Go Gators!!

First Gator game of the season!! Nate was so excited!! We can't wait until next week!

Mommy and Me Walks

Nate and I are on a mission to get back in shape and lose all those extra pregnancy pounds. Well, I'm on a mission he's just along for the ride. Nate and I go for a daily walk around the neighborhood in his jogging stroller. (We aren't supposed to be jogging yet- that is still to come in the future.) He just loves to go for the ride. He falls asleep early in our walk and sleeps the whole way. For me, the best thing is seeing Nate when we go over a bump. He is sound asleep but throws his arms up in the air like we are on a roller coaster. It's so funny! I will attempt to get a picture of this but I don't think it will happen. This week we walked two miles everyday. Next week we will probably do our "loop" twice and walk 4 miles everyday. It doesn't seem like much of a workout but when you haven't worked out in 9 months it's ok for now. But I definitely need to up my game soon. By the time Brian comes back we should be at about 10 miles everyday. Hopefully the weather holds up for us- living in Florida we definitely have to choose the right time to walk. We are looking forward to the day when we can start jogging hopefully by the time Brian comes home. We will see what the doctor says. Oh, and on a side note- pushing a stroller while you are walking is a workout in itself...those things get heavy!! But we will continue our workouts and doing what we can. Every little bit helps! My goal is to fit into my dress by Brian's yellow ribbon event that we have to go to and to be able to run Gate River Run in March so I need to start training for that. Oh and I'm still debating coaching Girls on the Run this year. I will make that decision this week. Let me know if anyone is up for a walk...I love company.

Grandma and Me

Grandma came to visit Nate this week. We had fun together. She called herself about a million different names. I guess she wanted to give him options of what to call her. LOL, it was funny! I believe Grandma really enjoyed her time with Nate. She attempted to spoil him as much as possible although mom had a different idea about this. But she was HUGE help with both Nate and Dolce and Luigi. We went the entire week with only two or three indoor doggie accidents. YEAH!! (Sadly, this is very good for us.) Grandma also gave Nate all of his baths for the week. He enjoys bathtime now- so much better than his first bath. She got spit up on a few times, and changed plenty of diapers while she was here. We were also able to get a good bit of things done around the house. We made food to freeze so I can just throw it in the oven next week. Cooking food ahead of time is actually pretty fun! Today, we will make banana nut bread...yum. All in all it was a great week. Nate got to see his grandma and mom got to get a little bit of rest. Thank you G-ma!

Wow time flies, I'm 4 weeks old already!

Look at me, I'm three weeks old today!!

Great Friends

It's amazing how fabulous life can be when you have great friends!! I have truly been blessed this year and have met a bunch of amazing people who have turned into such great friends! This week while I thought was going to be awful and so hard ended up not being that bad after all and all thanks to a few amazing people. I had a friend invite me over for lunch on Tuesday and then we spent some quality time talking and hanging out. Make your own pizzas were delicious and so much fun to make. Oh and then for dessert we had turtle bars (Sorry you missed them Brian). It was fun to just relax and to be able to get out of the house for a while. Then on Wednesday I had an amazing friend come to the house and hang out and watch Nate so I was able to spend some alone time with myself. It was the first time since Brian left that I was able to take a shower without hearing a baby cry the whole time I was in there. It was so peaceful. Such a great help it was to have someone around to help me. It's the little things that I enjoy so much. Thursday, Nate had his second play date which meant another outing for Mom. We went to see his girlfriend and they both slept while the mommas watched a movie. Great company and great movie equal a good time. Today we went to visit Katelyn, our photographer, to pick up our pictures and she took a few more photos for us. So much fun. Then since it wasn't too hot out we were able to go out for a nice walk. Although it did rain on us a good bit. We walked 3 miles around Riverside and Nate enjoyed his jogging stroller. (Yes, Jeffrey and Jessica we are using it!) It was so nice to be able to spend the week with such great people. They truly made my first week without Brian go by so much faster and helped me get through the week. I am blessed to have such amazing friends. Thank you all...you made my week!!

Ahhhh, Sleep

Woo hoo!! We got some good zzz's last night! Things are getting better. Nate slept for almost 5 hours straight last night. It was amazing!! Then when he did wake up I fed him, changed him and laid him down wide awake and he went back to sleep for another 3 hours. It was a good night. Mom was able to get some rest and so was Nate. I could get used to these nights. I only hope that they continue and that Nate and Mom get more sleep!! :)