Me, Me, Me Time!!!!!!

18 months ago when I became a mother my life changed in so many ways; as it should. I always had a plan about the type of mother I would be and what skills/ behaviors I would instill in Colton. For example, nursing Colton until he was a year was very important to me, never letting him "cry in out", being the first mom to pick him up from daycare, always attending to his needs and supporting him with his next milestones, teaching him sign language, sharing my love and importance of reading, manners......... However, while striving to be the best mother in the world and making sure I did everything to benefit my baby I have some how become lost in taking care of myself. I need more ME time. I am not just Colton's mama, I am Lyndsey too!!! This weekend I went to the spa, gym, and grocery store all by myself and boy did I have a good time. I open the sunroof, turned up the radio and enjoyed ME!!!!

Now that my body no longer belongs to my baby I am taking it back and hitting the pavement. Literally, I have been training myself to run 3 miles. I have one more week until I have met my goal. Next I am going for 6 miles. I pretty much weigh the same as before I had Colton but I am going for my College weight as my goal weight...why not right??

Other things I am going to pursue is my love for crafts and sewing. It is so hard to let your creativity flow when you have an 18 month old screaming MAMA MAMA MAMA every time you leave the room. I am going to put my foot down now and teach him how to be a little bit more independent!!! I think I may have to retrain his daddy too. I will post updates on how my me time is going.

Fall Happenings

Colton is now 18 months....that is 6 months ways from 2!!!!!! I can't believe how much he has grown. I may be a little bias but this kid's head is not in the 90th  % for nothing he is such a little sponge. So far these are the signs that he does daily or just for fun: more, please, thank you, help, daddy, mommy, drink, all done, eat, no, bye, kisses, and I think that is it for now. He can say a bunch of words and understands EVERYTHING!!! Right now he is into any kind of animal, dancing, and balls.

This weekend we took a trip to the Oil Ranch.

Saddling up



Bad pic of me but cute of Colt



I love these two



My whole world



Mommy is silly

He walked up to the pumpkins and decided to lay down???

He is such a boy

He held on the whole time

I love being able to go on fun outings with my new family. Being from a divorced family at the age of four I really missed out on family outings. I really treasure these times and hope that Colton does too.

Number DEUX

I am now 17 months and 2 weeks postpartum. That seems like a long time but it feels like only a few months ago I was driving home with a 2 day old little baby in a white Polo onesie and a Nike beanie. I must say that the first year is hard especially if you are a working mom that chooses to exclusively breastfeed for a year. I have no regrets of the choices I have made so far with Colton ( except for not being at home with him everyday).

I look forward to adding a few more angels to my family..that is what I have always called my loves, angels. Anyways, I am just trying to decide now when a good time to start. I really would like for my children to be about 3 years apart. However, my last pregnancy put me on strict bed rest for about 3 months. Not only was I on bed rest I had a 24 hr pump in my leg of meds and I had to monitor my contractions twice a day for an hour. It would break my heart if I had to do this again and not be able to even hold Colton. I feel like it would be selfish to get pregnant now and not be able to care for Colton. But, I feel like I am ready to start planning for number DEUX!!!  I know every pregnancy is different so I will just have to trust God.

Summer oh summer

Tonight is my last night to pretend to be a sahm. I do not think I am ready to give my baby back to the world of daycare. I am a mom and my greatest joy in life is spending time with Colton. I love teaching him all kinds of new tricks and watching him grow from a baby to a toddler. He is such a mama's boy STILL at 16 months. It is an amazing feeling to know that you are the most important person in the world to such an innocent little boy.

I am not sure how I am going to cope with going back to work. Last year was so hard for me to leave Colton and go to work each day. I do enjoy teaching very much and I am excited to see my new group of kids. Wish me luck :{

First family vacay

So, my dad decided he wanted to take the family on vacation to the Caribbean. We were a large group...Heather, Autumn, Hayley, Dad, Clay, Colton, and of course myself were split between 3 rooms. I had a great time on the cruise my only complaint was that our room was way too small. I think that is typical though for cruises. We visited Puerto Rico, Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Marteen, and St. Croix. We went to the beach at most of the stops, did a little shopping, went on a dolphin tour, got messaged on the beach....this was pretty cool, wiped out on a jet ski in shark infested water, and roamed the streets of many places. Colton did really well on the trip and was the main attraction to many locals I guess they couldn't resist his baby blues.

So beautiful

1st dip in Barbados

Every day on the cruise the made a different animal

Love the streets of San Juan, PR

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Creations for Colton

So in one of my last posts I talked about wanting to get more into crafty things this summer. I am now signed up for sewing classes. There are four class I am going to where I get to make a tote, clutch, and pj's. I am super excited!!! My latest project has been hand painting letters for Colton's room. I also painted his light switch too for fun. I will also post pics of the wipe case I cover with fabric. I think I may make a sign for his door so I painted an airplane.

Arts and Crafts

Edible Playdough

This was our first project...actually a 2 day project. The first day I set out all the ingredients: peanut butter, honey, and powdered sugar. I put a little bit of each on this tray to let him feel the different textures and taste the different ingredients

Then I let him help mama pour and mix all the ingredients together .Clearly he thought that it was snack time and play time.

On day two of the playdough we (I) rolled the dough into balls and Colton took huge bites out of the balls. Then I should him how to flatten the dough and use cookie cutters to make animals and shapes.

Notice the mouth FULL of playdough

This can be a very messy project put it was a lot of fun. He had more fun eating it than playing with it. I look forward to trying it again in a few months when he is a little older