I'm Free (and not just dairy-free)

Yesterday was my 6 week post-partum appointment.  I'm cleared to get back into life full-force.  Wheeee!  Sadly, I've only dropped 20 lbs since Sydney's birth day...sooooo I've got 22 left to work off.  Don't do that math.  Guess the first thing on my list is to amp up the exercise; walking with the kiddos apparently isn't doing it on its own...although I love my (sweaty) morning walks with them.  This isn't the first time I've wished I was doing this at 23 instead of 33. ;)

Inspiration: my sister-in-law Colleen looks uhhhh-mazing!  The pic on the left is how she looked the day Camilla was born...the pic on the right is almost exactly 2 years later.  Wow!  Too bad she doesn't live close enough to kick my butt into gear on a daily basis. ;)

Other happenings:
We took more of Syddles diapers to be tested and they came back negative, which means that what I'm doing with my diet is working.  I've severely limited my dairy intake: no milk, yogurt, butter, cheese, or ice cream.  I don't really look at ingredients of other foods but I try not to eat things that I know to have milk...such as milk chocolate. :(  My only concession is a tiny splash of milk in my morning coffee, and apparently that's okay.  Yay!  I think I can live with this, so I'll put this is the good news category.  She does seem to be doing much better and wayyyy less gassy.

Yesterday we stayed in our jammies all day.  Millie still wasn't feeling great and she let us know by being super whiny. ;)

She seems to be back to normal today though.  I'm so thankful for her fantastic immune system; she seems to get over stuff super quickly.

chillin' at the park

Today we tried finger painting, and I think Mills really enjoyed it!  Love her smile here :)

I got her this fancy artist's smock to help preserve the clothes.  I know you can't really tell but she's actually doing a little dance here while asking for a towel to wipe her hands.

She eventually quit trying to keep herself clean and just went for it.  And look at that masterpiece...

Next week are Millie's swim lessons.  If anyone wants to volunteer to watch Sydney from 9:30 to 11:30am on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday of next week, let me know! ;)