New Years Resolutions...

Okay I know we've been in 2012 for almost a month now, but everything was so busy when we came into 2012, that we didn't have a chance to even make our New Years Resolutions. I kept thinking about how a lot of people make plans to lose X number of pounds and how I wanted to incorporate some sort of exercise/healthy eating goals into this year. But I couldn't help but recognize I probably wouldn't be able to keep up with any huge goals... I like to take small steps.

After having Ty I knew I had to get my butt in gear and lose as much as I could before the cold hit because I sure wasn't going to work my butt of outside in the snow and wind. So I took two work out classes. One was twice a week, and another one was once a week. While I was taking these classes it seemed every day I was thinking of what I could do to work out... aquafit, yoga, running... and after 3 months I started feeling amazing! Then December came... I stopped working out and started eating lots of goodies! It was an awesome month, but I could feel the change.

Last year in February we said we weren't going to drink any pop and about 6 days before the end of the month I went to a movie and HAD to get a pop!! Michael was able to go without the whole month, but I think just knowing I wasn't suppose to made me want it all that much more!

SO Michael and I decided we are going to make small resolutions each month starting in February. Each month will consist of 2-3 small goals that get us closer to healthy eating and better exercising. Here are some examples of what I mean:

Each of these is for a whole month:

-6 slices of bread for the whole month (toast for breakfast, grilled cheese sandwich, french toast one morning-it sure adds up fast and I usually eat waaaay more than 6 pieces)
-2 30 minute workouts a week
-Veggies at every meal (we eat lots of pasta)
-Pop 2 times
-Chips 2 times (my weakness)
-Go out to eat only 4 times
-Run once a week (we'll save this until the weather improves)
-Home cooked meal 4 times a week (ALL month)


As we I gain more self control, we hope to make these small goals a bit harder as the year goes on. And maybe we will even make some of these changes permanent. I'll hopefully record what our goals are each month and then let you know how we did! That way if I fail, I'll feel silly because these are pretty do-able. If anyone has any other ideas let me know. We are up for suggestions!

Wish us luck!

Christmas Holidays 2011

We had a really great Christmas and we took a lot of photos. I think I will just describe as we go through them.

We took a trip to Cut Bank to pick up some packages we had shipped there for Christmas gifts, so here is Ty and I

 at Pizza Hut. 

And another thing in Ty's mouth! This is before Christmas at Michael's parents house. 

Bad coloring but here is Ty being read a book by his Aunt Jody-a librarian!! 

Here we are celebrating Nikki's 24th birthday!!  

At the live nativity... It was really great, but cold! This is not all of us that went. 

Ty with Dad Christmas Eve! And Ty with another toy in his mouth!!

Here is our little family Christmas morning with Ty opening his first gift!! Haha, Every single picture so far he has something in

 his mouth. I guess thats just what babies do.

Our new hats!!

It was SO nice because every past year we have done my Dads, my Moms, and Michaels  parents all on Christmas day and 

sometime even back somewhere for a dinner in the evening so this year we were able to enjoy a block of time with each family.

Here is us at my Dads house on Boxing Day playing Just Dance 3! I rrreeeeaaaallly suck at it. I try to do all the moves, yet I 

always get the lowest score.

 Oh well, what can I expect? Anyone who had ever seen me at a youth dance knows I am a terrible dancer. It was so fun to 

spend more time there this year!! 

Ty with his Grandpa Parker and Dad. He got a puppet from them and he loooves it!

Me and my boy being all snuggly.. Oh I just love this little guy so much!!

And now onto a little update of Ty...

-the most exciting news- he is CRAWLING!! He is so cute moving all over the living room and dining room. I can tell he loves this newfound freedom.. Now to get baby proofing this house!! 

-NOT sitting... I'm pretty sure this is suppose to come before crawling but this kid has nooo desire to sit. I try to get him to try, but he just bends in half, and goes into crawling position... He's got to learn sometime right??

-eating vegetables and fruit (he has been on rice cereal, oats, and mixed grains for a while now)! We started with veggies first and he likes sweet potato, butternut squash, and pears! He is still really into the bottle, so we are trying to get him eating less from the bottle, more from the spoon. 

-Ty LOVES books. It is sooo cute to watch him have a book read to him. He loves to hold the pages, and he looks intently on the words and pictures on the left page, then turns to the right page. It's almost like he knows what he is doing. If he is ever super fussy, a book is a great way to calm him! 

-he has started to babble a lot more. Sometimes I wonder if he is actually saying words, haha.

-Ty loves to be scared!! Anything that is a sudden noise made by Mom or Dad makes him laugh. A lot. It's so cute because we expected him to actually get scared, but he giggles! It's the cutest thing.

-Just yesterday Michael was feeding Ty and trying to get his attention by scaring him, and Ty started fake laughing. Maybe he was actually happy, but the laugh was super forced and he just kept forcing it. haha

Okay I think thats all. That took forever to finally do! We have been so busy trying to get back into a routine because Ty had so many late nights over the holidays. I wanted to do Christmas cards but we just didn't get to it... and then I said New Year cards... that didn't happen. Do people do summer cards? haha Hope all your Christmases were awesome. Happy New Year!!