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" Hi everyone! I&amp;#x27;m baaaaaak! I&amp;#x27;ve missed you all. Funny how your world can change so dramatically over the course of six weeks. Here&amp;#x27;s what&amp;#x27;s on my plate...**** As I wrote in an earlier post, my baby (we named him Russell Allan, but we call him &amp;quot;Russie,&amp;quot; which is what his big bro Carson calls him) arrived on December 22 and we brought him home on Christmas Eve (for all the details, read this post!). That&amp;#x27;s him in the photo--look at those cheeks! OK, can I just say, whoa!? Life with two kids is about as crazy as it gets. But, even despite the fact that I&amp;#x27;m averaging 4-5 hours a sleep a night (sometimes less), I&amp;#x27;m loving my mellow little guy (yay--he doesn&amp;#x27;t have colic like my first did!). That&amp;#x27;s not to say that I don&amp;#x27;t complain now and then. First off, I&amp;#x27;ll be honest--I&amp;#x27;ve had a case of the &amp;quot;baby blues&amp;quot; over the past weeks. Not full-fledged postpartum depression, thankfully, but I have been a little weepy thanks to the fluctuating hormones and big life changes! Anyone been there? Second, I&amp;#x27;m jittery about the ovarian cyst that is still chillin&amp;#x27; in my bod and not going away! The thing is big and needs to be taken out. So, it looks like surgery is ahead, and I&amp;#x27;m OK with that. But, I am worried about the recovery (and the pain associated with that) and breastfeeding a baby pre and post surgery. Finally, as is the case with most all new moms, I&amp;#x27;m totally ready to lose this baby weight. I&amp;#x27;ll be writing more about that soon, so stay tuned--and, chime in with any of your own weight loss tips and success stories. Again, a big thanks to Maridel for doing a fabulous job filling in for me here on Vitamin G! I&amp;#x27;m excited to be back, and I&amp;#x27;m eager to hear from all of you! How are things going? xo, Sarah "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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