Renaissance Festival

This past Saturday we went the Colorado Renaissance Festival. It was a beautiful day and Samuel did great! He really enjoyed the music and watching people.

Must exercise!

I have always been very active. I enjoy working out (most of the time). Obviously since being pregnant and having Samuel I have not had very much time to work out and I so miss it!! I did start running 6wks after I had Samuel. I went out the day after my dr said I could start running! I have not been very consistent, though. Working 30 hrs a week & getting up in the middle of the night does not equal extra energy to run. I realized I lacked motivation.


No more excuses...my church is sponsering a 5k Run for Rwanda the beginning of August and I only have 5 more lbs to lose to get to my pre-baby weight! That's enough motivation for me! So, my new exercise plan is to run at 7pm 3 - 4 times a week. Sadly I can only run about 10 minutes in a row now. A few yrs ago it was nothing for me to run 30+ minutes 3-4 times a week. I have often been discouraged when I run because I know how far I used to run. I just need to give myself some grace and remind myself that I am now over 30, have had a baby and just do what I can.


Thankfully, Samuel goes to bed consistently at 6:30pm so 7pm works out really great for me. The problem is I have been running around some of the nearby neighborhoods and they all have hills! Somedays I just want a flat path that I can run and run and feel better about how far I went! Oh well, the hills will get me in shape quicker, right?

Memorial Day Weekend

My parents visited over Memorial Day. It was great having them visit and even better since Ben was at a guys weekend with his college buddies in Vail!

While they were here we went to a park, walked around the Broadmoor (a very nice hotel), ate outside at a cool Mexican restaurant, walked around Manitou Springs and a few other things. Here's a few pictures. For more click here.

Samuel - 3 month professional pictures

We had professional photos taken of Samuel at 3 months old by a friend of ours. We absolutely love them! Click here to view the pictures. Password is: andress3mo

Beren also got a few pictures of his own!

4 Months Old!

I took Samuel to his 4 month appt today. He did well even though he had to get another round of shots. Here are the stats:

Weight: 13 lbs 11.5 oz 35%

Height: 25.25 inches 55 %

He's healthly and doing great! We will start rice cereal in the next week. That should be interesting...

Gibberish

Samuel was very talkative after work today!!

Well Rested...

Pretty much since Samuel was 8wks old, he would only wake up once around 4 or 5am to eat and then return to sleep until 7ish. Ben & I alternated nights so each of us got a full night sleep every other night. Then starting this week, Samuel's new sleep schedule is bed at 6:30 or 7pm and up around 6am!!! We were ecstatic the first time it happened!! He did this 5 nights in a row until...last night. We have no clue what the problem was last night...he woke up every 2 hrs until midnight and then finally slept peacefully until 5am. Maybe he is teething? I have no clue if that's supposed to happen at 4 months (I need to read one of my first year books). He has been drooling a lot lately and was unusually crabby off and on yesterday so maybe...


We'll see how tonight goes...