Day 577

It's Christmas Day! I had so much fun watching the kids open their gifts! It was just too cute and I'm not above trying to look cute for my kids. I think I bought this shirt about 5 months ago? The jeans I wore today though, my mom brought for me. They're even boot cut! 

Day 576

Busy day but I did take a couple picture of what I wore. Since I'm almost 3 weeks postpartum, I wore a hoodie over my shirt and pants because I wasn't the biggest fan of how much I was muffin topping and was out and about today. The hoodie belongs to the hubby and the jeans I've had for about 6 months I think. 

Day 572-575

Christmas time and a new baby stuff. 

Day 571

Had a couple different looks going on today. The first is what I wore when we left the house. Yes, I finally gave into the flannel trend that's been going on for awhile now. And the jeans are the same ones as yesterday. Not flattering, but they fit. 

The second look is what I wore for most the day at home. And yes, I still love me steelers. 

Day 570

I'm slowly fitting into my clothes again. Just sadly, these jeans are a bigger size than I want to wear, but they fit. Because they are a low waist, they really don't do anything to hide my former baby belly. I've had them for about 7 years now and the shirt I'm not sure if it's mine or my husbands, but it's comfy! 

Day 569

It was another long and stressful day that ended so well! Since it was a huge maybe about getting to go home with monkey 4, I didn't get dressed until almost 4 pm, after I finally got to sign the discharge papers. Then we got to sit around and wait on a few other things that really made it feel like a long time. But thankfully we got to come home and I just wore the last clean clothes I had with me. It's another pair of compression leggings and my emergency curious George t-shirt. Thanks to the pants holding everything in, I have the hubby think I'm already starting to get my figure back. I didn't have the heart to tell him otherwise. 

And we eventually made it home!!! 😍

And I'll be honest, words cannot express how much I have missed my bed. 

Day 568

Long, stressful, happy day. My daughter had a dr appointment and then one of my sons had 3 different therapy appointments today, but those weren't the stressful part. The stressful part was leaving my newborn still in the nicu with a chance of him getting moved into my room at the hospital for 24 hours before getting to come home. I got the call, that he could move into my room after they finished the hour long car seat test, inbetween my daughters dr appointment and my sons first therapy. Thankfully we didn't have to stay for this 3rd appointment and I rushed back to the hospital only to be told the new born was only half way done with the car seat test, but that he would be moved in with me. I'm not going to lie, I cried while hearing all this. It's been such a long almost 12 days of feeling helpless and stuck at the hospital. And I am more than ready to go home. 

As for what I'm wearing, my sweat pants that were $5 at Walmart and one of the hubby's t-shirts again. I'm still going for comfort here and not trying to worry what I look like since there's not much I can do about it right now. 

Day 567

Going on 10 days here at the hospital and I finally can start to see my ankles again! I was super puffy. 

But thanks to Motrin and having to walk to and from the hospital cafeteria to eat, the swelling is finally a bit more under control. 

Today I wore one of my hubby's shirts again and some compression leggings. No, I don't have my waistline back and yes, I do still have a lot of rolls I don't want to have. But that's because I just had a baby 9 days ago and going from 36 weeks pregnant to in incredible shape and fit in 9 just 9 days (spending that time in a hospital with a baby that has some health issues or not) is no where near realistic. 

Day 563-566

Still hanging out at the hospital. 

Day 562

So I've seen a lot of celebrity pregnancy/births in the news lately and how good they look. It made me start thinking about how they kind of skip over those first 6 weeks after having a baby and what the new mommys body goes through. I've always tried to keep things pretty real and not hide what I really look like on here, so I thought why not just own up to what my body looks like 5 days after I had a baby. Yes I have a muffin top, no my belly isn't flat yet and yes I'm wearing a sports bra that doesn't flatter me at all, but I'm comfy. I've been in the hospital with my baby for almost a week now (came in Saturday night because of contractions), only going out for short trips to keep sane and not getting a ton of sleep, but enough to get by. The shirt and pants I've had for awhile and are stained because I'm a mommy that doesn't mind getting dirty. 

Day 560-561

Been a little busy with the new baby. 

Day 559

Once again, I've been busy. I have been discharged from the hospital, but since my baby is still here, they gave me a room to be close. So  still hanging here, stole a hoodie from the hubby (he went home to take care of the kids and I wanted something that smelled like him) and I'm wearing nothing but super comfy clothes. I'm still puffy and it hurts to stand for very long, so today's pic is just taken while sitting on a bed. 

Day 557-558

Was busy doing other things than taking a picture of myself. Since my baby decided to come early, he gets to hang out in the nicu. 

Day 556

Today went a lot different than it was supposed to. I ended up wearing a gown that doesn't belong to me. 

Day 555

Took the kids to see the Santa train that drove through. Have lots of pics, but for time sake, I'll just put the top two up. The hoodie is the hubby's, my coat I've had for about 6 years and the jeans are my fav skinny jeans. 

Day 554

Had a fun day of not having to do too much, but tonight I got to go with my husband to his work Christmas party. So I finally got to dress up a little. Keep in mind the dress for a whole lot different before I was pregnant! I was surprised it still went on even with me being as massively pregnant as I am, that I just went with it. The boots though, honestly are the nicest I could find before we had to get going. 

Day 551-553

Forgot to take pics of what I was wearing.