March 2012

Oh gosh.  I'm sitting here at my computer, and it's now June.  I can't think of anything from March.  What the heck did we do in March?

Unpack.
Oh yeeah, unpacked, set up the house, and set about exploring our new neighborhood every nice day we had.  I've been blown away at how friendly the neighbors are.  We've had many neighbors come over and introduce themselves to us, and people walking by the house are always introducing themselves to us if they live in the neighborhood.  I love that!    We lived at our last house for over 9 years, and literally only knew the names of our next door neighbors.  Nobody was friendly (including us).  Such a different culture here in the city, and we are loving it.

Teague's Allergies
This was again a huge part of my life.  Cutting out all dairy, eggs, wheat, soy, nuts, coconut, beans, corn and bananas, and then trying to figure out what to feed myself and feed the family was extremely difficult and stressful.  Most of my free time in the evening and nap time was spent trying to get educated on all things eczema and allergy.

Spring Break at the Beach
We took off for the beach for 4 days for Spring Break.  We hadn't been there since December, and had missed it!  It was a great time to get away and relax, and we wished we could stay longer.


Dropping Weight
The only, and I mean ONLY good that has come of this crazy-stressful diet I've been on is that I've finally been dropping my pregnancy weight.  I dropped the first chunk of weight after delivery and in the first two weeks.  Since then, it's been excruciatingly slow to come off.  In the first 2 weeks after going on this diet for Teague, I dropped 5 pounds, and was down 8 by day 16.

One Diet Cheat Night
I broke down and checked Facebook for any other highlights I couldn't think of, and found one more....
The one night I broke down and cheated on my diet.  Three weeks in, and I just couldn't take it anymore.  I was missing real food, and cooking with Mark SO much.  One of the things we love to do together, maybe 2-3 times a month, is have a date night in.  We feed the kids their dinner and put them to bed, then pour ourselves some glasses of wine and make dinner together in an unhurried and uninterrupted way.  It's so nice to slow down, have a drink together, enjoy the view, and talk while we cook together.  Yes, we don't end up eating until maybe 8 or 8:30pm, but it's SO worth it.  And it was especially so that night in March.  I really needed a night free of stress with my hubby, and it felt amazing after the stress of the move and diet!


So there it is.  All the highlights of March 2012.

Oh wait, just thought of one more.  Teague's NOT sleeping through the night anymore.  :(   I'm not sure if it's the move, the drastic change in my diet making my milk not as rich, stress, teething or a combo, but he's now up 3-6 times a night.  He's still an amazing baby.  Super sweet and laid back so I have nothing to complain about.  Sometimes I think him sleeping through the night when he did was just God giving me what I needed when I needed it - God's grace to get me through the move.  Regardless, I'm incredibly thankful for the time I had to get good sleep!