P90x DAY 17

Another week down, and I am still going strong! This is the third week, and the last week in the set before week four switches things up. I already feel stronger, and I have more energy too. I feel leaner, even though I only lost 1 pound this week. I'm still loving the workouts, I think the Plyometrics and the Kenpo are my favorite! Thanks for stopping by!

Rockin' On

So, after Zade's 4 month appointment, we got the OK to give him rice cereal twice a day. He didn't love it at first, and he is still not rice cereal's biggest fan, but he is getting much better at eating it! And you know what? I really think it is the secret to sleeping through the night. He now sleeps from about 8pm to 4am on the first go! After 4, he eats and goes right back down to sleep until 8 when Mommy has to go to work. He is such a good boy!

He is getting SO big! He now has to wear 6 month jammies because the 3 month size is just not tall enough for him! Here's a pic of him sporting the 6 monthers-

We have dinner every Sunday at my parent's house with the whole fam, including 2 of Zade's cousins who are both within a month of his age Owen - my brother's son, and Rowan - my cousin's baby. They were having a blast grabbing face and batting eachother while rolling on the floor!

Zade drew a picture for me and Alan today for the first time, courtesy of his Auntie Secelia (yes, my friends get to be his Aunts too!):

I love it! He is growing up so fast! But I am having a blast. We have fallen quite nicely into a good routine, and although I have never been a routine type of person, the stability is nice. We love our little Buggy Boy!

P90x DAY 10

That's right, 1/9 of the way there! I am seriously loving this workout. I will admit that the first 4 or 5 days I was so sore that people around me were getting annoyed with my involuntary groans every time I moved, but I just kept working out each night and I would feel better and better after each one. Now that the huge soreness is gone and I have back my full range of motion, I actually enjoy it when I move and feel that soreness or tightness. I already feel stronger, I know on day 1 I was surprised by my lack of abs, but I can already now do all the moves they do in Ab Ripper, just less reps. I feel so good after every workout, I can't believe I never worked out regularly before. It's awesome! Hello, ENDORPHINS! And it's also a great stress relief, especially the Kenpo X - Hi Ya!

Ok, so today was the moment of truth- time to get on the scale. I've never been one of those girls to feel apprehension about getting on the ol' scale, but for the first time in my life I had a fleeting moment of stress before I stepped on. However, I got my payoff. I lost 5 pounds! Wahoo! That is 2 better than my 3 pound goal. I also already feel more toned, and I am so excited to continue this workout!

Well, that's my update, thanks for the support and I'll blog P90x style again next Sunday!!

4 Months!

Holy cow! Zade is 4 months old!! (Well, technically he has been since monday ;) ). Here's a picture of the little guy on 10-4-10:

So cute, sitting in his bumbo! Well, time sure does fly when you're having fun, and when you are as busy as Al and I have been lately! Zade is growing just fine, and is a happy, healthy baby. We had his check-up today, and he is now 26 inches tall! That is in the 85%! Crazy. He is weighing in at 14 lbs, 11 oz which is only 45th percentile :) my tall little guy.

We're excited to give him rice cereal for the first time tonight, I'm hoping that will help him sleep through the night (we are up to 6 to 7 hours on the first go), as well as help his appetite. The boy is constantly hungry!! He had some shots today, but was in such a good mood that he only cried for a couple seconds and was totally fine when dad picked him up.

He is teething in full force now, and has 3 or 4 trying to push through on the bottom. He is always putting anything he can get his hands on (which he is getting really good at getting his hands on what he wants to grab) into his sweet little mouth. Not the least of which, his hands and my hair.

His new thing this week is squealing. He still babbles and coos, but he looooves to let go a loud high pitched happy squeal at any given moment. I have to admit, it's pretty adorable :). We are loving and enjoying every moment with our little guy, I am SO envious of stay at home moms!! Snuggling with Zade is just what the doctor ordered after a long day at work.

On another note, our sitter recently informed us that she is no longer watching Zade. So, if anyone out there knows someone they trust who is sitting and is CHEAP, pass the info along my way! I would so appreciate it! I need someone ASAP as she isn't currently watching him as it is and just told us that she isn't going to resume watching him. Thanks everyone!

RANDOM!!

So, a while back, about 3 years to be precise, I worked for a paper company with an array of interesting people. I started to write down a bunch of my experiences there intending to some day write a fiction-based-on-non-fiction book about my time there, which never happened. I just now stumbled across this one that I wrote about a pretty embarrassing moment of mine. The whole story is 100% true, I just changed everyone's name but my own. Just in case. Enjoy!

(please don't steal this story without my permission, it's a little embarrassing hahaha!)

"The company's bathrooms were not entirely disgusting. If it wasn't for the dispensers and stalls, it would almost feel like home. Almost. There were complimentary women's sanitary items in little baskets on the backs of all the toilets, and little aerosol cans of freshener to keep the bathroom smelling nice. The problem with these was that the spray cap was gone on every single one of them. They just sat there, useless, a can with a tiny plastic straw sticking out of the top. They sat in random places around the bathroom, the one in the stall I had chosen was perched upon the toilet-paper dispenser.

I used the bathroom for my "number two" duties at almost the same time every day. I had mapped out when there was the least possible chance that someone would walk in on me because I often got stage fright in such situations. Being the type of person to not want anyone to know what I was doing in the bathroom, I had figured out a way to make the fresheners work by hitting the plastic straw part on top against the wall so a little bit sprayed out, covering any unpleasant odors. On this particular day, still sitting with my pants around my ankles, I hit the can against the wall. More than a little sprayed out. The can went off like a tear gas bomb, spraying the sickly sweet "mango" smell like crazy. I had a moment of panic as I tried to figure out how to make it stop. I bashed it against the wall a few more times, to no avail. Without really thinking about it, I had a moment of thought where I figured it would be best just to let the can roll away and pretend not to know a thing about it. I quickly dropped the can and as it rolled away from me- underneath the stall wall- I realized what a bad idea that was. I knew it would quickly fill the bathroom with air freshener, and the fumes were already making me light headed. It continued to spray as it rolled to the far stall, I could hear its crazy hissing as I rushed to finish what I was doing.

I flew out of the stall and into the far one, picking it up. I frantically looked around for something to do with it. More panicked now, as the smell was starting to make me dizzy, I looked for another option. I ran to the automatic paper towel dispenser and waved my hand across it. I ripped off the towel and held it over the nozzle. Immediately I noticed a bold warning on the can "WARNING: LIQUID FORM MAY CAUSE FROST BITE." Great. I let out a little scream as I flung everything I was holding into the trash can. Realizing that the "bomb" was still spraying, and it was bound to get toxic in here at any minute, I fished it out of the trash. What to do?

I ran out of the bathroom holding the can down by my side as surreptitiously as possible while it was hissing so loud. I crossed the office to the warehouse, and ran out the back exit, not before getting some seriously confused glances. I set the can down by the door outside to let it run it's course, figuring the smell would do less damage out here. I walked back inside and headed straight for Sally's desk to tell her about my stupid antics.

I walked up to her and immediately she crinkled her nose at me. "What is that smell! Ugh, it reeks!" I blushed. I hurriedly explained to her what had happened, ending in her laughing out loud and even letting go a loud snort. Sarah ambled back to her desk and groaned, "Jeez! I almost DIED in there! The bathroom is so slippery, I thought I was gonna break my neck!" This just brought Sally's laughter back on full force.

"Great, now i have go clean up the bathroom!" I could hear Sally trying to tell Sarah the story through her peals of laughter as I stalked to the ladies' room. Why did everyone suddenly have to go to the bathroom? Sable, the shakiest old person I had ever met, walked into the bathroom right behind me. I grabbed for some paper towels and tried to mop up the floor by the sinks, but it just smeared the oily substance around.

"They musta waxed the floor in here! It's so slippery!" JoAnne exclaimed as she tried to carefully pick her way to a stall. I couldn't help it, right at that moment the hilarity of the situation hit me. I started hooting with laughter as I ducked quickly out of the bathroom. I was still chuckling when I got back to my desk. The whole office smelled of sickly, artificial "mango" now. And people were definately starting to notice.

About 2 minutes later, two of the women in the office- Annie and Mary, were walking around to every woman in the office to warn her of the slippery danger of the restroom. When they got to the aisle of cubicles I was on, Sally burst out laughing again right after they told her to watch out. She started in on the story again. By the end of the day, everyone in the office had heard, and were muttering things like "Smellin' fresh!" everytime they saw me.

Before closing time, I ran to the restroom one last time and noticed a sign on the door "Careful! Slippery floor!!". Someone else had crossed out the word slippery and written "oily". I couldn't help but snicker. I walked into the bathroom to be taken over by the stong smell that still permeated the whole place. Count on me to keep the place fresh.

I pulled up to the auto shop where my husband worked, and was walking around the car to let him drive home, his nose crinkled up the way Sally's had, "What's that weird smell?"I sighed, Kelsey! You got some 'splainin' to do!"

Good times. Goooooood times.

P90x DAY 1

Ok boys and girls, my X-TREME workout started today! And to put it mildly... I got my butt kicked. In a really good way!! I'd forgotten how good it feels to work out! I will post my day 1 picture here, and will be posting progress pictures on day 30, 60, and 90 as well. On day 90 I will log my starting and ending weight, as well as starting and ending dress sizes. A week from Sunday will be my next P90x blog, and I will record how much weight (if any) I lost during the week.

Day one was Back and Chest and Ab Ripper. I was actually surprised with my arm and back strength, but my abs are weaker than they've been in my whole life! Go figure, having a baby weakens your abs! I was actually a little disappointed with how weak my abs actually were, but it's ok. 13 weeks and I'll be stronger!

Here's my DAY 1 picture (no giggles, please!):

What an UNFLATTERING shot :) We'll see how things go in 1 month!! Thanks for following me, and thanks for your support!!!

P90x Challenge

OK folks, now I have never been a very skinny girl, or even a super fit person. I generally don't stick to diets or workout regimens, but I really would like to. That's where you come in. In addition to blogging about my family and our adventures, I am going to add to this blog, my new personal attempt at bettering myself. The hope is that with the feeling (whether or not anyone actually cares or reads about it) that someone is watching my progress will motivate me to stick to my goal until it is completed. I am going to start the P90x workout on October 1st. I will log my feelings and progress throughout the workout, as well as post pictures on day 1, day 30, day 60, and of course, day 90. I will share any weight gain or loss, and on day 90 I will post my starting and ending weight as well as my starting and ending dress size. I will be weighing myself every Sunday, and will most likely blog about each week on those weigh-in days. I figured that after having a baby and trying to get back into shape anyway, why not go for it and try to get into the best shape of my life! Follow me here and share your support, and look for my day one blog and pictures on October 1st! Thanks everyone!!