Turkey time is mere hours away and my house is ridden with illness. Yet, we're still grateful. Being sick is miserable. Having a sick baby is very miserable. But moments when we all sit sniffling in one bed reading books to the tune of some relaxing music or watching an easy film makes for warm hearts. These moments cause Jake and I to look at each other with a simple smile and say, "I like today. I love you." I also love the holidays. I love the time for family and relaxation. I love how the holidays bring about kindness and generosity. This year I am blessed to spend thanksgiving day with the Coffman clan and the surrounding days with the Fitzpatricks, my side of the fam. This thanksgiving I am definitely most thankful for the gift of my beautiful son and for my amazing husband. I am thankful for the ways having a baby have made Jake and I grow more into the people we are called to be. November marks six months since I gave birth to my first baby. SIX. WHOLE. MONTHS. Can you believe Killian Jacob Coffman is a half of a year old already? I can't and yet I can. He can do so many big baby things now! He crawls, pull himself to standing, babbles all the time, sits up by himself (not the best at this for some reason, but it can be done). He was sleeping in his crib - I attempted to sleep train him but nursed him to sleep and when he woke up (which was once a night except for a few whimpers that lasted mere seconds). Nursing your baby to sleep is a no-no when it comes to sleep training but he was able to put himself back to sleep after crying for a few minutes unless he REALLY wanted to nurse. However, when we thought our heat wasn't working (oh, by the way, Jake and I simply forgot we hadn't had the gas turned on. Adult fail.) we had him snuggle with us in bed for at least half the night. On November 11th, this dear one's half birthday, he decided no more crib for me! And it has been ten days of co-sleeping and napping in mama's arms (or the carseat in the moving car). He will NOT sleep anywhere but next to me and he has to nurse to sleep. I am grateful that I nurse him because it is a magic soother. I figure he's developing a lot right now (crawling, standing, probably ponder walking [please, no.], sitting, eating a few solids....) not to mention he is probably teething so he just needs a little extended mama/breastfeeding time. Jake is getting tired of nearly falling out of bed because Killian, although not even 17lbs, takes up so much space. We head to the pediatrician tomorrow for K's 6 month check up so we will discuss sleep training methods then. I just have such a hard time with cry-it-out. I have tried it so many times but give up so quickly (except for that magical time when he randomly didn't fight sleep in his crib). I give MAJOR props to moms who are successful with this method. You are strong and wonderful. Maybe one day I will be successful with it or maybe I'll let K grow out of this precious snuggle stage. I am definitely not going to even try while he's sick; poor boy. And then he stopped sleeping in his crib and starting truly crawling, and crawling well, and pulling himself up to standing all at once. Love this boy. I am embarrassed by how poorly I have kept up with Fitness Fridays. *Blush* I am not sure what I weigh right now; probably the same as the last time. I have not been eating exceptionally healthy, but not horribly either. I have not worked out since Thursday with the exception of a slow 20 minute walk on Friday. Before this wretched cold attacked my system, I just started the third week of a "Flat Belly Challenge!" I found on Pinterest. I am not a huge fan of this challenge. It is very repetitive, although scrambles up the workouts throughout the week, and they are short - 15:40 to be exact. The exercises are challenging but seem too short to be very productive in my opinion. In any event I'd like to see the challenge through once I feel strong enough and possibly add a little extra to the workout.
Jake and I have been looking into Whole30 recently. A friend of ours read the book and did Whole30 with her family. She said it was life changing and encouraged us to read the book. I got the book from the library and I was amazed with how different Whole30 is from what I had thought. Its not another "fad" diet. Its more or less a cleanse to heal your body (gut) and help you find what food fuels you best. We are considering tackling the challenge January. Whole30 includes so many challenges that will be good for Jake and I. Namely, meal planning and being very intentional with what we eat. I am excited and very nervous all at once. Well there you have it folks! Happy Thanksgiving!
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