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Ok, so I've caught up on being home from vacation, and now have some time to say hi y'all!

Hi y'all!

I think I've caught up on everyone's blogs since I've been back - but if I missed commenting, I'm sorry. I promise I'll be back on track this week.

So around here, things continue to plug along. The Critter Girl is just blossoming into a fully interactive little girl. It is really amazing, in the past few weeks, it seems like a little light switched on in her head. She finally got the concept of being spoon-fed, and now eats like a champ. This took her a few weeks, and a week off from feeding solids altogether, but now she is opening her mouth and leaning towards the spoon, eager for her next bite. She is taking out and putting back her own pacifier, which is so cute to watch. And she is chomping on her new teething ring (one of those razzie things) like it's her job. She is much more interested in books, and is starting to show preferences for some over others. OMG, she has opinions! The first of many I'm sure. And her laughter, oh my! The belly laughs from this girl, wow. They are just too much cuteness.

I'm doing ok too, we did finally wean her from all boob at about 4.5 months. My boobs are still leaking a bit - good lord, its been almost a month since anyone ate from them! But they were always over-eager, and still like to drip here and there. I've also noticed that I'm not hot all the time anymore, and have ummm...wetness back. Down there wetness. Along with a whisper of a sex drive. Clearly estrogen is again running through my veins, and I could not be happier. I do sort of miss the BFing a bit (I bet you never thought you'd hear that from me!), but we still snuggle when she eats her bottles, especially in the morning and at night. All these bottles to wash, it makes just whipping out the boob seem like a nice thing. But it is so nice to be able to eat what I want (hello tomato sauce that gave the Critter crankies), drink what I want (hello icy cold Corona on a warm summer day).

I've also begun dieting to lose some of this 4 IVFs + 1 FET + 1 pregnancy + 2 months of depot loopyron weight. We will see how that goes, as I'm not much for dieting. I eat pretty well most of the time, but need to watch portion size more. And get my butt moving some more. Walking with the Critter has been good, but I need to get back to weights and harder cardio. Wish me luck, I'll need it!!

Oh, anyone here try that P90X thing? Thoughts? Opinions?

Have a good week, all!