Lexi at 10 Months

Our baby is almost not a baby anymore! Soon we'll be planning her first birthday and giving her the 1-year-old sugar high! We're going to get 1 year pictures/family pictures taken around that time too, so I'm excited about that.

She's doing so much these days, hard to believe a little baby can learn so quickly. Let's see:

She pulls herself up all the time on anything that supports her, and even things that don't.
Thanks to Grandma Hargis, she can walk with furniture now and play peek-a-boo.
She's starting to master the finger food concept and now that's starting to include not so edible objects like Winnie hair and straw wrappers.
Yesterday, she tried to put her hat on her head.
Her vocabulary includes: daddy, mama, hi (which comes out sounding like haaaaaiiiii) da or ya for yes, dat for that, boba or botta for bottle, doda for dog when she feels like saying dog lol, aww du for all done, aaaayyy for yay and some others. She's starting to repeat sounds pretty regularly now.
She now points and reaches for things she wants.
She waves every time you say "bye bye" and sometimes she'll wave with both hands, it's so cute!
She claps when you say "yay", but she's been doing that for several months now.

She's just a fun, happy baby. We're looking forward to celebrating her first Easter on Sunday.

8 Months to a Better Me: Week 13

Well at the beginning of last week I was trying to get over my cold so didn't feel too good and at the end of the week I was wishing I was in labor instead of having a filling put in my mouth haha. Anyway, here's my recap of last week:

Monday - Zumba Sculpting for 10 minutes, it was all I could manage before my nose and throat felt on fire.
Tuesday - Tread climber, 47 minutes, 1.83 miles, 360 calories burned
Wednesday - Tread climber, 35 minutes, 1.35 miles, 266 calories burned
Thursday - No exercise
Friday - 2 mile walk
Saturday - No exercise
Sunday - 2 mile walk
100 squats 5x last week while brushing my teeth
Drank an average of 29oz liquid each day

The last few weeks I've seemed to be taking turns in either losing or gaining weight. The good thing about this, is that when I lose weight, I have been going under what I was the previous time I lost weight. I was back to 130 last week, but this morning I was 128!! I'm pretty darn excited about that! 8 more pounds to go!

8 Months to a Better Me: Week 12

And here we are again. This morning I weighed in at 130. I'm a bit disappointed with that, but also not overly surprised. I did work out every day last week and then some, but I was sick so Derek was really sweet and brought home comfort foods. Now that it's starting to get nicer, we'll be taking more walks, so that extra exercise will help. Here's a recap of last week:

Monday: Zumba Sculpting for 25 minutes
Tuesday: Treadclimber for 45 minutes, walked 1.78 miles, burned 344 calories
Wednesday: Zumba Sculpting for 20 minutes
Thursday: 2 mile walk with Derek and Lexi
Friday: 10 minute Beginning Yoga
Sunday: 2 mile walk with Derek and Lexi
95 squats each morning brushing my teeth
Average liquid intake: 34.5oz

I only had one carmel mocha this week, so that's an improvement! I've been tired the last week and a half, but I'm pretty sure that has to do with my cold. It seems to be better today, gotta love Musinex, it makes everything feel so much better!

Hoping next week to see even more great results.

8 Months to a Better Me: Week 11

Well this week went better with eating and exercise, but Lexi was sick and didn't start feeling better until about Thursday, so that was rough, but we made it. Between walks, house and yard work along with my normal workout routine, I was able to lose more weight this week! Here's a recap of last week:

Monday and Wednesday did Zumba Sculpting for a total of 45 minutes
Tuesday and Thursday did the tread climber for a total of 90 minutes and the following results:
Walked a total of 3.42 miles
Burned a total of 691 calories
Friday I did a 10 minute Yoga workout (and must say I'm hooked!)
Drank an average of 39oz liquid each day
Did 90 squats each morning while brushing my teeth

I also threw out a lot of weeds in the backyard and cleaned up some and did a lot of vacuuming and washed floors. Since the weather was gorgeous, we also took several walks last week. This week, it's back to snow, wind, and cold though.

Last week I weighed in at about 132 pounds, the first time since January that I've gained weight. Well today, I'm happy to say that I'm 129!! I think it's been about two years since I was under 130, so I'm very happy with the results. Just 9 more to go and 6 months to do it in, I'm ready!

Crawling Champ

Lexi finally decided to crawl! We're pretty excited about that!! I took her to her 9 month well-check on March 2 and she wasn't crawling. Now, she could if she wanted to, but she preferred to scoot or pull or whatever else to get around. That was on a Friday. On Tuesday the 6th, I took her to my friend's so we could catch up on the Army Wives season 6 premier and the three of us and our three babies could play. Lexi started crawling in order to keep up with my one friend's 15 month old and my other friend's 10 month old, both are walking all over the place. Lexi always picks up things when she sees her friends. Now, she's crawling all over the house following us and Winnie all over. It's pretty cute. She also does this funny little crawl where she crawls with one knee and one foot on the ground. I'm pretty sure she'll be walking by her 1st birthday.

Now, I'm trying to figure out what kind of party to have for Lexi's 1st. I'm really not big on having huge parties for babies. They don't remember and I've always thought they were silly. I always enjoy my friends' parties for their little kiddos, but never thought I'd do that until ours were probably about 4 and could actually remember it. But, I do want some special things, like a fun themed cake or something. I also have a friend who just started making amazing cakes so think I'll have her make a fun one for Lexi. Hard to believe her birthday is just 2.5 months away!!

8 Months to a Better Me: Week 10

Whew, what a week! Well, I weighed in between 130.5 and 133 today so am saying 132. Every time I stepped on it, it was different. I knew I wasn't going to lose any this week though. Wasn't so great about eating and between sushi and Red Lobster and smoothies and Whole Food snacks...well I was doomed. I also didn't work out every day and when I did, most of the time it wasn't the full workout. Derek was home Tuesday but had finals, so I didn't work out then. Then Thursday I was gone most of the day and don't remember why it didn't happen Thursday night, oh, Derek had a Board Meeting so didn't get home till after Lexi was in bed. That's okay though, I know this week I'll get back down to 130 and I don't plan on having anything going on this week. Here's a rundown of the week:

Core workout for 10 minutes on Monday

Zumba on Wednesday for 25 minutes

Tread climber on Friday and Sunday

Worked out on tread climber 75 minutes

Walked a total of 2.88 miles on tread climber

Burned 569 calories on tread climber

Drank average of 21oz liquid daily (yeah, really bad)

Took a few walks around the block with Derek and Lexi

Did 85 squats each morning brushing my teeth

I also drank a TON of carmel mochas this week...as in 3 and a few pepsies too. We tended to eat out a lot more this week too with all the craziness. But this coming week will be better. I've already gotten in my 25 minute Zumba workout.

With the nice weather, I hope to get outside and do some yard work.

8 Months to a Better Me: Week 9

Last week went very well, much better than I was thinking it would. I thought I might lose a pound, but wasn't expecting to lose what I did. I worked out all 5 days: Monday and Wednesday was Zumba Sculpting, Tuesday and Thursday was the tread climber and Friday was a core workout. I ate fairly well too and even though we ate out a few times, I didn't eat much and either had good food, like grilled chicken, or only ate half. I did have two servings of tapioca pudding, but I just couldn't resist, it's one of my favorites. And I had it just for a dessert two nights. Here's a full recap of last week:

Worked out 40 minutes with Zumba Sculpting and 8 pound weights - now THAT was a good workout!
Worked out 90 minutes on the tread climber
Did 10 minute core workout
Walked 3.42 miles on tread climber
Burned 696 calories on tread climber
Drank an average of 31.5oz liquid each day

I decided to cheat and step on the scale on Thursday night and was 130 pounds! I was so excited!! I couldn't believe it! I was just hoping it would be as good this morning. It was, I'm 130 pounds! I lost 3.5 this week and have lost 10 since December 22!! Just 10 more to go!