Body in Review

It's crazy the abuse a woman's body can take during pregnancy. I'll be honest. I was scared and a bit worried that I would never be able to lose all the weight (65lbs!) I gained with this pregnancy. I knew I started underweight, so I had no intentions of getting back to my starting weight (125)...but I did really want to get back in my pre-pregnancy pants. This post is a celebration of that accomplishment! I'm back down to 135, fitting in most of my jeans and with my "Women's Fitness" program that I'm running twice a week at work, I should be ready to ski down a mountain again by Christmas!

Here's a recap of the transformation!

One month pregnant.

9 months pregnant.

8 months post delivery.

My Big Dog

Abram LOVES the dogs and cats. He is constantly watching for them. And the pets have been surprisingly tolerant of his advances...or at least they retreat rather than reacting negatively. Curtis did a little photo shoot with Abram and Tyson and it is so cute. Tyson's practically asleep and Abram was just loving on him. This picture makes me a little sad too, because Tyson is 10 now and Abram will probably not even remember his first big sweetie of a dog.

The Menu: 6-8 months

Abram has decided that he needs to start fixing his own meals. He "runs" to the fridge when we open the door and rattles all the bottles.

I'm still breastfeeding/pumping but Abram has now been trying solid foods for 2 months now. It's been fun and pretty easy to cook for him (steam, puree) and freeze the food in ice cube trays. He is a good eater and is even beginning to pick up pieces of banana off his tray and bring it to his mouth successfully!

So far, he has tried: rice cereal, oatmeal, apples, bananas, mangos, peaches, pears, plums, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, butternut squash (new one for me too, very yummy!), carrots, green beans (his least favorite), peas, summer squash, zucchini, chicken, turkey and whole milk yogurt (peach yo baby is very good!)

8 Months!

Getting so big there's no room for "Beary"!

"'Beary' you're so hilarious!"

"Hear me singing? I'm singing for you!"

Showing off the teeth (still only two).

What a handsome boy he is!

The Army Crawl

So Abram has had an aversion to his belly, which has gradually lessened over the past few weeks. He started purposefully going to his belly more to play with his sesame street toy. Then he would pull himself up and over things (like us). Two days ago he was thrashing and rocking on his belly but not really getting anywhere and then yesterday when Curtis' picked Abram up from the "frat house", JR said "he was going everywhere!"

So Curtis came home and did some videos. Abram very much likes Hobo's blue brush. The audio on these videos will probably be redundant. Curtis was trying to film a variety of videos for me to choose from, but of course I couldn't choose just one! Enjoy!

I love his intensity in this one!!



Has to take a break first...



I think he'll be ready for a Christmas 5K!