A Pool Party

Today we went to Amber's pool party!

We started off the day by going to Barnes and Noble for a National reading of Eric Carle's "The Hungary Caterpillar". Basically they played the audio version read by the author on C.D. and the kids got to follow along with the book. When they were done the kids got to do arts and crafts. It was Fun and we got some new books too.

After that was done we went to the pool party!
Lots of swimming. Lots of good food. Lots of hanging out with awesome friends.

June 18th 2009, My munchkin was only 8 weeks 3 days old. This is the first time he was in a pool. It also happens to be the first day that he gave me a "real" smile.

Today

My little Rock Star!

Around here we like music. At almost any point in the day there is some type of music playing. We like a little bit of everything, but the majority of what is listened to is rock, metal, things with awesome guitar riffs. And apparently drum sounds. Because I have got a drummer in the making!!

Tomorrow we are going to Barnes and Noble for a "National" reading of "The Hungary Caterpillar" with Tammy and Rosaleigh, and then afterwards we are going to a pool party at Amber's!! Should be lots of fun.

How is it two weeks into March already?!

Wow.
I always thought that I was busy before, but this is C.R.A.Z.Y.

I am taking 4 classes this semester. Two of them are reading and writing intensive (Pyschology and The Developing Person). It does not help that both subjects are very dry to me so I literally start to fall asleep reading the material. But I am doing good in the classes.

I am loving my Anatomy and Physiology class. It is so neat to see how we are put together and how our bodies work and function together. The class is broken into two classes and this semester I am learning The integumentary system, skeletal and muscular system and the nervous system. I think I am most excited for BIO202 where we learn all the other systems.

Math class is moving along. I am learning a lot in this math class that was taught to us in our previous math class. I am really hoping to pass this class with a C grade, because if I do I am done with math! Yay!

I am looking forward to the end of this semester, not just for the break that we will get but because it means that next semester I only have two more classes to take until I apply for the Nursing program! I cannot wait! Taking two classes is going to be so nice! The only downer is that it is a two year wait to get into the nursing program, so I'll have to work on support courses inbetween.

Cain is getting so big. I cannot believe that my baby will be two in two short months. Where does the time go? As I got older I noticed that time really does fly, but I think having a kid really does put an emphasis on that. I mean, I just had Cain yesterday right? And now he's TWO? Two whole years? Again, C.R.A.Z.Y.
He is starting to talk more and more. He says some words really well like: Hi, Bye, Choochoo, shoe dad, fish, ball and shit. yes, my son has picked up a curse word. It's my fault really, as I use that word all the time. When I drop something, trip, hurt myself, mess something up (I am not very coordinated most of the time). I am trying to be more mindful of what I say, but it is hard. Which is weird cause I can go to work and turn it off no problem (I work in childcare). He is good at imitating animal noises, he loves to climb and he loves animals and other children. I wish I could take him to work with me. If he could be there more often he would love to have kids to play with.

I have been trying to get in some exercise too. I think that my weight may be causing heel issues (my heels hurt all the time) so I am trying to lose some weight. We have netflix so I have been trying out some of the work outs you can stream online. I like the ten minute pilates one. It is 5 different ten minute pilates work outs that target different areas. It is so hard to do them when Cain is awake though. He thinks it is a game and climbs all over me. It is so not easy trying to do pilates with a 30 pound almost two year old on you.

Homework Time! My munchkin is napping, and when you take online classes you don't get the luxury of a week off, so I am going to put up some pics, and do some homework.

Cain approved this Picture
Cain being cute in his wagon
Jav and I going out for sushi and to Barnes and Noble. Cain spent the night with Grandma

Pumpkin Patch!

Yesterday we took Cain to Apple Annies Pumpkin Patch and Orchard. It was soo much fun! It was nice going during the week because there were not many people there and we pretty much had the Pumpkin patch all to ourselves for pumpkin picking! We ended the trip at The orchard with a nice picnic lunch!


Running at the Pumpkin patch!

Picking Pumpkins

Look at that face!

Playing with Grasshoppers

Lunch at the orchard

Sleepy ride home

It was a great day for all. We've got a lot of baby pumpkins that Cain brought home as well as a couple big ones that momma wanted for seeds and pumpkin pie making!

September Beginnings

Wow. It has been a while since I've posted.
I need to try and write more posts. This blog was made with the intention of not having people read it (although it is nice that you do) but to sort of chronicle things that my son and I do. Not just together but things I do too. It'd be nice to have a log of that.
Speaking of which, I started school. So far all is going well, but we are two weeks in. I started out strong in my math class, biology is looking to be by far my favorite, spanish is pretty fun too, and psychology started out on a boring streak. I am hoping the psych class picks up or I fear that I will have a hard time with all that dry reading. Bio is fun because I got the lab kit and I love doing expirements. some days I really don't want to do anything and I wonder why I had to wait this long to go to school. I am tired a lot and I think that affects it too. I don't know if that is something that is a product of me being not very active, or what. It can't be because of Cain, he sleeps good, so I do too. He wakes up early, but that has been the norm for me since he was born, so that I should really be used too. I hate feeling tires so much. Some days are better than others but when I do feel that way I feel like I get nothing done. I am making a good attempt at keeping up with my classes and I think so far I am doing pretty good.
I've given up soda. I am on week 3 of no soda and I am so proud of myself. Soda was probably a bigger vice than smokes were, and I have gone without for 3 weeks so far. I still have had some caffine but not a whole lot. The first few days I went cold with none, and I took aspirin before the headache came just to kind of ward it off. After that I've had a cup of coffee here and a tea there but mostly it is water or vitamin water. now I just need to get more active. I need more hours in the day. Anyone wanna make some for me!?!
Cain is so much fun. now that he is older and playing and starting to talk I love being able to do things with him. I love seeing the look on his face when we do something fun like go to the zoo,and he sees the animals.He is still not saying much but there are things that it sounds like he is saying. I hear mama, dada, baby, and dog are the more apparent ones. he says go and up. and he is a MONSTER!!! My boy is huge! People don't believe me when I tell them how old he is, they always think he is older. His favorite thing to eat by far is watermelon. He absolutely loves it. The other day he was sitting in his highchair and we were giving him some and he had one a piece in his mouth, and oone in each and and he was whining for more on his try. I wish he felt that way about just one vegatable. He wont touch those.
So. School work is calling. I will update more often!

an Update and a Thank you!

So.... yeah.
I've not updated in quite a while and it is all because I really just haven't wanted too. Don't have an excuse, cause I've been home with the little man but I've just been doing other things. Like watching LOST. Jav and I loved LOST. But we got tired of the cliff hanger endings and so we quit watching, him at the end of season two and me in the middle of season three. Well, now that the series is over we are watching it!!! No cliff hanger endings for us!! lol

I went in to Pima the other day to fix some stuff that they had gotten mixed up regarding my major. I registered for a few different classes and dropped some that I had already registered for. I can't believe that I'll be back to soing school work in less than two months. Can't wait to have it all done! I am taking some spanish classes. I feel that it would be beneficial to know a second language and while I would like to learn something else like Russian or German, I think that Spanish would be more useful considering where I live.

My little man is such a big boy!! He is crusing all over the place. He hardly ever crawls anymore, but I noticed that with the crawling too. once he learned how to crawl up on his knees he no longer did the army crawl. now he walks. It is so amazing to look at him and think that a mere 15 months ago I was laying flat on my back trying to keep him inside. that a mere 13 months ago, he was born, that he looked so tiny and helpless and relied on me for everything. Now he is a very independant little boy, loves to constantly be moving or doing something, that he doesn't want mommy to hold him for more than a few minutes at a time, and he is suuuuch a daddy's boy. and here I am wanting to do it all over again. I can't wait to lose this weight so that I can give Cain (hopefully!!) a little sister :D

I want to sat thank you to my friend and Tattoo Artist Zip for providing me with the artwork for my new blog layout. Isn't it neat? Thanks Man, and I can't wait to have you Tattoo me!!

I've got a walker!!!

My little boy is a walker!! It is so stinkin cute I thought I would share a video.


Also, If you notice off to the side, there is a prayer button. I am not a religious person, therefore I do not pray, but I put this on my blog because this is a friend of mine that I met on my Incompetent Cervix support forum. Her son was born a day shy of 26 weeks gestation and they are currently going through the NICU. I ask that you please say a prayer, or send warm thoughts, or whatever you do for Issac. Deb is such a sweetheart and Little Isaac has already been through so much. Thanks. If you want to check out his story click on the button it will take you to his blog.

Happy Saturday!

1st Birthday!!

We woke up on 5/27 (his actual birthday) and let him open some prizes.





Then we went to the zoo






Saturday Was the Actual party









All in all? Good weekend. Fun times, Good party, Got to catch up with old, missed friends! (Yay Zip!!)

Its Been Awhile

So its been awhile since I've posted. It was so busy with the ending of school, and frankly after it was all over I didn't even want to LOOK at my computer for awhile. But it over (for summer) and Now I am feeling better. I passed two of my classes with a B! YAY!! I failed my math class (suck) but the instructor was cool and gave me a W instead of an F (I didn't even ask for it!) so that it would not effect my GPA. What an awesome teacher. I've got my classes for next semester all picked out. I will be taking the same math class again. I am going to sit down with my text book and actually try to teach this stuff to myself so that I can pass this class next semester with an A or B. I wanna kick ass!
Cain had his one year today. He is growing well. 74th percentile for height(30.5in) 84th for head circumference and 96th for weight(25.6lbs). The doc said that we need to start giving him regular milk and that that would probably help turn him on to table foods, because he doesn't eat them. He eats graham crackers, goldfish, saltines. He'll eat ground beef in small pieces, strawberries, and bananas. But he wont eat the toddler raviolis, he won't eat any other kind of food. The doc said that once we start weaning him off formula that that should help him eat regular food. So we start tomorrow (I can't bring myself to deny my love his bottle on the same day he got shots). I cried with him when he got his shots. Its so hard to have to hold your little guy down so that someone can stick him with a needle and inflict pain upon him. I hate it. It was funny though, the MA who gave him the shots, at first he was all smiles for her and flirty. After the shots he cried everytime she tried to talk to him! It was kinda neat to see him associate the two.
Cain's birthday party is saturday. Ive been cleaning like crazy. Our backyard looks good! I am gonna inflate the small pool so that Cain and Emily and the other kids can play in it. Ive got most of the food bought. I've got to go to frys and get the cake ordered. I've got lots of candy and little trinkets for the candy bags. I can't wait to have my family over for the little guy!
His actual birthday is Thursday, and since Jav is off that day we are going to take the little guy to the Zoo for his birthday. It'll be fun to do something as a family, since we so rarely have time off together anymore. I took Thursday and Friday off to spend with my lil man.
Cain's cousins, Aunt and Uncle (Jav's brother, sister in law and kiddos) are going to come by on their way to KS. I wish they were staying in Vegas. It was so fun to go visit them. I wish that they could have made it in time for Cain's party. It would have been so fun to have them there. They are fun people. The kids are a hoot! I love them :)
Speaking of Vegas, I seriously want to try and get out there for my birthday. I really liked it there and I left with still so much to see. So I want to go back. I want to go back and I want to make it a yearly vacation. I don't know that that is feasable but certainly something to wish for. I didnt think I was gonna like Vegas as much as I did. Its so fun!
Time for work, so I leave pics!

Almost Summer!!

School is less than a month away from being over.I am so excited for this fact! I love having the few summer months to unwind and take a little break from the hectic schedule that is working and school. The best part about this summer break? I have my little boy to spend it with!! Oh how I can't wait! His birthday is May 27th and I take my last final May 18th, so I am trying to get his birthday and the day after off so that I can start our vacation with lots of mommy-baby time. I am doing his birthday on the 29th so I'll have that to get ready for too. I already have some stuff bought for his party and I found some cute cake decorations online that I want to order and then see if I can have Fry's make the cake. This is the cake I want to have made:
I like it much better than any of the cakes the stores have, because everything is Elmo. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with Elmo, but Sesame Street is more than just Elmo.
Another thing I am looking forward to is being able to really clean my house. Ive been keeping it decent, what with having to clean up after a baby and sometimes the boys, but I am looking forward to really cleaning it up. I love a clean house. It makes me feel so organized.
Thing number 3 I am looking forward to? Reading a book for myself!!! I bought a new Mary Higgins Clark book I would like to read. I love MHC. Good thriller/ murder mysteries. I would also like to re-read Drowning Ruth. Good novel. Also a couple of Danielle Steel books I would like to re-read. If I can squeeze it in a Anna Maxted too. So many books, so little time. There are lots of good books on my bookshelf, I think I'll need to make a separate post about books in the future. I just want to fit as many as I can in before having to be consumed by school books again.
Swimming would be the last thing off the top of my head that I am looking forward to. I love to swim. I love the water in general. Sitting in a warm bath, a jacuzzi, a pool the lake the ocean you name it. Last summer I took Cain swimming in the middle of July, and that Is when he first smiled at me. I cant wait to take him again.

So, its time to go to work. Leaving with pics.

Pot Roasts, Math tests, and Watermelon!!

Sooo... I just started a pot roast for dinner.
Pot roasts are yummy.
And there about one of the few things that I can make decently (that I have tried anyway).

Ive been trying to eat at home more. Which means I sometimes do more cooking. Sometimes, you may ask? Well, my choice of food at the grocery store isnt always the best. I end up getting frozen easy stuff, and if I do get any cooked stuff it is simple stuff like hamburger helper, or mac and cheese. I need to cut it out. I bought a low fat cookbook, and I am going to make a list of all the things needed to make good healthy food. Ive started exercising somewhat, now I just need to eat correctly to go with that.

I should be doing some studying for algebra. I had planned on dropping the class because I had gotten so far behind in it, but Ive already dropped a class this semester that was an accelerated course, and I have to pass at least 66%of the classes I signed up for in order to keep the financial aid in good standing. with the algrebra class that would be 75%but if I dropped it they would more than likely take my aid away. I spoke with the teacher and he said that as long as I do not miss any more classes and I am producing at least D work on all remaining tests and homework that I will pass with a C grade. So I am hoping to do the best I can causeI didnt want to really drop this class in the first place. It sucks when your whole household is sick with a tummy virus. It seriously knocks you out of the loop and it sucks trying to get back in. But I am determined. If only so I dont have to take this class again next semester. I need math to be done with already.

Ive been giving the little guy fruit in his little net thingy. He usually loves the baby bananas, but he did not like the real thing. I dont blame him bananas are yucky! lol But he has taking a liking to another fruit that I cant stand. Watermelon! Eew!! But I am glad that he is taking a liking to fruit. He also liked the honeydew I gave him this morning. Man what a big little boy he is turning into. I watch him and I want another one already. It seems as though everyone I know (online and IRL (In real life))is ending up pregnant or are going through there pregnancy journeys, and I want to so badly. But I also want to wait. I want to finish a bit more schooling first so that way I am not trying to split my time between Cain, a new baby and school, it wouldnt be fair to Cain. the new baby or me in regards to school. So we wait.

When I got put on bed rest, I found a website that kept me sane. It was a website devoted to IC and women who have it. It was the best thing that could have happened to me at the time, because it gave me lots of information and the women I made friends with on there are the best support. Well, I bought a support bracelet from that website and I got it in the mail yesterday. Here it is:



Isn' it beautiful? The little blue bead is to signify Cain and the little pendant says hope. It was so worth it to me cause the woman who runs the site is amazing and I hope she keeps it up. She is an inspiration to me and when I start getting scared at the thought of having another baby I think of her. She beat IC 4 times. Amazing!

well to end this now and do my much needed studying, I'll leave you with some pictures of the little guy!


My stinker pulling up and playing in his crib


Cain and his handsome daddy


I like the way he is sleeping here... Backwards in his crib with feet crossed like mommy