HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!

I took Sora to see my Grandmother in Carmel for mothers day. Shes in a care facility with 24 hour support, its not a hospital so its not sad to see her there. I've been trying to go for weeks now, but something always comes up so our visit gets pushed back. I just decided to go without James since he'd be sleeping.

My grandma was super happy and excited when I called her. She wanted to see Sora really bad. I packed us all up, bought some white roses and drove down to see her. Carmel is really really beautiful. There was a strong wind and it looked like a international kite competition was going on, there were tents with different country flags. It was close to the freeway, I got excited to show Sora, I pretended she could look and understand me. lol. One kite was a large salamander, another a black kitty walking in the air.

I found her place easy, but not her room, lol. It was lunchtime for her but she was too interested in Sora then eating. She entertained grandma for 2 hours, yelling, running, laughing, playing with the neighbors kids. Grandma fed her almost a whole slice of carrot cake. Sora started getting cranky so we said our goodbyes and left. I think Grandma almost started to cry. I felt bad, Im going to try to see her once a month before the new baby comes

Sora slept the whole was home, very nice for me!

James woke up, ordered takeout sushi, had dinner and went to work.

:)

Its quiet time right now aka the hurricane that destroys our family room every day is resting up for round two. The only thing I can hear is the clicking of our kitchen clock and its annoying me! Last night I had to force myself to sleep. Anytime a thought popped into my head it gave me a even bigger headache then what I already had. It actually HURT to THINK.

Pregnant and running around after Sora is sooo exhausting!! She loves to climb all over me and kick my stomach which is unpleasant, Im trying to have all the patience in the world for her but its difficult. My hips start aching around noon from all the getting up getting down I do.

Today before her bath, I undressed her and she ran away from me, climbed into her toy car, and peed on it, she then noticed the peed, got out of the car, and tried to start playing in the water, I had to run across the room to stop her before her hand got in the water (ps I also had to take her car to the car wash....its outside drying)

We went to a new place called "Little Gym" its just as it sounds...a gym for little people. I enjoyed the first 30 minutes. We sang a "Hello" song with bells, made noises with sticks, climbed on mats, did somersaults,  had balloon time, popped bubbles (made by a bubble gun...totally investing in one this summer). The class was an hour, and was made up of mostly girls...they were a few months older then her, but she could totally keep up with them. It was pretty awesome to watch. Its kinda pricey $94 a month and you can go once a week... I think you should be able to go twice...or every day... lol. She was still pretty hyper when we came home, but it was very nice to see her with other babies.



On to other baby news with the soon to be newest member of our family. New baby is still making it difficult for me to eat. I actually hate eating. I've been drinking lots of mint tea, and throwing down Payday candy bars (the salt and the peanuts) I feel bloated, Caesar salads are the only think I can really eat and enjoy if its made the way I like it, which is: Roman lettuce, shaved Parmesan cheese (not shredded! not bits that look like they came from a pizza delivery!), crunchy croutons!!! Kinda simple huh??? too bad most places eff it up! Pizza my hear around the corner actually comes thru and that my friend makes me happy, even thought I had burger king for lunch because I needed to eat after class but really wanted a salad.

Yesterday Sora was repeating back words, she was saying "pjs'' "teddy" "yum" all pretty exciting stuff. We were excited, but our cheers scared her. I am determined to teach her how to speak. She has been sitting thru a whole Dr. Sessus book, which means shes not trying to put her feet on the pages or eat the paper...or bite..she stills still helps me flip the pages, and looks back at me and smiles.

annnd her birthday is coming up next Saturday. yipieeeeeee

Sorry for not updating too much recently, a lot has been going on in our family life. Our grandma was hospitalized and had surgery and stayed with us while she was recovering. She was here for about 2 weeks, she ended up needing more recovery care then we could give...while with us she slipped out of her chair, my dad and I couldn't get her back up and needed to call the paramedics. She went back to the hospital and is now living in a care facility back in Monterey.

I was here at home with her most of the time and enjoyed having her here with baby Sora, but she wasn't eating or drinking and wanted to go back home....it was all overwhelming, but I tried the best I could. I had a teething baby who wasn't sleeping thru the night, a stressed out hubby, a house to maintain etc. I think I just kind of went numb and did what I could. My sister ended up fighting with me, James helped out when he could, my dad did his part...I guess it just made me think about how important it is to have a strong family foundation, meaning that everyone is on the same team, page, whatever you call it and to minimize stress for everyone. I don't think important stuff like this is a competition, I think its a everyone help out where they can situation. I was made to feel that me having a family and baby was more of a negative against me. I've been trying to not let the pettiness bother me because I'm nearing 30 and I need my energy to put towards other things instead of back n forth bickering like 9 year olds.

=sigh=

Moving on, my grandma is doing better from what my dad is telling me, she's eating and has trained medical care =)

Sora is doing better too. She has 4 top teeth with another on the way and it really seems like every time I put her down for a nap or for the night she grows. in other words...shes HUGE! She's also really really strong. I don't even think she had baby fat...i think its pure muscle. We have been taking her to the play area at the mall and she is sooooo cute. She loves older kids and 'runs' around screaming, hitting the toys...and I even watched her push a kids out of the way and knock someone over. I'm telling you she is a monster! My dad asked the other day why she is so strong what am I feeding her? I said "Super Hero food"

Today she said "Hi" and we said 'Hi' back and it startled her...and then she looked kind of confused, but to me and James it was a 'Hi". I've started reading to her, but I think Grandpa has the magic touch. Whenever he shows her how to do something, walk, turn pages in a book, she gets it right away. Plus its really cute when he reads to her because she actually sits still and looks back up at him and smiles.

She also is listening to me more now, when I say "no" she backs up, or stops touching the wrong thing.

Gym day!

Today was my first day back in the gym!! YES!!

I weigh 136, I will spend some time figuring out my 3 and 6 month goals. Im going to try to go in at least 3-4 times a week, they even have childcare for $3. So if James is at work or sleeping I can take the baby with me. so more sleepy time for daddy :)

so I did 2 miles cardo/running
90lbs horizontal squats
80lbs leg press thingy
40lbs tricep curls
some situps

i also found a mama and baby yoga class that meets 4 times a month...im going to start that in Feb too :)