i know, i know...

   It's been forever since I've been on here! Man, I'm really slacking! Haha. But I have a pretty good excuse this time. Jack and I took a nice 8 day trip to Georgia and Florida to go visit some family. It was his first time getting to meet my mom's side of the family and I'm SO glad we got to go for as long as we did! The weather was absolutely gorgeous and we had an amazing time. He had so many new things happen in that time frame too! His first long car ride (he did pretty well!), first trip to the beach, he finally got his pincer grasp down pretty well and has been enjoying feeding himself, he tried a bunch of new foods, and learned how to pull himself up into a standing position! I have lots of amazing pictures from the beach that I need to upload, so hopefully I'll be able to get that done soon.
   So the weather in Florida was absolutely gorgeous! Sunny and hot... perfect beach weather. Then we get into North Carolina and there's a high of 52 and it's RAINY! The high was 44 today! Ugh... needless to say, I want to go back! I'm so ready for it to be warm and sunny all the time! I am in desperate need of a tan... haha!
   Other than all of that, not a whole lot is new in my life! I've just been enjoying life as a mom! I skipped my workouts at the gym the past two weeks... unfortunately! I was out of town the past week, so I obviously couldn't have gone. Then the week before that I was super frantic trying to get us ready for our trip! But that's okay because I pick right back up on it tomorrow and meet up with my trainer on Thursday! I'm also going to really start cutting/counting calories this week too. Not too much though because I still breastfeed, so I have to have a minimum daily amount.
   Anyway, time for me to go! Jack is up from his nap and I'm going to lose control of my keyboard soon if I keep sitting here!

i'm going to go crazy...

   If I don't start posting more often! Haha. I feel so terrible for not keeping up with this thing as much as I want to, but I guess that's one of the many perks of being a mom! Not enough time in the day!!! Plus, Zach always has the computer for school work.
   Anyway, not too much has changed around here recently! Jack is about to be 7 months old in a few days. I can't believe that 7 months have gone by already! People always told me time was going to fly by after he was born, but now I know just how true that is! I have loved every single second of being a mom. It's the best thing there is. Watching your baby grow and change every day is the most rewarding thing ever because you know that you're the reason they know all that they do! I absolutely LOVE watching him discover new things!
   Jack's bottom teeth are REALLY coming in now! You can see them when he smiles and babbles... it's adorable! Until he bites me that is! Those suckers HURT! I'm pretty sure he's going to get some more in pretty soon, although I'm not sure which ones it will be yet. Guess we'll find out soon enough!
   Everything has been going really well! I started working out with a personal trainer a few weeks ago and it has been kicking my butt! My arms hurt like crazy right now, but it's nice to know I'm doing something. My goal is to be back to my pre-pregnancy weight by summer, but I'm hoping it happens before then! I don't have too much left to go, so I'm hoping it goes fast!
   Anwayyy... I think I had better go get some sleep! I have to be up bright and early once again! :) Hopefully I can post again sooner than a week though! Good night!