So I'm obsessed with something lately - it's this new body wash by Caress. Seriously it smells so good and you can actually smell it on you after you have used it! Go buy it!! Seriously you'll love it!
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
6 and 18 month Checkups!
HAPPY HALF BIRTHDAYS TO MY BOYS!!!! Cash just turned 18 months on April 27th and Colt turns 6 months old today!!! I can't believe how fast time is flying by. It seems like yesterday that Cash was just born, then Colt was born. They tell you it goes by fast, but I didn't think it was this fast!
Well since they are older, I had to go and get their well-child checks and here are their stats:
Cash at 18 months: 27.67 pounds and in the 73rd percentile. He is also 33.39 inches long which boosted him up to 80%!!!! I was like YEAH!!! In head circumference he is at 18.9 inches and 54% so he has the Hawkins head! haha
Colt at 6 months: 17.86 pounds and is in the 58th percentile. He is 26.57 inches long and in the 57%. His head had a huge jump which worries me a little, but he should be okay. He jumped from 55% to 77% (16.7 in. to 17.6 in) and if it goes up like that at his 9 month appointment we will have to get an ultrasound done. I told the doctor that my family has big heads (I had a huge head as a baby) so he said he won't worry, but will keep an eye on the growth.
As I got looking at both boy's stats at 6 months, I have noticed that Colt is just a little bit ahead. At six months Cash was 17.53 pounds and was 26.46 inches long. So they are pretty close. My friend said that I have birthed athletes and I just have to agree with her! haha
I also have to brag because the doctor told me he puts Cash in the Top 5 of the cutest kids in his clinic and I have to agree that he is pretty damn cute! But then again, he isn't the angel he looks. His halo is held up by his horns right now! The kid is into everything!!!!! The tantrums also drive me insane! haha Then again, it all goes away when he comes up and gives me a huge kiss and hug and says, "What doin?" Did I mention that he is obsessed with football (like his dad). He has started yelling 'TOUCH DOWN!!!' and lifting his hands in the air.
Colt has also got another tooth coming in (to make two now) and is starting to sit up a little bit. I finally got him to enjoy laying on his stomach and he is still cranky, but is so cute when he isn't fussing, which isn't as much as it used to be, but still not through the stage yet. He loves to be tickled and has the cutest laugh. Pretty much just cute all around!
Well there you have it. The next check up will be at 9 months for Colt and Cash won't have to go back until his 24 month appointment in October.
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| Colt at 6 months old! |
Cash at 18 months: 27.67 pounds and in the 73rd percentile. He is also 33.39 inches long which boosted him up to 80%!!!! I was like YEAH!!! In head circumference he is at 18.9 inches and 54% so he has the Hawkins head! haha
Colt at 6 months: 17.86 pounds and is in the 58th percentile. He is 26.57 inches long and in the 57%. His head had a huge jump which worries me a little, but he should be okay. He jumped from 55% to 77% (16.7 in. to 17.6 in) and if it goes up like that at his 9 month appointment we will have to get an ultrasound done. I told the doctor that my family has big heads (I had a huge head as a baby) so he said he won't worry, but will keep an eye on the growth.
As I got looking at both boy's stats at 6 months, I have noticed that Colt is just a little bit ahead. At six months Cash was 17.53 pounds and was 26.46 inches long. So they are pretty close. My friend said that I have birthed athletes and I just have to agree with her! haha
I also have to brag because the doctor told me he puts Cash in the Top 5 of the cutest kids in his clinic and I have to agree that he is pretty damn cute! But then again, he isn't the angel he looks. His halo is held up by his horns right now! The kid is into everything!!!!! The tantrums also drive me insane! haha Then again, it all goes away when he comes up and gives me a huge kiss and hug and says, "What doin?" Did I mention that he is obsessed with football (like his dad). He has started yelling 'TOUCH DOWN!!!' and lifting his hands in the air.
Colt has also got another tooth coming in (to make two now) and is starting to sit up a little bit. I finally got him to enjoy laying on his stomach and he is still cranky, but is so cute when he isn't fussing, which isn't as much as it used to be, but still not through the stage yet. He loves to be tickled and has the cutest laugh. Pretty much just cute all around!
Well there you have it. The next check up will be at 9 months for Colt and Cash won't have to go back until his 24 month appointment in October.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
P90X
Well, I've found out the secret to losing weight in a good way! It's called P90X. Jeff and I have always loved to workout together, but because we have the children now, it's hard to just leave and go to the gym - and frankly we are burned out from the gym. We have been in the weight room since we were in high school and we were bored of working out there and getting nothing in return.
Well we decided to suck it up and pay the $40 a month for 3 months to pay for the program. I can tell you that just in one week - it's worth the money ten times over!
It's hard, I'm not going to lie - it's freakin hard, but once you get through the first week, things change. We have started the second week of training with me doing the supplemental cardio in the morning and I have lost 5 pounds in one week. I am following the diet portion of the workout as well and last Wednesday I weighed in at 201 (I know I probably don't look it, but yes I weigh that much) and today I weighed in at 196. Yes that is 5 pounds in one week. Jeff calls me the Carb Queen and I have been good with this diet and literally have cut all carbs (except a few) out of my diet and it works - trust me! This works tho if you follow the diet and do the working out!
I will keep you guys updated on our weight loss, but I can tell you right now, that hopefully the transformations will be worth it! I have another blog that I am doing and once we get going and stuff I will post more pictures. Our before pics are horrible! I just can't wait to see the afters!!!
As our trainer Tony Hortin would say - BRING IT!
Well we decided to suck it up and pay the $40 a month for 3 months to pay for the program. I can tell you that just in one week - it's worth the money ten times over!
It's hard, I'm not going to lie - it's freakin hard, but once you get through the first week, things change. We have started the second week of training with me doing the supplemental cardio in the morning and I have lost 5 pounds in one week. I am following the diet portion of the workout as well and last Wednesday I weighed in at 201 (I know I probably don't look it, but yes I weigh that much) and today I weighed in at 196. Yes that is 5 pounds in one week. Jeff calls me the Carb Queen and I have been good with this diet and literally have cut all carbs (except a few) out of my diet and it works - trust me! This works tho if you follow the diet and do the working out!
I will keep you guys updated on our weight loss, but I can tell you right now, that hopefully the transformations will be worth it! I have another blog that I am doing and once we get going and stuff I will post more pictures. Our before pics are horrible! I just can't wait to see the afters!!!
As our trainer Tony Hortin would say - BRING IT!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Happy Birthday
Happy 33rd birthday to my wonderful husband!!! Love you more and more each day! P.S. I still have a crush on you!
Monday, April 4, 2011
Pick Me!
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| 17 months |
I love this picture. I gave Cash pudding the other day with his lunch and I left the room to change a load of laundry and came back to this. Me being the mom I am, instead of instantly cleaning him up, I grabbed the camera! hehe He will hate me one day but oh well!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Rolling Over
Caught Colt rolling over for the first time today!!!! I was excited to get it on video (sorry its from my phone)
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Lots Going On...
Sorry I haven't blogged in awhile. When I made my last post we were going through a lot and I haven't been able to blog since then.
On March 4 we lost an incredible part of our family. Cash and Colt's Grandpa Hawkins passed away at 4:20 a.m. at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center due to a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. This was something that wasn't coming on, it just happened all of a sudden. I spent all week down at UVRMC with Jeff and had the boys with me which took a toll on me, but they did a lot better then expected. I was able to take one day and go down by myself (thanks mom) and everything in the waiting room who had been there all week had asked where the boys were cuz they loved having them there - probably because Cash is a ham and loves to show off and put on a show. Or pretty much flirt with the ladies! He loves the ladies!
It has been a very rough month and we were able to spend a week in Helper and have the funeral and everything. Jeff has inherited everything of his dad but he and I would trade it all back just to have Mike back. What an incredible man, that's all I have to say. He loved what he loved and most of all loved his grandson's. Jeff has his good days and his bad days, but most of all just misses his dad. I would be the same way if I were him. What makes me the most sad is that the boys will never grow up to know their grandpa. I had the same thing with me, as I never got to know my Grandpa Gressmen - just heard lots of stories and I always wished he was still around. Luckily the boys still have one grandpa around who can help fill that role, but it's still not the same as having two grandpa's. My heart hurts every day but it's getting better. I am just trying to be strong for Jeff.
We are going to be going to Carbon County a lot now that we have a house to go too. It will be nice to get away down there because it is super quiet. Eventually we want to get back down there because Jeff and I both agree that growing up in a small town is better than the city. I just can't raise my boys here, sad I know, but I just can't. I want them to be able to go for drives up the canyon and go scouting, to go hiking within five minutes of the house, etc... I miss the small town feel so badly! It just sucks there are no jobs down that way. :(
On the flip side of things, the boys are growing up so freakin fast! Cash just turned 17 months old on the 27th and today Colt turns 5 months old.
Here are a few things about each boy:
Cash ~
My little chunka munka!
I think the worst thing I am the most frustrated over is losing the baby weight. It's hard for me to get to the gym because of the schedules both Jeff and I are on right now and the fact that the world flipped on us this month, but I just wish it would go away. I know I know, I just had a baby 5 months ago, but you don't get it. I got big when I got home from college and it took me 5 years to lose over 60 pounds. I need to lose about 50 right now and I don't want it to take me that long. I don't want to be labeled as one of those women who have kids and stays fat - especially since I am a stay-at-home mom. I have major body issues because of my past and it's hard for me too look at myself sometimes. I just feel ugly. I just want to be the MILF that people look at and are like, "wow she has two kids and looks f'in awesome!" Hopefully one day that will happen. But truthfully it's hard to want to get dressed because nothing looks good on me. Okay, I'm done pity partying on myself...
Anyways, I'm glad this month is almost over. I'm ready for April to begin, as we have Jeff's 33rd birthday and our 5th year anniversary (since we started dating). I can't believe I have been with Jeff for five years. I can tell you we have had are ups and our downs, but mostly ups. I am so EXTREMELY grateful he came into my life and always will be grateful - he is my best friend and I wouldn't trade him for anything in this world!
On March 4 we lost an incredible part of our family. Cash and Colt's Grandpa Hawkins passed away at 4:20 a.m. at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center due to a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. This was something that wasn't coming on, it just happened all of a sudden. I spent all week down at UVRMC with Jeff and had the boys with me which took a toll on me, but they did a lot better then expected. I was able to take one day and go down by myself (thanks mom) and everything in the waiting room who had been there all week had asked where the boys were cuz they loved having them there - probably because Cash is a ham and loves to show off and put on a show. Or pretty much flirt with the ladies! He loves the ladies!
It has been a very rough month and we were able to spend a week in Helper and have the funeral and everything. Jeff has inherited everything of his dad but he and I would trade it all back just to have Mike back. What an incredible man, that's all I have to say. He loved what he loved and most of all loved his grandson's. Jeff has his good days and his bad days, but most of all just misses his dad. I would be the same way if I were him. What makes me the most sad is that the boys will never grow up to know their grandpa. I had the same thing with me, as I never got to know my Grandpa Gressmen - just heard lots of stories and I always wished he was still around. Luckily the boys still have one grandpa around who can help fill that role, but it's still not the same as having two grandpa's. My heart hurts every day but it's getting better. I am just trying to be strong for Jeff.
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| Jeff's dad received a veteran's memorial |
On the flip side of things, the boys are growing up so freakin fast! Cash just turned 17 months old on the 27th and today Colt turns 5 months old.
Here are a few things about each boy:
Cash ~
- LOVES DANCING!!! He dances to any type of music, he doesn't care what it is, he will stop at the drop of a hat just to dance
- He loves food and would eat 24/7 if I let him. He also loves milk and drinks a ton of it!
- He just recently got over his second round of croup and he did very well with it. It just made me sad when he gets sick.
- He has been having night tremors so I have been able to comfort him and rock him back to sleep. This honestly is my favorite part of being a mom. I don't care what time it is, I will wake up just to get that cuddle time with my bug.
- He climbs - on everything!!! This child has no fear and when I say no fear, I mean it! The only thing he hasn't figure is how to jump off things.
- He has learned to climb out of his crib. Because of this, I'm going to keep watching him closely and determine if I want to put him in a big boy bed or not.
- Anytime he sees a ball he starts screaming "ball ball ball ball". He is becoming quite the thrower too! He also has learned to go "hut hut"... haha
My little chunka munka!
- Colt has got quite the lungs on him! He loves to cry and cry loud. Things have gotten better though since we found out he has had an ear infection and ever since being on antibiotics, he has been such a happy boy!
- Colt just cut his first tooth a few days ago. He actually was born with a milk tooth (it looks like a blister in his mouth) and for awhile I could see white in there but then it disappeared. I then noticed a little blood in his mouth and saw that a tooth had finally cut through.
- He is weighing over 15 pounds! This boy is my chunk. I love that he is growing so much and he is already wearing 6-9 month closes and some 12 month clothes. I have decided that baby sizes are just random!
- He is almost turning over. I can get him to go from his belly to his back once-in-awhile but he is still struggling from his back to his belly. I'm also just getting him to enjoy laying on his belly. He doesn't find it fun. I am not a belly person either.
- What a talker! Once we got his ear infection taken care of, Colt has decided to tell us things - many things and always has something to say! I think he talks more than me sometimes.
I think the worst thing I am the most frustrated over is losing the baby weight. It's hard for me to get to the gym because of the schedules both Jeff and I are on right now and the fact that the world flipped on us this month, but I just wish it would go away. I know I know, I just had a baby 5 months ago, but you don't get it. I got big when I got home from college and it took me 5 years to lose over 60 pounds. I need to lose about 50 right now and I don't want it to take me that long. I don't want to be labeled as one of those women who have kids and stays fat - especially since I am a stay-at-home mom. I have major body issues because of my past and it's hard for me too look at myself sometimes. I just feel ugly. I just want to be the MILF that people look at and are like, "wow she has two kids and looks f'in awesome!" Hopefully one day that will happen. But truthfully it's hard to want to get dressed because nothing looks good on me. Okay, I'm done pity partying on myself...
Anyways, I'm glad this month is almost over. I'm ready for April to begin, as we have Jeff's 33rd birthday and our 5th year anniversary (since we started dating). I can't believe I have been with Jeff for five years. I can tell you we have had are ups and our downs, but mostly ups. I am so EXTREMELY grateful he came into my life and always will be grateful - he is my best friend and I wouldn't trade him for anything in this world!
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