Finally...an update!

Wow, its been a long time since I’ve written on this blog. Lets see why.

Working full time, taking care of a now 20 month old (wow, how did she get that old), being a wife, and more recently starting up a little online business. (my etsy store is here.... http://www.etsy.com/shop/LexiekinPrints )

But the main reason I wanted to write something is just to document how much I am enjoying motherhood, and in particular my wonderful daughter. I warn you, its gonna be a long one. I am really enjoying this stage. She is talking, well as much as a 20 month old can, and its amazing the number of new words she is saying every day.

Some of her favourite words....

Please and thankyou – she has been signing and saying this for sometime now. She always signs it still when she says it, and will easily say it when prompted, and sometimes without. For a while she was saying please ALL the time, because she has got what she wanted then, but now its faded off. The way she says thank you makes me smile every time.

NO – luckily its not as frequent as it was a couple months ago

Done – she says this a lot right now. Done. Done. Done. I think this has replaced no J

UPPY – for some reason when she wants up, she says this. I think its a combination of up and please.

Walk – sooo funny. We started saying walk to stop her from running in the house...but now when we say it, she has to grab one of us by the hand and we need to walk across the house with her. She’s even happier if DH and I both walk with her. You should see the big smile on her face when we do this. Apparently she does this at daycare with one of the other little girls there.

Peepee – she defiantly knows when she is wet, or might need to go. Potty training hasn’t happened yet. We almost tried, but then didn’t think she was quite ready yet.

Boots – LOVE the way she says this..so cute. And she could put them on and off ALL day long.

Oh boy, so many more...I better stop there.

But one recent one word is CLOCK. Put she doesn’t say the L...so yeah, you know what that means. Haha

Personality – this is how I would describe her right now

Independant or stuborn(can’t force her to ANYTHING –she loves to do everything on her own. It goes much smoother if you let her do it herself. Ie – me cleaning her face/hands = screaming, her doing it = very happy girl

Cautious – when we go somewhere new, or are in large group (ie our soccer nights), or with new people, she likes to just stand and stare and take everything in. After she feels safe then she’ll venture into the group...kinda

Thrill seeker – this is just what I think she is going to be like. I predict she is going to love rides etc. She loves being thrown up in the air, or push around in things, or throwing her self backwards yelling WEEEEE. Sometimes I worry that she will hurt her head...but so far ok, and she loves it.

Busy - oh boy. Sometimes I crave a little girl that I can just lay down with, cuddle with on the couch. But no way! I have learned to savour the odd, 1-2 minutes of cuddle time...but other then that...its GO GO GO!

Smart – of course I think this cause I’m her mom – but she just amazes us daily with what she knows.

Discipline - we have had some issues with this. More with me figuring out the best thing for us. I'm not gonna go into to much detail right now..but we do use short time outs in some cases, and while a month ago it was rather rough...right now she is being pretty well behaved. This of course is likely to change at any point now.

Well I have to stop there for now...I could go on and on. Here is a recent picture too...of her mopping while we were out at a childrens museum. Just adorable I think!

Brag time

Today I just feel like bragging about my little girl. Its something I try not to too to much of in "real life", cause I know others don't really care as much about my girl as I do. Same goes for every child and their parents I am sure. But here in the virtual world I think its ok? We need someplace to showoff don't we? :)

Why I'm so proud of my little girl...
Daycare - she has been a trouper! She fits right in, and is loving it. I asked today how she is getting along with the other kids, and I was told great! Even when an older boy tries to run her over with his big truck, she sticks up for herself and yells at him, as if to say get away! HAHA Good for her!

Sleeping. WOW! I thought we had it good before, but now its amazing. Other then when we were on vacation, I can't remember the last time that she woke up during the night. I also can't remember the last time she cried when she wakes up (she normally wakes up playing, or just whining a little), nor when she cries when put down to sleep or nap. We put her to lay down and boom she's asleep. Even when my, ummm, wonderful? DH goes into her room 3 times in a night to check on her, she doesn't wake up. Just looks at him, then goes right to sleep.
Eating - she is still not a big eater, and is still somewhat picky..but we've got her figured out a bit more now and she's getting what she needs everyday. Its not as stressful now feeding her.

Walking...what can I say. I'm so super proud of her walking on her own. Keeping me busy...but I am loving it.
Here is a picture when she first started walking...a little blurry but you can still see :)

Walking and Pictures

This week has been one amazing one.
On July 13th, my little girl officially began to walk!
I mean she's been walking holding onto things and walking that way forever now, but on Tuesday, she starting taking more and more steps alone. And with each day she's doing it more and more.
It is so cute to see her pick up something, like a ball, or 2 shoes, or 2 items of clothes, and walk all around the room with them. I'm sure this newness will ware of soon, but right now I think its the cutest thing ever.

Today we took a short little walk down the sidewalk. Me next to the road, and her walking next to me. Oh so super cute!!! Oh, except when she falls on the sidewalk with her hands. Think I might be best to get some polysporin to be prepared for the scratches and scrapes that are about to come.



Also this week I had some pictures taken by a friend who sadly is moving away tomorrow. Her blog is here. You really should check it out!

I'll post some more later on, but here is one :)

Mixed emotions

Today is a day of mixed emotions. It is late Saturday night, nearly Sunday, the day before I go back to work after having been off for more then a year. One small part of me is happy to be getting back to work, to be able to use my career minded brain again. But most of me, is sad, worried, scared and nervous.

Sad because I will be missing so much time spent with ohhh. I am going to miss her smile, her laugh her claps, even her mischievous ways that make me say No many times a day. :) All the things that maker her, her.
Worried because I can't control what happens to her at daycare. I won't be there to catch her if she is about to fall, or is upset and needs her mommy.
Scared of her forgetting who I am, and her wanting to stay there instead of coming home because of all the toys and kids to play with.
Nervous/ anxious about going back to work. The politics in my job suck, and I don't want to get sucked into all that again. I'm also realizing that I don't want to do this job forever anymore. I have been thinking of a career change but I can't possibly find an entry level job making the money I am, so I will need to stick this out for several more years at least.


So too make me feel better, I am going to list the positives of going back to work and having little ohh in daycare.

I will be getting a regular paycheck again!
I should be all refreshed and go into my job with new found energy.
It will be good to relearn all of my skills (even if I feel like I'll be starting over from scratch)
It will be nice to have some more adult conversation.
It will be good to be feeling more productive then I have lately.
Ohh will like playing with other kids
Playing with kids 5 days a week will help her out socially
Daycare should help her prepare better for school
Going back to work, and having a child will be keeping me busy and organized
Being busy will help to keep us on our VERY tight budget


ahhh...better already.

12 Month Dr's appointment.

She is sleeping away right now after her traumatic morning of getting her 12 month vaccinations. Poor girl. I hate when she does that hyperventilating crying, and holds her breath. Makes my heart break. Hopefully after some rest she'll be back to her regular self. (fingers crossed for no fevers or anything)


Weight 17 pounds, 13 oz
Height 63 cm
Head circumference 43 cm

She is tiny. Her height especially is way below the bottom of the chart. Her weight is slightly below. Her head circumference is right in the middle (at least one thing is on track!)

The Dr asked if I wanted to be reassured and send her to the pediatrician to be checked out. After some discussion, I opted not too. She is a very happy, and busy little girl, so I'm not overly concerned. We decided to see the numbers at her 15 month appointment. If they are still not improving he will refer me elsewhere at that point.

So her small size is still nagging at me a bit, but not enough to prompt me to investigate further at this point. I hope that was the right decision.

Now off to finish enjoying my last week of not working!!

Happy First Birthday!!!

Because I will be away on her actual birthday, and this week is busy, thought I would celebrate her birthday here now!

I can't believe that in just over a week, at 7:35 pm, it has been a year since my daughter entered this world! I can still picture that moment when they showed her to me. It still brings tears to my eyes!

The journey...


I never thought I would be a mom. In fact I never thought I wanted children when I was younger. But after meeting my husband and helping to take care of step children I knew that I desperately wanted a child of our own.
After a failed vasectomy reversal in 2007, ultrasounds, bloodwork, hsg test, a bunch of money, and whole heck of a lot of waiting we were blessed to get pregnant with our first IVF attempt in Sept 2008.


In June 2010, via an emergency c-sxn she entered my life. I have never felt so much love as I do with her.
It is impossible to summarize the last 12 months, but if I had to, this is what I would have to say about my life with her and adapting to motherhood. (the good, and the hard parts)

• Tiring
• Stressful
• amazing
• thrilling
• life changing
• Challenging
• confusing
• Loving
• exciting

As I did for several of her "monthly" birthdays, this is what I know about her right now...

• She is still such a happy baby
• She is a busy busy girl
• She is stubborn, just like mom and dad
• Little Miss Independent
• She has taken a couple steps, and I am sure she will walk anytime now.
• She (or more like I) has survived a few minor illnesses
• Her nickname is now Hover, because she finds every spec of anything on the ground
• She is the fastest crawler around
• She loves water
• She is cute!
• Her favourite book is the peekaboo baby animals book. (she says dog and duck...although only hubby and I can tell it at this point in time :) )
• She loves to look at people

There is so much more I could say about her...but above all she is my amazing little girl and she makes me so proud.

Here is a collage that shows how much she has changed over the year....amazing!

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY MY LITTLE GIRL!!

Out of the funk

Well whatever little funk I was in, seems to have passed. Yippee!! I'm still stressed, but that is just a ton of things to do, going back to work kind of stress. That kind of stress I can handle. Married life is back to normal, (but we still plan on working on some things once things slow down a little.) so that makes me feel so much better.

As for little oh. She's still a sleeping machine. Too much I think, but thinking it should be ok until her vaccine appointment at the end of June when I'll talk to the Dr. Thinking she must still be recovering from the rash/virus thing she had. But playing that day by day.

She is sleeping up to 16-17 hours a day...isn't that an insane amount of sleep?? Yet she's super happy/active when she is awake, and goes right to sleep when I lay her down. So she must need it right?? I'm on the fence about whether or not to worry. 1 minute I think I should, the next not. But if I do, I will call the Dr again.

Walking...not yet. But oh soo close. She stands for a while, and has even taken a couple steps ( a few times the last couple of days), but she much prefers to sit down and then crawl.

Eating...miss picky.

Here is my daily routine.

• I try and feed her (insert food here) on a spoon, she hits the spoon out of my hand,
• I try to get her to open her mouth to feed it by hand, and she closes her mouth, and hits my hand, til the food goes flying. No amount of chew chew, or little songs usually help here.
• I put the food on the highchair, and she throws it off the highchair
• I put a raspberry (or other fruit) with other food , and she grabs it and hits her hand on the highchair until the other food falls off, and then just eats the raspberry.So smart!!
  
• I put a fruit on the table, and she eats it!

Uggh...becoming frustrating. Can a baby eat too many fruits? Out of all of these attempts she will get some amount of other food into here, but not soo much. I think, maybe just maybe she's getting more other foods into her now, but it sure is a fight. Oh and she rips any type of bib right off, so these fruits make a nice mess when we are out, and she can't be naked :)

Weight
At her pediatrition appt she was only 17.5 pounds. On the infamous chart, but at the bottom. I need to have her rechecked at her vaccine appt. Hopefully she's gained some by then. If not, we'll see what happens then.

Better

Well its amazing how a couple hours can make a world of difference.
Seems hubby and I just had a little blip, that got blown well out of proportion! What we've come away with, is that this marriage thing takes more work then we have been putting into it lately. We need to focus on "us" along as our little girl, and everything around us.

This quiz here, `test your marraige` has helped us realize that we do really have a great marriage, and that we can at least acknowledge our `problem` areas. So we've committed to working harder at our relationship.

I probably shouldn't even blog about this, since it's so private, but nobody seems to talk about this that I know of unless they are in dire straits, so it feels good to be able to vent here, without anyone thinking we are headed for divorce!

All better

Yeah, the rash is almost completely gone! Great news!


As for me, I'm feeling kind of blah these last few days. Feeling kind of depressed if I'm being honest. Blaming it on financial problems, marital problems, and also I think because my baby is almost 1 and I'll be going back to work soon.

I know I will be better soon, just a down in the dumps kind day.

But I always keep these kind of feelings (especially financial and marital) to myself secret as much as I can in my "real" life. So I'll put on a brave face and hope that this feeling will soon pass. I am certainly looking forward to a group mom and baby party this week too get my mind off these things.

worse today

Here ae some better pictures...the rash is worse today.

At least she isn't itchy, and she's not sick otherwise.

What is that???

I just want to document, what happened today. It turned into a novel....sorry! :) so here is the summary so you don't need to read it all!

• Ohh Has a rash
• Thought it was measles, but its not
  
• Its another, virus, not too worry.
• Not contagious now that the rash has appeared.
  
• Go back next week to see pediatrician if still present
• Symptoms - Tired this week (sleeping more then usual), and rash today.

This morning started like all others. Woke up to a playing baby. Changed her diaper, brought her downstairs and fed her breakfast and a bottle. She was rather fussy, not wanting to eat (even less then normal...I'll have to blog about her poor eating habits another time), but I didn't think much of it.
I decided on short notice to go swimming with her, but upon getting her dressed noticed something alarming.
She had a rash. A rash behind one of her ears. Strange I thought, where is this coming from? Then I noticed it appearing behind her other ear. Now I was getting worried. I brought her downstairs for closer observation with my husband. Then I noticed that there were red spots appearing on her chest and belly, then on her back too. I admit, I was scared. I thought she was having some type of allergic reaction, and was watching closely for any swelling, or difficulty breathing. Thankfully that never happened.
I called my mom (I always do when something is wrong!) and she thought maybe a heat rash. She mentioned measles, but thought more likely heat trash. So I gave her a bath, and thought that the rash stopped spreading further.

For a couple hours hubby, my mom and me tried to figure out what it was. I was sure it wasn't measles, and thought it must be hives or something. But, we couldn't figure out what it would have been. I started googling, while she took a nap, and couldn't find what exactly it was. But was starting to think measles because of the pattern. After much humming and hawwing (hmm is that a word? lol) I called the Dr. and was sent to the pediatrition. I had to be there within 1/2 hour!!! I wasn't sure if it was because it was an emergency, or because of booking issues. Turns out it was the latter. But I am sure you can imagine the chaos as we tried to get her dressed, and gather up some supplies to be out the door in less then 10 minutes, all the while while we discuss what the heck was wrong with her.

We made it there with 1 minute to spare.

He examined her. (she weighed 17.5 pounds which is on the small side, and he mentioned wanting to recheck her weight later on)
First thing he said was, well, it looks like measles. YIKES!!! but its not. WHEW!!!
If it was measles she would be sick, have red eyes, have a fever etc etc.
So it is likely another virus ( which one, he said, didn't matter) and would go away on its own.

The only symptom she's had, has been being unusually tired this week. She has been sleeping her normal 12 hour nights, then taking a three hour nap, and then 2 more hours. I had been worried earlier in the week, but had called the Dr, and was told to keep an eye on her, and if she got worse or I became more worried to call. I still don't know if the 2 are related for sure, but I am highly suspicious. If she's been fighting a virus, then it makes sense that she's been tired.


If she still has it next week, I am too go back in. Fingers crossed that it will be gone. Especially since she's to go to daycare again on Wed, and I'm going to a group baby birthday party with 4 other babies.

So tonight the rash looked worse, but we gave her another bath, and she's sound asleep now. So we will see what tomorrow brings.

Ahh, what a day!
But oh so glad its not Measles!!!
I tried to take pictures, but they didn't turn out so well, but I'll still post a couple.

Happy 11 months!

Today little Ohh is 11 months old. I just can't believe it! 1 more month til she is a year old. How did that happen?!

We had a fun weekend away in Kingston visiting family. I miss it there. Sometimes I wish I was back.

Here are some pictures from a wondeful weekend. It makes me wish we had a pool. Time to get some sleep...stupid cold.

What a week

It went from the crappiest ever to a wonderful much needed relaxing day at a spa with some great momma friends.

I was supposed to have a busy week of storytime, photo shoot for Ohh, swimming, and a little mommy/baby party at my house. Ending today with a pedicure and drinks. But of course things didn't go quite as planned. Our house ended up with some type stomach flu. I was MISERABLE! And trying to take care of my little girl was near impossible for a couple days, especially when she started to get sick. Thank goodness for a wonderful hubby that let me take some gravol and live next to the bathroom when he was home! (even if I wasn't appreciative at the time)

So this is what I learned about babies and having dirrhea. ( I want to document what happend to maybe help some other moms, and also to remind me of what to do, the next time it happens.)

• There is nothing you can do about it. My Dr at least thinks letting it run it's course is the best thing. Giving drugs to stop it aren't good because it's the bodies way of getting rid of some type of infection.
• The most dangerous thing is dehydration. Babies can die from this. You don't need to be super stressed, but you do need to be mindful and use your instincts.

When Ohh was at the peak of her sickness, she was much more tired, she would sleep her regular 11/12 hour night, then take a 3 hour nap 2-3 hours later, then take up to another 1-2 hour nap 2-3 hours after waking up again. I knew that she wasn't in "danger" mode because she was still relatively happy when she was awake, and would still play with her toys. If she hadn't been, then I would have been more worried.
The day she didn't eat so well, she also looked a little "spacey" or "lost". To others I'm sure she looked like a happy, hyper little baby, but DH and I kept saying to each other that something wasn't quite right for her. And we talked about how if we took here to the dr's they would think she was totally fine. Now I know that, that was a sign of some dehydration. And I will know how to deal with it for next time. Luckily though, she ate better the next day and was more herself again.

• In adults, not eating for a day is a good way to give your gut a break, but in babies that isn't an option, so feeding a diet that is full of banana's, apples, rice, starchy foods is the best idea.
• If on formula which is milk based, switching to pedialyte is best because the milk can be yucky on their tummies. (I`m not sure what you would do if they were on breast milk? would you still switch?) We were told to completely stop the formula and feed pedialyte until firm bm's were seen.
  

We gave it in the bottle, and she loved it. She drank quite a bit of it, which was good, and you could soon see her getting more energy, and getting back to her old self. It isn`t very filling, so she was more hungry for solids food!

My only regret in all of this, is that I hadn't called the Dr sooner. I mean I knew there wasn't much I could do, and I knew pedialyte was a good option, but I didn't realize that you replaced it completely from the formula. I had also been too sick to make it too the store, so from now on I will have at least one container on hand just in case for the next time. Next time I will know to start this plan sooner.

So I know have a new found respect when other mothers tell me they are sick (especially with the stomach flu) and have a baby to take care of, whether they are sick or not. It really is the worst thing around. Maybe I`m just a wuss, but I just wanted to sleep, and was glad when she was sleeping more too. Its the only time I`ve wished little Ohh was old enough to take care of herself. Bad mom? No I don't think so, just a sick one!

But now I`m back to feeling wonderful, and oh so glad to be able to mother my little girl.
Good news is, she was in a great mood today, and had a "firm" poop for the first time in 4-5 days. So we restarted formula, and await for the next "movement". If its still firm, then I'm satisfied that we've survived our first but certainly not our last stomach flu!


P.s...we found a daycare!!!! so no more stressing about that!

Picture updates!

Its been a while since I've posted some pictures...so here are some over the last little bit. She she is growing up. Looking at her pictures always make me feel better!
I can't believe she'll be 10 months in just a few days!!! And even more amazing is that her hat is on in all of them. It lasts a whole 2 seconds on her head now! I'm sure she'll have a burned head by the end of the summer.

The second picture is of her in the swing for the first time...she loved it!

Count down - 2 months, 2 weeks

Thats about how much time I have left on my Mat leave. Yuck. That is exactly how I am feeling today...Blah!

The rush is on right now to find daycare. I had a little meltdown on Tuesday. Not sure exactly why, partly because I'm in the 2 week hell of PMS, partly because reality is sinking in, and partly because I'm scared of not finding the right place, let alone a place at all.

So this is what has been happening.

We've figured out for certain that we can't afford the daycare centre. If we took her there we'd have less then $300 a month for groceries, diapers, some bills, and life in general! I think I was living in a fantasy world before thinking that somehow it would magically work out, but no it won't. I had my heart set on a centre and was upset that I was being a bad mom by not being able to give her the best because of money. We'll still be broke with a homedaycare, but at least it will be more managable.
Well I've come around, and found that there can be some good home daycares, I just have to find it.

But my first interview sure didn't help. She was an elderly lady. She was super nice, and I honestly wouldn't mind her to be a babysitter once in a while, but it just wouldn't work out long term.
So I found out from this, that I am looking for a place that will do more activities with them, something that is more like a centre where they are playing and learning a lot more.

I have an interview at this place next week....to me it seems to be a great place. And if you had seen the other place I had the interview at, you'd agree. She has lots of rules/policies, but from looking around that seems pretty common, and my mom said she has to protect herself. I suspect this interview will be different, and she will be interviewing me, just like I am her. Better be on my best behaviour...haha! I hope this turns out to be the one, and I won't need to search anymore.

ahh...I really should get outside when Ohh wakes up from her nap...

Holy smokes...she's 9 months old.

Wow..She's 9 months old today! I can't believe it.
More and more she is turning into a little girl. Is that possible at 9 months?

So what do I know about her at this time....

• She's getting quite the little personality. I'm realizing more and more what the little extrovert and chatter box she is. (way different from momma).
  
• She makes me laugh a million times a day!
• Shes also quite the busy little beaver. Inquisitive of everything, and wanting to grab anything that isn't tied down. Especially the remote controls!
• She's no longer a puker at all. Just normally spit up here and there I would say!(makes me so happy!)
  
• She still has a sensitive stomach, but I am thinking more and more, it's just her body getting used to new foods, and not any particular foods. At least there is no pattern then I can see so far.
• She isn't walking yet, as I had predicted. That doesn't bother me in the slightest. I get the feeling she is just happy with how fast she can get around on all fours, and can't be bothered.
  
• She loves being out with other babies, we love our nice little mommy and baby group!
• Still just has one tooth...wondering when the others will appear.
• Is still on the small side, but I've ALMOST stopped worrying. She really is the happiest baby I know, and so super active, I think it's just her.
• She is an excellent sleeper (knock on wood...please please don't let that be a jinx) and when we are at home we have a pretty good idea know of what to do.
• Naps outside the crib are rough unless she goes in the car or stroller.
  
• She loves bath time...especially with Daddy
• She LOVES daddy. He plays rough with her, and she loves it.
• She LOVES me more all the time I think. When she's not feeling well, I'm the one she wants. This is new. Before she wouldn't care, but she's getting a bit clingy now. It's bittersweet. Makes my heart melt when she wants to cuddle with me.
• Shes starting to use a sippy cup, but only a tiny bit at a time
• She is eating pretty much anything we are at this point. If it can be mushed, we'll let her try it. (except peanuts, egg white and tomatoes)

What do I know about me at this time...

• I feel like I am finally getting to know what I am doing. I am going more on instinct now, then reading books or looking up things online. It's a weird transition. I'll still look up some stuff, but really, as far as feeding goes (which has been my biggest stress) - I am just winging it, and going with what feels right. I'm not stressing over numbers anymore.
  
• I haven't lost any weight as I had planned. Still a work in progress. I want to lose weight now so I can be happy to be in pictures with her. I feel bad for not having any good ones of the 2 of us :(

So over all things are wonderful!

(can you tell I just ended my 2 weeks of hell...and am in the happy phase of my cycle? haha)

Back burner

Sadly my mommy blog has gone to the back burner lately. I have a feeling I will only be using this blog when I need to vent..sorry everyone! I don't have too much to vent about right now .... which is a good thing!

Well for me..I had my second dental surgery on Friday. I have to say so far (knock on wood) - it's not nearly as bad as last time. Of course it's not pleasant, but much more manageable so far.


My new genealogy blog is taking off with flying colours. Already, I have 15 followers! Now just how do I get them all to click on the ads so I can make a bit of cash? haha

Family history fun!

I'm starting on a new blogging adventure....gonna see how it goes...

http://familyhistoryfunforall.blogspot.com/

Family Findings

This is just one of the many documents I have found while doing my genealogy. You can click on it to see it more closely.

This is the marriage certificate of my paternal great grand parents. Florence Elizabeth (Elin) Aldous and George Austin Rowe. They were married on June 18 1914.

I am finding marriage certificates to be giving me a wealth of information. You can find out a lot of facts from them.

This is what you can learn just from this one. By using other documents like census and death records, you can find out even more!

George A. Rowe -

• Born about 1887, in Chippawa Ontario
• Currently living in Chippawa
• He is an Iron worker
• His religion is Church of England
• His parents Are Delos Rowe and Susan Tice

Born about 1892 Chippawa Ontario

• Currently living in Chippawa
  
• She is Baptist
• Her parents are William Aldous and Jane Humphries

The witnesses to the wedding are D.O Aldous and [Eric Stienman] (the brackets are there because I can't quite read that name), both of Chippawa.
The person who performed the ceremony was W.E.B. McKenzie in Chippawa.


Anyone else find this kind of thing as interesting as I do? I love uncovering new things.


Here is a picture of my Great Grandmother Florence. It is at her 80's birthday. She died in 1979 at 87.

Fresh start

Today was my appointment with the nutritionist.
Nothing earth shattering...all things I know, but it was good for someone to tell me, and to be accountable with. She was really good with making sure to set realistic goals. Nothing to extreme to start, or I would feel "demotivated" if I couldn't follow through.

So - 5 goals we set, and discussed some ideas on what to eat to help stay fuller.

1. Eat more vegges and fruit. (recommend 7-8 servings a day, currently eating only 1-2, so goal is to up to about 4-5 servings to start)
2. Try hummas to have with vegatbles and I will try cottage cheese to see if I like it. (would be good to have with fruit)
3. Decrease grains. (my major weakness)
4. Increase intake of water.
5. Increase exercise. Get out for at 3 walks a week - 1/2 hour - 60 minutes each.

SO it's very doable...I just have to do it. So off too the grocery store tonight...thinking about our discussion today.

Oh, and I got a little peak at my blood work, that will be discussed in more detail at the appointment I have in April with the OB. Cholesterol was fine. Good cholestorol was a little low though. Vitamin B12 is slightly decreased (hardly at all though), glucose was fine. So nothing major there...we'll see how my hormones turned out.

Yeah to hopefully starting off a healthier lifestyle?