Summer, summer, summertime

Ah, summertime.

Let's see...where was I...

Brendan has started crawling and sitting up independently. He still tips over every once in a while, but he's pretty much good to go on the sitting. The sitting has translated to the bathtub; we stopped using his little bathtub seat thingy, and now he's just sitting directly on the bathmat in a few inches of water. Makes it much easier to play when you can sit up and use both hands. He's got the crawling thing down, too, although sometimes he chooses to semi-crawl, using one knee and one foot. Not sure what that method is supposed to accomplish.

We haven't done much in the way of baby-proofing the house, but we really, really need to. Brendan is drawn to electrical cords (he loves the laptop power cords), the laptops themselves, the electronic equipment under the TV (Wii, Xbox, BluRay player, cable box, power conditioner), and remote controls. We have put a baby gate over the top of the stairs, and outlet covers over the outlet in the hallway, but there are so many other things we need to do. Toilet locks, cabinet door latches, doors over the video games and DVDs...we really have quite a bit of work to do. I'm hoping this summer that we can spend some time downstairs (we're going to work on framing in the unfinished part and getting the bathroom down there finished), since it's a bit more kid-friendly. The only thing he could really get into down there is a big built-in bookshelf unit. We need to move a bunch of his toys down there and get some of his stuff set up down there. It'll make a good play area.

I'm disappointed in myself: nine weeks of teaching didn't do anything for my weight loss at all. I weighed myself yesterday, and I was still 227. Guess teaching isn't as active as I'd like to think it is. I took a step to try to fix things: I got a jogging stroller. I'm going to try to walk/jog with Brendan a few times each week. I'm planning on taking Brendan to his sitter a few times each week, so on those days I will also try to make it to the gym. I really want to get this weight off.

So here's my new goal...school will be starting up in about 11 weeks. I'd like to lose 1-2 lbs each week (that's all that's recommended for a nursing mother, which I still am, technically). So ideally I'd be at 205 when school starts. That would actually be my pre-pregnancy weight, as well.

We'll see.