jogging is over-rated!

last week i went on a jog, with gabe and BOB(bob is our jogging stroller)

i was about a mile into the walk/jog with more walking then jogging on this particular day,

and the tears started flowing, and i mean freely people.

i was full on running and crying.

let me tell you why...

running is so much harder then it was 9 months ago,

my hips ache, my knees ache my pelvic bones ache.

i know i had a baby 8 short weeks ago,

but i had 30 years of running before that.

it felt like surly i would never be able to run again

like i used to.

but alas today i went on a 3 mile

walk/jog

and although again there was probably more walking then jogging.

there was no tears.

*

so to all of you mama's out there who get back in shape

after your babies, i salute you.

i hate you. but i salute you.

happy birthday arron!!

today my favorite person turns 30! wow!! i've officially been in his life for more then half of it. isn't he lucky!

i made this sign for him and with some help from a 'little birdie' i got it put up in his cube before he got to work this morning. hahaha

Happy birthday babe, we LOVE you.

what a difference a day makes.....

....... ok i mean two months, but it feels like "only yesterday" ;-)



..............one week old......................today............................one week.......................today.................



two months this little "superman" has been in our lives and it's amazing how time FLIES!!! he is getting SOOO BIG and by big i mean: chunk-a-rama!!! i know you don't need to protect my feelings. he is a chubbers!! and i LOVE every last roll and dimple. :)

what have i learned in the last 2 months... i don't think there is enough space in cyberworld to post it all but i'll try to condense my list.
*i really don't NEED 8 hours of sleep to function.
*i'm not right handed i'm one handed.
*a smile really can melt your heart. (i have yet to capture one on camera, but he can do it...i promise)
*3 AM really does happen. all these years i've just thought it was a rumor.
* moving him to his own room was harder then i thought it would be.
* Love is just not a strong enough word!!!

i'm just say'n!!!!

8 is GREAT.............

8 = the number of hours Gabe slept last night. Thank you my dear little man for the 5 hours of uninterrupted sleep i was able to get. i feel like a new woman!
8/8 = the day that we blessed Gabe. Arron did such a fantastic job, i'm so lucky to have 2 such amazing guys.

i wish this wasn't the best picture i had of him in his little tux, but unfortunately it is. i could NOT get him to hold still when i was trying to get some good shots. i guess i'll have to try again another day. :(

start'em young!

This is sooo NOT good!

This is NOT GOOD for so many reasons! Keebler now makes this Delicious "girl scout" cookie knock off YEAR ROUND people. i saw this package sitting innocently on the store shelf and about peed my pants! i'm in serious caloric intake trouble!

And now i don't have the excuse of pregnancy for the extra weight! :(

BEAR LAKE 2010

bear lake was a little different this year with baby in tow. however it was such a blast to be able to share this place with him that we love so much! {not that he'll remember, but we will}

A week of "firsts" for gabe......... first time at the cabin, first boat ride, first camp fire, first four wheeler ride, first time in the freezing water of bear lake (he didnt love that), first time spending a week with all of his cousins, first time wearing a life jacket(he didnt love that either but as soon as the boat started he was snoozin! first time to church and first time layin on the beach in his own personal cabana.

We love you gabe and cant wait to experience many more firsts!!!!

p.s. mom and dad had fun too wakeboarding, laying out, reading, getting glitter toes, and just chillaxing!

2 weeks down......

...........17 years and 50 weeks to go! {kidding}

i cant believe this little man has been in our lives for 2 weeks. it feels like he has been with us all along. i cant remember what life was like before he got here, and i cant imagine life without him!

this is our last 2 weeks in pictures.................

1. at the hospital ready to deliver.

2. i do a lot more laundry now.

3. gabe celebrates his first 4th of july.

4. gabe gets his first milk mustache.

5. at 4 days old we venture up to logan to watch grandpa finish a 180 mile bike race.

6. bo and gabe become best friends.

7. we celebrate grandmas 50th birthday, isn't she a hot grand-mama!!!
8. we take his picture every chance we get, cuz he is SOSOOOO cute!

9. we both sleep as much as possible.

10. we had his 2 week appointment and he now weighs 9 lbs. 6 oz. and he is 21 inches long. CHUNKER.

WE LOVE YOU GABE!!!

paparazzi

he is eating, sleeping and pooping right on schedule.... he must be some sort of genius.

he has already peed on both arron and i, so we are officially parents of a boy.

he pooped on my right after his first bath

his first explosion only took me 4 diapers to get it right. haha

he loves the utes..haha

him and our little dog Bo are already best friends.

he is cuter every morning when i wake up.

WE LOVE. LOVE. LOVE. HIM! i dont know how we got so blessed but we are soaking in every minute of it. :)