*Deep Breath*

HHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPYYYYYYYY BIRTHDAY

To YOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

HAAAAAAAAAAAPPY Birthday

to yOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUU!

HAAAPAPAYYY BIIIIIIIRTHDAY

DEEAAAARRR

KAAAATIE!

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPY
BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRTHDAY
TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
YOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!

ANd that is EXACTLY how I would sing it to you, if I could.

Kara

Fighting

Do you ever get the impression there is no such thing as winning in this life? Just fighting to keep from loosing. That is all.

So frustrated.

Fun Fact

You can change the little image that shows up on the top of the browser where the tab is to be any image that you want! So instead of it being the orange B thing that stands for "blogspot" I changed it to a saguaro.. but that's just the first thing I could think of :) Feel free to change it!!

Because Sophia is the most BEAUTIFUL baby in the world...

Vote for her. To win. A scholarship. Because college is going to be too expensive by the time she is ready for it. So, we can hope to get her on T.V. or win contests where she gets money for college just because she is so cute. And, she is probably the cutest thing I have ever seen.

Use this link and vote for Sophia:
Sophia's Sunhat

Yes, I am shamelessly using this blog to promote my baby.

Feeling discouraged

Did I really gain 10 pounds in the last 10 days? That can't be right.

I hope to the heavens this is water retension... Please let it be water retension.

That is A LOT of weight! How does this happen!

I am sick of this. I want to eat cake.

I just laughed

and laughed and laughed and laughed.

http://failblog.org/2012/05/21/music-fails-music-fails-the-sooner-you-accept-it-the-less-painful-it-will-be/

I'm getting sleep... so.. why am I so tired?

I think that I have been spoiling myself for just a *little* bit too long.  Taking care of the baby has been absolutely wonderful, and she is not even a bad sleeper.  She eats around 10, and then sleeps from like 11 to 2:30 or 3, and then sleeps again from like 4 to 6:30 or 7. So I can get about 6 hours of sleep. The problem is that after she falls asleep at 7, I have been falling asleep again too so that I am waking up around 9 a.m.  And I think that I am just oversleeping, because that is PLENTY of sleep and I should not feel tired. But I do.

Also, I have a paper to be writing. Except that I would rather play with Sophia. :/ Kind of a losing situation for the paper, I think. I wouldn't want to compete with Sophia...

Best Sad Song Ever

(I tried to embed the music video, but I failed. Just look it up on youtube: Flight of the Conchords "I'm Not Crying")

I'm Not Crying

So, you're leaving, aren't you?
I knew it when you said just then when you told me you were leaving
That's when I definitely knew
But if you're trying to break my heart
Your plan is flawed from the start
You can't break my heart, it's liquid
It melted when I met you
And as you turn around to leave
Don't' turn back to me
Don't turn around and see if I'm crying
I'm not crying

I'm not crying
It's just been raining
on my face
And if you think you see some tear tracks down my cheeks
Please, please, don't tell my mates
I'm not crying
No, I'm not crying
And if I am crying
It's not because of you
It's because I'm thinking about a friend of mine who you don't know who is dying
That's right, dying
These aren't tears of sadness because you're leaving me
I've just been cutting onions
I'm making a lasagna
For one
Oh, I'm not crying
No
There's just a little bit of dust in my eye
That's from the path that you made when you said your goodbye
I'm not weeping because you won't be here to hold my hand
For your information there's an inflammation in my tear gland
I'm not upset because you left me this way
My eyes are just a little sweaty today
They've been looking around
They're like searching for you
They've been looking for you
Even though I told them not to
These aren't tears of sadness
They're tears of joy
I'm just laughing
Ha ha ha-ha ha
I'm sitting at this table called love
Staring down at the irony of life
How come we've reached this fork in the road
And yet it cuts like a knife?
I'm not crying
I'm not crying
I'm not cry-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-ing

Being a Girl Sucks

So. It sucks to be a woman. We women, we already know this.... but some times it feels like it helps to complain about. Hence.... this blog post.

TWO DAYS ago... I was only 3 pounds from my goal weight. I haven't been there in years. I felt so good. I was on air. I felt so skinny for like 3 whole days. Then all the sudden my body decided it wants to be bloated like a baby mammoth... I swear I am waddling like a pregnant woman and I feel like I can barely stand up or sit down. UHG! What an AWFUL feeling? Oh and I somehow gained 6 pounds in 2 days. Go figure.

I can only think of two things that might be causing this... 1- what I am eating (maybe too much salt) or 2- my new work outs (which have left me VERY sore and I know that when you are healing you retain water). None-the-less I am more discouraged than ever. How on earth am I supposed to ever get to my goal weight?

Babies

So here's something surprising about babies: they can make some pretty scary farting noises.  I mean, it's incredible. Such a tiny little body making some big noises... but I suppose it is quite helpful in knowing when she needs her diaper changed.

Also, she has gained almost an entire pound in two weeks!! She was 7lb10oz at birth and today at the doctor she weight 8lbs9oz!! She is a good eater ;)

So far behind!

Wow! I just got caught up on all of my reading! I am quite behind on our blog here.

Sophia was born!! She came!! And she is BEAUTIFUL! And she knew she was ready to come because the whole labor from the first contraction to her birth was only 10 hours. What a good girl.  The doctors said that it is a rumor that epidurals slow down the labor, and I believe that now - it was not slow at all.

And she is BEAUTIFUL!! I will have to post some pictures here.

Also, my stitches are dissolving, which may be TMI but I am pretty excited about it.

I can do this.

Hey Katie! I hope you are starting to feel better very soon! I am super excited for you and I think you are awesome. I can't say it enough times!

I have decided that I am not a hopeless case. Despite the fact that I miss yummy food more tha I can say, I have decided that there is some hope for me that I will be able to motivate myself to eat healthy....

http://freshcleanbloomers.blogspot.com/2012/05/cravings-part-ii.html

I can't help myself.

I can't seem to stop myself from checking this blog everyday, hoping you have had the chance to get on here.... but then I think...

Kara... She just had a baby... you're an idiot.

So I close it and look again two hours.

Pathetic.

SHHHEEE'SSSSSSS HHHHHEEEERRRREEE!

Congrats Katie! You are amazing. I mean it!