I feel like this month has gone by very slowly for some reason. At the end of last month Michael and I decided to start eating a little bit healthier in hopes that I (because he certainly doesn't need to lose weight) could drop a few pounds before our family photos at the end of October. We've just been watching our carb intake and trying to eat real foods rather than junk. I'm happy to say I far surpassed my original goal of 5 pounds and have lost 12 pounds since we started. I'm still not to where I'd like to be but I'm back to what I weighed on the day we got married so I'm happy with that. And for just over a month, 12 pounds is a lot of weight to lose! Our air conditioner broke at the beginning of the month. That made for some really uncomfortable nights with three people in the bed, but like I already mentioned, Betsy Grace has been getting alot better about wanting her own space when she sleeps, but man it was so hot! Unfortunately, the a/c repair company had to order a part to fix our air so we were without a/c for 4 days!
Betsy Grace is started to really get around the house quickly. She can stand up by herself on the bed, but she hasn't yet tried to do this on the ground. She walks around holding on to the furniture and can crawl up and down the step from the front room into the living room. She's starting to get into everything! She's also starting to really enjoy food. She loves chicken, cauliflower, cheese, yogurt, bananas, pears, grapes, green peppers, carrots, zucchini, and pretty much anything we are eating she will eat as well. She doesn't love green beans or broccoli so much. Since breastmilk is still her primary means of nutrition with just some solids every now and then, it makes for some pretty nasty poop. The gross poop is the only thing about cloth diapering that I don't love. I certainly don't love having to spray off her diapers when she has a poopy diaper. Oh well, it's still way cheaper than using disposables and they have no nasty chemicals in them like disposables. She really loves books that have flaps or things to feel and she loves toys that make noises. She loves the theme song to the tv show The Big Bang Theory and gets excited everytime we watch it. She also likes the song What Does the Fox Say? She talks (or babbles I guess) nonstop and I really wish I could speak baby so I'd understand what she's saying. She gets really passionate sometimes about what she's saying, throwing her hands up in the air or turning her palms up as if asking a question.
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| Eating some chicken... her favorite! |
Michael and I went to the Wine Room a few weekends ago where I enjoyed my first glass of wine in more than almost 2 years. We had Betsy Grace with us in the stroller and some old man had the nerve to pull Michael aside and tell him that we need to try again for a boy. What is the matter with some people?! Along the same lines, I took Betsy Grace to the mall and two older women told me what a cute little boy I had. She was wearing a pink dress! People are so ridiculous. If you can't tell whether a baby is a girl or a boy either dont say anything or just say "oh your baby is cute". I'm not sure what it is about having a baby (and being pregnant for that matter) that makes random strangers feel like it's their right to say whatever they want to you.
I've started planning her first birthday party, which I can't believe she's going to be a year old next month! How did that happen?! We are just having a little party at the house with family and friends. I ordered her this super cute little outfit (which of course Michael thinks is ridiculous!) from my friend's Etsy shop. You can see it here I'm a little nervous about her having so much sugar at one time from the cake, so instead I'm making her cupcake a pumpkin muffin so it's atleast a little bit healthier than cake. Everyone else can enjoy some real cupcakes though :)
We had our first set of family photos taken yesterday by Tara Merkler Photography. I always get so nervous about doing photos because I have an idea of what I want in my head and I'm so afraid they won't turn out good. Betsy Grace only napped for 30 minutes, rather than the 2 hours she was supposed to, so she was pretty fussy when it came time to do our pictures. Tara was thankfully very patient as we tried every trick in the book to try to make Betsy Grace smile. I even stopped halfway through our session to nurse her because she was just so upset! I hope that we at least get one decent family photo for our Christmas card. Tara said our gallery would be ready within the next two weeks, but if you know me well enough then you know that I'm super impatient about things like that. Two weeks seems like a year away! :)
Today we met up with Amanda, Keegan, and Delaney for a play date at the park. Betsy Grace loved swinging on the swings with Keegan.
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| Having a serious conversation with Delaney |
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