It was worth it . . .

Well after a somewhat quiet weekend we're into the week! Sunday night went alright, Eli woke up a few times, let out a few cries and then went back to sleep. When he woke up on Monday morning though we thought we were going to be in for another tough day. But once Eli woke up from his first nap he was happy. We had a completely different baby on our hands. It was so nice! We stayed home the whole day just doing things around the house.

We've started doing renovations on our basement which we're totally excited about! For the past year or so its just been wasted space down there. A storage place for all our extra junk! The fire place is gone, as well as the back wall that was there. We're happy to see it out of there, and excited to get going with our new plans! It shouldn't take long. On our date night that we had on Saturday night we looked at carpet, and Im totally excited about putting new (cheap!!!) carpet down there! We're also planning on moving a wall back and its just totally openning it up! Its been fun for Andy and I to work on it together (for the most part!!) I can only do so much...  But these little (or rather large!!) projects that we do really makes me thankful for a handy husband!

This morning Eli woke up early, considering how late he went to bed. He went to bed (by his choice, not ours!!) around 9p.m, and up before 7a.m!! He was tired, and crabby, so I fed him breakfast and back down to bed for 2 hours! I also went back to bed. We went out to the library and mall for awhile and then came home. I picked up some teething tablets and they seem to be working. Homeopathic so its worth a try!

While he was playing we played the game of bite mommys finger, it wasnt too bad because I was trying to see if he has any new teeth in there. And sure enough!!!! 2 top molars are poking through one each side! I can understand the high fever and crankyness. It makes me feel a bit better now, knowing that all that anger he had was for a better good!

So . . . keep this on the down low, and I can put this on here because Andy doesnt read my blog, but the folk festival is this weekend, and when tickets went on sale Andy was really excited because Ben Harper is one of the artists. Well tickets sold out, and we never got any. He was disappointed. One of the girls I worked with at Perugia just so happened to have tickets for the Thursday night show (when Ben Harper is on!!) and Im getting them from her! Im so excited, and Andy is going to be surprised! Im not going to tell him until Thrusday night until he gets home from work. Cross my fingers I can keep it a secret. Im not good at my own secrets, I get too excited and blab! So we'll see! It'll be a great night!!

What a night!

Yesterday, Eli was quite moody. Chances are it was his teeth but after his second nap he woke up with a fever. Mom came and picked him and took him to church so we could go out on a date. It was a nice evening for us. We went to dinner and then home depot to check out a few things, and out for a drink. It was a nice evening.

When we got home mom said he hadnt had anything to eat from his bottle, (which means he hadnt eaten since about 5:00P.M) and he went to bed around 9:15ish. I decided after mom left to go up there and give him his bottle. He sat up, looked up at me, so I picked him up fed him his bottle and back down he went. Around 11:30P.M about an hour after we went to bed, Eli woke up screaming. We went in, and he was burning up. His temperature was 39.1 degrees. The health nurse told us that if it hits 41 degrees we need to get him to emergency. Finally around 12:30a.m, he went back to bed. But then around 1:30a.m, he woke up again screaming. After giving him some tylenol and advil he went to bed at 2a.m, and then slept the rest of the night. He woke up without a fever (Thank God!!)

I dont know if the issue was his teeth and he was teething, but it was nice a fun night! Cross out fingers that the rest of the day goes alright, and into this evening!

We were planning on doing some painting on the window trim, but after our rough night, and the amount of mosquitoes there are out there we started one window and that was that!! I couldnt do anymore!!

We'll see how the rest of the day goes!

Into the weekend

The end of another day has come! We had a fairly productive day. Andy worked a sidejob after work so I was with Eli all day! Im not complaining, but its a long day thats for sure! Luckily for me, Eli has been waaaay better these few days mood wise.

Yesterday I recieved a speeding ticket in the mail! Totally choked about it, especially because it was $100! I got it the day we went to the zoo with stepping stones, and I was in a rush to get home because I had a screaming baby in my back seat and we had quite a drive ahead of us! Well serves me right! I decided we can afford a $100 speeding ticket so I went down to the law courts, and had it reduced. Lucky for me, they got us in and out within 40 minutes or so. It was one busy office, and Eli was not co operating with me. Its so stressfull and embarassing when that happens! I just tell myself to breath, and am generally okay. I was able to get it reduced to $69... awesome! The (I dont know if its a judge or not . . .) guy that I had to make my "plea" to was super nice, and was pretty friendly with Eli. Im thankful we were able to get it reduced.

Eli is still napping about 4 hours (between 2 naps!) so it gives me a nice break during the day. A break to work out and do my devotions! Im going to be sore tomorrow, but it'll be worth it!

This weekend Im looking forward to relaxing with my 2 boys! Andy and I get to go out on a date tomorrow night so thats something Im definitly looking forward to!

Hope you all find some time to relax this weekend!!

Hello, Jillian Michaels!

Im so glad today is Thursday! It feels like it should be Friday, but only one more day till we get to relax for the long weekend! Im really looking forward to this weekend, as andy and I get to go out on Saturday night with some friends! We havent been out on a double date in quite awhile without Eli, so this will be awesome! And my mom gets to take Eli to church, which I know he'll love!

Yesterday morning we got up and I decided we needed to get out and do something! I've wanted to start being more active, but there are a million and one excuses of why I cant get out there and work out! Well really there is no more excuses that I should be using. Millenium place has child care, so off we went. I took a class called 20/20/20, basically a full body workout in an hour. It cost me $13.00 for the class, and child care! Not bad!

Well this morning I googled Jillian Michaels to see what workout books she has. Well I came across her online training website. Pretty neat. $4 a week, and you get your daily workouts (which you dont need to go to the gym for!! Perfect!!) and meal plans! You take a whole bunch of quizzes so its figured out what issues you might have when working out and eating. Well I signed up. Andy doesnt know yet, but I think its a good investment! I need to loose betwen 20-30 pounds, and I feel ready to do it! Im so tired of putting my pants on and feeling uncomfortable because they're too tight, and then theres that nice muffin top that falls over my pants! So not nice looking!! The best part that I like so the meal plans you can switch up so its food you like. In our house we dont eat really any fish, so I can substitue with different recipes. And I can print off a grocery list too, which makes it alot easier on my part! Im excited and plan to start the food portion next week, and working out tomorrow! I need to do it, Im tired of not feeling content with the way I look!

Yesterday, as I was working out I kept telling myself "This workout is what I make it!!" And when I kept thinking "I cant do it anymore!!" All I could see was Jillian Michael's screaming at the biggest loosers telling them not to quit!! Oh boy, she's in my head!!!! Maybe its not a bad thing!!

Keep you posted!!

Today was a pretty good day! Eli woke up around 8a.m, which was actually earlier than I expected, considering he went to bed at 9:30p.m. Regardless, he was up and ready to go. By 9:30a.m he was down for his first nap, and up at 11:30a.m. I gave him lunch and off to the swimming pool we went!

This is kind of a hard transition time between the walking and crawling. At the pool, Eli really wanted to walk without my hang but I couldnt just let him walk in the water without me. Scary!! So eventually we went into the deep pool and he held on pretty tight!

After swimming he came home, had a small snack and went down for his second nap! It worked out perfectly because I had my hair appointment at 3:00p.m, and Eli went down at 2:15p.m, when my girlfriend came to watch him. He slept the whole time which was how I wanted it to happen!

Tonight he was very happy. We had a good time playing. He was quite content just to be, which makes me feel happy because I can give him some attention but also tidy up around the house! He went to bed at 7:30p.m, and now Im just relaxing. I think Ill paint my toenails, and take a shower. Its so nice having a quiet house.

Good night!

Another weekend come and gone. How do they go by so fast? Seriously!

It was a good weekend. Fairly busy, but I felt like we did relax somewhat.

Saturday, we hung around home. Andy did some work on a few projects that we have on the go. Including the basement, which we've decided to remove the fireplace. We took down the mirrors that were above it, and took down some of the drywall to see what was behind, to our surprise its drywalled back there, and will give us quite a bit of extra space! We are so happy its going to be a relatively easy job. Hopefully.

I told Andy on friday night that I needed some time to myself on Saturday. Lucky for me, I got it! My sister called and asked me if we wanted to go to the legislature grounds with her and her husband. Eli needed to go for a nap soon, so off I went. At first I didnt feel like driving there and finding parking, but Im sure glad I did! It was like a burst of fresh air, and I sure needed the break! We just relaxed and laid around, then when I got home I made supper and we went to the park. Eli loves the park!

My younger siser stayed at our house on Friday & Saturday night and so Andy and I took the opportunity to go to a late movie! And when I say late, I mean late! It started at 10, and we got home at 1a.m! Eli was up by 6:45a.m! Who's idea was it to go to a late movie!? Andy's! Regardless, it was fun to get out to a movie, its not something we get to do too often. We saw Inception with Leonardo Dicaprio. Pretty good.

Today we went to church, and then came home and we all took naps. It was a quiet relaxing day! We went to go but Eli down for around 7:30P.M, but he had different plans. He came downstairs and played happily by himself until 9:30P.M, now we're ready for bed!

This week is going to be busy. Hair appointment, bbq, Katherine's 18th birthday, play date, lots of stuff! But Im looking forward to it!

August is also going to be a busy month as well! My client is due on the 18th which means in 2 weeks Im on call, and waiting for my client to go into labor! Im scared, very scared, but excited! I kind of just want to get it done and over with! We'll see!!

Hope you all had a good weekend, I'm off to bed!

Moody Moody Moody

I dont know if its the figuring out how to walk thing, but Eli has been one moody brat. Yes I've said it. A moody brat! Remember how last week I mentioned how I havent seen him so happy in months? Thats gone out the window! Maybe its that our busy boy needs more stimulation and his toys and being at home are not enough, but I think I could go insane!

He is constantly whining, folding himself in half and screaming at the word "No." Its horrible! Today my friend and I took Eli to millenium place for play and crawl around. He had fun, he was squealing with delight!! We then took him over to kidz quarterz where he wasnt as happy. Millenium place was really busy with older, bigger kids running around, so it was getting a little outta control. Once we got to kidz quarterz he lost it. He was happy for maybe 5 minutes and he was done. I just dont get it!

And, whats your opinion on this!? At one point while we were at millenium this little boy came up behind Eli and grabbed him by putting his arms around him and dragged him backwards. Eli was not happy. I told the little boy, "No, we dont play rough with the baby, okay? We have to play gentle." First thing that went through my mind was 1) Where is this kids mom!? Finally, she came running over and said "Oh he was just trying to love him. Steven go give him a hug and say sorry." 2) Why are you telling your child to go hug my child and say sorry? Yes you should be telling your son that he needs to apologize and that his behavior wasn't right, but why are you telling him to hug a complete stranger, and you have no idea where my kids been? He could be super sick with a nasty cold, or some virus and your kids hugging mine!? I dont know, it just annoyed me!

Eli's down for a nap, and I think maybe Ill lay down on the couch. Andy is working a side job this evening, which means I've got Eli by myself for the rest of the night... so it could be a long evening! But I'm not complaining, Im so thankful and blessed that Andy has extra work!

Here's to a relaxing weekend!!

Walking

Well our little boy is walking. He toodles from one room to the next, however crawling is still the fastest method of transportation for him. He looks like a little drunken sailor! Its pretty cute, Im not going to lie.

But, along with learning something new, usually means sleep is affected. In our case it hasnt been too bad, however he has been waking up earlier and earlier. 7a.m, really isnt that bad, but compared to the almost 9a.m he slept till at the beginning of the week, well I'd prefer the 9a.m.

This afternoon, I go for a massage! I cant wait! Im so looking forward to it. I dont think Ive had a real massage in over a year! Andy's happy because I cant ask him for a massage tonight, and our benefits cover me going. So the question is, why dont I go more often? We get reimbursed for the service, is it just the time? its the same with the chiropractor, naturopath, psychologist, etc . . . we pay for these services so we might as well use them!

Today, we dont have too much going on. Its been an overall quiet week. We really havent done too much, however we went to the park yesterday and Eli loved it. He wanted to go up and down the slide, however going down is easier than up!

We'll see what today brings us!