New Year, New Baby, New Me!!!

HELLOOOO!!!

To anyone out there who may still be on board with this here ol' blog of mine, WOW, you deserve a medal! And you're officially on my Christmas card list!

It's no wonder why I haven't posted in ages - I've been a tad pre-occupied, and will continue to be for the rest of my life, it seems - but I did it!

I went and had a baby!

And a BEAUTIFUL baby at that!

Her name is Madelyn Reese, and I'm not biased or anything, she really is the world's cutest baby! And loudest, I might add! (The nurses at the hospital told us that we had the loudest baby in the nursery. NO KIDDING!)

Born on January 8th (Elvis' birthday, I've been told!), our little angel weighed in at 8lbs 7oz, despite my hopes of having a 100lb baby to justify my atrocious weight gain through my pregnancy!

At any rate, our little girl is perfect, life has definitely changed, and I'm ready to reclaim my old body. Not for me, but for my new family. I need the stamina and energy to keep up with my daughter! MY DAUGHTER! Still sounds so surreal to say!

So here I am, having rejoined WW online, it's been 6 weeks since my c-section and I've already begun getting back into the routine of healthy eating and points-counting.

The exercise part, well, that's a bit hard. I mean, how many APs can I claim for doing 82 laps around the house trying to shush a fussy baby?!!! Although Maddy lets us sleep for a stretch of 5-6hrs most nights, I'm still pretty exhausted by the end of the day with her. Man, all she does is eat, sleep and poop, and I'm still so wiped!!!

I will try to hit up my treadmill and elliptical again, and my Turbo Jam video, but we're still trying to find our groove, get into some semblance of a routine.

(Right now she's napping, so I'm taking advantage of this time to update my blog and re-commit myself to my weight loss journey.)

Wow, she doesn't usually nap this long...I'm gonna go poke her to make sure she's still breathing!

(new mom paranoia.....!)

PHEW! We're good!

Ok, well now that I've officially re-committed myself online here to any and all who cross my blog path, I have to stick to it and hold myself accountable.

Here I go!!!

Ok, one more pic....!

Thanks for tuning in, everyone! I totally appreciate your support!!!