Hi everyone! My life is so crazy right now! I'm sorry I've been out.. but my three older kids got adopted and my two newest are babies! So now I have two 3 yr olds (one is my own) and two babies, one 8 mos. african-american baby boy who will be here until they choose his adoptive home, and a newborn girl, caucasian, who we'll be adopting so we are very excited! We are naming her Emily. Not sure about her middle name yet. It's not final of course. There is a process and court hearings etc. when you adopt thru the State. But she is doing well. She's up to about 5 lbs now. She was low birth weight, but not a preemie. Was 4.4 at birth.. She's a pretty little thing too. But of course, I'm biased.
Thru the depressing leaving of my other kids, my husband having pneumonia for the last 3 weeks, and no family near enough to really help, I'm really, really tired. But I'm handling it! She is up every 3 hours at night now instead of every other hour two weeks ago. I can't remember ever getting more than 5 total hours in a night in two weeks. I've gained weight back. But I am working hard not to! I just don't have the energy to care about the calories right now. So I am trying to eat low fat foods and drink my water even if I can't exercise. But I'm trying to jog in place when she's sleeping, which is hard when you've had very little sleep! I'm up to 213. Uggh! Ok, it could be worse tho! I'm still down alot from 277. So I just have to try not to gain until I can sleep again and then begin it all again and do it the way I need to. I just want to be at least 177 by Dec. 9, my birthday. If I can do that, I'd be happy.
It looks like you all doing well! Keep it up! I love this place. Hugs!!! Be back when I can.