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Busy and tired with a kid that never stops

Well, the race is done. How did I do? Pretty dang good, if I do say so myself. I met my goal of 32 minutes, and I ran the whole thing. Not too bad for being only 7 months post baby, for not running in well over a year, and for being up most of the night the night before because Baby Boy was having a rough night.

Since Saturday, I feel like I've kinda let go. I haven't worked out. I've been eating whatever I want. And my determination to keep up my water intake has been abysmal. And today I'm feeling the effects. I'm tired and feeling dimply. But my dad's bday was yesterday, and it was very important to eat all the delicious food at his soiree... including the cake I made with the most amazing buttercream frosting EVER.

Seriously, you guys. This is the first issue of Martha Stewart Living that I ever bought off the shelf. It's like gold. So many delicious cake/frosting recipes. I will never throw it away. And the cover? Don't even get me started.



With all the busyness of the weekend, I slept hard last night. But apparently not enough. Because it's 8:40p, and I haven't woken up yet.

Baby Boy, on the other hand, has been ready to party all day. My sister says he took a couple power naps today... and that's it. But he's been happy and eating well. In the end, that's all that matters. I took him on a jammies-wearing date to the park at 7p to tire him out. We watched the squirrels, bunnies, and birds hunting for dinner. We stopped and smelled every lilac bush. (He attempted to eat one. I saved the day.) We stopped by to see Sister and Captain and greet an old friend. He went down without a fuss at 8p, and I'm hoping he sleeps well tonight.

In other Baby Boy news, on Saturday he decided to start practicing standing up and balancing without holding on to anything. And he started saying "mamamamama" and "dadadadadada." Of course, he doesn't call the right people by those names, but he's testing all sorts of waters. He's more receptive to keeping his hands open when we help him clap, and he's starting to make the waving motions with his arms. But none of it means anything yet. He hasn't connected the meaning with any of the actions. But he's learning. And man oh man, is he learning fast.

So often I'm on the other side of the camera... aka my phone. I'm finding that I'm so easily distracted. Tonight I practiced disconnecting so I can connect with him. And we had a blast. I think I need to do this much more often. He deserves the quality time... with just me, not me and Facebook. Smartphones are a time suck. I wish I wasn't so addicted.

Well, the house isn't going to clean itself. I suppose I should attempt to do something about it.

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