That is NOT Shane. Shane is a baby. He will never grow up. The fact that the kid (KID!) in the picture has the same sweet face is irrelevant!

That is how I felt. Cannot process Shane as big boy, no matter how adorable.

I have spent the morning reconstructing my month's worth of eating from various websites and notebooks for my follow up with the nutritionist this afternoon. It probably would have been easier if I had just kept everything in one place to begin with.

It is crazy how big Shane is, right? Of course, he's still a baby in a lot of ways even though he is a big 3 year old. I don't think he really gets that a baby will be here in a matter of weeks, sharing his space, his things, and his mothers. He loves babies, but he also has quite the temper so I imagine there will be some transitional angst. I'm just hoping the new guy ends up being a sleeper - I may lose my mind if I get another kid who won't sleep until he's 3!

Shane is so cute!! Good luck with the transition.

sj, I feel you. Consistency is not a strength of mine, at all.

My parents should be about to board the plane home right now. They were a big help and super generous and we had some fun, and boy was I ready for them to leave. Too many days in a row without down time away from them. Last night my dad got in that "I'm a dude, I can do this" mode about something I absolutely didn't give a shit about at the time. And I even said, "I really don't care about this," but he continued to fiddle. I know he likes to help and to figure things out, but I wish he would listen. And get a fucking hearing aid so he actually could hear. And then my mom and her fussiness... it was a good visit overall, I'm just so wiped.

I've also realized that the stress of the last few weeks has me on the unintentional "acid reflux diet." I have the cough, the chest pain, the inability to tell when I'm hungry until I'm starving, and the sweater I put on yesterday was hanging kind of loose around the middle. I'm hoping that now that I'm moved and settling in, that will start to go away. In the meantime, I need to find the box with my Zantac, or buy another bottle.

Smonster, feel better.

After rushing to get here, the nutritionist is running late again.

specialists.

sj,

one suggestion: email notes to yourself to track your eating via regular email or evernote. I would do this to track my eating almost 2 years ago and if I gave it around the same subject line, it was easy to find in evernote.

Thanks, le nubian. I've never used Evernote, but that is a good idea. The nutritionist was still very scattered but slightly more pleasant this time around. She's pleased with my progress, but would still love to have me give up gluten.

you can also use springpad if you don't like evernote. there are all kinds of alternatives of places to keep notes on a basic web browser when you are out and about.