Ear Tubes and a few pictures!

I really need to stop writing my blog posts so late at night. I am exhausted and really need to go to bed, but I have things I want to write down!

I took Luke to the ENT doctor today! It went how I expected. He needs tubes in his ears :(. We have his surgery scheduled for next week. I know it is a pretty common procedure, but it still makes me nervous. I know he is in God's hands, but do you mind praying for my sweet little man?! Thank you!!

I know that once the tubes are in he will feel so much better! It's what is best for him!

Here is a picture of him today at the doctors office. He sat for about .2 seconds and the rest of the time he was running and climbing all over the room. I am sure the doctor thought I was parent of the year :/ He was obnoxious as I was trying to listen to the doctor explain everything to me. And then he pulled my necklace off and broke it. Awesome! The joys of having a 20 month old. Terrible 2's could quit possibly be poking it's ugly head out at us.....Am I ready for this?!?

  Here are a few random pics from this week! He loves his baths!

Putting Ornaments on the tree......

Happy Tuesday!

It's hard....

Today is Monday….. The day after a holiday break is always hard for me. I long to be home with Luke so going to work after being with him is HARD. Don’t get me wrong, I am SO thankful for my job. I have a great job. I love my students, my coworkers and the school itself. But it is still hard to leave him and spend my day with 24 other kids. 20 school days until winter break…..I can do it!! Plus getting my summers off makes it worthwhile!

Luke has a doctor’s appointment tomorrow at the ENT (ears, nose, throat). The poor kiddo has had 5 or 6 ear infections in his 20 months of life! So sad!! Every time he gets a slight runny nose it goes straight to the ears and they get infected. We have been to the ER with him a few times because of it and countless doctors appointments. I am over it and I know he is too!! Hopefully he will just need tubes and it will help with the ear situations!

I never did write about our Thanksgiving. We actually didn’t end up spending it with our extended families. Luke was sick and we didn’t want to spread anything to the little cousins so we stayed home. It was a very quiet Thanksgiving, but I did attempt to cook a Thanksgiving meal. It turned out okay, but noting like what we are used too (Sorry Nick). I was very thankful for my little family and the time we got to spend together!

I put up the Christmas tree last night. It is an itty bitty little thing, but its perfect for us. I will hopefully get the ornaments on it tonight. As I was leaving for work this morning, Nick was teaching Luke to throw the candy cans at the tree and that’s how they stick. Lovely. New tradition? I asked if the tree was going to be still standing when I get home and he said he couldn’t promise me anything :)

I started my 90 day body by vi challenge today. So far I am doing well! I had a shake for breakfast and for lunch and ate a healthy dinner tonight! I also walked/jogged on the treadmill for 45 minutes tonight as well as did some light arm weights.  Gotta keep myself accountable! Writing it down should help. If I don’t change my ways, my body and habits won’t change either! 

 

Hope you had a great Monday! 

 

He got his mama's ears

I don't have a lot to write about tonight, but I just wanted to "write" a few things down.

Luke has yet another ear infection as well as croup (sp?). We ended up back at the ER last night because he had a high fever and was acting really miserable :( we have been to the ER 4 or 5 times in the last like 6 months. We need a frequent visitor pass or something ;/. They ended up giving him a steroid to help with the swelling of his throat ( from the croup) and then some antibiotics to finish up from his last ear infections. It's been never ending!! If there is a germ to get Luke will catch it and get sick. Starting "school" hasn't helped either! But.... Hopefully as they say, he will have a strong immune system when he gets older! That sounds peachy in all but I (and I am sure he) would really like to not get sick so often right NOW!!! It's awful watching your child feel miserable. I would take his place any second! But I know it's life and we handle it the best way we can!

With all that said, we will not be spending Thanksgiving with any family tomorrow :(
The doc said he is contagious for up to 5 days and we don't want to get anybody sick. I am so sad to not be with our families tomorrow :( but as long as Luke is on the mend then I am SO thankful for that! I am even considering maybe trying to make a Thanksgiving meal myself for just us. I usually only bring the pie to Thanksgiving so making an actual meal could be a challenge, but I just my try and see!!

Well little man is asleep and Nick is at work, so I am going to watch, "Magic Mike".

Goodnight!

Random thoughts

Happy Monday!
I only have a 2 day work week and then it's Thanksgiving break! Thank goodness! I couldn't decide on one topic to write about so I thought I'd just do a random thoughts post!

1. I can't wait to enjoy Thanksgiving with family on Thursday. It really is one of my favorite holidays. SO much to be thankful for!

2. I need my hair colored so bad! I'm gong for the all natural ombré look without trying.... And it's not cute!

3. Luke slept horrible last night... Hoping he gets a better night sleep tonight! (I am exhausted too)

4. I am in a dinner rut. I need more healthy ideas ASAP. Prefferably kid friendly too :)

5.  My house is a mess.....

6. What it is it about cooler weather that makes my skin go crazy! My hands are so dry they keep cracking and bleeding. Gross and painful.

7. To be honest, I'm kind of missing the crazy exercise lady for the Target black Friday commercials this year. What happened to her?!?

8. I'm really excited to start my 90 day body by vi challenge on Monday. Join me please?!?

9. Confession: I am watching "Dancing With the Stars" just to see the "Bachelor" season premier commercial for next season. I'm cool like that!

10. I will never buy microfiber couches again.....

Okay, my random thoughts have become REALLY random so I will stop!  

Have an awesome Tuesday tomorrow my friends!

Catching Up and Body by Vi

 How have I gone over 3 months without posting? I have thought of about a million blog posts to write about, but never actually sat down to write. Life is as crazy as ever! Luke is 20 months old already! I can't believe in 4 months I will have a 2 year old. Where has the time gone? I say that all the time, but really where has it gone? He is at such a great/fun stage. Learning all sorts of new words and becoming a little person! I will do a whole "20 Month" post on him soon!

I plan on blogging more. I just need to get in a habit. I've never been one to stick to something for too long, so it's about time! Speaking of Habit..... I am about to embark on a journey that will help me change my lifestyle. Not that my life is bad! But I mean my eating and over all health lifestyle. I am starting a 90 day challenge to get in great shape and become as healthy as possible. I have ALWAYS been one that needs to watch what I eat and exercise. If I don't, well, I gain weight. I am NOT one of those people that is just naturally thin. I never have been. The only times I have been thinner was when I was consistently working out and watching what I ate, something I should be doing anyways , but I still never would reach my ultimate goal. . Well to jump start my way to a healthier lifestyle I am going to be doing a 90 day challenge with the Body by Vi products. I am so excited to get started! I did a trial of the yummy shakes for a couple of days and LOVED them. They were so good and kept me full! I also had great natural energy and felt better those couple of days than I have in a really long time!

 I am no salesperson by all means. I actually HATE when people try to sell me things, but I want to encourage YOU to take this challenge with me! Even if I don't know who you are! If you want to get healthier, have more energy and lose weight, join me! If it doesn't work for you, there is no pressure to keep using the products! Give it a try and see what you can accomplish in 90 days! I am looking forward to my next 90 days! oh and one of the best parts is I will be saving money each month on grocery bills! I am really looking forward to that!

Visit my website and take a look around and if you have any questions please feel free to ask!

http://Breaz24.myvi.net

And to leave you on a cute note:

Giveaway!

I have so much to catch up on! I have Luke's 17 month post to finish! But on a quick note
This past Mothers day Luke and I got some really cute pictures taken by Cortney Talbott.
Well she is having a really awesome giveaway right now! If you go to her Facebook page you
Will see her amazing photos as well as her giveaway! (p.s. it involves an adorable Stella and
Dot neckalace) So go and enter!! her website is www.cortneytalbott.com

16 Months Old!

My sweet little man is 16 months old today! He is changing so much lately and growing up way too fast!! We are having a blast together, and I am SO blessed by him!

Here is what you are up to:

~You are 29.8 lbs
~You are 34.6 inches tall (holy cow, you grew over 2 inches since your 12 month appointment)
~You wear size 4 diapers and size 24month/2T or some 3T clothes!
~You are sleeping through the night for the most part. Every now and then you wake up, but you usually go back to sleep on your own. Your bed time is 8:00pm and you usually get up between 5:30am-6:30 (or 7:00 if I am lucky)
~You are still taking two naps a day
~You don't sit still EVER!! I am SO glad you are so healthy and active, but goodness you are a crazy boy!!!
~You love to be outside and able to run free! We went to Colorado this summer ( I will write a whole different post about that soon) and you had a blast. So much playing and running around!!
~You are generally a good eater. You are a texture person, so usually if you don't like something its because of the texture. You always feed your food to Bear. It never fails.
~You are starting to really communicate with us now. We have taught you a few signs and you use them like crazy. You say and sign "more" and "eat" all day long! I love that you are telling us what you are wanting though! You sign for: sleep, ball, please and thank you(only sometimes, we are working on those).
~ You babble so much! You sound like you are telling stories all of the time. I wish I could translate the things you are trying to say. It makes your daddy and me laugh because you say it like it is the most important information ever!
~You say quit a few words, but only use them every now and then!
~ You have a little temper and are throwing some lovely fits every now and then!
~You LOVE your daddy!
~You are SO ticklish. Your laugh while getting tickled is THE. BEST. THING. EVER!!!
~You love getting chased and run everywhere. You rarely walk anywhere. Running is your choice of transportation!
~Bear is your best buddy. He takes a lot of pulling and grabbing most days!
~You are so funny when I vacuum. You run around the house screaming and making this really funny noise {I tried to type our what the noise sounds like, but it just didn't look right}. It cracks me up!
~You look like you are about 2 years old! Please stop growing up SO fast!!!

Luke,
My little buddy. I can't believe 16 months has approached us! You are beyond a blessing to me and I can't imagine my life without you. Your love and innocence for life is so contagious and I find myself wanting to bottle that up and never let you grow up! You are growing up and as sad as that makes me, I am loving watching and learning new things about you everyday. You have made me such a better person and I couldn't thank you enough for that!

I love you SO much sweet boy!

Love,
Mama