Denver Zoo

Emily, Mordecai, Hannah, Lexy, Paula (Lexy's mother in-law) and I all piled into our Trailblazer on Thursday this last week and took a trip to the Denver Zoo. I have been several times with family, but never have I had so much fun. I think that maybe I had more fun than Emily. We did the carousal, which was Emily's first time. I thought she would do okay since she loves the horse at King Soopers, but she freaked out once we started going round. Lexy and I were able to get her to stay on her tiger the whole time, and to calm down by looking at the other animals. Once we got off though she said, "should we do it again?" We then headed over to the train, and she really loved that. She asked me if it was Thomas, and I just had to laugh. From there we went and did the parakeet, and larakeet exhibit. I never knew that you could walk through it, let alone feed them nectar. Well we did and at first Paula had a ton of birds flock around her, then Lexy wanted pictures of me and Mordecai with the birds so she gave us some nectar and wow, did that take off. I had this one bird that chewed a whole through the cup to get to the nectar and another one climbed up Mordecai's leg and then started nibbling on my finger. I think that was the best part for me. So the pictures above are obviously from the Zoo, but they are in no such order.

Thursday and Friday night we had Lexy and her family over for dinner. Friday it was scheduled and Thursday after the Zoo Lexy and I made freezer jam for the Relief Society broadcast dinner so we just had Seth come over since she was already there. It was so much fun. Mike and Seth tease us that we are each others BFF's because we have seen each other for 2 weeks straight.

Walking has been going well, along with the strength training. I have had a lot of people ask me if I am losing weight and that feels good. I just have to realize that I don't lose like some people do with nursing. Well that is it for now.

Sunday Dancing

On Sunday's we used to have big family dinners, and afterwards Mike used to play the piano while we chatted. Well one of the songs he played a lot was "Alley Cat" and Emily would dance and dance. So since everyone is moving or has moved we decided to capture her dancing on video. It seems like every time it is played she has a new dance move, so we need to put her in ballet or some sort of dance class, because she definatly feels the beat of the music. I don't know why the sound isn't working, but oh-well.

Mordecai has been growin also. We had his 6 month well baby last week and he weighs 20 lbs, and is 28 inches long. We also have been doing the crying thing at night, and he has stopped waking up during the 10:00 hour but the last 2 nights he started waking up at midnight. We let him cry himself to sleep the 2 times he woke up on Friday night, and last night he got up but then he went back to bed 10 minutes later and didn't wake up until 10 to 7:00 this morning. Mike also raised the head of his crib last night to see if he has some acid reflux problems so who knows maybe that was what he needed. Whatever the reason we need to nip it in the butt.

I had my hair cut and colored on Friday and I am really pleased with it. I usually keep it pretty long, but I decided I wanted something new.

Walking

S0 I haven't written in a while, so I thought it was time to. I have been hanging out a lot with these 2 ladies in my ward, and I just love 'em. Lexy, and Kristal, or should I say my new BFF's as Mike calls them. It started when we were getting together once a week to quilt, but now that that is done we still get together. We decided to start exercising, so Lexy and I started last night and we did an hour of cardio. Then this morning the 3 of us plus Lisa Badal got together and walked for an hour. We will meet 4 times a week and the days we do walk I will do strength training at night, and the days we don't walk I will do an hour of cardio by myself. My hopes is to get back to my desired weight by the beginning of December, so that also means I need to start watching what I eat.
We had an Elders Quorum dinner at our house on Saturday, and we totally had fun. Emily has also been doing great at going potty in the toilet, "logs" too. We still have accidents every once and a while, but I have been told that is normal. Last night Mike and I did the budget and then we figured out how much I wold need each month, because we are going to try cash, but in the middle of that Mordecai woke up and was ridiculously whiny, so Mike and I put him back to bed and he woke up again. So we decided to let him cry it out, since he should be able to sleep through the night since he was doing it before we went to Utah, he has doubled his birth weight and is 6 months old. Hopefully we wont have to do it for a long period of time since I think he cried for 1-2 hours.

Freezer Jam

Today was such a long day! Mike did some work off my "Honey Dew" list and I bottled some of our peaches of our peach tree. It was the first time it ever produced and we got a ton. I bottled 8 pint bottles of plain freezer peach jam, 5 pint bottles of raspberry peach jam, and 9 quart bottles of peaches. It was such a tedious job. We can't wait to eat to the "fruits of our labor" ha ha. The kids were pretty good today. Mordecai slept and ate a lot today. If is starting to be very vocal so maybe he will be like Emily after all. Emily has been going potty in the toilet for a while now, but the last 3 or 4 days have been hard with the BM's. Mike and I think that it is because we put her back in diapers when she is very runny from eating her usual overload of fruits and veggies, but the last couple of days she has had a rash on her bottom. Someone told me that it is because her bottom isn't used to the diapers and urine anymore and that when we put them back on her it irritated her, which in return made her hold it in because she was raw, which now made her constipated. If that is the case it is a vicious cycle.

I also bought another diaper bag. I know why. Well the one I just bought a week or so ago was and is great, but there isn't nearly enough room in it that I need for 2 kids plus all the places we go that I need toys, and snacks and clothes and diapers and wipes... and the list continues. Anyone who has kids knows what I mean. Plus how could I pass it up when the name of the bag is called "Bainbridge". Oh yeah, Cherstin and Dan found out they are having baby number 3 sometime in May. We are excited for them.

Well it is time for the kids to go to bed, since they just had baths, and Mike and I need some time to clean our neglected home and spend some time together.