hospitals are yuck!!!!

Nash had this first hospital stay since birth. He came home from school sick on a Monday with 102 fever. The next day, since his fever wasn't going down with medication, he was crying out in pain, and was very lathargic I took him to the doctor. The doctor was in shock with how sick he was and how fast he got so sick. He was just kind of lifeless. I had to carry him around. He was admitted to the hospital because she thought he had menegitis because of how ill he was and him having bad headaches with it.

Turns out in less than 24 hrs he had gotten extremely dehydrated. They had to do a spinal tap to test for menengitis and he was so dehydrated that she was only able to get a couple of drops of spinal fluid out of him. A very long and painful story short. He stayed in the hospital 2 days which felt like a good week. He was stuck numersous times trying to get IV's in and blood drawn. He did get an IVand lots of fluids and anitibotics in  him. Originally the thought of menengitis and west nile virus was very scary. In the end he had a severe fever virus that invaded his school and strep b.

 Besides Griffin being in the NICU this was the next most painful thing I've been through. It hurts so much to see your child hurt and not being able to do anything about it. He was very ill. I kind of went on auto pilot and did what I had to do but then broke down and had a good cry. It was very good when we started to see our little boy act more like himself. It took him a good week to be totally back to normal.

Hope we can stay out of the hospital. Not a fun experience.

The 10 month old

This is his goofy face he now makes ALL the time.  It's hard to get a picture of him when he doesn't make that face. He is crawling now finally. Has one more tooth and getting several more up top. Teething lik crazy. He had his first sick visit to the doctor last week and has an ear infection but is so happy most of the time you wouldn't know he felt bad. He's eating, sleeping, and growing good. Can't believe he is 10 months. He has such a sweet and good personality. He loves his big brother and reminds me so much of Nash.

9 months old= 9 pics

 Hi! I'm 9 months old and I like to wave hi..

 and laugh.

 my first curl

 I like to scrunch up my nose...

and give a sweet smile.

  I can do a plank pose..attempting to crawl

 sweet hands

and feet

8 months

 This sweet boy is 8 months old. He is weighing a little over 20lbs and got his first tooth on my birthday. He's doing good. Drooling all the time and chewing on stuff. Probably going to be more teeth soon. He's getting so big and trying hard to crawl. He ends up in a plank position or just rocking on all fours. I suspect that it will be pretty soon. He's going to town in his walker. He goes super fast and can go exactly where he wants to go. He's still nursing and eating some baby food. Still not a fan of food in general. Such a pretty, sweet, good, and fun baby.

maybe a semi-mid life crisis???

So, last year as I was a few months away to approaching 30 I had a brilliant idea to start doing the insanity work out (my thinking was I wanted to be in awesome shape at 30). Well after week one of insanity I found out I was pregnant with Griffin so that went down the tubes.
So now after two c-section babies my lower stomach is less than attractive and I was introduced to 30 day shred by Jillian Micheals by a friend of mine and thought I would give it a try. The mission is back on. As I am approaching 31, don't plan on no more babies, and really want to be in shape. What better time than now.
Here's a overview of the 30 day shred. It's basically a 30 minute workout including a few minutes of warm up and a few minutes of cool down. The work out itself has three circuts of cardio, strength, and abs. It's non-stop. No breaks. There are three different levels. You are supposed to do each one for 10 days. Each one is difficult to say the least when you first start it, you get pretty decent at it by  the time you move up to the next level, and then the next level is insanely hard and repeat.
What I love about the videos. One they are all on youtube. So basically I just go online and do them from my computer. While I feel Jillian Micheals is annoying and comes off arrogant, she knows what's she's talking about and seems to have a good system and has been proven to get results. She also has a way about motivating you and I think she keeps it real (which is what I like). One thing she says in the video which I LOVE is that you can work out and you can work out hard. Don't buy into "I'll just take the stairs". So true! I could go on and on about how lazy I feel like our society is as a whole and we  almost believe that we shouldn't have to do anything physical. Also, I feel like these videos are doable. The insanity was tough and had some super long work outs in it that at the time didn't seem possible to keep up with but who doesn't have 30 minutes a day?
So, I am 21 days into it. I did 6 days at level one (I wanted to challenge myself more so I moved up early), 11 days at level 2 (it was tough and quite frankly I was terrified of level 3), and now I am 4 days in on level 3 (which is NO JOKE). While I have gotten a lot out of it, I also realize my expectations and lack of patience get the best of me. After each workout, I expect to have a six pack and no body fat. I haven't really lost weight in fact I may have gained a couple of pounds which is fine. My weight wasn't the issue, lack of muscle was and extra body fat was. I definately can tell I have more muscle. My arms and legs are actually starting to look toned.t My arms may be the best they've ever been. My stomach is getting toned too somewhat but the lower stomach still has quite a bit of work to do which after being told by two friends that are personal trainers that C-sections do a number on lower abs and it's gonna take a while to get that where I want it to be. So, I'm trying to be patient with that area.
In the 21 days, I did take there were a few days I missed in there because I was sick but got right back to it. That in itself tells me something. I have never stuck with something that long and I plan on continuing. Not just a 30 day thing but all together trying to be fit. Not necessarily for vanity reasons even though it would be nice to have an awesome body but I feel so much better. Physically, I feel stronger. I have more engery. It's an awesome stress reliever. I feel like a beast when I am able to do some of the super hard moves on Level 3. Early on I noticed (or at least I don't think it's my imagination) my skin looking better. So there you have it. Deep inside I have the desire to be one of those people who are in the best shape of their life even it they are in their 30's.

The Sweetest Seven Month Old

Griffin really is the sweetest thing ever! He is so happy and pleasent. He loves his big brother and thinks he's hilarious. He laughs at every silly thing Nash does. He commands a lot of attention every where we go. He also likes to growl, scream, and talk a lot so that's part of it too. Especially, attention getting during church until we find the paci as quick as we can. He gets so excited lately. When I come to pick him up, he just kicks his feet and moves his arms with excitement.  He has also started reaching for me lately which is awesome feeling.

 He is sitting up much better now but still is not completely steady and does fall over after a little bit.

 He tried his walker recently and loves it. (man it's nice to just go pull something out of the attic when we need it). I think he likes the freedom to be able to get around on his own.

 He is scooting quite a bit more and rolling every which way. As soon as you lay him down he flops over. He's sleeping good. Pretty much through the night and maybe getting up once. He's eating good. Still breastfeeding. For some reason, I am super excited that he has not had to have formula yet. I don't have a lot of stash but it's been enough so far that he has had all breast milk. He is eating his fruit better. On some days he eats a bunch and other days not so much. He seems like he's getting longer to me. He's starting to outgrow his clothes AGAIN. I am very sad that I didn't keep all of Nash's clothes. I got rid of some because I thought they would be out of season and now I am kicking myself for it. All and all Griffin is doing great and he's such a cuddle bug. Pretty much the most awesome baby ever. Yeah, I love him just a bit! We all do.

Our Dallas Trip

Last weekend we took a family trip to Dallas. Chris originally had  a tournament scheduled there and we were going to tag along. It got canceled but we went anyways.

These boys did awesome on the ride to and from.

Nash loved the hotel. Going up and down the elevator and just being somewhere new. We did get a really nice hotel for a super good price. It had a sitting area in our room which worked out great with the kiddos.

The main thing we did was go to the Dallas World Aquarium. It was awesome!

We found Nemo and Dorey there!

 Penguins are always my favorite.

Nash and Daddy in the shark tunnel.

 These sharks were just sitting on top of the tunnel right above us.

Inside was a big water fall and jungle kind of area that was open with birds flying around, monkies, sloths in trees, big turtles, swans swimming around. They had closed areas with just glass seperating you from a lepard, aligators, boa constrictor, poisnoius frogs, bats, all kinds of stuff.

While Nash was napping Griffin and I hung out at the pool.

 At the Grapevine Mall, Nash enjoyed this train ride twice.

 Sunday was his birthday so we ate at the Rainforest Cafe and he was sang to. He loved it!

It was a fun family weekend. The kids did amazingly awesome. No real problems at all. We all had a good time. I throughly enjoyed some family away time.