I weighed 154 pounds this morning, which leaves me with 11.5 pounds left to lose to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight of 142.5. I've been losing 0.5 to 1 pound every two days and so hopefully that trend will continue. The weight has been coming off more slowly this time around. I looked back at my blog and I only had 3 pounds left to lose 3 weeks after Ian's birth. There's no way I'll be losing 8.5 pounds over the next week. Of course, that being said, I'm not dieting at all and I'm eating tons of dessert, so I shouldn't complain at all. Once my parents leave, there won't be so many goodies lying around to munch on.
Samantha continues to be a rockstar baby. Not once over the past 2 weeks has she had any periods of inconsolable crying. She cries when she's hungry and she cries during diaper changes. And sometimes she seems uncomfortable (probably because of gas), but she stops crying the minute someone picks her up. She definitely likes to be held. She's doing pretty well at night, needing to feed every 2.5 to 3 hours. We prop her on her side in the pack n' play (like her brother, she's definitely not happy lying flat on her back), and we also put her in the bouncy seat (like we did with Ian). I'm more laid back about having her in bed (we NEVER took Ian into our bed as an infant) and will sometimes snuggle with her after 4 or 5 am. She really does like being in our bed - it's obvious that she's comforted by being close to us.
Ian continues to be an amazing toddler. Daddy took him to get his second hair cut yesterday and he RAN to the chair, climbed up on his own and sat still so that the woman at Supercuts could snip his longish locks. And he is using the pedals on his tricycle and I watched him zoom down the street the other day. My mom had to chase after him because he was really motoring! He has fast become addicted to Thomas the Train and when he's in the house, will not let go of his Thomas and Stanley trains. He wants to read the "book" that came with the trains over and over, but that "book" is just the catalogue of all the trains we could buy. He continues to like his baby sister and says goodnight to her and gives her soft kisses on her head. So far, he is not jealous but we'll see what happens when my parents finally leave. Right now, they are giving him tons of attention.
I had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday as a mother of TWO! My husband bought me flowers and signed the card "Love, Major Disaster, Captain Cuteness and Daddy." I love it! And Ian brought home a little present from daycare on Friday, which made me cry. It is a flower and on each of the 4 petals, is a handprint. And on the back, it says the following:
Sometimes you get discouraged
Because I am so small
And always leave my fingerprints
On furniture and walls.
But every day I'm growing -
I'll be grown some day
And all those tiny handprints
Will surely fade away.
So here's a little handprint
Just so you can recall
Exactly how my fingers looked
When I was very small.
Gah. I just cried again while typing it. I'm definitely still in post-partum mode! But it reminds me of just how fast my son and daughter are growing.
And we all went out to eat dinner last night at a local burger joint called Wild Willy's. The burgers and fries were delicious. And I was SO proud of myself because I sat at the table, nursed Sammy when she became hungry AND ate my own dinner all at the same time. I would have NEVER done that when Ian was 2 weeks old. It really makes a difference being a mom for the second time. Everything is so much more natural and it's easier to be laid-back about more things.
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