pain in the.....kidney

This weekend D.R., Cooper and I went to Rapid City to get out of town, relax (yeah, right!), and do some shopping. I believe that it is encoded in the DNA of men to be a royal pain while women are trying to shop. I get out of town maybe once every two or three months, so it goes without saying that there are things that we will need, and that I would like to enjoy a little window shopping, even if I don't buy anything for myself. Why do men have to rush you along and grouch about every purchase you have? Grr... so much for a relaxing weekend. But I did get some clothes for us all to wear for our family pictures that we're getting on Thursday, of course D.R. didn't care for my choices, but oh well, at least we'll be color coordinated. Maroon and brown.

The diet and exercise has been going pretty well. I was doing the Phase I South Beach Diet for a few days last week, but my kidneys started hurting again, and I had trouble sticking to it. So I have modified the low carb diet and have been doing better. I have been eating lean meat, vegetables, fruit, and one or two whole grain carb servings per day. With the whole grains and fruits, my kidneys have been feeling better, and I have lost about 7 lbs in the last two weeks. I've been working out about 4 or 5 times a week, and I feel pretty good. We did eat at Applebee's, Red Lobster, and Papa John's this weekend, but I decided that could be my 10% of the time that I eat what I want and got right back onto my diet plan today. So, now I have lost almost 60 lbs since Cooper was born, and I am about 50 lbs from my goal weight. Sounds like a lot, but I'm just going to take it a few lbs at a time, and I only have 10 lbs to go to one of my big milestones that I want to hit.

I stayed home with Cooper and tried to get some housework done today, but he dragged stuff out about as fast as I could put it away!! But I miss him so much, and it really bothers me when he's at daycare for several days in a row, because then when I pick him up, he won't look me in the eyes for a couple of hours until we've spent some time together. I just wish that I could stay home with him every day. He's walking all the time now and definitely prefers walking over crawling.