Aunt Sande's Visit

On Saturday we went and hung out with P2's Aunt Sande who was in town for a medical conference. Sande is one of my best friends, I have known her for 27 years which is more years than she was old when I first met her...its a long story for a different blog.



Next time S and her family is in town we will all go to Disneyland which is her son Rory's new favorite place to visit.

Personally, the Sofitel where S was staying while in town is one of my new favorite places to visit!

Ho Ho Ho...Gobble Gobble...Holidays are HERE!!

Those who know me well know exactly what time I wake up on Christmas morning...STILL!!!

Those who know me relatively well know that Thanksgiving and Christmas are two of my favorite holidays...along with MY birthday...which IS a national holiday BTW! Labor Day...in honor of all the time my poor mother spent trying get me OUT!

So...my daughter is only three weeks old...four weeks tomorrow...but I am already instilling the holiday spirit in her. Cultivating a love of the magic and spectacle that is the Holiday Season...and since we live in LA...what a spectacle it is.

Last night we joined thousands of other people at The Grove for a truly Los Angeles experience. The Grove is an outdoor mall and they had their big tree lighting last night, complete with a Santa sighting, snowfall and (scratches head) Hall and Oates, Elmo, Brian McKnight, Lance Bass....all of this oddness was reinforce by the fact that not only was this a Tree Lighting it was being filmed for a TV special that will air nationwide on December 2 (7 pm, CBS) so...they were doing multiple takes of everything...and staging our "reactions" to all of the entertainment...it was a little silly but the snow, pretty lights and ZZ Top like "actual bearded Santa" made it all amusing...

P2 was not amused...she slept through everything for an hour and then went into three week old meltdown as would be expected...truth be told...the crowd was giving me a 38-year-old meltdown as well. None the less...it was a fun family outing - and a great way to launch the holiday season!

Progress!

A few things I should have been remarking on over the past few weeks...

Weight: MINE
Oct 24 - nine hours before Princess P was born - 164 lbs
Oct 31 - one week after P2 was born - 148 lbs
Nov 7 - two weeks after - 139 lbs
Nov 14 - three weeks after - 137 lbs
Nov 21 - four weeks - 137 lbs
***Nov 28 - five weeks - 134 lbs***

Weight: PRINCESS P's
Oct 24 - 7 lbs, 11 oz
Oct 31 - 7 lbs, 12 oz
Nov 17 - 9 lbs (unofficial- stood on scale holding her then subtracted my weight)
Nov 22 - 9 lbs, 8 oz

Weight: Moo Dog
Oct 24 - 148 lbs
Oct 31 - 148 lbs
Nov 7 - 148 lbs
Nov 14 - 148 lbs
Nov 21 - 148 lbs
Nov 28 - 148 lbs

Walks: OURS
Oct 31 first "real" walk - 30 minutes
Nov 2 next official walk - 30 minutes
THEN...banned for a while due to slowing recovery by pushing self too hard
Nov 17 - back in the saddle - 50 minute, two mile walk - this should help the weight come off - not allowed to diet while breastfeeding so...exercise is the only way to reduce calories...
Nov 27 - a few two milers this week!

Sleep: OURS
Two good nights in a row with two four hour stretches!

Happy Third Week - Birthday to Princess P!

Three weeks ago today - I was at this very moment asking for the EPIDURAL - all bravery was over...and I remember thinking that there should be a Martini called the Epidural...I need to invent it.

Here are a few shots of what Princess P has been up to in the last week.



Pictures not taken not here...the mall, which we did go to was not condusive to picture taking. The walks we have gone on with the dog have not been captured on film yet...the dog is talented but no imposable thumb (see my SIL's blog - link below - for more info on THAT, heck maybe we can get her to write about the Moro reflex too).