February has been a month of thinking and trying new things. There were several catalysts for this:
1. Losing weight???? what??? these words have pretty much always been a foreign language for me. So get ready for some personal weight history. I grew up in a home where we weren't starving, but there weren't bounteous amounts of food. We never had store-bought (high calorie) snacks- our snacks were things like frozen grapes and "cucumber donuts" and apples; things from our own backyard. That plus running 25-30 miles a week in high school made me pretty skinny. I graduated weighing 115 pounds- very thin for my 5-foot 6-and-a-half inches. My freshman year at BYU I gained 15 pounds, thanks to Little Debbie, Jamba Juice, and BYU Mint Brownies. The beginning of my sophomore year I did a semester in Nauvoo, living off of (very delicious) cafeteria food cooked by the awesome senior missionaries, and as I hit 135 lbs and was still climbing, I took action for the first time. My roommate and I made a pact to eat no candy or treats of any kind from Halloween to Thanksgiving, and we did it! At that point I was only running about twice a week (running in Nauvoo was SO AWESOME. My favorite place I've ever run!) but my weight stabilized thanks to our no-sugar rule.
The next year and a half I was so busy with school and working that I ate a little healthier, and ran a little more thanks to coaching track for a season in Springville and deciding to train for a marathon. Then I entered my 3 years of coaching and running marathons, and I ate plenty of sweets, but my weight stayed fairly constant at 132. (I've discovered that this is the weight I maintain with my exercise/eating habits when I"m being fairly healthy.)
And then I started having kids. :) With Katelyn and Whitney I lost the pregnancy weight easily with the combination of breastfeeding for at least a year/running and training for a half marathon around the time of their first birthdays.
When Whitney was 2.5, I did this cool fruits and vegetables diet for a month with Katrina, Allison and my mom, and I got down to 128 lbs, unintentionally. I was just trying to eat healthier, not lose weight, and I did learn a lot about how good I feel when I eat healthily, and how to do it. Then I was back to 132 by the time I got pregnant with Owen 6 months later.
Fast forward to Owen's one-year-old checkup. I weighed myself on the doctor's scale, (I didn't own one and so had not weighed myself in several months) and was dismayed to find that I was still 10 pounds over my pre-pregnancy weight! The combo of not training for a race (because it's winter) and some alarming new eating habits (we have the money to buy high-calorie snacks, candy and ice cream all the time!) and probably my age (the big 3-0) have led me to a place I am not comfortable with! I know it's just 10 pounds, but that's where it starts! And so... my goal is to lose 10 pounds. Crazy but true.
2. Quinoa???? what??? So I've been really trying to eat more whole grain. It started when I started feeding Owen real food and realized I want him to be a whole grain kid. He only ate homemade baby food, and I didn't want to start feeding him empty-calorie foods just because he had enough teeth to handle them. I hated feeling like he was going from breastmilk (perfect food) to white bread and white rice (welcome to my picky daughters' food world!). And so, the last couple of months I have been cooking separate whole wheat pasta and brown rice for Owen and I, and white stuff for the girls and Eric. Because I'm not about to risk nightly tantrums at dinner time, and Eric flat-out dislikes whole-grain stuff, therefore he refuses to be healthy. :) One thing I'd heard a lot about was Quinoa, and so I finally tracked some down (by going to a store other than walmart!) and get brave enough to look up recipes. Surprisingly, Eric was okay with trying it, so that encouraged me. And.... it has been a huge success!! Meaning: the girls ate it just as well as they eat anything (lots of complaining and "ew, gross!" followed by eventual "thanks, mom, you're the best ever!") Owen liked it just fine mixed with cheese, and Eric was the biggest shock, he said he's happy to have it in the place of rice all the time! (!!!) So, we're all about Quinoa over here.
3. The Omnivore's Dilemma. (the what???) I picked up a book at the library a few weeks ago that our good friends Kristi and Taylor Harvey read a few years ago, called The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. I've been making my way through it (it's very readable, I've just been reading several other books at the same time so it hasn't gotten all my attention) and it has changed me. Totally changed the way I think about food. I'm not sure how many of the truths I've gleaned will affect me enough to change my behavior, but I am at least stopping to look at labels and think about where my food has come from and what's really in it. So in the book, the author says that as omnivores, and particularly as humans in today's America, we have so many choices of what to eat, so much is available, that we have a dilemma unknown to most humans and animals in history--what should we eat? Also, in the absence of a strong national food culture (ours is such a blend of everything), our country is susceptible to diet fads and fast food marketing. SO, he goes through and investigates 4 meals- one industrial agriculture (corn farms and giant feedlots of animals, which leads to McDonald's), one organic (from ingredients grown on organic farms and bought at Whole Foods), one from local, sustainable farms with grass-fed animals, and one that he hunted and gathered himself. it was such an interesting book, and one of the big things I've taken away from it is that I want to eat animals that have eaten grass, on a pasture- not corn and animal by-products in a feedlot. I'm still investigating ways to do this! We'll see if we can handle the cost. I believe it's much healthier to eat that way, since meat from a grass-fed cow is leaner and contains 5 times the healthy amino acids and Omega-3 of a feedlot cow. But to Eric taste is more of a deciding factor than health. We had vegetarian-fed, cage-free chicken last night for the first time, and maybe it was partly in our heads, but it was SO good, WAY better than the bag of huge frozen chicken breasts from Costco that we usually buy! (and only $1 per pound more!) Also I tried to go to a butcher yesterday to buy some grass-fed beef to try, but it was closed. So we'll see how that goes. I'm very interested in buying a quarter of a cow or something, and I'm going to start buying local cage-free eggs as soon as hens around here start laying again. I'm excited about cooking again, since I realize how much healthier it is for my family to eat meals, and even treats, that I cook myself than buying some package of cookies at the store or picking up a pizza at the end of a crazy afternoon. I'm definitely not opposed to doing this occasionally, but at least now I know what I will be putting into my body! Or at least I know more than I used to. :)
4. Flabby stomach. Yes, the curse of post pregnancy has also been a catalyst for change for me. I did abdominal exercises for 2 weeks straight back in January, and I swear it made my stomach look bigger! So now I'm trying a different tactic(losing weight), but I'm afraid that even when I lose 10 pounds it will make no difference to my stomach and I will still have a little pooch that sticks out. :( Anyway, I bought my first scale ever, and weight myself about every day, and it is exciting to see results already, however small!
5. And last but not least, I blame this ridiculously frigid winter for part of my unhealthy habits! So as part of my weight loss plan I am up-ing my exercise to six days a week, and increasing my mileage from a sad 10-12 miles a week to at least 15.
And so, that's what I've been thinking about this month! We'll see how it goes, but I am pretty happy to have a plan and be living it!
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Her life is a musical.
The other night we noticed Whitney was doing an awesome solo number upstairs, so we stopped to listen. About 5 minutes in, as she was singing all about the pros and cons of having a little brother and a big sister, I realized I should be recording this! So for your viewing pleasure, here are the angry verses (she wasn't in a bad mood or anything, she's just a very good actress!) and part of a verse that sounds a lot like Tangled.
Sometimes I just think Whitney's never going to turn out okay (during a tantrum day!), but for every fit she throws, she gives us at least one awesome moment like this performance. We love her so much. So as long as I can keep having the patience to channel her energy into good things, she may just surprise me and come out of childhood even better than I thought. :)
Thursday, February 7, 2013
the kids talk
Owen has been saying "yes" (yush/hoos) for a couple of weeks now, and it's so crazy to have a child that can answer questions! ( he also shakes his head for no.) The craziest part is at night when you ask him if he's ready "to go to bed" or "sleep" and he nods and says yes and then happily dives into his crib and snuggles his blanket and stuffed animals and goes to sleep! What a sweet little boy! Now if only he would do that at nap time....
The girls have come up with some pretty creative insults lately. They make me laugh/drive me nuts! Whitney's current favorite mean thing to call someone is "poo-poo pants" or "doo-doo-dants" or "poo-poo-do-doo-doo". No idea why she started that! And Katelyn's insult is "cuh-coo head". She had a friend over last week and I overheard her friend asking what Cuhcoo meant after Katelyn used it on Whitney and my ears perked up- I had wondered that myself! Katelyn replied that it means "annoying". Okay, good to know. :)
The girls have come up with some pretty creative insults lately. They make me laugh/drive me nuts! Whitney's current favorite mean thing to call someone is "poo-poo pants" or "doo-doo-dants" or "poo-poo-do-doo-doo". No idea why she started that! And Katelyn's insult is "cuh-coo head". She had a friend over last week and I overheard her friend asking what Cuhcoo meant after Katelyn used it on Whitney and my ears perked up- I had wondered that myself! Katelyn replied that it means "annoying". Okay, good to know. :)
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Owen's first walk
I should say Owen's first REAL walk, as in HE was walking down the street!
Eric took these great pictures with his phone as he took the kids to the park on a rare 30 degree day!
Doesn't it look like he's running?? So cute!
He was totally in heaven, even as he struggled walking on uneven ground for the first time ever!
And he kept stopping to play in (and sample) the snow!
He's like a real kid now!
Owen is one!
Owen's birthday was awesome... oh wait that's not him! This is Eric's first birthday.
And here's my first birthday!
Eric eating his cake
Owen loved it when we sang to him!
Big One-year-old Boy!
And his daddy at 16 months!
Opening presents
Taking a power nap between dinner and cake
His mama at 13 months
and the boy enjoying birthday treats--he just licked frosting off his fingers for a few minutes, then finally dug into the cake and ice cream! He loved having birthday guests Grandma Mary, Aunt Elizabeth and Uncle KJ, and Uncle Derek there!
Our little winter baby, a couple weeks before his birthday. He LOVES to be outside, although he doesn't get the chance often in this colder-than-ever winter!
The day before his birthday we all went swimming up in Lehi- Owen LOVES the water, the girls love the waterslide, and Whitney made great progress at swimming!
And the morning before his birthday we heard Whitney yelling "Owen's climbing the latter!!" and ran up to find him like this:
He loves Katelyn's bed (currently the bottom bunk) , so he just wanted to see Whitney's too!
So, the boy is one. Not a baby any more. He's adorable and smart and so much fun. He kind of says mom and dad, and definitely says "ah-dn" for all done and kind of nods and grunts for "yes". He makes cute little cooing noises when he holds, hugs and pats dolls and stuffed animals. He loves to push cars around and try to color with crayons. He got tons of fun toys for his birthday that all have at least 15 pieces to scatter around. :) he loves music and dances to every kind. He LOVES to be outside and we can't wait for spring so he can be! he delights to see his sisters every morning and every time they've been out of his sight for a few minutes. He gets SO excited when Eric comes home. He's finally getting good at drinking from a sippy cup and wants to feed himself with a spoon. He loves the toilet and will make a beeline for it if we leave the bathroom door open. He loves the fridge. He's starting to walk with his arms down a little lower and his legs bent a little more so he doesn't look so much like a zombie. :) He doesn't suck his thumb much anymore. And that's our Owen! We love him so much.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
A day in the life of my car
We got our blog book in the mail yesterday, of posts from 2010-2011, yay! So I was flipping through it and reading here and there, and I realized a couple of things. First, I never post about random things anymore, or describe a "day in the life" or anything. So I want to do that, maybe right now if I have time. And the other thing I realized is that we only had one car for the first 2 years we lived here in Santaquin! I knew I used to run everywhere- the post office, the library, the park, friends' houses- but I thought I just did that for fun maybe, or that I was kind of a weirdo for showing up all sweaty to story time every week! I had forgotten that we only had one car for so long and I would have to plan out my shopping trips and stuff. Wow, I can't believe I forgot that. So Katrina, I know how you feel with the one car! Anyway, I thought I'd do a post that combines these two realizations. A day in my life (yesterday) and how much I do use my car. :) So let's see if I can re-create this, more for my own fun of reading it in a few years than anything else....
Wednesday January 16th 2013.
5:45am Eric wakes up. It's only 6* which means I'm not going running with my running friend. I go back to sleep.
6:45am Eric wakes me up to say prayers before he leaves. Then I get up and wake up Kate. Get her breakfast.
7am Owen wakes up. I feed him (While finishing reading Temples: The Refuge and the Reality), then he plays in the kitchen while I pack Katelyn's lunch while she eats and does homework. Do her hair while she practices the piano.
7:35 rush to put on coats and get out the door to drive Kate to the bus stop ***yes I drive her the two blocks because I want to make sure she gets there safely and I only make her walk if it's over 30*, which it hasn't been since early December. :) If Owen and Whitney are awake they come and if not I just leave them sleeping peacefully.
7:40 back home. read to Owen, get him dressed...play.
8:20 Whitney wakes up. We play with Owen, get in a fight and she goes to her room mad at me. I tell her she can play with him by herself and I'll stop micromanaging. She plays with Owen while I get dressed and fix my hair a little.
8:50 Breakfast for me, Whitney, and Owen at the table, then various cleaning up.
9:20 Put Owen down for a quick morning nap since we have somewhere to be at 10. Me and Whit play Monopoly Jr. (I'm trying to make up for my earlier impatience!) then she gets dressed I get Owen up and we're out the door to
10:00 Tumbling Class at the City Rec Building. My friend Ashley is there so we chat, I feed Owen snacks and follow him around, watch Whitney do cute little tumbling activities. When it gets warmer I'll run with Owen in the stroller during those 45 minutes! And, when we had one car my kids weren't old enough to do activities like this!
10:45 class over, talk to another friend (Steph) who came to get another friend's child, and end up deciding to go with them to story time at the library. Talk to the Rec guy about the class time maybe changing. he asks me "what is Whitney's schedule?" and I almost laugh, but I do have a schedule for my 4-year old child! Preschool this day, music this day, etc.
11:00 Whitney goes into story time with her friend Cambri and I stay in the car and feed Owen
11:10 Story time, craft, chatting with my friend Steph and planning temple babysitting swap, picking out books, checking them out. trying to stop Owen from eating crayons and pulling all the books off the shelves.
11:50 Home. Make lunch for the 3 of us and eat lunch. Start doing dishes, probably checked facebook, then change into running clothes and get us all ready and out the door again for...
12:40pm pick up Whit's friend Ellaina to take to Let's Play Music. Call and talk to Melissa while driving.
1:00 drop off girls, get Owen bundled in stroller with rain cover on (it was sunny and 26* so he was warm and toasty in there!) and run for 35 minutes on the horribly unplowed roads of Payson. It was warm enough that it wasn't slick, but it wasn't warm enough to be slushy- it was like running through sand! Great workout! After crying for the first 10 seconds, Owen slept peacefully.
1:50 take Ellaina home and go home. Leave Mom and Derek messages while driving. Feed Owen and read a couple new library books to Whitney. play with Owen. clean and vacuum Owen's room. Clean other rooms upstairs. Change out of running clothes. ( I just realized I didn't even take a shower yesterday, just changed all my clothes multiple times! I only wash my hair every other day, but I usually DO shower every day, I promise!!)
2:55 Kate home from school! owen hurried down the stairs to give her a hug- precious! and Whitney couldn't wait to show her the book she checked out for her at the library and the bookmark Whitney got for her too. Try and fail to put Owen down for a real nap. Finish vacuuming upstairs. Sweep kitchen floor, put out rolls to rise for dinner, do dishes with Owen following me around. Snack for girls. Feed Owen early (while reading the Autobiography of Ben Franklin) because I have a meeting later and need to feed him before his usual bedtime that night- he still doesn't want to sleep. Read Whitney another book, Kate and Owen end up listening. Do music flashcards with Kate real quick.
4:15 Katelyn gets picked up for Let's Play Music (thank you carpool!) Derek calls back but we don't talk for long because Whitney starts saying "I need some attention!" and pulling on me. Do a quick chore with Whitney so she can finish watching a movie from the day before (she had done the other 4 chores the day before and started it).
4:45 Whit watches Horton while I make calzones and salad. Luckily Owen wasn't too grumpy in his sleep deprived state and he played with the kid cupboard dishes, went down and played with blocks in the toy room for a while, and then came back up to play with the dishes some more all with little help from me.
5:30 help Whitney get on snow clothes for a spur-of-the-moment outdoor excursion. Set table while holding a now-grumpy Owen.
5:45- Eric home, Whitney inside, Eric and Owen play while I get dinner on the table. Eat.
6:00 Katelyn home, Eric's scouts arrive! She eats while we all finish eating and Eric goes downstairs with the scouts. clean up from dinner, Whit learns about music with the scouts (because Eric started with the Star Wars theme and she got hooked) while I give Katelyn and Owen a bath (Okay, Katelyn can take her own bath but she sometimes still wants help with her hair, and since Owen was taking his with her I was in there while he was!)
7:00 Eric runs over to help give our neighbor a blessing and I feed Owen his bedtime meal but he still doesn't fall asleep!
7:15 Eric's finally back, we talk for a few minutes and then I'm off to the School Board Meeting. Call and talk to Mom on the way! I enjoy talking and making decisions at the meeting while Eric reads to the girls (and hopefully remembers to read scriptures and have family prayer!) and puts all 3 kids to bed. Woo-hoo! Owen finally conked out at 8 pm apparently.
9:05 Get out of my meeting and call Mom again ( I seriously had not talked to her in like 3 weeks!). As soon as I get home Eric's off to ward basketball night, and I talk to Mom until 9:45, lovely! ( although I really should have been cleaning the toy room while we talked instead of just chilling on the couch...)
9:45 Have some ice cream and finish making the calendar I'm getting for free from Shutterfly, then upload a few more pics I need for Owen's baby book, finish that order and check out.
10:30 Eric's home, I facebook/watch TV/talk with him for a little while, until
11pm get ready for bed, check weather and decide it's too cold, text my running partner Steph, pray, read The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla for a few minutes, and I'm out. Ready to wake up at 5am to feed Owen. he only does that once a week or less, so it's all good.
Whew!
Okay so that seemed like a crazy day! usually I only go one or two places, like to drop off Whitney at preschool or pick up Katelyn or go to the store. And many nights we don't go anywhere, we're all just home. This was just a busier one to document! Luckily after 9pm it's usually chill time, although sometimes there's laundry or dishes that must be done at that point. My favorite times of the day are probably- a random fun conversation with Katelyn in the morning, she loved her math homework and it was cute to see! And so many funny conversations with Whitney constantly, since we're always together! (the other day she asked me where Satan lives since he was kicked out of heaven, and at the end of our whole conversation about that, she said " I think I know what song Satan doesn't sing on Sunday!" and sang the "if you chance to meet a frown... turn it upside down and smile it away" song. She said he's probably singing "turn that smile into a frown!" So cute. So we talked about how Satan does want people to be unhappy! And my favorite moments with Owen yesterday were when he would try to communicate by nodding or signing something, and several times when I was holding him and he would hug me and pat my back, or hug a little stuffed animal and pat its back, he is the CUTEST boy ever. I really don't remember being so in love with every little thing my girls did as I am with him! Eric says it's just because I'm a girl and Owen's a boy. :) So he's irresistably adorable to me?? Probably I've just forgotten what it's like to have a sweet 11-month-old child. :) Oh and that's my other favorite moments, at 11 pm laughing with Eric about things the kids did that day. :)
Okay now I'm done.
Wednesday January 16th 2013.
5:45am Eric wakes up. It's only 6* which means I'm not going running with my running friend. I go back to sleep.
6:45am Eric wakes me up to say prayers before he leaves. Then I get up and wake up Kate. Get her breakfast.
7am Owen wakes up. I feed him (While finishing reading Temples: The Refuge and the Reality), then he plays in the kitchen while I pack Katelyn's lunch while she eats and does homework. Do her hair while she practices the piano.
7:35 rush to put on coats and get out the door to drive Kate to the bus stop ***yes I drive her the two blocks because I want to make sure she gets there safely and I only make her walk if it's over 30*, which it hasn't been since early December. :) If Owen and Whitney are awake they come and if not I just leave them sleeping peacefully.
7:40 back home. read to Owen, get him dressed...play.
8:20 Whitney wakes up. We play with Owen, get in a fight and she goes to her room mad at me. I tell her she can play with him by herself and I'll stop micromanaging. She plays with Owen while I get dressed and fix my hair a little.
8:50 Breakfast for me, Whitney, and Owen at the table, then various cleaning up.
9:20 Put Owen down for a quick morning nap since we have somewhere to be at 10. Me and Whit play Monopoly Jr. (I'm trying to make up for my earlier impatience!) then she gets dressed I get Owen up and we're out the door to
10:00 Tumbling Class at the City Rec Building. My friend Ashley is there so we chat, I feed Owen snacks and follow him around, watch Whitney do cute little tumbling activities. When it gets warmer I'll run with Owen in the stroller during those 45 minutes! And, when we had one car my kids weren't old enough to do activities like this!
10:45 class over, talk to another friend (Steph) who came to get another friend's child, and end up deciding to go with them to story time at the library. Talk to the Rec guy about the class time maybe changing. he asks me "what is Whitney's schedule?" and I almost laugh, but I do have a schedule for my 4-year old child! Preschool this day, music this day, etc.
11:00 Whitney goes into story time with her friend Cambri and I stay in the car and feed Owen
11:10 Story time, craft, chatting with my friend Steph and planning temple babysitting swap, picking out books, checking them out. trying to stop Owen from eating crayons and pulling all the books off the shelves.
11:50 Home. Make lunch for the 3 of us and eat lunch. Start doing dishes, probably checked facebook, then change into running clothes and get us all ready and out the door again for...
12:40pm pick up Whit's friend Ellaina to take to Let's Play Music. Call and talk to Melissa while driving.
1:00 drop off girls, get Owen bundled in stroller with rain cover on (it was sunny and 26* so he was warm and toasty in there!) and run for 35 minutes on the horribly unplowed roads of Payson. It was warm enough that it wasn't slick, but it wasn't warm enough to be slushy- it was like running through sand! Great workout! After crying for the first 10 seconds, Owen slept peacefully.
1:50 take Ellaina home and go home. Leave Mom and Derek messages while driving. Feed Owen and read a couple new library books to Whitney. play with Owen. clean and vacuum Owen's room. Clean other rooms upstairs. Change out of running clothes. ( I just realized I didn't even take a shower yesterday, just changed all my clothes multiple times! I only wash my hair every other day, but I usually DO shower every day, I promise!!)
2:55 Kate home from school! owen hurried down the stairs to give her a hug- precious! and Whitney couldn't wait to show her the book she checked out for her at the library and the bookmark Whitney got for her too. Try and fail to put Owen down for a real nap. Finish vacuuming upstairs. Sweep kitchen floor, put out rolls to rise for dinner, do dishes with Owen following me around. Snack for girls. Feed Owen early (while reading the Autobiography of Ben Franklin) because I have a meeting later and need to feed him before his usual bedtime that night- he still doesn't want to sleep. Read Whitney another book, Kate and Owen end up listening. Do music flashcards with Kate real quick.
4:15 Katelyn gets picked up for Let's Play Music (thank you carpool!) Derek calls back but we don't talk for long because Whitney starts saying "I need some attention!" and pulling on me. Do a quick chore with Whitney so she can finish watching a movie from the day before (she had done the other 4 chores the day before and started it).
4:45 Whit watches Horton while I make calzones and salad. Luckily Owen wasn't too grumpy in his sleep deprived state and he played with the kid cupboard dishes, went down and played with blocks in the toy room for a while, and then came back up to play with the dishes some more all with little help from me.
5:30 help Whitney get on snow clothes for a spur-of-the-moment outdoor excursion. Set table while holding a now-grumpy Owen.
5:45- Eric home, Whitney inside, Eric and Owen play while I get dinner on the table. Eat.
6:00 Katelyn home, Eric's scouts arrive! She eats while we all finish eating and Eric goes downstairs with the scouts. clean up from dinner, Whit learns about music with the scouts (because Eric started with the Star Wars theme and she got hooked) while I give Katelyn and Owen a bath (Okay, Katelyn can take her own bath but she sometimes still wants help with her hair, and since Owen was taking his with her I was in there while he was!)
7:00 Eric runs over to help give our neighbor a blessing and I feed Owen his bedtime meal but he still doesn't fall asleep!
7:15 Eric's finally back, we talk for a few minutes and then I'm off to the School Board Meeting. Call and talk to Mom on the way! I enjoy talking and making decisions at the meeting while Eric reads to the girls (and hopefully remembers to read scriptures and have family prayer!) and puts all 3 kids to bed. Woo-hoo! Owen finally conked out at 8 pm apparently.
9:05 Get out of my meeting and call Mom again ( I seriously had not talked to her in like 3 weeks!). As soon as I get home Eric's off to ward basketball night, and I talk to Mom until 9:45, lovely! ( although I really should have been cleaning the toy room while we talked instead of just chilling on the couch...)
9:45 Have some ice cream and finish making the calendar I'm getting for free from Shutterfly, then upload a few more pics I need for Owen's baby book, finish that order and check out.
10:30 Eric's home, I facebook/watch TV/talk with him for a little while, until
11pm get ready for bed, check weather and decide it's too cold, text my running partner Steph, pray, read The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla for a few minutes, and I'm out. Ready to wake up at 5am to feed Owen. he only does that once a week or less, so it's all good.
Whew!
Okay so that seemed like a crazy day! usually I only go one or two places, like to drop off Whitney at preschool or pick up Katelyn or go to the store. And many nights we don't go anywhere, we're all just home. This was just a busier one to document! Luckily after 9pm it's usually chill time, although sometimes there's laundry or dishes that must be done at that point. My favorite times of the day are probably- a random fun conversation with Katelyn in the morning, she loved her math homework and it was cute to see! And so many funny conversations with Whitney constantly, since we're always together! (the other day she asked me where Satan lives since he was kicked out of heaven, and at the end of our whole conversation about that, she said " I think I know what song Satan doesn't sing on Sunday!" and sang the "if you chance to meet a frown... turn it upside down and smile it away" song. She said he's probably singing "turn that smile into a frown!" So cute. So we talked about how Satan does want people to be unhappy! And my favorite moments with Owen yesterday were when he would try to communicate by nodding or signing something, and several times when I was holding him and he would hug me and pat my back, or hug a little stuffed animal and pat its back, he is the CUTEST boy ever. I really don't remember being so in love with every little thing my girls did as I am with him! Eric says it's just because I'm a girl and Owen's a boy. :) So he's irresistably adorable to me?? Probably I've just forgotten what it's like to have a sweet 11-month-old child. :) Oh and that's my other favorite moments, at 11 pm laughing with Eric about things the kids did that day. :)
Okay now I'm done.
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