Phases

I've been going through some crazy phases these past few months. When Ryan was around 1.5 to 2 months, I had this thing where I couldn't get enough of the local news. Crazy, huh? I practically had my day scheduled out in front of the TV so that I could watch as much local news as possible. Sad, I know!

After the local news phase, I entered the reading phase when Ryan was about 2.5 months. I ended up subscribing to four magazines, Oprah, Martha Stewart Living (to fit in with the stay at home mom stereotype), Cooking Light and Parents. I was also obsessed with buying Ryan Lion kids books so that I could read to him. I'm proud to say that we have quite a collection now.

Then I moved into my movie phase at around 3 months which I am at the tale end of. I went to baby day at Alamo Drafthouse a few times and I started obsessing over my queue on netflix. I've got like 50 movies in my queue now! It's just so easy to pop one in and feed Ryan.

My newest obsession is trying to get into shape. I went to a free Stroller Strides class, which was fantastic. But, we still have our membership to Lifetime, so I went to work out there this morning. It felt good to lift weights, but I think that I like working out with Steven better. He shows me how to work all of the machines and makes sure that I'm properly aligned. Without him, I just guess and hope that I don't look like too much of an idiot! I've also been walking the dogs more. Carrie really needs it, she's a hefty 75 pounds. The vet thinks that she may have thyroid problems. :( I'm trying to do a couple of things to get a feel of what is going to work the best of me right now. I want to try postnatal yoga sometime this week. I think that'll be fun to try.

I've also joined a stay at home moms group on www.meetup.com. It's actually a pretty cool website where people with similar interests can get together and start a group. They have a really cool calendar function that lets members RSVP. My first event with them is brunch at Krispy Kreme, which I totally deserve after trying to get into shape!

Another reobsession of mine is scrapbooking! I'm working on my pregnancy scrapbook with belly pics and ultrasounds. It's pretty much going to look like this blog. At least I blogged all of it so the scrapbook will be really easy to make. I just need to decide which pictures to print.

As you can tell, I'm trying to find ways to keep myself busy, but I think that the key is going to be balance as opposed to waves of different obsessions. I'm just trying to balance things out and get into a good routine.

Anyways, it's late and I'd better go to sleep now since Ryan is going to wake up in 4 hours!

Night!