Valentines Day

VALENTINES DAY <3

It was my 1st Valentines Day with Owen this year!  It was so awesome to have my baby boy here finally!!  I actually made him a card and bought him a little monkey stuffed animal.  :o)  Picture below.  He really liked the monkey and I think he will like the card later on.  I love him so much and want to give him the world.  :o)

 I also made Greg something from Owen!  Owen gave him a cute card and candy!  Here is Owen's gift to his Daddy for Valentine's Day!

 I really like how it all turned out!  I'm proud of it!

Here is my gift to Greg for Valentine's Day!  I made him 52 cards saying little things that I love about him!  I also made a pouch for it all to go into!  Then I made him a card too!  I am proud of his gift and I really think he liked it!

Example of some of the cards I made

Here are my Valentine's Day gifts to the two most amazing men in my lives, whom I would never be able to live without!  I love my Husband and Son SOOO MUCH!

Greg is sweet.  He got me a card and some sexy Victoria's Secret underwear from him!  I like it when he buys me underwear!  He always picks out such cute underwear and I know he thinks they are cute!  He also bought me a couple days before a box of chocolate!  My 1st one!  It was an actual box of chocolate too!  Here is a picture of my Handsome Husband and it!

Greg was going to buy me a cookie cake for Valentines day but since I can not taste anything, he decided to put in my card that he owes me one cookie cake!  Thanks Babe!  You are so sweet and thoughtful for that! 

Here are some pictures of Owen and I after I gave him his gift!

 I'm sure Owen will be getting me a card soon.  ;o)
~Jess 

UPDATE:  I got a Valentines Day card from Owen!!  Thanks Babe.

Here it is!!  Thank you Owen!  I love you too!!!  <3

 

Smoothie #1

Good Morning!

I weighed myself and I lost 7 lbs in about 3 weeks!  Woo hoo!  On my way to being skinnier and healthier!  FINALLY!  I am beginning to see progression of not eating whatever I want!  I'm glad!  I have not been working out as much as I want to, which I harp on all the time and hope to change soon....but I am just so glad that I have lost weight!  The scale was an eye opener a couple weeks ago!  Glad I have lost some of the weight!  Plus I feel I'm looking better.  Like back to where I was pre Owen.  Greg has said almost ever since I had Owen that I have had my body back, but I have not felt like it.  I just need to tone up.  That's what I need.

So, I have been eating really good lately.  (Except for Greg and my fun Presidents Day Date Day!)

Here is my smoothie I drank today:

1/2 a banana
6 whole frozen strawberries
1 cup Almond Milk
3 ice cubes

I drank it in a beer glass for fun!  I really liked it, of what I could taste of it...  Now if only all my taste will come back to me....stupid cold.  Had a cold for a little over a week already.  NOT fun.  But I feel that if this is my sweet treat during the day, I will avoid the cookies or bad processed things!

~Jess

HUBBY GOT A PROMOTION!!!!  CONGRATS BABE!  YOU DESERVE IT!

I am SO proud of my Hubby for getting his promotion!  He has worked so hard and finally got a bigger, higher paying position!  I am so happy for him!  He will have a good time in his new position. I think it aligns more with how smart Greg is.  I think he will really flourish in this department!

I love you baby!! Great job!!

Love, Jess

My poor little Mon-Kee-Kee is sick!  Poor little guy has a cold/virus.  Ended up at 102.5 degree fever.  Saw Dr. Atteberry today and got childrens tylenol.

I have it when Owen is sick.  It makes you feel so helpless that you can't do anything for them.  Can not give them medicine, for a baby as young as Owen, can't give him a popcycle....it's hard with him being the age he is because there is not much you can do to make him feel better.  That is besides hold him, which that is pretty much what he has wanted all day today.  Mommy to hold him.  I love it. Makes me feel like I am a good Mommy to him and that he loves me and I can give him the comfort he needs.  :o)

Hope this virus goes away quick. Poor guy.  I hate seeing his rosey cheeks, slimmy nose from his cold, hearing his bad cough and feeling a burning up baby!  Not fun! 

Mama's here for you baby Owen.  You are my baby boy and I love you.

02/04/13

So, didn't have long yesterday to work out but I did!  I walked at a fast pace for about 20 minutes.  Something is something right?  No matter how little!  I think today, since it's Greg's day to work out, I will do some crunches and floor exercises when I'm watching Owen play.  That way I'm at least doing something.  Right?  

Keep you posted!  Here's to loosing my weight and toning up!!

Soon I will contact my friend, Jessica Rahm, to get nutrition advise!  I bet that will help bunches also!  I'm trying to eat right anyway but I wonder what kind of advise she has for me.....

~Jess

I LOVE BEING A MOMMY!! 

And especially to the most amazing and wonderful little boy!  I love you my perfect little OWEN!!  You make me the happiest Mommy ever!

Random of what we have been up to lately

Random pics of what we have been up to lately!

St. Louis Blues Practice: 
                                                            LETS GO BLUES!!

 SLU Bilikins Basketball game in the Edward Jones Suite!

 Super Bowl at Grandpa's!

We have been having fun for sure!  I love my family!  We all have such a great time!
~Jess
 

Week update 2/4/13

Week Update:

Greg and I are trying to eat better and work out.  Sunday I did a great workout!  I walked at a very high speed (to where I was sweating after 10 minutes; almost a run) and also did the following:
30 squats
20 front lunges
20 pushups 
20 curls (5 lb weights in each hand)
20 90 degree upwards push (5 lb weights in each hand)
20 behind the arm push above head (5 lb weight for both)
40 crunches

Hopefully if I keep this up, I will lose my weight!

It is hard being a Mommy and trying to find time to work out with everything else I do.  It sucks so much to see that I have weight I still want to loose and I want to tone up but having a baby and being a good Mom that I am, it is hard to find time to not be playing with Owen or doing our regular house stuff or just spending a moment with my Husband to work out.  I know I really need to do it for myself and my inner self but it is just hard. I guess I just have to do it!  I also am pushing Greg to do it because I want him to stay healthy forever! 

I really hope I can change this around.  My dilema is I don't want to become like my Mother, where all she cares about is herself and her kids slack.  I will NEVER be that kind of Mom.  I want to work out and do things for me but I feel to not be my Mom, I can not do that.  I LOVE playing with Owen and having him attached to my side.  In the same sense, I know I need to work out.  I don't know.  There are so many things twisting and turning in me.....sometimes I feel I don't know which way is right.

Here's to hoping I can find a good balance where Owen is not suffering but neither am I.  If anyone has to though, it will be me.  I love my baby too much.

~Jess