This weekend consisted of naps, naps and more naps. I mean, really. Sleep is hard to come by these days, and so napping has become a necessity. We’re still really bad at it, to be perfectly honest. I mean, they say to sleep whenever the baby sleeps, but honestly, how are we supposed to do that?! Look at that face! How are we supposed to do anything but stare at him all day, every day??
We had a family movie night on Saturday, which was nice. Zack went grocery shopping earlier that day and surprised me with my very favorite sweet- Red Vines! And so we settled down on the couch and watched a movie, while eating licorice and Easter chocolate and snuggling. It was nice. A bit of normalcy in our crazy new lives. But as Zack’s dad put it, Sam is our new normal. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Zack’s parents came over yesterday and brought homemade lasagna and brownies. My mom-in-law makes the best lasagna, and it was delicious. Just a word to the wise, if you know anyone with a new baby, bringing them food is the best thing you can do for them. Just sayin’. I never knew that before, because I didn’t have a baby. Now? Now I know. Also, while his parents were visiting, we took the opportunity for a few family photos. :) Because, why not?
And now it’s a new week, and this is the week that I’ll be starting to work out again. Just a very minimal amount, and I’ll be tweaking it and only doing exercises that are safe and not at all intense, as I know I still have recovering to do and I need to take it easy. I’m listening to my body, as always, and taking it extremely slow, but I’m definitely antsy to get moving again and so starting this week, I am! I’ll let you know how it’s going, and definitely will write a post about post partum workouts!
How was your weekend?
What’s the last movie you watched?
How long did you wait to work out after having a baby?
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Sam is the cutest! I never thought about how tough it would be to sleep while the baby sleeps- babies are SO adorable when they sleep, so I totally get what you mean! Good luck with the workouts this week! At least you have good timing with the beginning of the Bikini Series!! haha :)
Seriously, sleeping babies are the CUTEST thing ever, and it’s impossible to stop staring at them! haha ;) And yessss, how’d you know, I’m going to be following along with the Bikini Series! I thought it was perfect timing, too! ;) Just… at my own pace, of course.
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I definitely agree that bringing new parents food is awesome–I’m going to have a new baby cousin in two weeks so I’ll have to come up with a dinner for them!! :) Enjoy that little boy!
I am so enjoying him!! And you are a good, good cousin! :)
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Precious photos! Baby snuggles while napping is the best. :) I think your attitude toward postpartum exercise is perfect. I waited until 6-7 weeks postpartum, but I had a lot of healing to do and I was just too exhausted to think of trying to workout. But, everyone is different…you just gotta do what works for you.
I will absolutely be listening to my body! I know that’s the most important thing! No injuries over here :) Plus, baby snuggles trump anything else right now!
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so sweet of them!!
Right?! Plus, we have leftovers, which we all know is the best part ;)
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He is SUCH a cutie pie. Parenthood looks great on you guys! I started walking as soon as I could postpartum, but it was a while before regular workouts for me…mostly because I was exhausted. Good luck starting up – take it slow and listen to your body!
Aww thanks girl! :) I’m exhausted, too, so I’ll definitely be taking it slooooowww!
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Love these photos, you guys really are the cutest family ever. And I will definitely remember to bring my friends food after the have babies ;)
Aww thanks! :) YES, bring them food! They will love you for it!
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It’s so cool to see you without your baby belly! I only starting reading when you were super pregnant, so it’s cool to see how your family has grown! Motherhood looks so awesome on you!
Awww thanks girl! :) And I must admit, it feels pretty good not having that belly anymore! It gets to be exhausting in and of itself after a while!
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And what an adorable new normal you have :-)
Aww :) I agree!
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Gorgeous family photos! I don’t blame you, I’ve never been a big napper and I’m sure I would find it difficult to stop staring at him too. Its crazy that you guys made a person (!!!!) lol. Enjoy the workouts, maybe the start of those will help you with the naps? Let’s hope!
Aw thanks Laura! :) Haha girl. I KNOW. I keep thinking exactly that: It is CRAZY that we made a person! Like, what?! lol. So funny.
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My husband and I watched The Secret Life of Walter Mitty last night. We hadn’t seen it yet and it looked super adorable so we definitely wanted to!
Was it good?? I want to see it, too!
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I liked it! It was pretty chill so it was fun :)
Don’t know if I’ve told you this already or not, but you have the cutest little family! <3