I think I can, I think I can!

Joseph John Branco IV was born 3.14.18 at 3pm! 8lb 20in. We are soooooooo in love with our boy and our family is complete 💙💙❤️❤️❤️

Baby Joeys nursery is done, and it is officially my favorite space in the house 💙👶😍

I haven’t written a proper post on tumblr in probably a year but I felt compelled to document this momentous occasion, our third and final gender reveal and the day we found out we were finally getting our baby BOY 💙 At 14 weeks we went to a place called Bellyssimo (see what they did there?😂) for a 3D ultrasound. This is pretty early for finding out gender so I was skeptical, yet couldn’t stop myself from going. The package I purchased was called ‘angle of the dangle’. It’s called that because the way they determine gender at this early point is to look at the angle at which the ‘nub’ between their legs is positioned. Joe came up with such a fun way to announce the gender. He came up with a game where we put colored balls in a box and each person picks one. Whichever color reached 7 balls first was the gender! We had pink and blue balls, and then I threw in a few yellow for fun. At the appointment we gave the tech one pink and one blue ball - we asked her to put the appropriate ball in the box and threw out the other one. So at that point she was the only person who knew the gender! On Sunday we had the family over for BBQ, swimming and of course our reveal! I was SO nervous and I had been since the day I found out about the baby. I love love my girls but I’ve yearned for a boy and I know my husband has too!! It would just make our family feel SO complete. We live-streamed the reveal on Fb and I think everyone had fun watching! Each person pulled a ball one by and one and I colored the corresponding heart on the chalkboard as balls were pulled. My husband stood in the back, quiet, drinking his beer nervously. I was so excited and also freaking out. It came down to the wire - one more blue ball would mean it was a boy. It happened so fast. It was Alexs turn and she pulled a blue ball. 6 blue balls. 1 more wins it. Next is Ava’s turn. It happens in a flash - she pulls a ball and it’s BLUE!!!! AHHHHHH everyone goes nuts! I am OVERWHELMED and jumping up and down and screaming. So was my brother, who was in town for all of this and made it so much more special. We are jumping and hugging and my husband is cheering. He comes over to me and embraces me and I just break down sobbing. It was so emotional! It felt unreal and I still can’t believe it. OUR BABY BOY!!!!! 💙💙💙 His name has been set for years already. My husband is Joseph John III, so baby will be Joseph John IV. We call him JB4 and baby Joey 💙

Here we go again 👶 Baby Branco #3 due March 2018 😍

There is still a lot of work to be done, but it's so motivating to see that I've made PROGRESS. I'm moving forward, not backwards. Current strength training 4 days a week and counting macros using IIFYM. Almost time to put a bikini on, let's do this!

Been at new job for about 2 months now and it's lonely. Good experience, yes. Professional growth, yes. But lonely. No one KNOWS me. Do I chit chat with people? Sure. But no one really KNOWS me yet, and that makes for a lonely day. I've been feeling down and out lately. Dreading going to work. Another lonely day. I think yesterday God knew I needed a boost, which came in the form of a day in ortho. Sounds weird right? I'll tell you what though - when I got that first spinal with ease on my first patient of the day - boost in confidence, endorphins, a smile on my face. Oh, and then when I got that combined spinal epidural on my second patient (which I have not done since SCHOOL) and literally made it look like I could do it with my eyes closed - HUGE boost in confidence. I rode that high for the rest of the day. I needed that.

Here we go....

Day 16 and still kicking! Feeling great!

Day 10 of the 21 day fix and I'm feeling pretty good. I have missed 2 workouts so far (it was the pilates one and the yoga one) but otherwise I've done all the other workouts and my nutrition I would say has been really good. I did have pizza and ice cream cake on hubby's birthday but... Balance right? Hehe.