Bath Time & Sleep Training

Thought I would share some pics of Jack enjoying a special bath at the farm this weekend. As you can see from his face he LOVES bath time! Oh and in a nice orange bucket made it different and special this time.
We just got back from a few days at the farm and it was Jack's 1st visit ever. Kim was really excited to take him there as he is a farm boy at hear and it is his home. Grandma and Grandpa LOVED having him and LOVED playing with him. It is great to have grandparents as that relationship is so special for both child and grandparent...oh and a nice break for Mom and Dad as well.
Jack is in his crib right now crying a little.....I am trying to get this little bugger sleep trained better. He is a cat napper throughout the day and it sucks. He needs to just go down for a solid 1 hour nap twice a day and sleep through the night. He is currently not doing either and it is making me crazy!!!!
OK now he is screaming gotta run!!!!!

Happy Jack

We are off to the farm tonight for Jack's first ever visit!!!

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Jack at 10 weeks

JACK will be 10 weeks old tomorrow and I just wanted to document a little about who this guy is right now.
Dear Jack you are:
1. SO cute it kills me.
2. Smiling more and more. Last month you were only into smiling in the morning but now you smile all day!
3. You love love love to eat! Your 3 hour feed me now or else schedule is rock solid no matter how much I would like it to change.
4. You are a little chubber weighing 14 pounds.
5. You Love your play mat.
6. You Love bath time with either me or Daddy. SO many smiles its adorable.
7.You no longer like tummy time.
8. You like car rides but often just fall asleep which is a good thing.
9. Your cooing is so sweet and music to my ears.
10. You look a lot like your Daddy who just loves you so much!

Bath Time!

Bath time is proving to be Jack's favorite time of day!! I have been sick for 2 days and have not hugged or kissed my little guy because I do not want him to get sick:( It is hard to keep my hands off of him!!!

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Oh and I wanted to mention I LOVE NORWEX!!! Mom if you are reading this I know you will fall over but I loved cleaning the bathrooms today!!! I wiped out my Norwex bath mitt that I bought at a small town sell people crap party and OMG it is AMAZING. Anyone that knows me knows that I am all about chemical free products and this stuff is amazing. I am now a proud member of the NORWEX cult. My bathroom is sparkling and it literally took less than 10 minutes to clean from top to bottom not using 1 single cleaning product. Next time I am invited to another small town sell people crap party I am going for this stuff!!!!

Mom's into Fitness- Lindsey Brin

I have discovered Lindsey Brin and I think I am going to like her. I ordered 3 of her DVD's and I did the first one last night. I like her approach to fitness first being a mother and second her original and more unique approach t fitness. I am so OVER bootcamp style classes. I am just simply over military style workouts I like feminine dance/pilates style moves and she has it!!! She knows a lot about core workouts.....especially since the core after a baby is really a unique experience to say the least!!!
I will keep you posted on the other 2 dvd's.

The many faces of JACK

I am back! I was away for quite sometime however I am now back and settling into winter/hibernation mode. It is FREEZING here now and it is full on winter. I just got back from almost 2 weeks in Saskatoon and had a great time. I do LOVE the city, I really do. My days there are busy and filled with things to do. Here in Meadow I am so isolated and there is nowhere to go and nothing to do. I am trying not to let it get to me to much. I just feel that with Jack the city offers sooo much more....mommy and me aerobics (that I went to with Katie), kindermusic, pilates, gym with daycare and activities galore for babies and kids. Here I have my mom's group and that is it. It is a great thing that we invested i a good treadmill and my exercise DVD collection is quite extensive. I seriously think I might actually hibernate all winter. It is going to be rough but that is why I am planning a trip to Palm Springs for January!!!!!!
Jack turned 2 months old this past week and boy has he changed. He is smiling , cooing and more alert than ever. he is soooo chubby it is beyond sweet. I am wondering if we may have to start shopping at Penningtons for babies hahahhah!!!
Speaking of shopping my HUNTER rubber boots arrived and I love them.......just not on me:( My legs are WAY to fat and just don't look good in them. They are $200 rubber boots so now I am debating do I keep them and hope my calves shrink or do I return them? I just don't know how practical they are right now!
Tonight is my first night alone with Jack. Kim went to Regina for the night for a course. I am thankful my 1st night alone is now and not 4 weeks ago. He was much to fresh for me then.
OK I better go and pick a DVD to do tonight as long as JACK allows me the tme!

Saskatoon

I am in Saskatoon now for awhile hanging with my mom because Kim went to Regina for a course for a few days. Not sure how much I will be able to blog but I will do my best. Tomorrow I am going to a mommy and me exercise class with my friend Katie! I am excited as we simply do not have luxuries like that in the ghetto..oops I mean Meadow!!! I plan to take in all my former home city has to offer for the next few days. I was itching to hit up my all time favorite Superstore tonight but it closes at 6 on Sunday's BOO!!!

A blog post is simply just not complete without pictures so here are three randoms:
1. My fur baby Ruby......I LOVE her so very much. Even after having a baby it is still VERY possible to love puppies despite everyone saying "oh you just wait till that baby comes those dogs will just be second fiddle blah blah blah blah blah!!!!!" I still love my pups & Jack!!!
2. Ruby loves Jack and Jack will grow to love Ruby
3. My husband sleeping with his mini me. He never ever wants his picture posted anywhere online so we will see how long it takes him to notice!!! See if he reads my blog:)

MOvember-Jack is into it!!

Jack decided to get into Movember this year as you can see from his mustache. My uncle was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year and he seems to be doing just fine thank God!

On another not I wanted to review my sketchers Shape Ups that I decided today DO in fact enhance a simple walking workout. I was SUPER skeptical about purchasing these awful looking shoes however I figured after Jack was born that I planned to do a lot of walking and if they could help I was in! I have worn them quite a bit for walks and thought they were ok until today I went for about an hour pushing Jack in a stroller and boy oh boy by the end my leg were really tired...not sore just felt like they were worked and tired. They are supposedly supposed to mimic the feeling of walking in sand and really they do! Tonight I went on another walk and wore my regular runners and my legs felt totally fine not really tired like they had this morning. Two walks in one day....two different shoes and now I am a believer the the Shape Ups. They are not the answer to everything I think they are simply a good addition to a walk and a good addition to home work-out gear.
Tonight instead of the stroller I took Jack out in the baby bjorn and we walked to visit my husband at work as he was working night shift. As you can see by the pictures I stuffed jack the bear in the baby bjorn and off we went. I thought it would keep him more alert and more stimulated than when he is in the stroller.....I was wrong 4 minutes into our walk he was out like a light!!! Speaking of being awake someone is awake now and demanding my attention!!
Bye for now!

November is going to be a busy month for us and we are very happy about that. Today we had coffee with my mom's group, Kim and I did the shred video and then I had a jewelry party at my new friend Gwen's house.
On Sunday we are heading to Saskatoon for lots of visiting. Oh and my mother has informed me my boy should be sleeping longer (I agree just have no idea how to get him to do so) so I have welcomed her to step right up and show me how it's done. She said by this time she had my brother and I sleeping through the night!! Can't wait for ol' Potsy (my mom) to show me how its done!!!

November is the Month

November is our Month to SHRED the weight off. Kim and I started a mew eating and fitness plan this month and yesterday we started it off with a Jillian Michaels shred video. Jack began to fuss in the middle of it so I strapped on the baby bjorn and did a modified version. Now that I have a baby I do what I have to do I guess!!!