Where I've Been...

Hello friends!
In case my dad is reading this, "Thank God you're feeling better. We love you!"
This photo was taken on Thanksgiving. We brought all the kids to the hospital to see my dad who five days before that was flown into a special hospital for emergency care because his kidneys were failing him.

I had all these wonderful aspirations to do this post last week when it was timely, but I am quickly realizing that nothing seems to be happening on time because of having a newborn. But my dad spent a week in the hospital before being discharged. So, we spent part of Thanksgiving at my mom's house...

And then went for a little road trip and visited Dad in the hospital.

This is Mr. Lovely on Thanksgiving Day.

And then, this next photo is just a few days ago.

If you think he looks like he's wearing a little baby fat...

You would be correct.

He weighed over 8 1/2 pounds this last Thursday which means he's gained over two pounds since birth.

I have made a few feeble attempts at trying to diet.

In fact, I've been eating a LOT of food and everything I eat doesn't seem to reflect itself on the scale. I take that to mean that all those additional calories are being turned into breast milk to feed Mr. Lovely.

Our son officially turned four weeks old this week and I've managed to work out at the gym once so far.

I actually had a bit of a crisis happen to me this week that revolved around me not getting enough sleep and trying to do too much. I know...you all find that hard to believe, but one of the reasons I can't seem to keep up on my blog is sleep deprivation, quite simply.

So, for the past few days, everyone has been "making me" sleep in, take naps in the afternoon, take naps in the evening. In fact, I think I'm caught up. It's just weird to walk around the house, now and not feel like I have grit in my eyes anymore.

So, what did I do with all this extra energy?

I made some yeast donuts of course.

I fried them in the deep fat fryer.

In my opinion, they were just "ok".
I have a long way to go before I can get my donuts to taste like the kind I like at the store.

(not that I should be making that an aspiration of mine. Ha!)

Although, everyone else seemed to think they tasted great.

Well, it's my sincere hope to make it to the gym this coming week or to get in some kind of exercise. I'm trying to not be too hard on myself if I don't get in the exercise the way I want to get it in. At this point, it's really important that I get in my sleep before I get in the exercise.

Well, enough catch-up for now folks!

Our first snowfall happened today.

I hope you're all enjoying the weather!

Sincerely,

Sunshine Mama