Things.

Mason is getting so big!!! I remember looking at some of the clothes he's wearing now and thinking they were huge! I have an entire giant bag full of clothes he's outgrown! Just blows me away!  He's smiling more and holds his head up better. Still hates tummy time and will insist on rolling right back over onto his back! Lol! We've tried him in his bumbo but he's not quiiiite ready yet. But very close. He's so amazing!!!!  Definitely worth every tear I shed waiting for him.

He is on prevacid now. Still dealing with some reflux issues.. And some days are still pretty bad.. But now there is a difference in his cries.  Before, he only had one cry...and that was his "pain" cry. That's the one that was tough to handle! Nothing helped.  But now he's starting to have an "I'm bored" cry or "I need to change positions" cry. Still lots of spit up but th fact that we are getting more smiles out of him makes me happy. We're slowly getting there!

In other news...

You know that gotta talk workouts, right?  Lol. I am feeling so stuck. I know my body is changing but I still am not feeling it! But I will keep chugging along. I keep seeing slight progress is my performance so I just need to focus on that. Not the scale. Not my pants size.  I will eventually get back to where I need to be. Something's gotta give!!! Cuz I don't know what else I could possibly do! I'm eating well. Lifting. Getting cardio in! Drinking water.  Sleeping as much as I can. Regardlessly, I know everything I am doing is good for me so I will continue to do it!  As many of you know, when I have a goal in sight, there's no stopping me! Its balls to the wall, bitches!!!

And lastly, I am having a hard time trying to get work in. People try to tell me that I am so lucky that I "don't have to work full time."  Here's the thing about what I do. I put in a LOT of hours with a relatively small payout. And that's for both tattooing and painting. If I were to go back to work, I would work all the time just to pay for child care. I don't have free childcare. Yes. My in-laws live in town and can take Mason once in a while for a few hours in the evening but they both work full time.  So the best thing for us to do is for me to work part time and watch Mason during the day. I try to work at home when I can (on drawings and paintings) but a painting that would typically take me a day or 2 is now stretched into 2 or 3 weeks.  Let me clear. I'm not complaining because I love spending my days with Mason! But doing the part time thing has its struggles just like having to go back to work full time does.

OK. I think i covered everything I wanted to talk about! Good night!!!!