Remember, your baby is an individual. All babies are unique and meet milestones at their own pace. Developmental guidelines simply show what your baby has the potential to accomplish — if not right now, then soon.
Having said that, here are the week's funnies:
*Lucas's Mom saw Zack crawling at daycare and was shocked that he was only 6 months old, because Lucas is 1 and just started crawling.
* the Babycenter email I received today said " Your baby can now roll over from his tummy to his back and vice versa." ... meanwhile Zack has just crawled over to his exersaucer and pulled himself up and is standing there looking at me while I read this email
*Pam, the daycare director said "We call Zack Hercules" and I chuckled a little bit, and she said "no, Im serious, he is really strong and pulling himself up on anything he can".
Jeff is so proud! He wants to enter him into a Strongest Baby contest...um, okay Jeff!
Other random pieces on info:
Thanksgiving is coming up so soon...when did it become mid November? Now I know what people mean when they say time flies....I can't even believe we have a 6 month old and that the holidays are fast approaching! We are headed to Florida on the 22nd for a week...can't wait!
Florida is in the SEC championship in Atlanta Dec 6th and we just bought plane tickets to Atlanta for the weekend! We are hoping to find some affordable tickets to the game in the next couple of weeks so we don't have to scalp them the day of. But, we are thrilled to be headed that way to cheer on our team!
On Halloween weekend, I ran a half marathon. It was a goal I had set prior to having Zack to try to lose some baby weight and to get back into the whole running thing. Well, the training was next to impossible with a new baby and a demanding job, but I did the run and it was amazing! I have never done a run and felt so great about it. When I was getting ready to cross the golden gate bridge, around mile 5, I looked up and there was a beautiful rainbow up in the sky overhead...to me it was just a sign of how great our life is and how lucky we are! As the run got tough, I was able to reflect on the last year of my life and think about how amazing life is now that we Zack is a part of it! I didn't break any records, that's for sure, but I jogged the whole thing, and when I got to the last quarter mile towards the finish, I looked up to see my amazing husband, my adorable little boy, and about 9 other friends standing there cheering for me...I have never felt better...so loved, I seriously smiled so big, and was overwhelmed with tears of joy. I wish I had blogged that weekend when it was still fresh in my mind, but as usual our busy life got in the way, and then I was off to NY but that was a very special day for me so I wanted to share it with all of you!
Here's our crew of runners after the race and the best cheerleader ever, Zack!
And here we are on Union Street after celebrating with a couple of mimosas (notice the happy napping baby!)
3 comments:
Congrats Jess - that's awesome that you ran a half marathon after having a baby six months ago. I couldn't run a 1/2 mile and Peyton's 16 months old. Good for you!
Zack is ahead of the game. Your life of leaving him in one spot and walking away is OVER!!! Enjoy his crawling because he'll probably be walking any day now.
I want to congrat you on the 1/2 marathon as well!! I ran one in 2004 with a little bit of training and I said I'd never do it again. How did manage to find the time to train with Zack? I am stressing on how I'm going to go back to work and I've started taking walks with Victoria but even that's difficult and I'm sore afterwords!!! so out of shape =)
Thats awesome with a 6 month old! J Lo and her triathlon got nothing on you! I did a 5K when Lexie was 6 months and thought that was good. Ha Ha!
I have done 2 half marathons when Lexie was 1 and 2, and it was hard enough then! I considered one when Lexie was 7 months, but chickened out... so mad props to you!
I love races because people are so supportive. I had a similar experience when I was about halfway my first half, the sun was coming up as I was running on a bridge over the water... it was breathtaking. I cried tears of joy the first time I finished. The second time, I grabbed LExie and she ran with me the last quarter mile or so. It was so cool, made me and my mom both get teary eyed!
I was going to do a full marathon this January, but I'm due then ... I guess its good I never registered for it ;) I do plan on doing a triathlon when this baby is about 6 or 7 months. I think I will have to hold off on the full marathon until after the year mark. I only want to do a full, just to have done it.
ANyway, you go girl! Thats incredible! (Did you find yourself ravenously hungry that night. I always am!)
And I do hope that Zack is napping happily as a result of his good life, rather than mimosas :)
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