Isn't it enough to just have a baby? But then the crazy hormones continue to go nuts for months afterwards?
One day your skin is drier than a desert, the next your skin is greaser than the Alberta Oil Sands and bumpier than the Rocky Mountains.
Your hair is frizzy one day and dry and limpy the next. Oh yah, and it falls out in clumps. You can tie your hair back and still find full strands in your food, in your kids hands, and all over the floor. Its frustrating!
Plus, now its been 3 months since giving birth and you feel like your should have a little glimpse of your old body back. But Nooooo! It wants to hold onto the fat like its going outta style. It wants to wait until you're done breastfeeding to let go. And that could take a year or more! And you know that you should give yourself a break, but you just want your body back. Yah, sharing your body with a little milk sucking leach isn't great either. When can I have my body back? When do I get to be ME again?
And you know what the best part is? Every six weeks I have to go and get poked by the blood donor people who want to make sure my thyroid levels have returned to normal. Do you know that thyroid levels are affected by hormones? It took me 8 months to finally level out after Joel. Yippee!
Oh how I love being post partum! The best part is that I have a lovely son and crazed hormones!
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
Amanda's Ramblings
If you use an electric wheelchair or scooter for mobility reasons, could you get pulled over for drunk driving? Do you think that goes against the "Don't drink and drive" campaign?
Dan's Ramblings
If I have to clean up after my kids, you can clean up after your dog. Because I hate having to clean up your dog's poop off of my kids. I don't let my kids do their business on your front lawn and all up and down the sidewalks. Please think of all the others that use these public areas. And while we are on this topic please keep your dog on it's leash in the on-leash areas. Your big animals scare my children. I don't care if they are nice and like kids. Would you like coming face to face with a grizzly bear, even if I told you convincingly that it liked you??? I promise it won't bite.....
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Brothers
Saturday, September 22, 2012
He Moves in Mysterious Ways
Gondola Part 2
Friday, September 21, 2012
Peak To Peak
After we rode up the mini gondola, we walked quickly to the Peak to Peak Gondola. (it was a wee bit nippy outside)
We rode across the large valley and were welcomed with this beautiful view. We certainly live in the most beautiful place on earth.
We spent perhaps 15 minutes there, before we had to turn around and ride the gondolas down to the bottom. (The "ride" closed down and we didn't want to get caught on the wrong side of the mountain and have to walk down....that would have been bad. Very bad.)
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Gondola Part 1
This past Saturday, we had to go to Coquitlam to get a part for our dishwasher. The boys were up early (pre-7am) so we got an early start on the day. The Port Mann was clear sailing (aka: we got to go the speed limit) and getting the part took no time at all. Dan and I didn't really have a set plan for the day, but had packed to be gone all day. We went to the Homesteader's Emporium in East Van and payed a quick visit to Jordan and Carlye, who live only a block away. Then we started driving. The boys both fell asleep quickly, so we decided that our best bet was to drive, drive, drive!
We figured we would end up somewhere near Squamish, but we made it to Whistler before the boys woke up. We decided that we really wanted to ride the peak to peak gondola (ya know, since we were in the area).
Before you ride the Peak to Peak gondola, you have to take a mini gondola up to the top of the mountain. Its about a 25 minute ride, and definitely the highlight of our day.
And the most interesting spot to date where I have breastfed.
It was a hot ride up to the top-definitely needed more ventilation! Joel really LOVED the ride and kept pointing out the window and saying WOW!
Monday, September 17, 2012
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Joel's Fashion Sense
He is wearing Dan's socks. And yes, he went out in public with them on. We did put clothes on too....I promise! But, he was (gasp now) wearing socks and sandals. Yikes! He really loved wearing those socks and refused to take them off. I tried pulling them off before we went out, but he threw and fit and pulled them back on. Good thing, we were only going to my mom's!!!
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