Dad's Losing It: The best 8lbs I've ever gained

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02 Jun 2007 06:28 PM

My new baby girl was born on Memorial Day. She greeted us at 1:08 am and weighed a healthy 8 lbs, 5 ounces. The routine on the home front has been as normal as something brand new can possibly be. I have been cooking well-rounded, full meals as I expected I would during my week off from work. As a result, my little family has been on a culinary tour of the globe over the last three days. On Thursday we enjoyed a taste of Mexico as I served up free-range chicken fajitas, yellow rice and tortilla chips. On Friday evening we headed east, to Poland for traditional potato and cheese pierogi. The pierogi was the pre-made variety, meaning I only had to brown them with some butter and heat up some frozen peas on the side - easy peezy! Tonight, my parents paid their first post-birth visit and for the special occasion I grilled some banger pork sausages and whipped up (literally) some chive mashed potatoes. I also took the time, and this is a rarity, to wash some lettuce (still good from last week's farmers market) shred carrots, dice up a tomato and served a first course salad with Tuscan Italian dressing. Lunches have been a mixture of leftovers and peanut, butter and jelly sandwiches. Overall, my eating has been pretty darn good - if I do say so myself.

Conversely, not much has been happening on the workout, physical activity side of things for me. I did mow the back yard yesterday in what easily was the hottest and most disgustingly humid day of the year (so far). I nearly passed out on the home stretch. It was, however, a good thing that I completed the cutting of the lawn when I did, despite my wheezing, as the heavy rains of a classic summer thunderstorm rolled through shortly thereafter.

In short, my family has grown but my waistline remains the same and that is not such a bad thing right now.

Until Tuesday...

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Heather Long (16954) 03 Jun 2007 03:16 AM

Congratulations Jeff! Little girls are such a wonderful gift and you're right, a baby is the best 8 lbs to gain!