I am having a slightly obsessive love affair with cookinglight.com. What a glorious website for delicious dinners with most of the nutrition facts on the bottom of the recipe (I wish they had the amount of sugar). They also have great substitutes to make familiar meals more healthy.

Huzzah, a yummy way to cook at home and lose weight. I have only tried 1 recipe out of about 15 that I haven’t liked. Even Ryan has liked them, and he HATES healthy food. We have tried a lot of new ingredients and recipes. Thank you Internet.

We are almost on a routine with Lexi. We still have some kinks to work out, namely she wakes up crying from her naps after a half hour or so. Here is what we have achieved so far.

• Lexi wakes up at 7 am and is in bed by 7:30 pm! She sleeps all night (but she was doing this before)
• She only eats 5 times a day. What a RELIEF! What was I thinking feeding her 8 times a day. Live and learn.
• She naps 3 times a day…we are still working on her staying asleep for 1 1/2- 2 hours for her first two.

Perhaps by the end of the week she will be right as rain.

What were we thinking starting sleep training on a busy week? Needless to say it hasn’t worked because we haven’t been home. Also we decided “cry it out” is not for us.

Now, we are starting over with the Baby Whisperer method. So far I love it. Tomorrow starts our first day of actual technique implementation. This means I’m pretty much staying inside all day for the next week or so (not much of a sacrifice when you walk outside and melt in the 90 degree weather).

By the end, Lexi should

• only eat 4-5 times a day (instead of 8),
• go to bed with a short bedtime routine,
• soothe herself,
• be on a schedule,
• and, possibly, not use a pacifier.

Wahoo, independence for all.

I am running for the first time ever. When a sport is not involved, I don’t enjoy running. But I’ve been doing it for the past 2 weeks (wahoo). So now how do I stop my knees from hurting? I am trying to run on the road instead of the sidewalk, but it hasn’t seemed to help? Advice anyone? Do I just need to be a more experienced runner? Any other tips you have learned? Share the knowledge. I would like to be a better runner, something I thought I would never say.

This had better work! I feel as though I am murdering my child. I hope she catches on quickly.

We really should give her more tummy time. But she hates it!

Lexi Rollover

Lexi is growing fat, I mean fast. She isn’t much longer than last month but is over 14 pounds at the beginning of her third month.

Our little Lexi Kinz likes to put everything in her mouth including her thumb and clothes

She likes to pull hair

She is experimenting very loudly with her voice

She had great fun with her Aunties (despite the indifferent look on her face here)

Lexi loves to laugh and giggle…maybe someday I will catch it on video…and she hates tummy time.

Lexi does, however, like to sit in her Bumbo.

She is still an excellent sleeper. Just recently she started going to bed at 9 or 10 instead of 11 or 12. Hooray for sleep.

We love our little Lexi (and perhaps someday she will look at the camera)

It was a wonderful, bright and windy day.

Lexi’s Grandma McBride made her the beautiful dress

Here is GMa’s handy work close up

Here is Lexi enjoying her dress

5 years of dating + 5 years of marriage = AWESOME