Hello! Peanut is now 3 weeks old and life is getting into a routine now.  My mom and I (lately just my mom) have been taking KK to school in the morning and then take a nice morning walk home.  Thankfully, we’ve had some nice weather.

My recovery has been good so far but I had a little set-back earlier this week when I woke up on Monday morning with chills and body aches.  My head was also hurting for a couple more days.  Since I didn’t have a fever, I waited until Wednesday to see if things would clear up before calling the doctor.  Fortunately, I felt like a million bucks by Wednesday morning.  The OB nurse actually called me on Friday just to check in and I asked about the symptoms.  She said it sounded like hormonal symptoms and not an infection.  Well, that’s good.  Glad I got over all that quickly.  As of Wednesday, I’m down 20 pounds from my maximum pregnancy weight (which was only 15 pounds) but my body hasn’t exactly gone back to normal yet. I’m still walking a lot and when I tried to run the other day, I was pretty sore after.  When I asked the OB nurse on the phone, she said to hold off on running and lifting weights for another couple weeks until I have my follow-up appointment with the doctor.

We’ve had family over to visit and it’s fun to have all the 2nd cousins (above) and 1st cousins (below) together.

Traveling is going to be quite the circus next time we all have to fly together.

The other day, Peanut and I went out for a quiet lunch together.  I had a turkey sandwich, one of the things I missed while I was pregnant, and it was SO yummy.

This week, I had my first Happy Hour with the girls from work.  It had been a couple years since we were all together and all able to have a glass of wine at the same time.

We had dinner and got to catch up on everything.  I always have a good laugh with them and they got to meet Peanut.

It was just what I needed to recharge.

I’ve really missed seeing these girls everyday.

This weekend, we went to Hog Island and I got some tasty raw oysters and halibut crudo.  Aaaah…so nice to be able to eat raw stuff again.

These past few weeks have been a little crazy but when I see these two, it makes it all worth it.  I’m happy that I have this time at home with them and look forward to watching them both grow up together.