I Know You're Tired of Hearing This...

...but I REALLY do wish that I had more time to blog! :) Things are going swimmingly. P is growing like a weed, jabbering up a storm and keeps me running every. single. minute. of. every. single. day. She is a exploring more all the time and is definitely becoming her own little person. I love it! :D

Miss P loves playing ball!

We had a fantastic first birthday, complete with not one but TWO parties, and I'm working on a post, complete with pictures. It wasn't nearly the disaster I expected, so that was a plus! I promise that I'll get it posted before she has another birthday. ;)

P and her Papaw (my grandfather) opening her blocks at the family party.

In other news, I'm fatter than ever (bleh...which is why you're not seeing any pics of me in this post) and am more-than-sure that I need an adjustment on my Metformin. I'm doing vitamins, extra B's and all that jazz but still have NO energy at all, something that usually signals a blood sugar funk. Not really what I need right now, you know? And after a blissful 22 months, thanks to pregnancy and incessant breastfeeding for the past year, I've finally gotten my cycles back. Oh. Lucky. Me. Can I just tell you that I have NOT missed this little visitor?! The hormones are KILLING me. Ugh.

P at her cousin's Kindergarten graduation

Speaking of BFing, we're still trucking right along. I don't think that P will be one to give up the boob willingly...she looooves it! Truly, she's not nursing so much for hunger because the little diva can eat like a lumberjack when she's really hungry, but for comfort. That's a good thing, I guess, because my supply is rapidly declining. She visits Mama's Dairy Bar whenever she's feeling sick (like with teething), tired or upset but will forgo me completely when she's busy or when we're out and about, which is pretty normal for her age from what I understand. I'm not pushing her to wean but there is a little part of me that will be kind of glad to have my body back to myself fully so I don't have to worry so much about what I eat or wear, you know? Gosh, that sounds so selfish! I don't mean to be. I know I'll miss the closeness we have while nursing sooo...we'll just cross that bridge when we come to it, I guess. No worries, right? (Yeah, right...you know me!)

My sleeping beauty. LOVE this baby!

Mike's still hanging in there. I think he must wonder some days if this is what he signed up for when he got married! :D It's a circus sometimes, that's for sure. P absolutely LOVES her Da-Da, though, and I am so grateful for that. He's a wonderful husband to put up with me and my craziness and is a terrific dad, even if changing diapers still gets the best of him sometimes. ;) He's learned a WHOLE lot about housework and cooking (and ordering take-out) and the fine art of figuring out how to dodge his crazy wife's mine fields.

This is how he copes! ;p

I guess that's it in a nutshell for now. Really, if you look at it, not much has changed. We're still super busy, still live in a messy house and are still learning what we're doing everyday. Mike's still good, P's still the apple of my eye and I'm still crazy! :)

Just havin' a snack and chillin'. :D

Hope you're all doing well. Love and hugs and all that's good sent your way. Until next time...