Fitness Update

This is mostly for my own records so I can motivate myself and look at how far I have come etc. But feel free to follow along my journey of postpartum fitness and to motivate me to keep it up because some days we all need a little extra motivation! :) Brylianna is now a little over 3 months old. I am happy to say I pretty much feel, almost back to normal now. I am 3 pounds away from my pre pregnancy weight wahoo!! Although I can tell I lost a lot of muscle and strength. I can now only do about 12 pushups in a row, instead of the 30-40 I could do before baby. So I can't wait til I gain some strength back. I just try to do something every day even if it is only for 15 minutes during one of her naps. She actually doesn't nap for super long during the day so when she does, I have to decide if I want to A. Clean B. Shower. C. Take a nap myself. or D. workout ha ha Somedays it is hard to prioritize those! I have been trying to motivate myself to get back into shape, so I bought myself some new athletic shoes a couple months ago and made me wait until after Brylianna was born before I could use them. Also buying a couple new workout clothes can be motivating. And I know I will have more energy if I consistently work out even if I don't seem to have any energy before that. Although I will say that having a baby is a workout in and of itself, I carry my almost 14 pound sweetheart around a lot of the day and I can't tell you how many times I get down and up off the floor to play with her, set her down etc. So thanks for getting me back into shape. baby. My goal was to be back to prepregnancy weight/shape by 6-9 months because it took 9 months to gain so I was going to give it that long to lose it lol. I am hoping to be pretty close by 6 months postpartum though.Even if I don't get a workout in everyday, it is totally worth it when cute Brylianna looks at me and gives me one of her sweet ear to ear grins. Love you baby girl! Please feel free to comment and let me know your great ideas of getting back into shape after baby and what motivates you! :)

My new shoes to motivate me

I jogged this trail a couple times after Brylianna was born but before it snowed a lot

 And of course I love my stroller walks

3 months and a lot of change

I feel like so much has happened lately. Last week Pat got a new calling as 2nd counselor in our Bishopric, so proud of him, and this week I got released from being our wards Relief Society President. Bittersweet. I honestly loved it and all the sweet sisters in our ward. But I think it will be good, it is hard enough getting a baby ready for 8:30 am church as it is :)
Speaking of baby, sweet Brylianna is just so so so so super smiley, we love it! She is such a happy baby. She is rolling from her tummy to her back now, not all in one motion,she pushes up high with her hands and forearms and then just lets her head tip over and hit the ground and her body follows ha ha. And she can almost roll from her back to her tummy but doesn't know what to do with one arm. I am going to be in trouble soon! It is fun to watch her grown and learn. She is already in 3-6 month clothes and outgrown some 3 month clothes.  She usually sleeps pretty good at night, like amazing, but has kinda not been sleeping so good at night, but still great compared to most babies, just not as much as we have been used to. And she takes awhile to go down for her naps during the day. Sometimes I set her down to do dishes or whatever and then I will look back and she will just be staring at me with her big eyes like "Hey mom". It makes me smile. And lately she is becoming quite the conversationalist and if we put our face close to hers and go "OOoooooo." She will "Ooooooo" back and do that for like 5 minutes sometime, it is super adorable!!! Oh and she discovered her hands and loves to suck on them like all day now.
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with both of our families and were so luck to stay in Tooele for a week and see them both and we of course ate two delicious Thanksgiving dinners. It was wonderful to see everyone. I am getting so excited for Christmas I just love this time of year!

Our little Christmas present

Brylianna our little bear