My Day

My day is going well. My husband took me out to do some Christmas shopping, we are dorks and love to do shopping months earlier than needed. Little did I know he was planning on getting me a netbook so I can do my blogging and such when we go to chemo. How sweet, right? He also got himself a laptop, but I do love my notebook so much more. It is a pretty purple and just too cute, it does all I need to do.

It is nice to be sitting upstairs AND using the computer. Woo. I am looking forward to getting lots and lots of use out of this little baby. I can now use the internet no matter where Aedan falls asleep. Before, he would fall asleep upstairs and thats where I would sit patiently until he woke up, sometimes not getting online until late and being too tired to remember to upload pictures and check the right accounts. I am just so touched that Jeff cared so much about my needs to get me my own computer even though one laptop would have sufficed for the two of us, I mean we have used the same desktop for three years.

I am off to check some stuff. UPSTAIRS. (yes , I am a dork.)

More from Body After Baby.

Again I do not have much time to write, but it is time for another Body After Baby Challenge Post... see Mamanotes.com for more.

I have been struggling to keep up with the crunches. I just incorporated it into "wrestle" time with my son (who is nearly 8 mos.) I lay on my back and get into a crunch position and he sits on my feet and I lift him about 30 times... thats all I can do.

**heartbreaking note here. My little guy is fighting sleep and my husband is nearly in tears too***

I had my nephew for a while and I have to say having a 6 month old along with Aedan is nuts... especially at night! Dayd woke up screaming, Aedan doesn't do that. I could not leave him alone for a minute, I can usually put Aedan in his bouncer seat and he will play with a toy or book while I write out a grocery list or read some mail but Dayd just screams. SCREAM not CRY. I am exhausted. We were up until 2am with the loud little guy and he kept poor Aedan up too. Then he woke up at 9am and Aedan wanted to sleep more, so it has been a disaster all day.

Jeff and I have to go see a new doctor since he had a reaction with his chemo treatment last week...so allergist here we come. UGH we have to be there too early. I still need to pack the diaper bag for tomorrow so I need to go. More to come.

POOR AEDAN ONLY HAS 2 VOTES (#31) IN THE PHOTO CONTEST THANKS TO THE OTHER PERSON WHO VOTED BUT C'MON PEOPLE!

Week 4.

It has been a long week for us here in the Flowers house, and I am just writing a quick note here about the challenge. What challenge? Body After Baby Challenge brought to us by Mama Notes.

I am feeling so worn out from week 3, I pulled a muscle in my neck and it is killing my motivation. The next challenge is going to be a trial for me, getting out and walking is easier than doing something in the house. When I am inside I am tempted to get online or sit and watch Jeff play Wii.

I like to get out in the afternoon when Jeff is playing his games and take a long walk, I take Aedan in the stroller when weather permits and it makes me feel good to include him.

This last week we really improved our eating habits, and it is becoming easier to make a healthy meal for the whole family not just for me. I made beef vegetable soup today, it is a big hit, Jeff's brother is eating his second helping now.

We have been car shopping so I am exhausted just from walking around car lots all day, I am having a hard time getting out for my regular walks. I guess walking is walking.

Jeff wants me to stop focusing on losing weight because he wants another baby. I have talked him into not trying but not preventing and just going with the flow. We will see how that turns out.

I have to go I have to see if Aedan is finished punishing his diaper, I hate poo on cloth. Ugh.

"Not Me"

So I saw this and decided to join in, check out McMama's blog for details.


I did NOT call my son's pediatrician like a mad woman demanding an appointment today. I did NOT freak out over the side effects they told me he would have from his procedure. I did NOT wake my husband up and make him race the 45 minutes to his specialist just to hear everything is fine with Aedan.

I did NOT slack off on my Halloween decorations that I wanted so badly and half carve a pumpkin.

I did NOT leave the house without feeding the cats. I did NOT laugh as I saw one cat stuck in a tree as we were pulling out of the driveway.

Picture Update. Hopsital, Magic House, Pumpkin Carving, and Stuff At Home.

Lets start with Aedan's surgery, we took a few pictures of him in his cute little gown. The procedure went well, but I have concerns about his stitches, he will most likely see Dr. Coplen tomorrow.

Before

After

On Saturday Jeff and I took Aedan to the Magic House, it was a free weekend to celebrate their 30th birthday. Aedan had a lot of fun, you would think that a baby couldn't have too much fun with things they do not understand but he had a blast! I took tons of pictures and a few videos just to show what kind of things we did. I am glad I have the ability to document all of the fun things we do as a family.

Aedan, Jeff, and Curious George

This is the outline of Jeff taking the picture with me holding Aedan, can you see it?

Me and Aedan
Jeff said this one looks like we are underwater. It's just us behind a fish tank.
Aedan loved the bubble organ.

Today we carved pumpkins...with power tools. Our HUGE pumpkins from the pumpkin patch needed to be decorated. I will take pictures of the finished pieces later...it is cold out there. I guess I should include all the pictures from the pumpkin patch too, well not all but a few. I take too many pictures.


**I just got called upstairs by Jeff and my father-in-law, Aedan was pushing his walker and walking BEHIND it. and I missed it**

Revisited: Remembering Gabryel

Just re-posting this link to my earlier entry about my precious angel.

http://falling-into-place.blogspot.com/2009/06/remembering-gabryel.html

Body After Baby Week 3.

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It's already week 3? Well lets keep it up, I walked a ton this last week, I couldn't keep track of it too well though. I walked by myself a lot because the weather was too cold and nasty to have Jeff and Aedan out with me. We went to the mall and walked around and around all day together though, that was fun. It really helped having someone to walk with. My neighbor walked with me a few times, but she didn't like going out without her son either.



I am looking at this week's mini-challenge and I know I can do this, I have already changed my eating habits for the better. I love to cook new recipes and that has helped with learning to eat better.


I did not lose any more weight by what the scale says but I do feel better, and that is just as important. I am going to keep up the walking as long as weather permits and as usual I wish everyone else the best of luck!

Body after baby week 2!

Body After Baby Challenge
At MamaNotes.com

It has been a long difficult week, my family has loaded the cupboards with snacks and I am trying to avoid sugar. I am at 144.6 lbs and I am feeling great, although i am not sure how I lost that much weight!

I made my husband peanut butter cookies without eating any...or the dough. I have avoided soda (except twice) and I am still walking three times a day. I think I might kick it up a notch on the walking, it makes me feel good.

I am looking forward to this week's challenge because I love to walk, although it is getting cool here and I don't want to get sick while exercising, that seems like a step backwards, lol.

This will have to be a short entry since my son is having a procedure on Friday and I am focused on that at the moment, he is having issues with his baby manhood and we have to get him circumcised now. Please, do not post you beliefs on circumcision, this is a medical issue and not a belief issue.

Busy Weekend

This weekend is pretty busy but really fun at the same time. My family is in from Kentucky, (my great aunt and uncle) and they have only seen Aedan once before. We drove about an hour out to my Great Grandmother's house and visited with everyone, it was nice seeing family.

My Great Aunt and Uncle gave us $100 to get some cloth diapers and the rest is for Aedan. I am happy they support the cloth. ;) We talked for hours and ate dinner, they got to see Aedan's attempts at walking, if you hold his hands he can "walk" taking steps and going all the way across the room with you.

Tomorrow Jeff's parents are taking us to the pumpkin patch, they have two of the boys with them so it will be a trip to remember for sure. They are both hitting the teenage years and are "too cool" to do things like this with the family, lol.

I am going to take tons of pictures and I know Aedan will love seeing a whole bunch of pumpkins, we already have two in the house. Jeff and I have been talking about what we are going to carve into them. He is doing the transformer logos for Autobots and Decepticons. I am doing a spongebob for Aedan, I think. It depends on my skill level at carving. lol.

In other news; this last Thursday I went to see my OB-GYN about some pains I have been having, after he did an ultrasound we found out I have a few cysts and he is having me go on an IUD while Jeff finishes out chemo. He thinks it will be easier than me trying to remember to take my pill everyday, I should go in this coming week to get the IUD inserted. My doctor also said it will be easier to conceive after it is removed compared to the pill, and that is nice considering we have decided to try for another after the chemo (and waiting period due to chemo) is over with. We will not be actively trying, but more "not trying not preventing" actually trying and tacking things is too stressful. I am not going through that again.

Well I think that is all for now. I am off to check on my sleeping baby, he should be up again anytime, he takes late naps now that he is teething, we don't actually get to be until 1 or 2 am.