I now have a toddler..yikes!

Well that's it, my year of baby-hood is over, and now my baby girl is a one year old! I can't even believe that it's been a year, though when I look back it feels like years have passed since I've become a mother..what a strange and thrilling ride it is though. At one year old my baby is singing, dancing, talking LOTS and is such a delight to be around. She makes me smile each and every day, and even though it's me teaching her things, I learn just as much from her every day too.

Other life news: We are looking to buy a house, which is exciting! It's hard for me to see potential in houses but luckily the hubby can see past the old carpets / smoke smell etc. into what could be our family home to raise our kids in. It's definitely a 'fixer upper' but we aren't worried because where we're living now we can stay as long as needed while we work on the new house. So tonight we are going to take a look and make sure it's what we want. The biggest selling feature is that it's in a neighborhood over looking the lake, and there is a private beach just for the neighborhood. It's such a beautiful beach too, and well kept. There are even reclining beach chairs and barbeques for everyone to use! Sounds like heaven to me. And another good feature is that it's the worst house on the block, meaning the resale value once we fix it up will be HUGE. So excited, so we shall see where that goes..

On the job front: Still liking my new job, mostly liking that it's only 1-2 days a week right now. Strangely even though my mat-leave is up and I'm only working such little hours, I haven't noticed a big strain on my bank account (yet). Though I've been really fortunate to sell off some of my things from my old business that I had. It couldn't have come at a better time either...on one hand it was kind of sad to sell off the last of the things from my store, but on the other hand, it's only collecting dust in my basement and a constant reminder of the fact that it was a dream I gave up (for now anyway). I'd like to reopen once my kids are old enough that I can focus a lot of my attention to it, but for now I'd like to take the time to spend at home.

Weight news: Still holding at 122, which is good, not great. I don't know why my weight has been such a struggle. I really noticed this year how hard it is to lose that baby weight, and mostly the dreaded mid-section. I've never had love-handles before and it's not something I want to get used to either! I've given myself another goal, this time the May long weekend, to lose the last 7lbs. Seems like a super-realistic goal, but yet if my sweet tooth doesn't back off a little, I'm not sure how attainable it is..I'm also struggling with my exercise routine now. My strollersize is finished and my little girl is just too big to be sitting in a stroller for 70 minutes at a time. AND I can't go back to the gym during the day because of little incident in the daycare there..nor would I want to risk that anyway! So, I'm left now with the choice to walk outside (which I do every day anyway) but it's just not enough. And now that my house is strewn with toys, I can't find room or time to do any workout videos at home either! My plan is to start running in the evenings once hubby is home, or to join the gym in the evenings, again once hubby is home..so, the goal is 7 weeks away, can I do it??