Weight Loss Update: The Progress Continues

It's been 3 months since my original post about my weight loss goals for this year, so I wanted to post another update! As time goes by, my will power has waned some and I have not been quite as strict as I was when I first started this journey. I have, however, still made some progress. This month, I lost another 4.2 lbs., for a total of 18.7 lbs. since the beginning of the year.

I still have 4.8 lbs. to lose until I hit my pre-pregnancy weight and 11.8 lbs. until I hit my ultimate goal. I hope to get to my pre-pregnancy weight by my next post (5/5/12). I need to have more will power to reach this goal (esp. with the yummy Easter treats I'll be surrounded with soon), so wish me luck!

Sleeping Woes

There have been lots of changes in the Weber household as of late. For one, Graham is definitely teething. He's drooling, chomping on everything he can get in his mouth, being more cranky than his normal laidback self, and not wanting to eat at times (especially at night). Plus I can see teeny tiny little white dots poking through his bottom front gums (yay! hope they come out soon!).

I think he's also going through a growth spurt, because he's been waking up earlier than normal hungry. I feed him and he goes back to sleep, so that's why I think it's a growth spurt. I'm sure it doesn't help that the teething makes him not want to eat sometimes.

Also, Graham has started rolling over... a lot. One day, I told Dustin I was a little worried because Graham hadn't been rolling from his back to his stomach much yet; the very next day, the madness began! He loves to roll all over the place. He especially likes rolling off his playmat to watch tv... we think it's because he knows we don't want him watching tv. : ) See what we have to look forward to?


He's eating all different kinds of solids. We've tried rice cereal, green beans, sweet peas, squash, and sweet potatoes. His favorite are the sweet peas and sweet potatoes. I guess he takes after his mom, liking anything with the word "sweet" in it.

We've also decided we need to make sleep changes. I've been hesitant to do that, since he's been sleeping so well! But we felt like we needed to move him from his bassinet up to his crib and start the unswaddling process. We decided to try unswaddling first; if he gets used to that now and sleeps well when not swaddled, maybe he'll keep sleeping well in his crib and I won't have many sleepless nights going up and down the stairs a ton. That's our thought process at least. : )

First, we tried swaddling with his arms out. This is something we need to do now especially since he's rolling over. It's a safety concern if he rolls over and doesn't have his arms out so he can push himself up and not be face-down in the mattress. I didn't know how Graham would do with that because he moves his arms and hands so much and loves grabbing onto EVERYTHING and playing with it, but it went surprisingly well. He's been sleeping about 8-8.5 hours like this so far!


We also tried swaddling loosely with a light, breathable blanket. That did not work so well (thought I'm not sure if it's also due to the teething/growth spurt). He woke up at 2:00 a.m. and was wide awake. Very odd for him.


Last night, we tried a sleep sack (no swaddle) and he slept great. So we're slowly making progress. We'll keep making baby steps and, probably within the next week, move him up to his crib. What a big boy I have!

A pic just for fun:

Feeding Woes

Graham's pediatrician said he's developmentally ready for solids at his most recent appointment. I thought about waiting until he was a little older, but he's so small (in the 3-5th percentile for his age... always has been!) that I thought this might help put a little weight on him and he might like it! We started him on rice cereal and have tried green beans as well. He hasn't seemed to like either much, but especially not green beans. He will just cry until I stop (not very long); it's not a pleasurable experience for either of us.

I'm considering putting off solids for a little longer; they aren't nutritionally necessary at this point. I might do that or I might continue to experiment with the baby food... change up the texture (add in some more water or breastmilk), try different veggies and see if he likes the others any more.

If any of you experienced moms have advice on this issue, it is very much welcome!

Weight Loss Update: The Ups and Downs

It's been 2 months since my original post about my weight loss goals for this year, so I wanted to post another update! If I'm being honest, I wasn't quite as strict this past month on the 3-5 workouts/week and only 1 cheat meal, so I've gotta get back on track this next month! However, I still made some progress. Since my last update, I've lost another 5.5 lbs. for a total of 14.5 lbs. since the beginning of the year.

I still have 8.5 lbs. to lose until I hit my pre-pregnancy weight and 15.5 lbs. until I hit my ultimate goal. I know the more I lose, the harder it will be to continue to lose at a fast rate, so I've got to step it up this month and cut out some of those sweets I've let creep back in my life (though I'll still keep my 1 cheat meal per week). Wish me luck; I need it!

A Letter from the President!

I saw a blog post on this and thought I'd try. I sent a birth announcement and short note to President & Mrs. Obama. Here's the envelope before I sent it off:


Here's what we received:


And the letter:


Pretty neat letter to put in Graham's baby book, eh?

New Goals: Update

It's been exactly 1 month since my post about my weight loss goals for this year, so I figured I'd update you all on my progress so far. I've been working out 3-5 times a week and, with the exception of 1 pretty awesome cheat meal a week, I've been sticking closely to the myfitnesspal.com diet requirements (basically portion control), and drinking lots of water, and I am happy to announce that I have lost 9 lbs. as of my first post; yay!

I broke down and bought non-maternity jeans that were a larger size than I hope to wear when I'm done with this process. My maternity jeans were just falling off of me and looking really baggy so I thought I would feel better about myself if I wore clothes that fit me a little better (even if they were a larger size), especially if I'm still seeing progress on the scale. I call them my "transition jeans."

I still have 13 lbs. until I am at my pre-pregnancy weight and 20 lbs. until I'm at my goal weight, but I am so happy that I'm finally seeing the numbers on the scale change. Plus, I just feel better overall now that I'm being more active and eating better. I know that the weight loss will most likely slow down, but my goal remains to lose 1 lb. a week. I'll try to keep updating you all once a month; wish me luck for this month!

What the Webers Have Been Up To Lately

It's been a while since I've posted, so this will be an update on our January activities.

I've started back to work, so if you need any legal assistance or know someone who does, feel free to call Weber Law Firm.

We watched the Cotton Bowl. Graham loved watching the Hogs win!!


Graham has started sitting in his highchair during mealtime. He really seems to like sitting on the same level as us and getting to watch us as we eat. At first, we had the tray on there but we could only see his eyes, so we took that off. : )



He has also started to try to sit up on his own instead of laying back on his head. Strong boy!



Graham had his first trip to the library and we went to Baby Bookworms. He can't do the interactive parts of the songs, but he loves hearing everyone sing and watching all the parents and kids. He's very observant.


Oh, and it does seem to wear him out. He sleeps great on Baby Bookworm days!


We joined a couples' bible study in our new church. We're excited to get to know other couples in our church while we study the Word and grow spiritually. We also took advantage of Friday Night Out at our church and went on our first date without the baby. It was nice! We went to the movies and saw the new Mission Impossible.

We met with our Childbirth Class for a reunion. We got to see all the mommies that were no longer pregnant and their new babies! Graham was the smallest baby there by far, but the cutest (in my admittedly-biased opinion). ; ) Here's a picture of most of our class.


I took a picture to compare how big he's gotten. The one on the left is when he was 3 days old. The one on the right is when he's almost 3 months old.




















Finally, his 3 month pictures!