-5

that's what the scale said this morning. which puts me  about 4 pounds off of what i was after i had bailey boo. i still wonder what i'd have weighed if i didn't put on weight after her and weighed myself after the swelling went down. my ankles and feet were still ridiculously swollen when we were up in st. pete when she was 3 weeks old, to the point that they didn't really fit into my crocs even and my sandals left marks on my ankles.

so that's encouraging, because i've had a hard time with the weight watchers a few times this week. it's hard to go from how i was eating the past year to this, but we can do it. charlie's doing great too, he's down over 3 lbs. my mom's birthday was yesterday and we successfully said no to the birthday cake, although i swear i could've eaten all of the delicious frosting flowers. that's the only part of the cake i really like anyways :)

last night olivia told me that her ears hurt, so this morning i made an appointment for her pediatrician. she hasn't had an ear infection in years, and she has never told me that they hurt before. bailey's been really fussy so i made an appointment for her too just to check and see if she's got something brewing. unfortunately it's the same time i was going to go get my tattoo, so that's not getting done today. i was going to get "love grama pat" in her handwriting from a birthday card on my arm. i'll have to reschedule it. the joys of being a mom sometimes.

i am almost done wrapping presents. i think i have.. maybe 10 little things left to do and i'm done. a few outfits for bailey, a pair of shoes for o, a book.. that's about it. i'm so sick of wrapping! and i'm so bad at it.

i need to go clean up the kitchen and then get ready to get out of here. my dad's going to go with me to help at the doctor's office. my parents rule.