Randomness

So my brother flaked out on me. But I can't say I'm upset because he couldn't come because all of his kids are sick. One's got allergies, one is getting over a stomach virus, and his littles one has been running a fever. Yeah, I thought it best that they stay away too. I don't want my baby getting sick. I think I'm about to become kind of freakish about germs now that we have Sofia, which is a new thing for me. I even added Clorox wipes to my grocery list. It's the commercial with the lady using the chicken hind quarter as a sponge that did it. Gross.

We finally got to take that walk yesterday. It was nice. We walked all around the neighborhood, although we had to wait until 6:30 pm to do it. The heat is way too unbearable anytime before that. I guess it doesn't help that this subdivision is so new that there are no big trees anywhere (gosh, I miss living in the middle of Houston). When is anything vaguely resembling autumn going to appear here in southeast Texas? Anyway, we used the travel system car seat/stroller combo that my mother-in-law got us. It's one of those Graco coach rider ones. She got it second hand, but it's in good condition. The only thing is, well, the thing is giant! Seriously, I felt like I was rolling a tank around. I'm not sure that thing is going to fly when we have real outings. I do not want to wheel that giant stroller around. I think we'd be better off using the Baby Bjorn, which we just got as a gift a couple of weeks ago courtesy of more family. Speaking of gifts, I still can't believe how many gifts we got for the baby. A bunch of guys from work even went in on the glider/ottoman combo that I registered for. I thought that was really cool.

But back to the subject of outings...I can't wait until we can actually have outings with the baby. I'll actually start to feel normal again. First on my outings agenda is going to the Angelika theater for the Cry Baby Matinee to see a movie. Although before we do that as a family, I may still try to catch a La Leche League meeting on my own with Sofia.

Oh, I managed about twenty minutes on the treadmill today. Of which I was very proud. I did it before Robert went to work so he could pick up Sofia in case she woke up and had a screaming fit, but I may be brave and try it during the day tomorrow. You know, with her in her bouncy seat right where I can watch her. I figure I should start at least walking. I've been eating like I'm still pregnant, and although I know I'm burning more calories because of this breastfeeding thing, I also know I can't stay ahead of the game by eating Doritos and cookies all the time. And the extra flab that just won't go away is really starting to bother me. It would be nice if I could fit into my pre-pregnancy jeans sometime before the year is over.

My little angel, who has been sleeping for a couple of hours, is now making little grunting about-to-wake-up noises. I was hoping she'd sleep until Robert got home from work. That way he can change her diaper...darn.