Zahra is learning how to write some letters!

Zahra has taken some time in learning her letters so this week when she started writing more of them~ I was ecstatic! I was cleaning up morning dishes when she yelled "Mom I made the letter 'I' come and see!" Then she did the letter t. She wanted me to take a picture she was so proud of herself! Its interesting how learning, saying, and writing letters have to be on her terms. I am learning not to push her too much- I want her to enjoy learning.

BRING IT!!

I know I always post on what the kids are doing. So I decided to do one post about what Anil & I are up to well other than taking cake of the kids and working (Anil) of course.
We (I am usually solo though) started to go to a small group (with the church we go to) in September and we meet with them just about every Thursday evening. We just started studying Galatians and I am really learning alot. My sisters babysit for the kids that go to the study and usually Ezra has some Oma time. There are some really nice couples in the group! However, we are not sure if we are going to continue to go to this church and am hoping for some clarity soon. I also just started going to a MOPs group on Thursday mornings about 4 mins from my house and that has been fun getting to know some other moms in the area. I think one of the biggest things I miss about Rochester is the SBS. I took it for granted when I was there and didn’t know how nice it was to get together with other physicians wives for their support.
In December I went off my maternity leave and was really struggling about what I should do as far as my job. Unfortunately, Anil’s job has been very busy and he has been working 100+ hours on his week of work. He will stay up for 48 hours straight with no sleep. So the kids won’t see him for days sometimes the whole week. Sometime I don’t know if he came home or not. It usually takes him 1-2 days to recover from the week of work. Our original plan was to have me work two 12 hr night shifts on his week off of work. Which would take me out 3 days of his 5/6 functional days off. So that meant we maybe had a good 3 days together in 2 weeks…and that is no exaggeration. I was feeling very unsettled with this and thought it probably wasn’t going to be good for our marriage. I went back and forth for some time and really felt torn. I never thought I would ever be a stay at home mom. I loved my job in OB! The moms and the babies were so much fun taking care of and I knew I would love L&D when I trained there. But I had to step back and see what the priority was. My marriage is more important than any job~even if I loved it. Luckily, the nurse manager said she would take me back when it worked out better for our family and that she completely understood. I still get sad sometimes when I think about it but I know it was the right decision even if it was a hard one.
Our big new thing has been P90X. Hence, the title of this blog. We had talked about getting a gym membership but didn’t see it to be feasible with a newborn little guy. I toyed with the idea of getting an elliptical until I found out how much a good one costs. Finally, I remember Anil had always told me that he wanted to do P90X but I was never on board with it because I knew it was a huge commitment and was never really into the video thing anyway. But after looking more into it I decided what the heck and I got it for Anil for Christmas. It has been a huge commitment and anyone that knows me well know how obsessed I can become with something like this (one of the reasons I always hesitated about it) but I have really enjoyed it and Anil has too. We follow the meal plan together when he is home (high protein/low carbs) and we both lost a 5 pounds the first week and a half! Anil is doing really well with it and at times can’t hardly walk-LOL! I have decided to not follow the diet except when Anil is home since I am still breastfeeding I do not want to risk losing my milk supply. It has been a good thing for us to do together.
Last but not least we are going on a vacation to Hawaii in February!! Anil has so much money a year for CME and I had a bunch of miles from Delta that paid for my flight so we are basically going for free and that is why we are able to go!! I am so excited! The kids are staying here which at times my heart aches at the thought of leaving them but I know they will be well taken care of.
I was just looking thru my pictures from the past 6 months and I don’t have any pictures with just me and Anil. So, I am hoping for some good pictures like this while we are in Hawaii…..
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