11.29.2009
Ready, Set...GO
The competition is in full swing. Every Sunday is "The Official Weigh In". Winner pays $50 bucks less to the combined family bills. Shane ran a 15 minute mile, which isn't anything too special, but I have to give him kudos cause I ran on and off for 8 minutes and almost died. I never said this was going to be easy!! I KNOW Im out of shape...hence the tread mill that's sitting in our garage. I am just glad that I did something this weekend other than sit on the couch and watch football. We have both set goals for this week. May the best man/woman win!! (If we dont die in the process.)
11.28.2009
Santa Loves Me
Santa brought me a treadmill today! Its great. I call it mine because I already love it to death, and I will probably have to force Shane to even step foot on it. Technically...It is "both" of ours. I went around and around about which way to start working out. Running is the obvious method but the bigger question was how to literally go and work out. You cant take a baby to the gym, and I didn't want to do this without Shane. It's easy to get a membership somewhere, but I couldn't help but feel like I was leaving my husband at home, with the baby, getting fat. It's hard to run around the neighborhood with a stroller (I've tried and it sucks, and Ryan hates it!). I'm so excited to get healthy. For me, its not about how much weight I can lose, but how much healthier I can make our lives. I'll keep everyone posted on our success! Stay Tuned.
11.27.2009
11.22.2009
November 2009: Trip to the Phx Zoo
Today was another good day in a stretch of many. We went to the zoo with Grandpa Green. We saw all the animals that Ryan has been learning about in his books, and took lots of pictures. He LOVES the Tigers and Lions!! We ended up getting a membership at a deal that we just couldnt pass up, so we will be back to the zoo soon!! Zoo Lights!!
11.20.2009
This Weekend...
1. Find and then buy cookie cutters in the shape of acorns and leaves.
2. Find and then buy trays and dishes for Christmas dinner (Williams Sonoma has some cute stuff!)
3. Start preparing menu for Christmas Dinner
4. Make pumpkin bread and cranberry muffins for new girl at work.
5. Clean the house.
6. Go to the Zoo/picnic lunch with the kid and Grandpa.
7. Pull out Christmas tree and put it together
8. Try to relax...even if its only for a minute.
2. Find and then buy trays and dishes for Christmas dinner (Williams Sonoma has some cute stuff!)
3. Start preparing menu for Christmas Dinner
4. Make pumpkin bread and cranberry muffins for new girl at work.
5. Clean the house.
6. Go to the Zoo/picnic lunch with the kid and Grandpa.
7. Pull out Christmas tree and put it together
8. Try to relax...even if its only for a minute.
11.09.2009
11.08.2009
My New Best Friend
My friend Taran and her son Brayden came over today for a playdate...SO MUCH FUN!! I think Brayden was a little overwhelmed by Ryan's "energy", but I think these two are gonna be best friends!
11.07.2009
Life is Good Today
We went to Ikea today. Bought Ryan some fun stuff for his room, a desk, and cute little stools. I will post pictures tomorrow.
Learning to Deal...Sometimes He's Not In Charge!
Lately we have been struggling with discipline. I am sure most, I mean, ALL first time parents go through this. Ryan is mean. He bites, smacks, scratches, pokes, and screams. He hits the dogs and his parents. He bites other kids and the teachers. How do you "punish" someone when they don't know what they are doing is wrong.
Last week(I'm sure all of you know this by now)I was approached in the parking lot of Ryan's daycare by a man. He was the father of one of Ryan's "friends". I guess he had walked into the classroom right after Ryan had pushed "Ava" down, who happened to be this guys kid. (He pushed the little girl down onto her padded diaper-protected ass!! Aww how sad.) He said that he was only telling me about it because he felt that I needed to know. Of course I was in utter shock. How dare anyone approach me about my kids behavior...Right? That's the teachers job! After putting two and two together, I figured it out! The teacher was the one who ratted Ryan out to the parent. After politely explaining to the dad that Ryan is a bully, and we are working with him on it, I laughed it off and walked away. I tried to make light of it, mostly because people are crazy and I didn't know what this guy could or would do to me or my kid. After he drove off, I flagged down the first teacher I could find and basically unleashed. Then, after feeling like I over reacted, it was followed up by feeling completely violated and unsafe...I got over it. And now I'm at the place where not wanting to deal with Ryan's bad behavior meets forcing myself to come to grips with the fact that my precious angel is a monster! So now where do we go? What do we do? I don't believe in spanking, I know that's just going to teach him to be angry and scared of his parents. I tried swatting his hand when he gets into stuff. Again...its in the spanking family and it doesn't work. We are trying time out and redirection.
You know you want a family. You want a baby and pray to God that he blesses you with one. You become pregnant and you are so excited about the future. You go through hours of labor and suffer for weeks after. Then one day you wake up to a screaming red-headed little boy who has his legs wrapped around your neck, screaming, bouncing up and down as if you were a horse, and think to your self...oh my god...this is payback.
I guess we will have to see how it works. I will be sure to keep you all posted as we shape our little bully into the sweet little monkey that we all love so much!!
Last week(I'm sure all of you know this by now)I was approached in the parking lot of Ryan's daycare by a man. He was the father of one of Ryan's "friends". I guess he had walked into the classroom right after Ryan had pushed "Ava" down, who happened to be this guys kid. (He pushed the little girl down onto her padded diaper-protected ass!! Aww how sad.) He said that he was only telling me about it because he felt that I needed to know. Of course I was in utter shock. How dare anyone approach me about my kids behavior...Right? That's the teachers job! After putting two and two together, I figured it out! The teacher was the one who ratted Ryan out to the parent. After politely explaining to the dad that Ryan is a bully, and we are working with him on it, I laughed it off and walked away. I tried to make light of it, mostly because people are crazy and I didn't know what this guy could or would do to me or my kid. After he drove off, I flagged down the first teacher I could find and basically unleashed. Then, after feeling like I over reacted, it was followed up by feeling completely violated and unsafe...I got over it. And now I'm at the place where not wanting to deal with Ryan's bad behavior meets forcing myself to come to grips with the fact that my precious angel is a monster! So now where do we go? What do we do? I don't believe in spanking, I know that's just going to teach him to be angry and scared of his parents. I tried swatting his hand when he gets into stuff. Again...its in the spanking family and it doesn't work. We are trying time out and redirection.
You know you want a family. You want a baby and pray to God that he blesses you with one. You become pregnant and you are so excited about the future. You go through hours of labor and suffer for weeks after. Then one day you wake up to a screaming red-headed little boy who has his legs wrapped around your neck, screaming, bouncing up and down as if you were a horse, and think to your self...oh my god...this is payback.
I guess we will have to see how it works. I will be sure to keep you all posted as we shape our little bully into the sweet little monkey that we all love so much!!
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