Mommy brain

For almost every night I lay in bed reviewing my day I have this thought, "Darn, I forgot to write in my blog again!". Motherhood has blessed me with the overwhelming excuse: mommy brain. As was prepregnancy, I was very forgetful, now it's despicable. Though today I remembered and as Kai is sleeping I have a moment to blog.

Kai turned 5 months old on Monday and oh has he come so far. His vocalization reaches high pitched squeals down to low grunting growls. I figure he should be a dinosaur for Halloween because of the sounds that come out of his mouth. He smiles so beautifully that it melts my heart every time I look at him. He's rolling over, pushes his chest off the floor and scoots across the bed like and inch worm. He's so close to crawling, but not quite there and the frustration shows in his face. He tries so hard and gets so impatient. He wants to crawl or better yet, walk. He wants to be held in a standing position all the time and when we concure, he is as happy as can be. He sways from side to side and  throws in an occasional bounce while joyful smiling and squeeling. On his 5th month birthday, he held his own wait while being propped up agianst Jim's leg. Him let go and Kai just stood there holding on to his knee. Then Jim moved him to the couch which is backed by a mirror. Kai held on to the back of the couch and smiled at himself in the mirror. Too cute!

He's sleeping better at night. He's been going to bed later than on the Big Island at 8pm and waking up around 6:30am which is great for us. I've been experimenting with my diet and cutting out the sugar and he's had less gas which allows for Kai to sleep soundly, and when I do have sugar he rolls around and is more disturbed.  A bummer for me because I'd love to have fruit smoothies or ice cream.

I'm really missing Kauai. I miss my mom and my friends. I miss having a regular exercise routine. I've gained 15 lbs since the birth. My tummy is not toned and flat like it used to be. I'm sure the food we ate in Europe didn't help, but not moving regulary doesn't help either. I have to put a weekly routine together. The challenge I have is Kai's sleep schedule. Currently, he doesn't have one and I wasn't planning on one when I was pregnant, but now that he's born I see the need for one, otherwise I'm not going to be able to get anything done. I think I'll do that today.