So I FINALLY fixed the avatars and the author crap in the post header bar…Look above to the title and you might see what I mean. I have honestly no idea why I forgot to set that up!

Anyway, a small update *breathing in*

Still not going to the gym. I have a no time issue, better known as ‘I’ll do it tomorrow syndrome’. Honestly, I am needing to get my arse in gear for that, as it’s been super hot here and I have taken to running around the house in my shorts with no shirt and…it’s not a pretty sight. Especially when your sweat and your belly can make your baby girl stick to you. Yes, I said stick to me!

While talking about arses, I had a super smart arse comment today that made me feel warm inside and I wanted to share. I was recovering data from The Lassie’s laptop (I forget its pet name…I’ts a laptop!) and the process takes very close to an ice age to complete. Cue dialogue:

Lassie : How long is it now?

Laddie : It’s hitting 1/3 now.

Lassie : You said it was 1/4 20 minutes ago?

Laddie : Yeah angel, 1/3 is more than 1/4!

I said I was sorry afterwards.

On that note: The laptop. If you have ever owned a Mac you might be wondering what devil’s work is going on here, as Macs “normally” never fail. Well The Lassie’s iBook did…sorta. She was deleting some photos that were blurry from the iPhoto album. Things you just don’t keep! Then she put the iBook on standby (closing the screen) and we had dinner. Later, I get a raised “get in here” command from the Lassie and she informs me that all the data in iPhoto is lost…ALL OF IT! Sure enough all the images in iPhoto had gone. To let you know how important it was to us, it was the first two months and a little more worth of photos and videos of our little Munchkin - all gone! So I have been trying to ‘undelete’ the data by using Data Recovery 2 software. So far, I got the images back, and although they are all messed up in some strange order, we have them. Only the movies are still unaccounted for. Hoping I will find them soon.

I think I will leave it like that for now.

I am hoping that soon I will be able to fix the rest of the site!

She’ll only sleep on her belly! I am so unsure how to deal with that. Our little girl has not been properly sleeping in her cot for a very long time now. Because a friend of mine suggested it, I tried putting her in her bed on her tummy after she’d fallen asleep. What can I say? She’s been happily sleeping in there for the last two hours!! Every two minutes I poke her to see if she’s still breathing - that’s how afraid I am of the SIDS. I really don’t know what to do about this…the poor Laddie has been taking care of housework and cooking as well as working his butt off for SO long now - because Munchkin refuses to be left alone or to sleep in her own bed (when lying on her back). Nothing gets done here otherwise. It can’t continue like this, there are things that need done. But at the same time, how can I allow my baby to sleep on her tummy if that’s a contributing factor to cot death? We have a doctor’s appointment coming up soon, I’ll need to ask about that…

At the risk of getting all doom and gloom at this, I would like to say: I am working on it.

After joining McFit I was totally into it and went there every possible day that was scheduled. When the baby came, all that changed. Of course my priorities changed and I stopped going.

Now that I have started a new job and thus am on new working hours, it seems almost impossible to get the time to go to the gym. The gym that I am paying for, regardless of whether I am going or not.

One thing I keep reminding myself of is that if something is important and worth doing, you have to make the time for it. So somehow I will try and get back into the gym and back on track with losing.

Also, another issue that has cropped up is that the cost of living is a little too big for us right now and we are having to pull in the belts a little, or what was the saying…”cut the cloth to suit your means”. I digress, we need to start saving on food stuffs and not have anything expensive, which quite a lot of the time are the healthier things in our diet. We often feel like you need a credit rating just to go to the local supermarket.

Are any of you guys feeling a similar “crunch”?

Hey there!

For the first time in a looooong while, our baby fella has decided to actually fall asleep in her cot, so I decided to hurry up and write an ickle post while I have the chance.

Nursing issues have been resolved - hooray!! For the last eight weeks, my little one and I have been struggling. A few days ago then, my baby girl decided she wanted to nurse like there is no tomorrow - no ‘tools’ needed anymore! This development makes me very, very happy. And it’s all so handy, too. When she wants food, I can just sit down and nurse my baby. No more fussing with bottles and all that jazz.

Other than that, Sophie is growing and developing very nicely. We just had the U3 this Monday - the required checkups for children are ‘Us’ over here. U stands for ‘Untersuchung’, which means examination. So anyway, we’ve had the hip screening and everything and our Munchkin is totally healthy. She is now about 56,5 cm /22.4 in tall and weighs 5440 grams/ 12 lbs.

Finally, the biggest news for today: We got our very first conscious smile from our baby fella yesterday! She’s 8 weeks old now and we were soooo waiting for it. Today, she smiles quite often when I talk to her - my heart just melts every time.

Here are some more pics of our little one and also a little video - ignore my German babbling, I took the video for my sister.

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Weighing myself this morning (more out of curiosity than anything else), I realized I am now roughly 20  kg/ 44 lbs lighter than before the pregnancy! I have absolutely no idea how that’s possible and it scares me - I now weigh 116 kg/ 255 lbs. I am confident my weight will go back up quickly after I stop nursing my little girl, but for now that’s what it is. I don’t want to lose weight this fast and unexpectedly, as I know it just won’t last.

Anyway, must work on healthier eating and exercise - unfortunately both of these things are almost impossible for me to do these days, as I am still getting used to dealing with my baby all day. Also, Munchkin will only sleep on my belly at the moment, which effectively leaves me no room or time to do anything, really.

Sorry to be so short, but once more, I gotta run. :)