So What!

So I love this little feature from Shannon over @ Life After I "Dew" and I thought I would do it since I am bored at work right now...

So what if...

My in-laws are driving me crazy and we are only on day 3 of living with them. Thank goodness they left to go to DC for the rest of the week. I need a little privacy once in a while.

I want to cringe everytime I think about living w/ them for the next 3-4 months....

I think the fact that my MIL gave us hugs before we went to work the other day is ridiculous. I am not a kindergarten going off to my first day of school!

If I am complaining about my in-laws even if they are being so gracious by letting us live in their house until our house is done being built....a girl has to vent somewhere, right?

(Change of subject...)

I have total baby fever right now....before Lizzy I always said 2 years apart was a good distance and then I gave birth to a VERY active child and I thought 3 years apart would be good.....but now I might be changing my tune back to the previous thought. I want a cuddly newborn again and I want to have my kiddos be close in age.

The thought of having a newborn again equally excites me and terrifies me :)

The thought of baby #2 being a boy terrifies me and even though I would be ecstatic either way, I would love for Lizzy to have a sister that is as close in age as my sister and I are.

I am so excited to start my new job but also scared that they will think I am completely inept!

If that since the 1/2 marathon I dont think I have run more than 2x a week...I really need to get my butt motivated!

I am so super excited for Christmas this year b/c I can't wait to see Lizzy rip into her presents :)

I suck at blogging and I know I am MIA a lot but I really do like writing a post when I have time and motivation!

Thats all for now! Have a great Wednesday!!

Life lately...

Wow...once again I am playing catch up. I am not going to sit here and say I will blog more, because apparently that doesn't happen :)
So I will just play catch up!
Last time I blogged was June but the last time I wrote anything about the babe was April I think, so hear it goes.

She turned one in April. We had her birthday party which was so much fun! A lot of our family and some friends were able to make it to the party and I think E really enjoyed herself :)

A little hesitant at first....



But no problem once she discovered how good frosting is :)

 

We got her one year pictures taken by Honeybee and Peony (who did our wedding). They turned out so good and I still look at them all the time :)

My child is just too cool...

In April Don and I started thinking about selling our house. We kind of drug it out, thought about it and then decided "what the heck"? We found a realtor that we love, put our house on the market at the end of May and waited. We looked at a few houses right away but decided that until we sold ours it wouldn't be worth it to look at anything. So we waited...about 4 weeks and our we got an offer on our townhome. Holy crap. We countered once and they accepted. Then we went into high gear and started looking at houses. We looked at probably 20 houses and also pondered building something. After debating the points of new versus existing for a long time, it came down to an existing house "south of the river" and building a new house in the western burbs. We finally decided on.....

THE NEW BUILD!!! Seriously, I am so excited!! I can't freaking wait! We signed the purchase agreement this week and our townhome closes in mid-September....so there is a period of time where we are going to be homeless. The in-laws have graciously offered to house us for the three months in between the townhome closing and the new house being ready. The closing date for the new build is set at December 7th, so hopefully that holds true and we can be in there before Christmas. Seriously, I am so freaking excited, I just can't stand it!!

Here is a pic of the outside! Love it already! :)

 In July Don and I went with some friends to the Brothers of the Sun concert at Target Field. The concert was awesome, even if it was too late on a Sunday night for this girl!

Love this guy :)

 Also in July, I turned 30. Don took me on a trip so I didn't sit around wallowing in my old age (jk, I really am enjoying 30 so far:)). We went to NYC! It was so much fun, and we did a lot in 5 days.

This is from the top of the Empire State Building.

 On my actual birthday we went out to a nice dinner and then to see The Lion King, it was such a good production! We also so Harvey, which was awesome, Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory was in it, and he was soooo good. Definitely would recommend that one to anyone who is interested in a not-so-big-name play.

 We went to the 9/11 Memorial. It was crazy to be standing in the place where those huge buildings once stood and so many lost their lives. Pretty surreal. This is a picture of the new Freedom Tower.

 We went out a couple different times and I figured that even though I am 30, I can still look hot ;)

I dont have pictures up here of everything we did...but we went on the Staten Island Ferry, saw the Statue of Liberty, went to a Yankees game -which even though I am a Twins fan was a lot of fun, and their stadium is pretty darn cool. We walked a ton and saw a lot of stuff, I can't even remember at the moment.

While we were gone, E stayed w/ Don's parents. She had a lot of fun and I think she thoroughly exhasuted my MIL! :)

So far this month has been spent packing, taking things to the storage unit, and training for my 1/2 marathon.

Oh? Did I forget to mention that little detail? Yeah. I am nuts, I am dreading every step, but dammit, I am going to finish this sucker! It is actually on Saturday, so I can't wait for it to be over. When I am done with that, I am going to start Insanity! I am sick of running so I need a break, and I want to tone up. Even though I can run 10 miles, I feel like I am flabby flabberson!

Oh! And I almost forgot another super exciting detail.....

I GOT A NEW JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so flippin' excited about that too. I interviewed in April for a finance position at my current company and it was between me and one other girl. They chose her. Wah, wah....Well last Monday I found out that a girl in the department had put her two weeks in and they wanted me to replace her! AWESOME!! So I accepted and signed the offer this past Tuesday and didn't even have to re-interview for the job! I love it! So I should be starting over in finance in a week or so at least 1/2 time b/c my current boss needs time to find a replacement for me. Hopefully I like the new job and I can remember my finance skills from school b/c it has been a while! I think I am going to spend the next week studing my finance books!

So in conclusion....my life is pretty flippin' good right now :)

Thanks to anyone who still reads this! I will *try* to be better about updating.... ;)



So What! Wednesday

I read Shannon's blog over at Life After I Dew and I love her So What Wednesday...so here it goes :

1. I love the song Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepson even though it sounds like something made for 13 year old girls.

2. We are trying to get our house on the market and the "stagers" came last night and I rolled my eyes at some of their suggestions.

3. My 14 month old still loves pureed baby food and will suck the food out of the pouches. What? Its pretty much the only way she will eat green veggies!

4. I have no motivation at work b/c I really want to get out of here. I try to get a lot done everyday but usually by 2 I feel like calling it a day.

5. I don't know if I want to commit to another "at work" meeting of Weight Watchers b/c I am crossing my fingers that I get a new job...SOON. And I am sick of looking at the scale NOT move every week.

6. I go to Target at least 3 times a week during lunch...

7. I stopped this morning at Super America to get gas and also got a 32 oz Diet Coke. I didn't sleep well last night...I deserve it ;)

8. I am thinking I will do this every week just to get something up on this blog more often... :)

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

How is it possible that my sweet baby girl is one today?! I feel like we just met her yesterday! This year has flown by and I miss her sweet baby snuggles, but I love the stage she is at now too!
We were definitely blessed with a sweet, sassy, smart, funny, kind little girl and I cannot wait to watch her grow!
Just born:

Almost one year:

We love you so much LizzyPants!! :)

Hello!

Wow….I really suck at this whole blogging business. Sorry ‘bout that!

So last I blogged Lizzy was about to get tubes. The surgery went well! We had it done at Children’s (in Minneapolis) and we got there, checked in, and were back in the room in no time. They did all the pre-surgery stuff and they were running ahead of schedule so they took her back at about 1015 (surgery was scheduled for 1030) and she was back to us by 1030. They told us it would go quickly, but I never imagined it would go THAT quickly. She was out of it, but awake when she came back in the room so I held her and she cried for about 15 minutes, and then passed out :) When she woke up, she seemed just fine! We went home and spent the rest of the afternoon doing our normal stuff, and she was just fine!

She was on antibiotics for an ear infection at the time of the surgery so we finished those and 5 days later she had another infection. But at least it just drains, and we can give her ear drops for them now. It makes it so much easier. Today is the last day of the ear drops so we will see how long she can go before the next infection.

So in other news….my child NEVER stops moving. I feel like since she started crawling it has been a constant stream of new things going on with her. She started crawling on Christmas (she was 9 months). Around the middle of January she started pulling herself up in her crib and also on the furniture. That led to her crusing along the furniture and then right after she turned 10 months, she started walking. Its crazy! And now I feel like she is running everywhere. Its exhausting but soooo much fun! I love that kid. She likes to walk with her hands out, or covering her eyes :) Peek-a-boo is fun, but not so much when you are walking!

Eating is an interesting experience with her. She was doing ok with eating “real” food, but lately she is boycotting. So she is eating purees fine, but I wish she ate more regular food. Any suggestions on how to get her to eat more regular food? I’ll just keep trying, but its frustrating!

Shes super chatty, but doesn’t really have words. She says dada all the time, mama occasionally and a lot of different noises in between. She is so expressive though, it’s a hoot. She also is VERY dramatic. You take something away and she screams! I am not going to lie, I usually laugh at her. Typical girl with the drama :)

Here are some pictures of my cutie! I seriously cannot believe she will be one in less than a month. It makes me start to hyperventilate thinking about it!

Blurry, but oh, so cute :)

I was in my pajamas in this picture, but its still cute :)

This is sideways, but this was our 10 months picture. The fact that she is laying down and not abusing the bear is shocking!

She likes to walk with her bear....He is as tall as she is. She's rather "petite" (aka short!)

She loves the park! And she is already an expert at the monkey bars!

Seriously? This picture just kills me...

She LOVES being outside. And if she can't be outside, she will look out the window. And sitting in the cat bed is just a bonus.

I was attempting a self portrait of the two of us. She thought it was a hoot and wanted to grab the camera!

Walking is so.much.fun.

This picture is on my desktop at work. It makes me smile every time I look at it.

This picture is pretty representative of her demeanor all the time. How we got so lucky, I have no clue. I am worried if/when we have another kiddo it will not be nearly as happy-go-lucky as she is :)

Tomorrow

Tomorrow my little cutie is getting tubes. I am so, so relieved that we are doing this but I am still a little worried about the whole surgery business.  She has had 6 ear infections in about 3 months, its time to get rid of the fluid that has been hanging out in her ears. I'm ready for her NOT to be on antibiotics. I am ready for her to be 99% healthy (she is in daycare after all, its never going to be 100% :)) for once. I don't want these dumb infections to affect her hearing.
She is so much fun right now despite the ear problems! She is walking, babbling and just all around a very happy kiddo. I love her :)
If anyone has any words of wisdom about this surgery or just wants to make me feel better go ahead and leave me a comment!!
I need to start blogging more, I realize. I don't even know if I have any readers left! Ill be back soon with pictures of the cutest girl I know!

Love

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope everyone has a great day!

Hello!

Wow, its been a while! I didn't really realize that I haven't posted anything since Thanksgiving...Oops!

So what's new....

Obviously we celebrated our first Christmas with Lizzy! It was so much fun to see her with presents. She loved ripping into the paper, and was much more excited about the paper and boxes than what was inside. 

This is my little family on Christmas Eve.

 

This is the gift that Don and I got Lizzy for Christmas. We had to take the legs off for a bit b/c she wasn't too stable but I put them back on about 3 days ago b/c she is standing on everything and even starting to cruise along the furniture.

 

This was her first, first Christmas with my dad's side of the family. She loved opening presents :)

We also took her to our photographers house to see Santa. She didn't love that.

 

Someone started to pout and then she broke down crying. It wasn't pretty, but the pictures are awfully cute :)

 While going through pictures I realized that she has a tendency to make this face when I take pictures. She laughs a lot. I love it :)

 For New Year's Eve we went to Duluth with some friends. We got two suites that were adjoined and stayed in on NYE, ate a lot of food, and played games. It was a lot of fun. Sunday after New Year's we went to the aquarium, and took Lizzy swimming in the pool. It was her first pool experience. She wasn't thrilled but she got used to it after a while. She would splash but would cry when the chlorine got in her eyes. She better get used to the pool b/c we are starting a water babies class this Saturday. I am excited :)

 We usually go to the Como Park Conservatory on New Year's Day but since we were in Duluth we went on Christmas Eve. It was a little harder to get a picture this year with a babe who doesn't look at the camera when you tell her too :) (And yes, these are clearly out of chronological order, but I am too lazy to fix it!)

 And I know I already mentioned that Lizzy is pulling up on everything and cruising along furniture, but she is also crawling. She seriously can crawl so fast when she wants something, its so funny. I love having a mobile baby b/c she is so much happier! She loves being able to get to what she wants, when she wants. She also figured out how to get into a sitting position by herself around the first of the year. She could sit by herself before, but getting into that position was something we had to help her with. It is so nice that she can do it by herself....except that she does it in her crib now when she should be sleeping. Sometimes I will even go in there and she will be standing up looking at me. Not cool.

 

 My kid is still not sleeping through the night either. What can ya do? We have been battling colds, ear infections, and teeth. She now has four teeth, the last of which really bothered her. She slept all the way through the night for about a week before Christmas. Then she got another double ear infection, a nasty cold, and the tooth. Its been fun. She also graduated to the middle infant room at daycare last week. She was getting a little too mobile for the little infant room. She would crawl over to the littler kids and steal their nuks or crawl all over them. Poor little things.

As for me. I have high hopes for this year. I am down 60 lbs since I started WW in 2009 (there was a pregnancy in there where I gained 41 lbs. I have since lost all that plus 18.) I wanted to get to my goal weight by Lizzy's first birthday. That would leave me 12.5 weeks to lose 22 lbs. I am really struggling right now. I keep going down 1-3 lbs, then back up 2-4 lbs. Its not working too well. So I am going to see what I can do by April 16th, but if I can get down 15lbs by then I will be happy. I try and get to the gym 2 times a week, once during the week and once on the weekends. I also try and work out at home with a video at least 2 times a week. Its hard with a baby! But I'm doing what I can.

I turn 30 this year. Yikes. 

I will have a ONE YEAR OLD this year. Yikes. I can't believe she has now been outside more than she was inside! :)

So yeah...that's about all that I have got going on. Life with a babe is hectic and boring all at the same time. I love it though!

Thanks to anyone who is still reading!