Weekends
Lately, weekends have been a blast…at least for me! I went to visit friends last weekend near our old home (sniffle, sniffle) and took the Zander-man along for the ride. He did absolutely wonderful for the entire trip. It was almost like being on a real vacation! Almost! He napped well, slept well, and was just all around in a fabulous mood the whole entire trip. He even went with me to the salon, and I was able to get a pedicure. Which I SO needed, believe you me! We got to visit with lots of friends, and stayed at some good friends’ houses! So nice to visit and just hang out.
Ryan and Logan had a boys weekend, which it sounded like they both enjoyed. However, we’ve been noticing that Logan acts a bit like a crazy man on the weekends when daddy is home to spread around his attention, Logan is SO demanding of Ryan’s time and attention, and is always asking him to put the baby down and just play with him. It (a little bit!) cracks me up, and I am just so grateful that Logan understands that mommy’s time is split between the boys! Otherwise, weekends would be just plain painful! And this weekend has been no exception. HOWEVER, I just got to take the nicest hot bath while Ryan and Logan played trains, and Zander took his morning nap. I feel absolutely refreshed, heading into the week. AAAAHHHHHhhhhh.
And today is THE day…that I get BACK to the gym. I am so excited! We found a rec center, and it sounds like it will fit the bill. I have officially reached that place that I am disgusted with post-preggie belly and such, so this is just what I need. Hoping we can all get on some kind of a schedule so I can get back to running in a hurry (gotta get my 2 half marathons on the calendar!)…so wish us luck!
Happy New Year!
Okay, I know I am a few days life, but life didn’t pause AT ALL for me to get caught up after the holidays! Can you imagine that?! We had a few people over to celebrate New Year’s Eve (yup, 3 weeks after movin’ in!)…ended up with 17 people in our house for the festivities, with 8 additional peeps (besides us, of course!) spending the night and much of the following day. And can I just say…?
IT
WAS
AWESOME!
I LOVE being so close to family that they can just come over whenever, and we can have a party with them! LOVE IT!!!!!! We are so blessed with everything in our lives, and it just seems to keep getting better, if that’s even possible. We are so very, very blessed!
And here is just a fun glimpse at one of my many blessings…still haven’t found my camera to load the rest of the pictures, but working on it, I promise!
Throwing in the towel
Well, with all the crazy that’s been happening, my sad little book reading goal has seen better days. I had set a goal of 100 books for the year. I made it to 79. I am throwing in the towel on this one! No matter what happens for the next 3 days, 21 books are simply not possible. No sense in ignoring my children and husband to try, especially when I still have oodles of boxes to unpack and stuff EVERYWHERE to find a home for!
So, I am going to give it a try again next year! By having my plan in place ON the first of the year, though, I can just jump right in! So wish me luck!
I’ll have some holiday pictures for ya’ll next post! The boys had a blast! And Logan I believe has every single Thomas and Friends toy or decoration ever made. Our house will never be the same, EVER!
It’s December?!?!
Okay, I have been pretty calm and (mostly) laid back during the whole move/new baby/move again hectic schedule that our lives have been the last couple months. In fact, now that I look back, I can’t believe I pulled all that “calm” off! I am quite amazed with myself! And somewhere in all that calm, I invited my family (like 15 of them!) over for New Year’s Eve. At our new house. THIS year! And in looking at the calendar this morning, I realize that Christmas is in 6 days. 6 DAYS!!!! Where did December go? It’s half over, and I still have 2 solid walls of boxes in the basement!
But even in realizing that that means New Year’s Eve is in just 2 short weeks (with Christmas in the middle, as well as a 5K race that I haven’t even pretended to prepare for!), I am still so completely excited about having family over for holidays in our new home. We had Ry’s family over Saturday for some fun birthday celebrating (happy birthday, Grandpa!), and some of my family over for dinner (and obligatory box unpacking!) yesterday. And I loved every minute of it. I really don’t care that there are still 100 boxes to get through. The idea and reality that we can be with family inside 30 minutes is just simply AWESOME!!!! I’m in HEAVEN! 
The Big Move
Well, we are more or less into our new home. I still can’t quite believe it! We (Ryan and I and several other family members, bless them!) came over last week and helped clean, prep the cupboards, bringing many boxes of “stuff” from my mother-in-law’s house, and pretty much exploded into our new house, We spent the night at the house Sunday, sans beds, as the movers were scheduled to arrived bright and early Monday morning.
And bright and early they DID arrive. The window of arrival was 8:30 – 10:00 am…and they were here by 8:15. They busily began unloading the truck, and mass chaos ensued. Trying to check in every box, direct the flow of stuff to the correct room, and still manage to nurse the baby was oodles and oodles of fun. I am so glad Ryan went to work a little late, and the family calvary showed up to help! The movers were done and out the door by 2:00 pm, leaving a rubble zone a mile wide in their wake.
But we are getting it done. Slowly but surely. The kitchen is ALMOST is order, I still can’t believe it (thanks mom, dad and mother in law!! You guys rock!). I even baked a cake and made dinner in the house last night (yes, something other than macaroni and cheese!). Yes, there are still boxes in every other room of the house, but I am positively okay with that. Going through each box, finding a home, and even getting rid of some stuff is really quite therapeutic! I know I am weird, but that’s what’s getting me through this whole thing, with a 3 year old and 3 month old in tow! Logan is having a blast! And he’s loving his new big boy bedroom! Thank goodness!
Big boy!
Well, with all the change and upheaval in our lives the last few months (new job, selling house, having a new baby, moving, living with family…shall I go on?), we have not pushed Logan too hard about potty training, although he did turn 3 in the midst of all the chaos in our lives. We are living with my mother-in-law, and all has been going quite smoothly, if I do say so myself. About 3 weeks ago, Ryan asked Logan, for about the umpteenth million time, if he was ready to use the potty and be a big boy.
This time, though, he thankfully surprised us and answered yes! And he hasn’t looked back since. It’s been absolutely awesome! Having 2 kiddos in diapers was ridiculous! But Logan is all about the big boy underwear he got to pick out, and is still being rewarded with Skittles and “special surprises” when his bathroom task is complete. He had one minor accident the first day, but that’s all! And not even a diaper at night! It’s fabulous!
A lot of parents told us you just can’t rush boys, that they will decide when they are ready to potty train. And while I did believe them (I swear, I did!), that didn’t make my desire for him to learn subside. As you probably know, patience is not always my strong suit. So to patiently wait, change both boys diapers, while living somewhere other than our own home, was challenging for mommy, to say the least. But I am so thrilled he did embrace the underwear, and so fully! And yes, if you are wondering…all his underwear DO have Thomas the Train on them! What can I say? I am SO not above bribery!
Back on “track”
About 2 months ago, I called my sister, to invite her to participate in a weight loss challenge. After talking out some details, we decided to kick in $100, to make it “interesting”. And then we had the bright idea to invite other people in on this challenge. Keep in mind, this was about 2 weeks after new baby arrived, and I was feeling the need to shed some baby weight, and in a hurry! Altogether, there are 6 of us involved in the challenge now, so the pot of money is quite exciting!
But as it turns out, not quite enticing enough for me…I have lost a total of 9 pounds…my sister had lost WELL over 20 pounds, and is kicking my arse! So is everyone else in on the challenge. But do I put the M&Ms away? Heck no!
But I have been at least slightly motivated (this week, in fact!) to start back to a work out plan. Hoping I can stick with it: at least 4 days a week of walking/running, 3 days of a leg workout, and 3 days of abs/arms. I am cutting it a little close this week, being my first week on the wagon, but I am trying! I had no idea how closely my free minutes would be sucked up by both my boys…but if one doesn’t need me for a minute, the other certainly does! But I am on board with my workouts, and can’t wait until they are second-nature again…I miss the “regularly scheduled programming” of my running world!
A Laugh A Minute
Here are just a few of Logan’s latest gems of comedy:
While making pumpkin cookies with me, we got ready to make the icing. He moved his little helper stool to the end of the counter, and declared “Mommy, I am just wild with excitement!”. Where do they hear these things!?
While Logan and daddy were playing with Logan’s Buzz Lightyear toy with the attached arm rocket, Ryan made the rocket into a bucket. Logan’s response? “Daddy, I am so impressed with you!”. Uh, guess we’ve used THAT phrase a little too often!
And he is getting better at making excuses for everything, too. Tonight, I got a carton of ice cream for dessert. Ryan got it out of the freezer to scoop. Logan gets up from the table, takes his spoon to the counter “just in case”, and informs us he went to the counter to show daddy just where to put the ice cream in the bowl. You know, ‘cuz daddy doesn’t know where the ice cream goes!
And it just goes on and oh…gotta get my ab workout in somehow, I guess!
