Post Anesthesia Post - Exercise

I never thought these words would come out of my mouth:
"I miss running"
I don't even really like running! However, I do miss exercising. Something I haven't done in ohhhh, I don't know, over a year? 
I miss cute work out clothes, how good it feels after a workout, the good kind of sore you feel the next day.
I miss yoga
I miss dance
I miss running
I miss my workout DVDs (Jillian Michaels, you never fail to kick my butt)
Until school is over I will continue my sluggish behavior of sitting while studying.
Until school is over my exercise will consist of short bursts of running after my little one (who is now already attempting to run) to prevent imminent injury. And the occasional crazy dance I do to entertain/distract him.

Not exercising

Snow Experience

This has been an abnormally mild winter so far, but today we finally got some snow! Even though I hate being cold, I'm glad we got snow so that ButterBean could wear his snow suit and play in the snow for the first time. Did I say play? Oh, I meant to say melt down.

He kept trying to crawl after Gatsby who was snowblowing the side walk. Then...

This happened. He (like his mother) decided it was too cold. Time to go inside after a quick picture with Mommy

A little happier when being held

It was a big day for B.Bean! First snow experience, got his 5th tooth, actually stacked his toys instead of just knocking them down, put his blanket back on his head to play peek-a-boo! Big boy!

Christmas

A little late, but here's a run down of Christmas.
First of all, it was a BROWN Christmas - no snow!! So, it didn't quite feel like Christmas. And I saw none of my side of the family on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day due to rampant stomach bug plaguing their house (which of course we ended up catching anyway, a few days later!) so it was definitely a different Christmas than normal.
I was able to see my cutesy poo 1st cousin-once-removed (my cousin's daughter) who is a mere 10 days older than ButterBean! She's the sweetest, most talkative girl! I wish I could see her more often, but San Diego is not a close commute. 

Second cousins in their matching Vikings gear

Christmas morning we opened presents together. ButterBean's first Christmas! He was a great present unwrapper!

his new music maker

Then we went to visit Gatsby's family. We had a delicious brunch and the cousins had fun playing together

happy boy

this about sums up trying to get them all to sit together for a picture

We basically lounged around our house the rest of the day watching "The Yule Log" channel on TV. The day after Christmas we went to see my side of the family for more Christmas fun. 

Merry Christmas!

Bed Head

Just thought I would share this cute face. ButterBean has his first real cold right now, which has led to increase napping (yay for napping!!) and sleepless nights (boo for tired parents!). But, who can be frustrated when your little sweetums wakes up and gives you this face with his crazy hair everywhere? You can't! And that's why God made children adorable!

Ten Months

Every month just flies by!! He's 10 months already! 
Our little trouble maker is now climbing stairs...

Loves to unravel the toilet paper...

Can hear when the dishwasher is opened and will do anything to try to get dishes out of it...

Is too cool for baby food, if it has no texture - he's not eating it...

Claps, babbles up a storm, so so so close to walking, and keeps getting cuter

with his new nativity scene

I can't believe that in 2 short months he will be celebrating his first birthday. 

Such a lucky family

I just finished a pediatric rotation for school. I absolutely love working with the little children. Who wouldn't love tickling all of those chubby cheeks and playing silly games as you wheel into the operating room? However, it breaks my heart to see these kids who have so many complications, syndromes, illnesses. It just doesn't seem fair that such little darlings should have to go through so much. If you ever want to feel totally blessed, spend a day in a pediatric ICU!! I encountered a lovely child who had gone through more than I could imagine at her young age, yet her bravery, excitement, and sweet demeanor put tears in the eyes of every person in the room. Every day when I came home, I couldn't believe how lucky I was to have a beautiful and healthy baby. I'm glad I did the pediatric rotation after having a baby. I would have been way too paranoid that he would have something wrong with him after that! Even now I worry that all of the sudden he's going to have something horrible go wrong. I guess that's what it is like being a parent. I'll never stop worrying about him! For now I'll count myself among the lucky!

That's my boy!

Holidays and Haircuts

This weekend we went to see Santa! I didn't expect ButterBean to actually behave on Santa's lap, but he did! Not only did he behave, he loved it! We couldn't get any pictures of him looking at the camera because he was totally enthralled with Santa and wouldn't stop looking at him. (I'll post pictures of this when I get them on the computer)

His new favorite thing to do: get the cords to the tree

On another note, ButterBean's hair grows at amazing speeds. I only hope that if I have a girl some day that her head will be blessed with the same thick hair! However, my little ButterBean had begun to look like a hippie/baby Justin Beiber as of late.

In need of a trim

I have attempted to cut his hair before with less than desirable results (a chunk of hair missing...whoops!) This time I cut half of his hair while he was sleeping on his side and then had Gatsby distract him with Elmo on YouTube while I cut the other half. It turned out pretty good considering my lack of hair styling skills!

You can see his eyes again!