The miracle space suit (and other fun things)

Apparently I'm only going to get around to this about 3 times a year. Also I just realized every time I say or write apparently I now say it exactly like this kid in my head. If you haven't seen the video of him you need to. Google "apparently kid" and it will make your day.

I'm about to go crazy from watching too much Netflix and realized I hadn't blogged in a while. Trent has been traveling the last 3 days for work so it's just been Lincoln and I and we are SO ready for dad to come home! I'm convinced Lincoln knows when his dad is gone because he sleeps terribly every time. Luckily he's a pretty good baby so I can't complain!

In November Trent and I flew out to Utah/Idaho and it was Lincoln's first flight. I was nervous about taking him on a plane. He stayed awake for majority of the flight and took in all of his surroundings. We spent a few days in Utah with Mickenzie's family and Jason & Cris. Then we made our way to Idaho. The first weekend we were there we had Lincoln's blessing. I am so thankful Lincoln has a father with the Priesthood so that he can bless our son. It's so comforting as a mother to know that at any given time we can use that to help our son in any way. It was so fun letting everyone meet Lincoln for the first time.

I title this photo "I can show you the world"

We had a great Thanksgiving week. We signed up for the Turkey Trot for the first time and Trent was kind enough to run along with me. I hadn't run hardly at all since I was 5 months pregnant so I thought signing up for a 5k was a great idea. Not! I was so sore not even 5 hours later. My stomach felt like someone had taken a bat to it. But it was super fun to do with family. My mom and dad pushed Lincoln in the stroller so we could run.

After Thanksgiving Trent headed back to Wisconsin to work for a couple of weeks. I didn't want to fly back and forth with Lincoln so much so we stayed in Idaho and my parents got some good quality time with Lincoln. It was during that time that I realized I never want to be a single parent and props to all those who are. That would be so difficult. Having someone else around to be there when you are so tired and worn out makes a huge difference. My parents were a huge help. My dad would walk Lincoln back and forth through the house at night to get him to go to sleep. Which back then was no easy task. My mom would rock him to sleep some nights and she was in heaven when that happened!

Lincoln put my dad to sleep.

Lincoln putting my mom to sleep.

I started really trying to get the baby weight off while Trent was gone. I figured I had two weeks where I wasn't going to be super busy other than taking care of Lincoln 24/7 so I got on my parents treadmill. It was SO hard to start exercising again! It was frustrating to run .25 miles and be completely out of breath and every part of my body hurting. It's hard to get excited/feel accomplished when you've only burnt 25 calories and you feel like death. I was convinced my body was ruined for life. Slowly but surely I could go farther and farther every day. It is seriously amazing what exercise will do for your mood/outlook on life. I'm pretty sure Trent was getting sick of me crying over ridiculous things and having mood swings like crazy after Lincoln came. The poor guy would look at me sometimes and ask "why are you crying?" and I legitimately didn't know. He was so good about it though and would validate my ridiculous reasons I came up with and make me feel better. I know pregnancy can mess with your hormones and they have to have time to regulate afterwords but I didn't think it would take as long as it did. Now that I think back on it i'm realizing sleep depravation probably played a big part in that too! That is one part of the newborn phase I do not miss!

My mom and I on one of our many walks in December! It was so nice outside!

We LOVE the Temple Square lights!

Trent flew back to Idaho around the 17th of December and we were so excited to have him back! We spent a lot of time with family and enjoyed our little vacation. Christmas was a lot of fun. Sierra and Lincoln got to spend time together and I'm pretty sure she's obsessed! It's so cute. The only thing she says when he is around is "baby!" We also got to spend time with nieces and nephews on the other side of the family and Lincoln loved all the action at Larue's house! Never a dull moment there. It was REALLY hard to leave when the time came. It's fun to live somewhere you have never lived before and get to experience a lot of new things/places but there is nothing like family! Our goal is to definitely be back out West in the future.

Two boys = 1 word....TROUBLE

January has been crazy busy for Trent at work. He's working long days and has traveled to Utah twice and a few other states as well. He decided to buy into the business he was working for over the summer here. It's called MasterGuard Pest Control. So our plans of going to grad school are officially off and we are excited to see where this opportunity takes us. Trent is really excited about it and all I care about is having a happy husband! I'm so grateful I get to stay at home with Lincoln. It would be so hard to have him go to a daycare at this age! We have gotten in to somewhat of a routine and it makes life much better!


Lincoln is so fun right now.  One minute he can be laughing and the next he is growling (yes growling) so hard his face turns bright red in frustration. Frustration over what? I have no idea. If I knew how to read his little mind life would be so much easier! He reaches for everything he can possibly get his hands on. He can roll from his tummy to his back and recently started rolling from his back to his tummy. Since day 1 of his life Lincoln has always loved being swaddled while he's asleep. Well there comes a point when they don't recommend you doing that and so Trent and I tried the transition to the crib and being unswaddled at the same time. BAD IDEA. Lincoln would last 10 minutes tops before he was wide awake/screaming. So we caved and put him back in his bassinet.

Miracle Sleepsuit

 I was desperate for a solution because I didn't want him sleeping in his bassinet much longer. So I was searching on Amazon and came across the "magic sleepsuit" aka the spacesuit. I read the reviews and parents were raving about it so I convinced Trent we needed to try it. Let me tell you I about died laughing when I saw him in it the first time. I text Trent a picture and he said, "you seriously put our son in that?!" YES! Desperate times call for desperate measures. Guess what. IT WORKS! It comforts him enough to keep him asleep and still lets him move his arms if he really wants to vs. startling himself awake with them. The magic spacesuit is my new best friend!

He's alive I promise!

One of the nights Trent was gone for work I could not get Lincoln to calm down or go to sleep for the life of me. I had tried every trick in the book. I was convinced I would be up all night with him. I'm not much of a singer and don't really like singing just for the heck of it. Don't judge but up until this point I hadn't ever really sang to Lincoln. The idea of doing it was just silly to me. But I got a prompting to start singing "I am a Child of God" to him. I know it well from teaching with Trent in Nursery for 2 years. So I started singing. A miracle happened. Lincoln immediately calmed down looked up at me and gave me the biggest smile that melted my heart instantly. Then the sweetest thing happened. He started singing along. He makes the sound that the doctor has you made when they check your throat like "aaaaaaa". (best way I could think of to describe it.) I thought it was a coincidence at first  but I would stop singing and he would stop and as soon as I would start he would start up again. The worst night instantly turned into one of my favorites. Now I'm a singing machine.  I'm so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who gave me that prompting and in turn one of the sweetest experiences with Lincoln to date.

He has me and Trent 100% wrapped around his finger. I'm sure one day we will stop spoiling him to death right? :) It's so cute to watch Lincoln's reaction when Trent comes home from work every night. He hears Trent's voice and immediately freezes and then gets a huge smile on his face and starts kicking his legs like crazy. He loves his dad and partner in crime.

Lincoln's new favs...

1. Sucking on his toes
2. Peek-a-boo
3. Mauling my face with his hand while he's eating
4. Eating rice cereal
5. His giraffe stuffed animal from his Aunt Hanni and Uncle Brody
6. Laughing when mom and dad laugh
7. Fake coughing for attention

I know I'm in trouble when this little guy can start moving on his own and talking!

Happiest little boy!

I'll end this post by publicly thanking the makers of the sleep suit for making it possible for me to finish this blog post in one night! BOOYA!

Parenthood

I am a mom. Trent is a dad. SO weird. It's just been the two of us for 7 years. Now Lincoln has come into our life and has made it 1000 times more enjoyable than I ever thought it could be...and it was pretty perfect before!

Lincoln came into the world pretty quickly. I was a couple days overdue and met with my doctor and we decided to induce me on the 28th. My parents were flying in the night of the 27th so this would allow them to be there. I was pretty miserable at 40+ weeks pregnant so I was pretty excited to get things going.

Trent and I woke up the morning of the 28th around 5:00 am. We got ready to go and left our house for the last time as just us! I was surprisingly not near as nervous as I thought I would be. We checked into the hospital and got settled in around 8:30 am. I was already having small contractions but they weren't really painful yet. They started me on the smallest dose of pitocin around 9 to see how my body would respond. Trent and I were just chilling in the hospital room and chatting with the nurses while waiting for my doctor to come and check on me. He came around 10:30. The contractions had gotten slightly stronger but nothing I couldn't handle. He decided to break my water. Talk about the weirdest feeling ever. I felt like I had instantly lost 10lbs. My doc said he expected the baby to be born around 7pm that evening. Right after he left the contractions seemed to be getting stronger every time they came and it was getting harder to talk/breath through them. My mom and dad were in the room at that time and we would be talking and a contraction would come and I would just have to close my eyes and take deep breaths to get through them. Then my parents left and the anesthesiologist came into the room and went over all the risks of an epidural with me and said he would come back and put it in whenever I felt like I needed it. 

Well about 5 minutes later I decided I needed it. I felt like a wimp because it was only about 30 minutes after my water had broken that I felt I couldn't or didn't want to take the pain any longer. But I decided if I was going to get it anyway there was no reason to put myself through unnecessary amounts of pain in order to appear to be strong. So the doc walks in with another younger woman and says she is new and will be putting in my epdiural while he watches.I'm at the point where I would have let my mom put the epidural in so I agree and she starts talking me through the process while she is doing it. Trent's in front of me holding my hands and basically keeping me from jumping off the bed. The nice lady kept hitting a nerve that would send the worst pain I have ever felt all the way up my back. I would wince and make weird sounds like a whimpering dog...i remembering thinking while making them how dumb I sounded. HA! She ended up having to take it out and redo it. And hit that same nerve again...awesome. By 11:15 ish the epidural was in and working like a charm. I could hardly feel the contractions anymore and my right leg was completely dead. 

My nurse decided to check and see how much progress I had made right after I got the epidural so she could update my doctor. She was shocked to find out that I had gone from 3cm to 7cm in a matter of 30 min. I didn't feel like such a wimp after I found that out! My parents came back in the room because i'm all about having distractions. We just sat around and talked and about 45 minutes later (which felt like 5 minutes) I felt like I needed to start pushing. I told my nurse and she checked me again and said I was fully dilated. My parents left and it was just me, Trent, and my nurse. 

She asked if we had taken a birthing class while she is lifting my leg up and we both look at her and say no. She said "well you'll learn as you go!" Really our plan was to have Trent up by my face the whole time just holding my hand. The nurse had a different plan for him. He was just as involved as her! I think I was more in shock that he was basically birthing our child than I was about the fact that I was about to give birth to one. (He doesn't do very well with blood) :) I pushed for 30 minutes and my doc came in and was shocked to see that I was already at that point. He said "Whoa! We're having a baby!" and then ran out of the room to get a gown on. As soon as he got back I pushed a couple of more times and Lincoln was here! He took a while to start breathing and crying (more like 30-45 seconds) but that is a long time when that is all you want to hear! I instantly starting laughing and crying because for my whole life this experience has been my number 1 fear and it was finally over! (ha, or so I thought.)

Lincoln was born at 1:45 and weighed 7lbs 15oz. He was 21in tall. And the cutest thing I had ever laid eyes on. We spent the next to days in the hospital. I have never been so sleep deprived before. But it was worth it! It was so great to be able to take him home and be in the comfort of our home. We spent one night at home and then had to go back to the hospital because Lincoln had jaundice pretty bad and they wanted to take care of it aggressively. One night in the hospital with a newborn feels like weeks. I feel so bad for people who have to be there for weeks or months at a time. I don't think I could do it. Once he was better I felt like we could really settle in at home and start living again! Those first weeks with him were a major learning curve. Learning ow to comfort him, know when he was hungry, tired, or just wanted to play did not come naturally. But little by little we are learning and loving every minute. 

Getting to spend all day everyday with him is such a blessing. I cannot imagine having to go back to work and leaving him. I would do it if I had to of course but I am so glad I don't! Lincoln is now almost 2 months old and his personality comes out more every day. The first real smile he gave Trent and I was the best thing ever. Instant joy. He started smiling pretty early on and they haven't stopped since. He is a pretty happy baby unless he is hungry. Then he lets me know he means business. He loves being swaddled and frankly has to be in order to sleep because he is always throwing his arms everywhere and sucking on his hands which keeps him wide awake! 

Lincoln can only be comforted by sucking on Trent or I's pinky. He absolutely loves baths...until he has to get out of his tub. He grunts ALL the time. Every movement is pretty much accompanied by a grunt. He snorts while breathing sometimes which I find hilarious. When he wakes up he will stretch for days. 

Watching Lincoln and Trent play together is too much for me. That boy loves his dad! The smiles come out big time once Trent gets home from work. And of course Dad was the first one to get a laugh out of the little guy! All in all these last two months have been the hardest and yet most rewarding months of my life. Knowing that every decision Trent and I make will affect Lincoln puts a big weight on our shoulders. THIS is what life is about. I've felt that confirmation that this is the most important thing Trent and I could be doing right now over and over since Lincoln came. It's our purpose here on earth. I'm grateful that Heavenly Father trusted us with this special little spirit and look forward to all the milestones and experiences we will get to have with him.

3 weeks to go...

I haven't blogged since October... mostly because teaching took over my life and then being pregnant from December on  made it so I had zero motivation to blog. But now I'm done teaching and almost done being pregnant! I'll make a recap of the past 10 months of our lives.

Trent has allllways wanted children. I'm pretty sure from the first Sunday we were married he saw all the cute babies in our ward and would look at me with puppy dog eyes and say "Can we have one?" I would always respond that it wasn't like having a pet and that it came with a lot of responsibility. Well that lasted for 2 years and we finally decided to start a family. A few months later reality hit when I got the positive pregnancy test. I had been getting dizzy spells and could not keep my eyes open while teaching. But I just thought that was because I was a teacher and it was close to Christmas break and my body was on the verge of surrendering to 23 seven year olds. Turns out I was pregnant. Trent was beaming and I was freaking. HOW was I going to teach while having all of the horrible pregnancy symptoms that everyone talks about?

Well, miracles happen. I hardly had any "morning" sickness. I would get nauseous but if I ate or Trent forced me to eat it would go away. I slept a TON for the first 10 weeks. That was the extent of my "horrible" symptoms during the first trimester.

Trent took this at 4pm right after I had gotten home from teaching. 

 

 

 

Flattering pic I know but I was soooo tired.

All during this time Trent was going to school and starting up an internship at a chiropracters office. The timing was perfect. I would sleep non-stop and Trent would study for organic chemistry non-stop. We got to go to our first appointment and see the tiny little baby inside. That made it very real to me.
 

Telling our family was a lot of fun. Of course Jonas gave the best reaction which is expected.Once my mom found out she would call me almost daily to see how I was feeling.

During my 2nd trimester I honestly didn't feel pregnant at all. I had energy and I could eat pretty much whatever and my acid reflux was controllable. and then this happened.

March 20th - Around 17 weeks pregnant.                          

And then 18 weeks pregnant.....one week.

And that's when I realized the normal jeans had to go. Ok so I tried to fit into them for a couple more weeks with the belly band trick but it just got too uncomfortable! I have been in stretchy pants as often as possible ever since.

The bottom pic is in St. George where Trent and I spent spring break. My parents were there too and we all had a lot of fun. My mom shopped the heck out of me and Trent and my dad golfed a lot!

Before even getting pregnant Trent and I had made the decision that he would go sell pest control another year. This time in Wisconsin. Mostly because we LOVE moving and being apart is our favorite past time. (not) He left Mid-April after finishing up his degree in Exercise Physiology. He didn't want to walk for graduation so we  have no fun pictures....lame. Before Trent left we got to have our 3d ultrasound. That was so fun! We haven't had one since and i'm dying to see what baby boy McKenzie looks like!

His arms are up by his neck if you couldn't tell what those little nubs were...I ironically sleep just like that!

The next 6 weeks were excruciatingly long. They were worth it though. Trent did really well selling in that time and worked his tail off.  My family helped me a TON to get through those weeks. Especially this little princess....

and my mom! She was a saint during those 6 weeks. She came up to see me a couple of times and we even took a trip to Salt Lake together to visit my aunts. She may be crazy but I love her! :)

The end of those 6 weeks was very emotional/exciting. I had become so close with all of my kiddos and was happy to have freedom of summer but sad that I wouldn't get to be a part of all the good times we had together anymore. I had the perfect class.

see what i mean?!

 

On the last day I made a video of the whole year for each of them and I ended up crying at the end. One kid said, "teacher! You are crying!"  Thanks buddy for announcing it to the whole class! After everyone noticed they all gave me a huge group hug and then I told our class clown to tell me a joke so I could be happy. And then I looked at three of my most crazy/rowdy boys and they were crying too! It was so hard when that bell rang to see them walk out that door crying! Luckily I had the excitement of seeing Trent in a few days to cheer me up. 

When I flew into Milwaukee and saw Trent he hugged me and I started crying of course. The people around us where probably thinking why is that 16 year old pregnant girl hugging that grown man and crying? I pulled it together and was SOOOO happy to be back with him. 

Since then we have been preparing for our little man to arrive. Which takes a lot of time! Trent has been working hard selling and I have been working on Teacher's Pay Teachers and getting his nursery ready. I sewed my first pleat the other day and I'm pretty sure that means I'm officially a domestic genius. 

The last few weeks of pregnancy have been less than pleasant. Sitting up is almost impossible. Acid reflux may be the death of me. People STARE at me everywhere. BUT I am BLESSED to be pregnant and I remind myself of that every day because I have too many friends who have, are, or will struggle with not being able to and my heart breaks for them. On a happier note my teacher friend who had been trying for 4-5 years finally got to adopt the perfect baby girl! She went through a crazy amount of trials to get there so I'll take the acid reflux and the discomfort of being pregnant any day.

Trent and I will be in Wisconsin for an undetermined amount of time. He's currently decided whether he should go to chiropractic school or if he should make Pest control his career. He's been given some great opportunities so we'll see where they take us! 

Wish us two kids luck as we become parents! We are going to need all the prayers we can get! :)

Happy Fall!

I'm almost as good at blogging as I am at writing in my journal. It's been like 6 months now?! Ha. Well I won't post a million things to bore you all but I'll fill you in on a quick list of things that have been going on in our lives!

1. We moved to Oklahoma.
2. Survived a few massive tornados.
3. Played with friends and lounged by the pool a lot!
4. Worked for a pest control company.

-Side note-Cristine worked for the company with me in the office and one day towards the end of us working there Cris and I were on one if you can imagine. I dared her to answer the phone in one of her weird voices and keep that same voice through the same phone call. I didn't think she'd really do it. But she was wearing stretchy pants to pretty much anything could happen. Next call comes in and I'm working away so Cris picks up the phone and starts talking in a very nasally voice combined with a mexican accent. I look at her in shock and then bend over laughing hysterically. She tries to keep it together while she sets up a reservice for this customer and her accent turns into more of an English one or something. I'm crying by now. She hangs up and we both die laughing. If you know Cristine you know how funny this was. I'm sooo glad her and Nicole were there to work with me. It made the Summer much more enjoyable!

5. Trent worked his tail off.
6. I came home in August 3 weeks earlier than Trent.
7. Trent sold in Wisconson for 3 weeks.
8. I stared teaching 1st grade. SOOOO much work.

Trent's forcing me to go to bed so this will have to be continued! :) 

SPRING!

Okay, so Rexburg hasn't quite gotten the memo that it needs to be warming up. But other places have which means soon....hopefully very soon. I LOVE SUNSHINE. Trent and I got to go on a couple of walks this week which makes this girl very happy! Nothing I love more than going on a walk with my best friend in the sunshine.

I thought that sense I haven't had to work a lot or go to school this semester that I would be a little better about blogging. Turns out that has nothing to do with it! I'm just a lazy blogger! Dang, can't use those excuses anymore. Trent has been working his tail off with school this semester and I have been subbing, cooking, and cleaning. And occasionally crafting!

I have always wanted a maxi skirt because they look so comfortable. But I would try them on at the store and they would drown me or they would be close to $50. It hurts me to spend that much on a skirt! So I decided to put my sewing machine to good use and try out my first clothing project. I was actually pleasantly surprised at how easy it was! I did have a few blond moments but it only took me 3 hours to make and the fabric was $15. Score! I would show you a picture but I don't have any :(

This past weekend Whitney and I threw a baby shower for my sister. It was a good time and she got loaded up with a bunch of clothes and baby stuff! Whit tried her hand at cake decorating and she did awesome! just look at her skills....

I wish I would have gotten more detailed pictures of everything because it was so cute, but I get distracted real easy and before I knew it the shower was over and this is what I had. Oh well!

Lately, and when I say lately I mean for a month, my leg has been hurting. I described it to Trent this morning as a toothache in my leg. I'm telling you that's what it feels like! He is convinced I have lost it. Maybe I have, but this dang leg is driving me up the wall. Some days I can walk fine. Other days I can hardly walk without it hurting. We thought it was shin splints at first, but those would have been gone by now and a lot of the pain is in my ankle and behind my knee so that doesn't make sense. We FINALLY made an appointment with the doc and I'm hoping he doesn't just tell me I'm crazy.

I'm DYING to go running again. A whole month without it when you have all the time in the world to do it, really stinks.

On a happier note, we will be in Oklahoma in exactly 3 weeks from today! What!? I feel like we just got back. I could not be more excited for excessive amounts of pool time... and work occasionally. Guess what is going to be even better?

We aren't going to be loners this year! 

That's right, Colton & Whitney, Jason & Cris, and our friends up in Rexburg Jordan and Nicole are all coming with us! PARTY!!! But seriously, what's better than the pool and sunshine? I'll tell ya, pool and sunshine with friends! :)

Bad news is I realllly need to find a teaching job before we leave which is kind of pushing it because we will be leaving in the middle of hiring season so we are praying something works out.

But so PUMPED to be with friends all summer. :) Hopefully by the next time I post I've already started working on my summer tan, and I can walk.

Freedom

Usually today would be the last day of freedom for me for the next few months. BUT I don't have to go to school anymore! It's such a weird feeling. I kept thinking all weekend that I had to get everything done before Monday came and then I would remember I am free! Monday doesn't mean crazy busy. I don't have to try and survive till Friday at 5! I'm loving it already. I am going to be substituting in two school districts until April just to keep myself from going crazy.

Trent however has already started Chemistry homework and he hasn't even had his first day. Poor guy. He dominated his classes last semester and ended up being able to keep his scholarship!

After my last day of student teaching it was so hard to leave the kids I had been with for 4 months, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. They grow on ya. I wrote each of them a card letting them know how grateful I was that they were there to help me become a better teacher. They started crying when they read them and there was a flood of tears until they left that day. I somehow held it together because I knew that I would be coming back a week later to be their substitute and surprise them.

They were pumped and so was I. I really got the feel of what it would be like to have my own classroom and run everything from start to finish all on my own. It was a lot of fun. Trent and I were able to throw their Christmas party for them before we went home as well.

Christmas break was sooo good! We got to relax a lot and spend a lot of time with the family. AND eat a lot of good food. TOO much food. Hanni made these killer vegan red velvet cupcakes that were to die for and my sister made spinach and artichoke dip that was good too! This year we were blessed to have Trent's parents join my family for Christmas Eve dinner. LaRue is always telling halarious stories and Benton has the best sense of humor. They livened up our Christmas Eve for sure! It was nice to have both families together for once instead of feeling like you need to be somehwere else all of the time.

Christmas came and I successfully surprised my husband with some OKC BBall shorts and a keyboard for his ipad. I already knew what I was getting and I was soo excited for it. Ever since I took a photography class in highschool I have been wanting a nice camera. Trent decided it was time for me to get one and after Christmas morning we basically spent most of our time playing with the camera. It's a Cannon Rebel t3i.  It's a lot of fun to experiment with it and see how the photos turn out. Trent and I watched the hour and a half instructional video on it and felt like we were trying to learn a new language and that we would have to watch it 10 more times just to understand it all! Here are a few photos that we took during the break. (I don't have photoshop yet so don't judge...I'm not at that level yet!)

We had to support our Thunder while they played...unfortunately they lost to the Heat..

LaRue sporting the new top we got her for Christmas.

Calli and Coulter's little girls!

A mink hat LaRue insisted that I wear while I was outside taking pictures. :)

Having fun with silhouette pics.

There's always got to be that one piece of hair...

This photo and the next one were fun because they were taken at 10p.m. without flash. We just left the shutter open for a long time and it turned out like this!

Our faces are kind of blurry because we had to try and stand perfectly still for 30 seconds...Not easy!

Our Niece Jocelyn-- Who is ADORABLE!

When we came back to Rexburg this week I stepped on the scale and realized I needed to get myself in shape! It should be easier than ever now that I don't have any homework or prep work for the next day. So for the next 4 months I am going to either be working or in the gym! Trent has been my trainfer for the past week helping me with weight training. Yes I feel like an idiot in the mans section of the gym but I decided I didn't care! Whitney is going to be up here in a couple of weeks and we are going to work hard to get in the best shape we have ever been! I have also started back up on myfitnesspal app that helps me with portion control mostly and keeping my calories down. Knowing that I have to run 4 miles to work off a Jamba Juice makes it a lot less appealing!

Hopefully i'll be able to blog a little bit more now so that I don't have to create ridiculously long posts and try to cover 3 months of activities.

P.S. I'm sure most of you know but I am going to be an Aunt! Kenz is due June 30th :) Can't wait to find out if it is a boy or a girl! Hapy New Year to you all!