Losing Inches While I Lift My Bum Bum

I haven't been to the gym in a really long time. *Sigh* Like, in a month or so. Maybe longer. It took too much work to actually get there because I had to wait until Mike got off work so that he could watch Caleb. It was easy when he was getting off early, but then he started getting off later. By the time he would get home, it would be too late for me to go to the gym. (Okay, not really that late.. but it would be around rush hour time and the gym on post is 45 min. away, so that would take almost an hour with traffic. And around that time is when everybody is getting off work, so the gym would be super crowded with dudes in the army, hogging all the weights, and the gym just wasn't the place to be for me anymore. It was way too crowded and stressful trying to hurry and do my workout and try to rush home to shower and cook dinner.) Anyway, that being said.. I started doing the Brazilian Butt Lift workout videos 2 weeks ago. I'm doing the 27 day program and right now I'm on day 17. I started off doing it while Mike was at work and during Caleb's naps, but now his naps are so unpredictable. They can be anywhere from 30 min.-2 hrs. So I decided to do it when Mike comes home from work. He comes home around 4:30pm. I feed Caleb formula at 5pm, cook dinner at 5:30pm, eat at 6pm, feed Caleb solids at 6:30pm, and workout at 7pm. We bathe him around 7:45-8pm and he gets his last bottle after his bath, then he is in bed at 8:30pm. When he's asleep, I go ahead and shower and then do whatever until around 9:30pm, and that is my bedtime. That has been my nightly routine the past couple of weeks. (Except weekends, everything is the same, but I go to bed later because Mike and I usually stay up and watch a movie together or something.)

I've been making efforts to make healthier choices. It's hard though, with Mike around. He likes eating fast food and junk snacks and all that. I indulge every now and then. When we move back to Vegas, I want to start meal prepping. I think that will help me stick to eating healthy and make things easier. :) Mike and I were talking about maybe trying a Paleo diet to see how that works. I'm not sure how he's going to do it though, because you can't have dairy, and he eats cheese with everything.. lol.

I've had a mini goal this month to keep me motivated. My little sister's graduation is next week and then my birthday (also Mike's birthday) is the week after that. I want to look slimmer in all the pictures we're going to be taking, lol. I still can't fit into my pre-pregnancy jeans without me having a muffin top yet. :(

Anyway, when we move back to Vegas, my goal is to go to the gym as much as I can and tone up. (Hopefully my family will want to babysit, lol.)

Latest measurements, which I am satisfied with so far :D

Upper Arms - 12 inches
Forearms - 9 1/2 inches 9 inches
Thighs - 24 1/2 inches 24 inches
Calves - 14 1/2 inches
Waist - 30 inches 29 inches
Hips - 41 1/2 inches 40 inches
Chest - 34 inches

Physically keeping track of the inches I lose for the next month. I need to take a progress pic, but maybe I'll do that later. But, if I could lose a few more inches before my birthday... I will be even more satisfied!

This weekend is going to be interesting. We are driving to Vegas and it's a 29 hour drive! That's not including baby stops. Poor us.

Love,
Tiare

4 Month Check-Up

Caleb had his 4 month check-up last week. He is 24 inches long and weighs 15.2 lbs, which she said was about 6th percentile for height and 39th for weight. Caleb is a SHORT baby! (but then again, he was born 4 weeks early) But he's perfectly healthy and doing great! The main concern we had when we went was this bump on his nose. It started out as a scratch (he scratched near his nostril) and then it turned into a bump. I was hoping it wasn't infected or anything. She said it's probably just a hypertrophic scar (because there isn't any pus or fluid draining from it) and that as he gets older it will get better. In the meantime, she said we could put Mederma on it, so that's what we've been doing since. Hopefully it goes away. 

Then, poor Caleb had to get his 4 month shots. He screamed a lot longer/sadder than his first set of shots, but he still did good afterwards. 

We started feeding Caleb solids 2 weeks ago. We started off with oatmeal cereal. We bought the Beech Nut brand (which is all natural, I suppose). We also bought their applesauce. He really likes applesauce, but the oatmeal cereal, not so much. This weekend, I bought Earth's Best Organic Peas. He likes that as well. I'm excited for him to try more flavors as time goes by. I read that you should wait a few days in between starting a new food so that you know if they're allergic to anything. The doctor said 3 days is good, but I'm going to wait at least a week.

I can't believe how fast my little chunkster is growing!

LOVE him.

<3

Love,

Tiare

Our Favorite Things: 4 month edition

Caleb turned 4 months, 5 days ago! And yay, I remembered to do a favorites! 4 months into baby Caleb's little life, and we already have so many things that we cannot possibly live without. A few things have changed on our favorites list in comparison to the list at 2 months, but nothing major.

Here is what we are loving right now:

Caleb's Bernie

It's a bear head (so I thought it was, but after searching for a picture of it online, apparently it's a puppy, lol) on a soft blanket with silk trim, and it says "HUGS". My little sister's best friend's family gave it to him as a baby gift. We give it to him and he quickly wraps his arms around it and puts it in his mouth. He always smiles when we give it to him. He loves snuggling up with it. Oh, I named it Bernie because it was the first name that came to me that starts with a B :) ..but now that it's a puppy and not a bear.. we're still going to call it Bernie.

Books

This is one of the books that he likes. We've only bought 3 books for him so far, but he loves all of them. He loves looking at the pictures, especially in this book. He also loves Curious George and the Pizza Party. When I read it to him, he gets all excited and starts kicking and I feel like he's really engaged into all of the pictures and the story I'm reading (even though he can't understand what I'm saying.) The other book is DC Superheroes Storybook Collection. He likes that book too, but not as much as the other two. I think it's because the pictures aren't as bright and contrasting.

Standing

He seems to have a real interest in standing all the time (with our help of course). I can't wait to go back to Vegas because we have a hand me down baby gift waiting. It's one of those stationary jumpers. So hopefully since he loves standing so much, he'll love that and learn how to use the toys around it.

Fisher-Price Animal Krackers Fun Tub

When he was a newborn, his whole body fit into the sling. Now, his legs are hanging out and his feet are in the water.. lol. He just discovered splashing, so now he loves to kick and splash me and Mike as we're giving him a bath. The sling keeps him in a really good position for bathing. We don't have to hold him and bathe him. We love this tub and he really loves baths. This was a gift from my uncle Vincent. He gave us money as a baby gift and this was one of the things we purchased with it.

Love,

Tiare

Ooohs and Aaahs

Finally caught a video of Caleb babbling. He does this every single time he's about to fall asleep. Who knows what he's saying. Maybe his prayers, lol. I had to sneak the camera, so that's why it's not in his face.. lol. He always seems to stop talking when all eyes are on him. 

Love,

Tiare