I have been such a slacker mom lately. I feel like I'm behind on everything and like there are a million and two things to do. Now that things are starting to settle down I can finally post Foster's two month favorites! In the next day or two I'll get his two month post and my 2 month nutrition post up but those actually involve doing stuff instead of plopping into bed after a long day and making something on photoshop. So here are the things that have made life with baby SO much easier.

7 Weeks Postpartum

Age: 7 Weeks

Height: 23 1/4 inches

Weight: 10 lbs 6 oz

Milestones: Smiling more, especially at dad and sleeping longer periods at night! Sometimes up to 7 hours! Other times it's his typical 3 hours 

Best Moment: As always this week has been great. We enjoy Foster so much and it still is incredible to me how there really was no "adjustment phase". He just fit perfectly and all of our personalities mesh so well. 

Health: He's still doing perfect and I think we really take this for granted. Bryson and I are both so thankful that we are ALL so healthy, we really took some time this week to just appreciate the fact that we can all literally do anything without restraints. 

Eating: He's eating awesome but this momma has kinda felt like a pacifier lately! He went through a growth spurt and was eating a lot more last week and this week I felt like my milk supply was down so I whipped out the placenta pills and started pumping an hour and a half after every feeding and it's coming back up to where I need it to be. 

Extra comments: We are all getting so excited to see family! This weekend is Brysons birthday, next weekend is my aunts wedding and L's birthday and the weekend after is L's party and mine and Bryson's anniversary! Bryson's mom and sister are coming down from WY for L's birthday and it'll be the first time Bryson's mom will meet Foster so I know he is really excited for that. 

We love swimming! and I hope that Logan + Foster will be master swimmers next summer. L and I were doing classes but after I had Foster I couldn't swim for awhile so we had to postpone and she's been using a life jacket and floaties for now

Welcome football season! We started to watch football and Bryson loves that there is another boy in the house to bond with because I cannot sit for 4 hours and watch football. I recently started washing my hair with the "No Poo" method (baking soda and vinegar) and my hair was in the adjustment phase for a week and so it was always up. Now it's never felt healthier! I'm thinking I'll do a post in a month or so about it. 

Look at those gorgeous eyes! 

Foster wasn't feeling good the other day so we had a "lax day" as L calls it and just tried to make him comfortable 

We had to get L's invites done for her party! So this is how that happened haha Little stinker didn't want to me to put him down! 

We added the Bumbo a couple minutes a day to work on sitting up and he actually loves it! He can look around and play with his sister easier  

On days L has school I get up around 5 to feed him and then hop in the shower. L has always gotten up early so when she hears me up she wanders into my room. I lay Foster with Logan and they watch a movie together while I shower and then he goes with me while I get ready :) 

Before school she loves to draw! 

It's been POURING here so we bundle up to go out! No joke it's been flooding. Our our little town in the desert isn't made for rain. There was water up to the windows on cars.

While we were moving things to the shed our dogs made it game to try to escape. Lunchbox (the shitzu) was running under the grill cover to try to surprise me. 

I just love sunny mornings. It's perfect family bonding time

Who's excited for Pumpkin Spice Lattes?! To cut back on fat and sugar ask for low fat milk instead of cream and no whip. I promise it's still good 

This is a typical day of my caloric breakdown for macros 

If anyone is interested in a breakdown of my daily foods let me know! 

I also found out this week that if you are on a phone you can't comment on my blog, anyone have any ideas why? google was not helpful 

If you're interested in my updates from now on they will be in the nutrition tab along with all my recipes and workouts :) 

6 Weeks Postpartum

Age: 6 Weeks

Height: 23 1/4 inches

Weight: 10 lbs 4 oz

Milestones: He is awake so much more! He is even smiling sometimes! This is huge for Mr. Stoic

Best Moment: We had a cajun boil for the hubby's birthday on labor day. I had so so so much fun. We swam and had a delicious dinner. It was awesome family time. It was so fun I didn't even take pictures because we were all enjoying ourselves so much. We also had a great trip to SLC this weekend. It was awesome bonding time with the family and if you want to see pictures from that trip click here. 

Worst Moment: I might take this out because we really don't have horrible moments. There are nights he won't sleep but they're not exactly what I would consider the "worst moment" There are always things that could be horrible and it seems foolish to sweat the small stuff. 

Health: He's awesome! He went through a little growth spurt and was eating so much and now I feel like he is hardly eating at all.

Eating: He's eating great and finally starting to get a little pudge. We're also getting the hang of eating in public. He just latches on like nobodies business. 

Extra comments: Sister is such a big help still. She's still not bored of him and treats him like he is her baby :) 

You can almost see his rare smile here! 

"Try and make me do tummy time. Do it." He flips over so fast that I can't even leave him alone if I want him to do tummy time because he just rolls over. 

His little hair is falling out and growing back at the same time. It's still so soft and the sides are staying in strong haha 

He's so fast when he's rolling over! It's all about the momentum and the little tongue out :) 

My little turtle boy

He'll even pull himself were he wants to go! I kept scooting back while I was trying to take pictures of this speedy little thing

Aren't you going to hold me?

I'll come to you.

Mom! I'm hungry, again! 

We went to Mema and Papa's this week and this is Logans cousin helping watch him while I helped with billing. He told his dad that we wanted to dress handsome for when Logan came over to play. How cute is that?!

Logan is into drawing. Like really really into drawing. She drew a siamese twin this week and on the back was a pregnant mommy haha She's such a good drawer, you should see her monsters! 

Logan was going to her dads while we went to SLC but she was helping me pack and we found some baseball hats 

I can not say enough how much I love my husband. He is so amazing to us. It's his birthday this month and our anniversary so it's a special month to appreciate him. It's also Lo's birthday this month. Who's ready for the cutest swim party ever?!

This week before we left for SLC I worked my buns off but then we ate at places like Mimi's Cafe and Cheesecake Factory. 'Nuff said. 

Pre Pregnancy Weight: 158 lbs 

End of Pregnancy Weight: 156 lbs, -2 lbs 

Last Weigh In: 137.6, -1.6 lbs 

Current Weight: 137.6, -0 lbs

Total Weight Loss: 20.4 lbs

How are you feeling? Good. I do wish that I at least lost an oz this week but that didn't happen. Oh well, this week will be different! Let's shoot for 135 buy the end. That's 2.6 lbs but I think it's 100% possible if I really work at it this week! 

Stats: 

Calf: 13, -0

Thigh: 20 ,-0

Hips: 39.5, -0

Waist: 35, -.5

Abs: 28.5, -0

Torso: 34, -1

Arms: 10, -.5

Neck: 12.5, -0

Foster Brady's One Month Favorites

Month one came and it went and there were some definite things that helped the transition with the new baby in the house. These aren't the obvious things like diapers, wipes, crib ect because those are ALL things we definitely need but the things that you might skip over on your registry or think you can do without only to realize you're running to the store to pick them up after baby gets here. 

Foster Brady: 1 Month

Age: 1 Month

Height: 22 inches 

Weight: 8 lbs 4 oz

Milestones: These count as milestones...right? 

Best Moment: We really do all have so much fun together. I really wish he would start smiling and giggling but he is Mr. Serious. He loves being loved on and eating.

Worst Moment: We still haven't had any bad moments but today I had to set him down even though he wasn't napping and it wasn't tummy time because I had things I needed to get done. It broke my heart listening to him cry but I would go over calm him down and hurry to get what I needed done. Every time I calmed him down he looked at me like I was the biggest meany ever and like I broke his heart and that broke mine. 

Health: He's gained the 4 oz he lost last week so that must be good! 

Eating: He eats all the time. He just loves it but, hey, so do I so how can I judge his cute little face? 

Extra comments: Sister is starting to get a bit jealous of all the love that Foster is getting. We still have special time and we still love on her a ton but she doesn't think it's enough. We are going to have to think of extra special things to do with her. Any ideas? 

This is how I have had to get ready the past couple days. With dad wor

Birth Through My Husbands Eyes

I was working at the fire station around 10 a.m. on July 23 when I got a phone call from my wife, who was just finishing up her 39 week check-up. She told me that the doctor planned on inducing her the next day, the 24^th, and she needed to be at the hospital at 5 a.m. The doctor wanted to induce her due to her abnormally low blood pressure. Being as I’m a fire fighter and just got on my 48 hour shift I let my captain and chief know what was going on and they worked with me so I could get off at 4 a.m. the next morning. 

Fosters First Bath!

This was a couple days after coming home and I just haven't got around to posting it because I have no time for anything! haha but really he did not like the bath the first time and ever since he's a little fish! He would stay in the bath forever if I let him! I had no time to edit these pictures. I'm still working on the Birth Story pictures. So this is my tan little man just the way he is!