Fall is here

A little display of Fall by my side door. I'm excitied about it b/c this year has been my first to put anything out. It helps me feel part of the season, I guess. Fall is just a beautiful time of year, the change of temperture, colorful leaves, bon fires, and the start of hot chocolate with marshmallows. Thinking of all the things to be thankful for.....

There's a little more yellow in the bigger trees now, but this is the start of fall in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. This is a picture of the street we live off of. The weather is in the 50's to 70's and it's just beautiful. One of the reason's that we are here is for the four season's. Only wishing for less of a winter season, but other than that it's perfect. I would love to have two to three months of winter and than go right into spring. I know there are places like that, but my and my husbands families are here, so you can guess what our number one reason is for staying. Famliy is important especially for us now since we started our own. We want him to have grandparents, uncles, and aunts around him while he grows up. I had a few years with my grandma which by the way likes to be called "grammy", she says that grandma sounds to old. She turned 80 last April. :o) The older I get the more I understand how the elderly must feel. Your mind never ages, but your body does.

My son turned 4 months the other day and gave me his first full laugh. He belched and than laughed about it. :o) It was cute, so I had to call up his father to let him know and he said "that's a boy for you". (For laughing at his own burp.) I'm trying to get him to laugh more by tickling him or by blowing on his tummy, but nothing seems to work just quite yet. I get a lot of smiles though, so I know there just around the corner.

I thought having a little one around would cramp my style, but it hasn't been true. They truly become part of you. I can even understand why parents miss their childen now when they're away from them. I don't get that privilege very often and I'm ok with that right now since I'm breastfeeding. Any ideas of how to help young ones to learn to roll over? He's rolled over by himself once (tummy to back). The excitements of being a new mom!

The sun is out!

Yeah! What a blessing to see the sun shining and the kind of feeling of life it brings to ones spirit. I actually got some cleaning done and made Sunday dinner which I usually don't have time for since Sunday is a very busy day for my family. Weird since it's suppose to be the day of rest or should I say Saturday. It starts with me getting into the shower at 7am (I have 30 minutes to get most of my stuff done) than I feed Ian at 7:30am to a little after 8am. Hopefully Jason, my husband, is ready to take over Ian so I can finish getting ready. We're out the door by 8:50am. Sunday School starts at 9:15am and than service starts at 10:30am. We get home after 12:30pm since we grab something to eat at Jimmy John's. Feed Ian once more and than he goes for a nap around 1:30pm - 2:00pm. I get maybe an hour to my self b/c I make dinner(sometimes), feed Ian once more, and than we leave for church once more at 4:30pm. We get home after 7:30pm, feed & bathe Ian and put him to bed by 8:30pm or hopefully before 9pm. Wow, how life has changed since giving birth. Mostly to the good. Now I have to work on this body of mine.

This week I have a goal of going to a fitness center to see what kind of deal I can get for joining. I need to start getting this baby fat off of me. I see some women who after the first month look amazing! What happened me? Life, I suppose. I should give my self I little break since it's only been 3 months.

Time to start getting ready for bed. So tired....

A Raining Day

It's been raining for the past couple of days and it's amazing how this weather makes one feel lazy. I should be cleaning my house, but instead I find other things to occupy my time. Like writing in this blog. :o) Sometimes I wonder what I do all day. I have a 3 month old son named Ian which takes up most of my time. He's always been a slow eater, but now he's seems more interested in his fingers or putting mine in his month than feeding. So let's just say it takes hours to feed him b/c I'm not sure if he's getting enough milk from me. He sleeps through the night and takes his naps with out to much trouble so I guess you can say he's getting enough, but still I worry. Yes, I'm a new mom and learning every day how to be one. I'm loving it though! He's growing up so fast. I'm not sure how you mothers who have more than 1 child do it. My hat goes off to you all. I suppose the Lord give us grace for what ever situation were in. I thank the Lord for that. Ian was born at home; I had two midwifes helping with his birth. I rented a birthing tub which I would reccomend doing for those who are pregant now. It was relaxing. People say that I was brave, but I don't feel that way. It would of been lot more brave of me to have it in the hospital. I just don't trust the hospitals enough helping with a natural child birth.