Dexter is getting more and more independent. I no longer have to feed him. I no longer have to hold his sippy cup for him to drink from. I can be on the computer in the same room for 20 minutes or more without him tugging on my pant leg. He goes to sleep by himself, and sometimes doesn't even cry about it. I tried to hold his hand to walk him home from the coffee shop, but he just pulled his hand away. I don't even have to carry him up the stairs because he'll crawl up them. It's nice to have more freedom. I can get a lot more done around the house now. It's kind of sad that he needs me less and less. It seems to be happening all at once. The day he crawls into his car seat by himself is the day I'm going to give him my vacation dates.
He's picking up more and more words. Today he said "tiki". He is probably one of five babies in the world his age that has that in his vocabulary. I have tikis all over my kitchen, so he points at them all the time. I expect "hula" to be coming up soon too. He says a perfect "door", but "hat" is cute because he can't get past his overly dramatic "h". We took him to a pet store this morning that had a picture of a dog on the wall. He said "dog" about 10 times very emphatically. It made everyone laugh. Not many others would be able to decipher most of what he's saying, but occasionally he's very succinct.
There really isn't much going on - there is, but it's mostly boring stuff. At work we're slowly getting ramped back up from vacation. Mr. Cobra and I have been doing a TON of concepting for the projects we have coming up. We're nearly booked for the rest of the year and we're still pitching a new client for more work. We're also working on a new CC site v2 which will turn the current site on it's head. We're aiming for a Halloween launch, its just that evil. We also got our new business cards printed and they look fabulous. At some point, I will take photos and post them.
On the front lines of the war on fat, both Mr. Cobra and I will be starting NutriSystem. We have the food, we're just waiting to finish off the current groceries. We've been religiously going to the gym for the past month. I haven't lost even a pound and that's with watching what I eat. I've experienced hunger pangs and all and have worked my butt off at the gym. It's very disheartening to haven't lost any weight at all. That's why we're taking it another step further.
I'd like to say that I feel better, but I don't. My arthritis is hurting and I over did an experiment with Exercise TV. I tried to do a 20 minute workout called "Butt Envy". They were using little hand barbells, so I picked up Dexter and did easily over a hundred squats. Big mistake! I only made it 10 minutes before I called it quits and I can barely move my legs today. I know I should not used Dexter as a weight since he's only 20 lbs heavier than the little weights they used, but still… My butt does have envy - sofa envy. I'm not listening to it though; I still went to the gym today. We'll see if I can move at all tomorrow.
