking is done, it's time for "Twinkle Twinkle" and the night nights. This is how it goes

Mommy: night night Nora
Nora: Bye mommy
Mommy: I love you sweat pea
Nora: wub you mommy....find you morning(find you in the morning)

Kisses and then I walk out the door.

AND sometimes, sometimes we get to do that all over again. Because she walks down the hall to the bonus room with the most pitiful face and says, 'I up' Little lip protruding just a bit with sad little eyes and hunched shoulders.

This is the last security check, the one when you child wants to make sure you're there. The one that melts mommy's heart every time.