Baby Cohen

Since I've become a mom I'm a sucker for pregnancy stories and babies. When I started reading Megan and Brent's blog I became interested to see how things would go for them. They were expecting a baby that had a heart defect. They didn't know exactly what to expect but they were hopeful. Cohen arrived here and fought hard to stay alive. He didn't stay here long, but the time they spent with him had to have been great. He was a beautiful little boy and I feel like I know them personally. The night that I saw that he had passed I was having an awful day. Nothing was going my way. I was so glad Corbin had gone to sleep and I was looking forward to just sitting down. Corbin is/was teething at the time and I thought I needed a break. Well I got on blogger and saw that he had died, and I began crying and didn't stop until I fell asleep that night. I thought about how I was wishing Corbin would just go to sleep so I could rest. How selfish is that? After I read their blog I wanted to run and wake my baby up just to hold him and tell him how much I love him. I thank God every day that Corbin is healthy and happy (99.9% of the time). You never know how lucky you are until you read some else's story. It can make you re-evaluate whats important. Now when Corbin gets fussy I'm glad he's fussy, it means he's growing and he's healthy. Anyway the point of me blogging was to say that in honor of Cohen tomorrow is his memorial service and their friends are vowing for a day of silence, no blogging no new status on Facebook.com simply Cohen. So now blog for tomorrow. I'm sure I will have lots of catching up to do on Friday. So tonight be sure to hold your babies a little closer and give them lots of loving :)

Here is their story if you are interested

www.inthiswonderfullife.com (Brent and Megan's story)

www.sendlovetocohen.blogspot.com

I Love A Challenge

So starting July 1st Chris and I are racing to lose 20 pounds! If I lose 20 pounds I will be back to almost what I weighed when Chris and I started dating. I don't want to lose the weight because of my looks at this point in life, it's honestly so I'm just a little bit healthier. We have lots of heart problems in our family and I don't want to have to worry about it. My little scare of high blood pressure after Corbin was born was enough for me. So I'm pigging out until the 1st. I think Chris is really determined and so am I. It's easier for me to workout because I'm at home all day. But for Chris he will really have to make time for it. Working 6 pm to 6 am then coming home and sleeping...well it doesn't leave much time for us and especially not a lot of time for a workout. I'm sure we will both do fine. I think if I just step up my walking a bit and cut out my late night snacks that should help. I've done the strip-arobics dvds (not fun), I've done the wii-fit (got bored with that), and I'm not joining a gym (i hate working out in front of people) so I think I will stick to walking with the baby and a few sit ups. Oh and lots of swimming. Ok so what's a challenge without a prize at the end? This challenge has the best prize of all! A healthier body? Heck no that's just a plus. The prize is...(drum roll please) Who ever loses 20 pounds first gets to sleep in...not one day but two days...back to back! Yes that would be heaven!!!! I've gotten to sleep in (count them) three days since I've had Corbin. Yes he sleeps with us (well ok he sleeps with me, Chris is usually at work or watching movies) and I would so love to have the bed to myself for a few hours! I'm secretly contemplating weighing down my pockets so I will weigh more at the weigh-in. Ok I'm kidding. Gotta play fair I guess. So that's what's going on in the Tweedell household. That and dealing with a fussy, very hot tempered, little boy who is teething, and thinking he's turning 2. That's life though, and I wouldn't have it any other way!

Funny How Things Change

Today I opened our mail box and you would have thought Ed McMahon had sent me the winning check from Publishers Clearing House. I got not one but TWO coupons for diapers! Yes diapers. I used to get excited when I got a magazine in the mail, now I'm getting all giddy over coupons, and for diapers at that. Boy having a baby will change you. But I couldn't be any happier. Yes I have my moments when I feel like all moms do. I feel overwhelmed, under appreciated, and looked over, but that just comes with the territory. Chris does a great job being a dad and giving me time to myself (most of the time). The only thing I've ever wanted is to be a mom and now I'm just that. Corbin's mom. And if coupons excite me then so be it :)

Ok think I'll try to get up and clean a little bit, then it's off to bed. Puppet Show in the morning. :)

Show Us Your Life-Activities for Kids

Ok so I've been following Kelly's Korner blog for quiet a while now. Every Friday she does this thing called Show Us Your Life. I've missed some really good topics, but since now I have a blog I'm so excited to participate. Today's topic is Activities for Kids. Now I love artsy fartsy stuff. I love making silly crafts out of toilet paper holders, or Popsicle sticks. There is a great website called www.dltk-teach.com
Since Corbin is just 8 almost 9 months old here's what we do everyday. He has is own dry erase board on the fridge. Every night I change the word of the day. Sometimes it's a color, sometimes it's a shape, or if I'm lucky and I know the theme of baby time that is the word. Every morning when he wakes up we go and look at the board. I tell him what the word is and all through out the day we talk about it. I think he's favorite word so far has been dog. He's gonna be a dog lover I'm afraid. It's exciting for me to come up with new stuff each night and I think right now I'm more excited about this than he is.

Anyway that's my idea. Take it or leave it. It's something simple yet fun. :)

What Will I Do?

I think the ride home from the hospital was the only car ride Corbin didn't scream through. Ever since then he has hated the car seat. At 4 or 5 months we switched to a "normal" car seat and got rid of the infant carrier, thinking maybe that would work. Nope. Now don't get me wrong every once in a while I can go from here to Wal-mart peacefully, if I let Chris drive and I ride in the back with tons of toys and snacks. We don't dare go any further without major backup. I think it's kind of cute that when we are in the car alone and he starts screaming that if I sing the Itsy Bitsy Spider he instantly stops crying. Wouldn't be great if that would always work when things weren't going his way. I can imagine him coming home heart-broken over his girlfriend or something and me just sitting him down and singing Itsy Bitsy Spider to him and then he walks away smiling thinking the world is a better place :) I'm enjoying every moment of motherhood from him starting to babble right down to him crying in the car. He's only gonna be little once right?

What A Day

Phew it's been a busy day. I managed to get a few miles in today walking. And I survived taking Corbin to Walmart all by myself. (patting myself on the back). I even took Corbin to the library for the Reptile Wrangler and I hate reptiles :0) Corbin went to sleep right on time tonight...around 8:15 he was out and he's only woken up once since then. Fingers crossed he actually sleeps tonight. I can't wait til he sleeps through the night again, but I'll probably still wake up in the middle of the night to make sure he is breathing or something silly like that. We've got a very busy weekend ahead. I can't decide which I like best...planning busy weekends or just taking it easy. If we don't have anything planned I tend to get bored. Then again when it's super busy I long to be at home playing in the floor with the baby. I'm a little hard to please. OK it's getting kinda late so I'm going to call it a night and go curl up in the bed with the baby.

Oh and look at this super adorable picture. This is Corbin and his first official play date with Ms. Abby! Isn't she a doll! I was super excited to get to go to the park this week so they could play. OK I was happy I got to talk to a grown-up besides Chris. We had a great time. I'm sure these two little bundles of joy are gonna be life long friends.

Here Goes Nothing...

So I decided that if Corbin could have a blog so could I. I guess honestly I probably won't have anything to blog about but I'll come up with something even if it's just new recipes that we've tried! So this is my first post :) Corbin's napping (not the norm lately) so I thought I would sit at the computer instead of doing one of the million other things that needs to be done. I'm actually going to attempt to go buy groceries today with him in tow. I am thinking at this moment I must be crazy or a gluten for punishment. We've got a busy stay at home weekend coming up so I want to be ready. Fridays when Chris works are always crazy so I'm trying to lessen the craziness by getting groceries out of the way today. Saturday we are throwing my mom a surprise birthday party and Sunday Mom is cooking a big dinner! And somewhere in between all that I plan on relaxing at the pool with my two favorite guys :) Did I mention I was making mom's cake? Fingers crossed it turns out right. OK little guy is waking up. So much for blogging today :)