2) I also have to study SPANISH! I honestly have not looked at a book in a long time, but I have to find the time/motivation to learn or else I'm going to be sitting in Colombia in August as I have been in the past - not quite with the conversation and too scared to say anything. So I will find both the time and the motivation and I will start studying again so that I can speak and understand more while I'm there!
3) Another thing I have to do ... is to keep losing weight! I've got to fit into that wedding dress! Here are my stats (its not that good for it being a month since I last reported)
My weight today: 141.6 lbs
My weight loss this week: 3.4 lbs
Pounds to go: 16.6
My goal weight: 125 lbs
But I am getting closer. Actually I think I was heavier than this at my wedding simply because I was 5 months pregnant!
4) I've been reading a lot lately. Juan bought me a Kindle - its an electronic book. I've read all the Twilight series (I really wanted to understand what the obsession was about and now I'm a bit obsessed myself, it was a really good series), Pride and Prejudice (I have to say that I like the movie better - its just a little more simplified and you don't get lost in the old English), and I'm half way through Eat Pray Love. So far this is a really good book as well. I've gotten into reading again simply because its quiet. It allows Bela to sleep longer and it also gives me something to do while I'm rocking her to sleep.
5) Speaking of little Ms. Bela, she went in for her 6-month vaccinations on June 1st and she was 19 lbs 9 oz! Ridiculous! And a week later we were at the doctors office and she had gained nearly a pound and was 4 centimeters longer! Talk about a growth spurt!! And she wasn't even that grumpy (yea me!).
6) Gabriela is also sleeping better. After coming back from Orlando she was taking a lot of tiny little cat naps, only sleeping for 20 minutes at a time. Not fun. She's gotten back into more of a routine now. Some naps stretch to 40 minutes, some to an hour and a half. Also, this past week she actually slept the whole night! She didn't wake up for a feeding at all ... it was quite a miracle. Alas, it did not last. The following morning she was up again to eat and then back down for a couple more hours sleep.
7) We have been feeding Bela solid foods now for about a month. We started with rice cereal, then moved onto apples, then apricots, then no apricots because she got a rash, then pears and then last night she had some squash. And she really liked the squash! More so I'd say than the pears and apples. We'll keep going with the squash for a few more days and then move onto another veggie - maybe peas?
8) Another amazing accomplishment for our little girl is that she rolled over! Twice! This was last weekend (I think) and we've been trying to encourage her to do it again but it hasn't happened since. She just flops to her side or tries to get her legs under her. Oh well. I think she'll be walking before she consistently rolls over!
9) Anyone want a couple of cats? Anyone? I'd seriously be OK with giving them up. Sometimes its just too much for me to handle. They aren't getting as much attention as they used to so they are either moping around or acting out and meowing to get it. Ugh. I need more than one of me.
10) Here are some pics over the past little while and some from Orlando
Gotta love baby butt crack
Here are the pics from the swimming episode ...
Before
After
Golf anyone?
Or Mountain lion hunting?
First food
And one last baby butt crack
