Baby News and Weigh-In

Well, my sister-in-law had her baby on March 15th around noon.  She had a girl, they named her Ava Katherine and she weighed 8lbs 7 oz and was 19 inches long.  :)  She had to have a c-section since she was in labour for a long time and was just too tired to have her naturally.


Ava Katherine and I - March 21, 2011

 I took a week off of work to give my brother and sister-in-law a hand with little Ava.  I'm so glad that I did, Ava ended up being dehydrated and had to go back into the hospital for a few days to get her weight back up.  I was able to help them by running around and picking them up when they needed to take breaks from the hospital.  Since she has been home, she has been growing like a weed!  :)  My other sister-in-law, my Mom, Amy's Mom and I threw her a baby shower this past weekend.  It was a success, and Ava is a spoiled little girl.  I'm not going to be home for a couple of weeks so I can't wait to see how big she will be by then.  Also, I miss my other brother's twins like crazy!  They are getting so big and will be 1 year in a month!!  It's crazy!!  I can't wait for their birthday party!  :)


So, for the dreaded weigh-in.  I weighed myself at my sister-in-law's place when I was there and her scale said that I lost 8 pounds in that 1 week.  I think that her scale is broken!!  I weighed myself when I got home and my scale said that I didn't lose anything that week away.  I weighed myself this past Friday, and I lost another 3 pounds.  I'm not sure if I will be able to lose another 7 pounds to reach my goal of losing 10 pounds in a month.  But I will try!  :)

Weigh-in results:
Friday, March 18th: lost 2 pounds
Sunday, March 27th: lost 0 pound
Friday, April 1st:  lost 3 pounds

Total weight loss since January 1st: 13 pounds
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