HAPPY FRIDAY!

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

I've been slacking with the blog posts.  Oops.  I think I may try an every Friday thing (at least) so that I don't forget to write about my life!!  For all of you reading every post....ha ha.

So this week Owen turned 4 months old!!  WOW!  He's growing up SO fast!  He's starting to look like a kid and not a baby!  He is too darn cute!  I am so proud of my little boy!  Here's some pics I took of him for his 4 month pictures!!

Intrigued with his feet!

BIG smile for Mama!

Such a cutie pie!

I love my little son!  He's such a cutie!  Over the weekend, he rolled from back to stomach, then back to his back again!  He is SO strong!  I am so proud of our little boy!  We were able to get it on video also!  Both Greg and I are SO proud of him!

Owen had his 4 month check up this weekend.  He is in the 5% for weight, 60% for height and 99% for head circumference!  WOH! lol.  Looking good and healthy though!  We are going to be able to start introducing cereal and oatmeal to him shortly!  Then Gerber foods!!!  He is growing up so fast!!

Other than that, I have not been running that much this week....BLAH.  Not good.  But I did run a whole heck of a lot more of a 5k last Sunday!  And all in 34 minutes!  I shaved off a minute from last time and ran so much more!  I'm getting better!  I just really need to dedicate time to run!  Life just gets so busy sometimes.  Plus it is WAY more important to me to hang out with my family (Greg and Owen) than running.  Sorry, I will always put my family 1st in everything.   I know it is important to do things for yourself but ALWAYS Greg and Owen will be #1 in my life!  They are the reason I wake up every morning, they are the reason why I can put a smile on my face all the time, they are the reason for my whole exhistance! Oh yeah, and Cody too :o)

Anyway....this weekend we have Saturday planned to smoke some meat with Paul.  That should be fun!  Paul always does such a great job with smoking meat!  He bought Greg a smoker for his birthday and is going to teach him how to use it!  I can not wait!! I LOVE SMOKED MEAT!!!  ha ha ha.....

Some more pictures real quick....

Daddy and Son <3

Loves of my life!

My Boys!!

Can you tell I'm a proud Wife/Mama?

~Jess

September 22, 2012

So, I have not ran since Monday and I ran last night!  I did awesome!!  I ran a lot more than I walked which is great!  I think I probably ran 80% and walked 10%!!  I'm SOOO happy with that!  I did it all in 30 minutes too!  I ran up all the hills most of the way!  I also ran much longer stretches, which is what I have been working on doing!  I'm building my endurance which is GREAT!  I think I'm on my way to a great run for the Glow Run!  I'm so happy because I'm going to accomplish one of my goals by the end of the year!!  YAY!!

So we turned on our furnace this week.  It has been so cold outside that it is making the house cold!  I love the smell of heat in a house!  Our house gets all warm and toasty and the smell of the furnace makes me think of Christmas!  I love the Fall/Christmas time of the year!!  :o)  I can not wait because this year is Owen's 1st Christmas!!  I can not wait to put him in the soft polar bear/penguin pj's I bought last year on Christmas night!  Then we can wake up, turn on the fire place and do presents!  Greg and I will have so much fun shopping for his presents!!  It is so crazy that we will have little kid presents under our tree!  I feel so old!  It will be super crazy when my Dad brings over presents for Owen from Grandpa!  WOAH!  FREAKY!!

First things first.  Fall time!!  Halloween!!  Leaves!!  I LOVE fall!  Nice weather, cute sweaters, jeans, crunching leaves, apple cider, pumpkin picking, apple pies, pumpkin latte's, outside fires in our firepit, Oktoberfest beer, pumpkin beer….!  LOVE IT ALL!  I seriously am having trouble thinking of what we all will be for Halloween!  I have a few different ideas already….some are cute, some are funny.  I wonder which Greg will be down for!  :o)  I guess you all will see after Halloween!  :o)

I'm excited that I've been able to wear my new fall clothes!  Greg is so sweet and let me buy two long sleeve sweaters/shirts from Express!  I used my giftcard from my birthday and a coupon but he paid for the rest!  They are SO cute!  I wore them both this weekend!  Here's a picture of my at Hop in the City with one of them on! I LOVE it!!  It is so nice to be able to get some new fall things to wear! 

Drinking my pumpkin beer outside at Schlafly's Hop in the City Beer Festival!

Me and My Handsome Hubby!  I love him SO much!

SOOOOO HANDSOME!  I am SO lucky!!

HANDSOME Hubby!

YUM!  Schlafly beer!

I'm saving up for some super cute boots I found at Kohl's!  Here's a picture of them!  Hopefully I will be able to get them soon! 

Greg also tried on a really snazzy suit there and it looked killer on him!  Hope he can buy that soon too!  It's a grey color and it looks amazing on him!  He really looks good in grey.  Actually all colors.  :o)

I finished our pot yesterday!  Check it out! 

I really like how it came out!  I am loving these pots!  I think they are cool and a great gift!  I think this will look so cute on our porch!  I modge podge them so that the paint does not get ruined in weather.  Plus it gives a nice clean polished look to it!  Feels less like a project I did and more like something you would buy at a store!  I have put these on Pinterest also!  I have not seen anything like these on there so hopefully they will be a hit and others will like them!  :o)

Well that's about it for now! Thank GOD it's the weekend!  I get to hang out with my boys!!  <3

~Jess

Ok....so it's been a while since I've wrote a post....I've been bad.  :o(

I have been running though!  Not as much as I should because hey, I have a newborn at home and a Husband I LOVE spending time with!  Plus I hardly get any sleep at night with pumping and Owen waking up occasionally....

Anyway, the other day I actually ran a 5k in 35 mintues!  I was really proud of myself!  I think that is pretty good timing considering a couple weeks ago I did not run for years and I have only ran a couple times....  I think I may do ok in the race.  I will probably walk some because i am not conditioned enough to run the whole time, but I'm doing good!  :o)

Greg is amazing as usual.  :o)  I am SO lucky to have him as my Husband!

Owen is great!  Learning so much!  Grabbing for toys now...talking!  He has discovered his volume 3 days ago!  I love it!  His voice brings a smile to my face every time he speaks!

Happy boy playing with Daddy!

Daddy and Son!  <3

Owen loves his monkey blanket!

Here's some pictures of my boys! I love my family SOOO Much!!!!

~Jess

Things I have made recently

I think I may start blogging about the things I make!  Since I love crafts to much and showing them off!!  :o)

I made these two pots for my sisters in law!  I think they turned out pretty cute!  

They were super easy to do.  I bought a clay pot, painted a black background (i though black looked elegant and nice) then I painted their last name's initial and a few other decorations and vwala!  I then modge podged them to make sure they were ok out in the weather!  I think they turned out cute!  :o)

With one sister in law, we saw a funny skit and it talked about "Put a bird on it!"...so that is what I did!  She loved it!!

 I think they turned out quite cute!  I'm getting ready to make one for us because my Husband said that would be cool for us to have!  :o)  I love when he loves what I make!

~Jess

HOCKEY!!!!

Can Blues hockey start yet please?  PLEASE don't have another lockout!!!  I will CRY!!  

At least I can see hockey games when my hot sexy Husband plays!  Plus he's MY hockey player!  :o)

Here's a super cute picture of Greg and Owen!  They are the best buds!  LOVE IT!!

~Jess

Day 3 (08/05/12)

 

I think I will rest today from running.  :o)  Although my legs feel great from the last two days!  Feel like they have worked out and I can feel the muscles building from running!  That is such a great feeling!   Maybe I'll do an arm work out?  That would be good.  Want to tone up those arms!!!

 

This is also Day 1 of eating extremely healthy!  I did make my egg white muffins last night and they are SO good!!!  I will put the recipe link under here.  I do need to add some kind of flavor to them though, some kind of seasoning.  Maybe I will buy the Mrs. Dash that the recipe calls for…..

Here's a picture!  You eat two.

(http://shanaandadam.blogspot.com/2012/05/eat-clean-my-egg-white-muffins.html)

 

 

For lunch I ate a green wrap, filled with brown rice, 1 can tuna, 1 tsp miracle whip, diced red and green peppers, diced celery and diced onion!  I had a handful of blueberries as the side.  SOOO GOOD!  I am stuffed!!!  :o)  I love it!  Eating healthy makes you proud of yourself and makes you feel good!  Here is a picture of my lunch!  YUM!!

 

 

I'm proud of myself for striving to eat better and work out hard!  I know I can not do any drastic dieting due to breastfeeding but it is nice to be doing something for myself.  After Owen is done with breastmilk, I'm going to do a total cleanse, I think.  I've never done one before and want to try it!  We will see.

 

I also wonder if eating healthier will effect my breast milk for Owen too?  I bet it's better for him too.  Hm.....interesting.  

 

Well, that is all I have for now!

 

~Jess 

 

Day 2 (08/04/12)

Well I actually did it!  I ran two days in a row!!  OW OW!!  Good for me! Ha ha….Encouragement is needed to keep me going!  

I did not do as good today but still kept a pretty good ratio I think.  I probably did 50/50 with running and walking but I took a different route which had a ton more steep hills.  Not going to do that route again! Ha ha….just kidding.  I will but maybe not for a couple more running times.  Plus it did not help that I ate like crap that day.  Note to self, don't eat bad anymore!!  Makes you feel terrible!!!

I also noticed something.  I know why I'm having such a hard time running.  MY BOOBS!!!  They are so big with breastfeeding (and big in general) that when I run, they drop so hard (since I don't have a good sports bra due to my bra size rising with my breastfeeding) that they take my breath away each time my foot hits the ground!  OUCH!  I held my boobs most of the running way today and it helped some but still hard…lol.  I think I need to really get them tight into something so they don't move around as much…..all Baywatch style…ha ha.

I am actually going to start eating better too.  Greg is going grocery shopping today and I asked him to pick up some healthy things.  I found a recipe on Pinterest for these breakfast muffins.  It's just egg whites, spiniach, red pepper diced and white onion diced.  I will be adding a green pepper diced also.  She used Mrs. Dash onion and salt seasoning but I don't have that.  I may try garlic salt, but very little….and cracked pepper.  I'll let you know how it turns out!!

 

~Jess

Day 1 (08/03/12)

So day 1: training for the 5k, is done and under my belt.  I didn't do too bad.  Ran, I don't think quite a 5k, but at least I got out there and ran!!  It may be close to a 5k that I ran….I'll have to track it when I get a free second in my car.

I ran about 60% of the time and walked only about 40%, which I am impressed at myself about!!  I have never really been a runner, except in Soccer because I had something to run after and competition!!  :o)  I always just get board with running.  I never understood what runners could think of the whole time, although I tried something new this time.  I ran without my IPOD!!!  YIKES!!  It was actually nice!  I didn't think of much besides running and focusing on running a lot as opposed to giving up and walking.  Ha ha.

We will see how my back and knees hold up by continuing the training!  I am excited to see what I look like in a month of training!  Hopefully FABULOUS!!  :oP

Wish me luck!!

~Jess

I don't like Tornado warnings and being away from my Hubby and son.  I wish we could never leave each others sight!  I feel so safe and comfortable around Greg and I just want to keep him and Owen so safe!

This is coming from the tornado sirens going off in our area recently.  Scary!!  I trust our babysitter to keep Owen safe and I know Greg will keep himself safe at work but I just hate being away from my family in bad weather like this.  :o(

Anyway.....

Here's a cute picture of Owen!!  

~Jess