Getting back in shape

When I was pregnant, there was nothing I wanted more than to have my agility and body back. I had these grand plans to get back in shape really fast. 

Well turns out, this mommy thing is really time consuming and you never know what schedule a newborn is going to have. Oh and the sleep deprivation that occurs that drives you to take a nap the very second your baby takes one too. 

Needless to say, my plans to get back in shape have been a lot harder than anticipated, but they are happening. I decided to cut myself a break. Quinn's only 3 months old! 

Some of the things I have been doing are running with the stroller a few times a week, walking ALOT with Quinn in the baby Bjorne. I'll also do strength exercises with Quinn in my arms like squats and lunges and bicep curls. She is a chunk so it works pretty well. Getting in shape is hard no matter if you are a mom or not. The most important thing I think is that you make it a priority in your day and that you are being consistent. Consistency is the key! I always say that to Cole and he makes fun of me.

 

Nursing has helped me get to my pre-preggo weight, now I just need to get toned! We are going to San Diego in May 2014 so I will give myself til then to get in amazing shape. 

Here's Quinnie just because!

Q's Blessing Day

We blessed Quinn on September 8, 2013 in our ward in Idaho Falls. It was really nice to have everyone up to our house. We worked really hard the day before to get our house ready and the food organized for the luncheon. 

I was really nervous that Quinn was going to cry during the blessing because she was really tired and cranky, but she didn't! Cole said she was just up there smiling. The blessing was beautiful. Some of things I remember Cole blessing her with was positivity and that she would be a ray of light to those around her. She truly is a ray of light already and although she is kind of a hard baby sometimes she makes up for it with her huge smiles and fun personality. 

Getting a little power nap in before I put her in her dress

Uncle Kyle arrived with Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt Val with some of the food and chairs. 

On the way to church

 

Three generations of snoozers - Quinn, Grandpa Craig, and Great Grandpa Jack behind him. 

After church

Maddy and Quinn at the luncheon

Sube and Liam

Q's cousins. She is such a chunker!

Nikki and Payzli

 

For some reason all the women stayed inside and the men went out back.

After everyone went home, we were so exhausted, we all took a three hour nap and then Quinn slept ten hours straight that night. So nice! 

The great outdoors

Quinn loves to be outside. We spend a lot of our day going on walks and playing in the yard outside. I am soooo not looking forward to winter than ever before. Why do we live in Idaho?

Here are a few pictures of us just being outside. 

On our way to Great Harvest which is just around the corner from our house. Yum. We walked there to get a cinnamon roll for breakfast and to get our cute old neighbors a loaf of bread. The wife fell a few days ago and broke her back. They have been so kind to us since we moved in and she loved meeting Quinn even though she screamed when she tried to hold her. 

 

She loves the baby Bjorne (she gets a little bored in the stroller because she can't see everything) so we've been going on walks in that recently. I might even brave grocery shopping at winco with her in it today...we need groceries badly! I've resorted to eating granola bars and an old box of oatmeal patties for nourishment today. 

 

We went to Jackson Hole for Labor Day and even stayed in a hotel which we were mad about because it was so expensive and it ended up pouring rain the next day. But the night before was really fun. We went to Teton Village and ate at the Mangy Moose. 

Just kicking around on the hotel bed. Isn't her onsie cute? "Miso cute". Nick got her a couple of funny onsies

She's been doing this really weird thing in her car seat where she tries to sit up and it looks so uncomfortable. She was even doing it in her sleep. 

And lastly, she slept in her own room last night for the first time. She woke up quite a bit but she did pretty good. I took these this morning. She doesn't look too happy because I turned the light on.