Getting out of a slump – Our Havenhill

I have been in a major slump lately. It’s been real rough the last few weeks. We still enjoy every moment with Lillian, of course, but we’ve been extremely tired around here lately!

Lillian won’t sleep unless one of us is holding her. We’ve tried just about everything, but in order for her to get ANY sleep at all, we have to hold her. So Josh will take night shift and I take day shift. We’re basically living separate hours right now. The last two days we thought we were out of the slump because Lillian actually stayed in her crib all night! (Minus nursing sessions and some stirring where we had to rock her.) But last night it was back to her not sleeping or being able to soothe herself back to sleep if we tried to place her in the crib.

Another thing getting me down is my weight. I gained 60 pounds during my pregnancy…which is a LOT! I was on track with losing weight until September. This whole month I haven’t lost a single pound. In fact, I put three back on. 🙁 And my goal is to be able to wear my wedding ring again by our anniversary on November 4. I also don’t want to look pregnant on our anniversary either. I just don’t think it’s going to happen.

Anyway, Shutterfly sent me a code for 10 free cards, so I figured I’d take them up on it! 😉 I saved about $25 on the 10 cards, so that’s awesome! I dressed Lillian up for Fall and am sending out some Happy Fall cards to family. That cheers me up.

Hopefully we can get out of this slump permanently soon!

Here is a peek at the card:

Mom says:

26 September, 2011 at 6:18 AM

I am praying you guys will very very soon be out of this slump and into a good and normal routine:):) It will happen!!!:):) What a beautiful picture for the Shutterfly cards – very very uplifting:):) xoxo

Rachel says:

29 September, 2011 at 1:07 PM

Thank you Mom! 🙂 xoxo

Josh says:

27 September, 2011 at 3:21 AM

I am so sorry for the tough sleeping times lately, Honey! It sure is tough to have lost time with you and Lillian during the day and I know it’s tough for you to have us separated during the night. I do know that she will get past this soon, though, as she showed us that she can go all night in her crib. I’m up late tonight after she did half of the night in her crib. At least she got a few hours there tonight! She’s such a perfect beautiful girl that we love so much that we want her to get the sleep that she needs. At least she also took one of her longest naps in the day yesterday of a couple of hours. If there is one bright side to doing things this way it’s that we’ll always have her monitored closely during these scary times.

Of course you’re entitled to your feelings about your weight, Honey, but you’re looking just gorgeous, as always! I am impressed at how much weight you’ve already lost and so quickly after going through the toughest experience your body will ever go through. You gained what Lillian needed and look how perfect of a reward we have! I’ll sure be forever grateful for what you’ve gone through for our family. I know that you’ll get back to your pre-pregnancy weight but I wouldn’t care one bit if you never did! You’re flawless and you look better than ever to me now. Please give yourself a bit more time as you’ve already been so ahead of even what the doctors recommend in terms of your pace of weight loss. I’m so proud of you already! We also have more than a month to go for our anniversary so I really do think that your wedding ring will fit by then.

I love the look of the Shutterfly cards and can’t wait for them to arrive. What a great idea to do a fall card with our girl. 🙂

Rachel says:

29 September, 2011 at 1:08 PM

Thanks Honey, yes it sure is rough.
And thanks for saying that about my weight. You’re too sweet and biased though! 😉

1 October, 2011 at 8:07 AM

PS Josh is sweet and wonderful but he isn’t biased – you truly do look TERRIFIC!!!:):)
No worries about that !!!! You do NOT look like you had a baby 4 months ago!!!xoxo

Rachel says:

1 October, 2011 at 3:26 PM

Thanks, Mom. You guys are too sweet! 🙂 xoxoxo

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