Dec 15

I got to the gym today!  As usual, it felt great.

Progress!  We have walls!  We went out this weekend to go take a look!  So freakin cool!

happy family!

ugg... formatting pictures on webpages is tricky...

can you find ZOG?

Nutshell!

Christmas time!

We went to go see Nutshell at Silvio's on Friday.  Paige watched ZOG, so we got to go out on a date!  The pizza was amazing, and the entertainment was great!

Packages are arriving all the time!  Christmas is coming! and frankly, I find it way more stressful than fun, but I'm trying to stay positive!  There is a lot less shopping that we have to do this year, so that's cool!

Oct 10

It's fall!  Therapy session on Wednesday was good, we are starting to get into some good stuff! :-/
GrAnnie, Z, and I walked down to the library, where Z was a mad man, trying to pull every book off the shelves, playing with all the toys, and exploring everything.

Thursday, a full day of chores and errands.  Z and I went to Depot Town to get lunch, a milkshake and walk around the park with a friend and her 7 week old baby.  I even went to the gym by myself last night!  It always feels good, but I was tired when I got home.  Tired and cranky...

Today we leave for a rather impromptu trip to San Antonio.  Ross has a work thing Monday and Tuesday, so we're all headed to TX for the weekend to hang out with family, and check out Austin too.  The hotel looks fancy-schmancy, and the weather is sweltering, I'm excited!


Love, Katy

Oct 6

My baby sister is 22!!  She's smart, ambitious, beautiful, and hilarious.  So happy to call this lady my friend and sister!  Miss you Chaeli!

Got to the gym before 9am today!

Love, Katy

Oct 4

Went to the gym today.  Man I feel better after doing that.  This week has been all over the place, and while I've taken a few walks, gotten out to the land a few times, I was still feeling pretty crappy.  I spent 2 hours working out, doing cardio, and also working hard on the weights.  It felt good.

Also, Z was pretty hilarious today.  Where are my fingers?!

Trying to convince me he wasn't tired

Love, Katy

Sept 30

This week has been emotional. Both really good and really bad.

Got to the gym Saturday, did a great workout. 

Sunday, walked around greenfield village for a few hours, counting that as my exercise.

Monday I took a break, my back was hurting pretty bad. I made an awesome beet salad!

And that break made it really hard to do anything today... It was chilly and drizzly. Blah.  ZOG and I hung out inside, but did plenty of rolling around and running in circles.

sept 26

Went to the gym for my evening workout last night.  I sleep great after these sessions, maybe I'll start doing more nighttime workouts?

Sept 21st

Zachary's sleep schedule has been all over the place this week, this has really made everything harder for me to manage.  My brain needs regularity.  This was a hard week, but I learned that even though I might be feeling better, I really REALLY need to keep on track, and continue with my exercise and movement.  This is a long term process... Blah

Zachary has been so great at playing by himself for little spurts at a time.  This allows me to get 3 small things done per day :-P

Hat Selfie

He's in a box!

This is what it looks like when he plays by himself for 30 minutes...

 I knit an entire hat in about 3 days.  This is good for me :)  It's even a whole patterned hat and stuff.

Chillin' on the stairs...

I got to the gym once this week. I walked quite a bit, pushing a stoller.  He really likes the stroller, and falls asleep as soon as you lower the back down, otherwise ZOG just takes in the sights.

I've been thinking a lot about this time last year.  It was all just so squishy... sigh.

I'll post sooner this time!

Love, Katy

Daily posts are hard!

This daily thing is HARD!  I don't wanna! Wah...

Anyway, this past week was good and busy.

I made it to the gym all of the times I said I would, but I am having a harder time with the daily exercise thing.  I know I just need to take a walk, or get on the bike, but it's hard!

I think I have at least gotten out of the house every day though.

Cool, hoodie, kind of days

Our appraisal finally came through, and looks like we will actually be able to figure out how to build a house.  Phewf...

So met with the builder this weekend and made some good headway on setting up a schedule for our build!

feeling good! going to build a house! (and huge coffees)

We went to a baseball game on Sunday, which was great for Ross and I to get away for 6(!) hours child free.  I have no idea how people take their babies to games, ZOG would have been so unhappy!  He would have wanted to run around the whole time, and would have hated sitting that whole time.

Great Seats!  6th row on the first base line. And the Tigers won! :)

Made it to the gym again this morning, followed by a lovely coffee and breakfast date.  Might be going to get a yurt later today!  Hooray for the land!

Love, Katy

p.s. going to meet a new therapist today, will update.

Sept 8

Quick update:

Made it to the gym last night!  Our first evening exercise date went well.  45 mins on the elliptical.  Followed by a beer date.  It was good!

Sept 4

Today was emotional.  Today was busy.  I'm tired.

I made it out the door at 8am today!  8am!  Tried to transfer the kiddo to the car while he was still sleeping, it didn't work.  He was happy though, and I dropped him off at my mom's so I could get to the gym.

Spent most of the hour at the gym, working on the machines.  They make more sense every time I go, and I'm already adding weight to some of them.

Next was cranial-sacral therapy, and so much more.  I can not find the words to properly explain how great I feel after everyone of these sessions.  They are magical, centering, and empowering.  I leave them feeling hopeful!

I had regular therapy this evening, and I'm still ruminating on my time there.  I never feel great, or very hopeful upon leaving, usually more nervous about my poor nerves.  Not sure this is for me.

Anyway, today was a good day, got to spend time with my mom, my nephew, Ross and Grace.

Tomatoes!

Sept 3

Yesterday was R's birthday, and he was soo sick.  Poor guy had a fever of 102.1 at the highest, so I stayed home all day taking care of the boys.  Today, R still not feeling great, stayed home. So I got out of the house and went to the gym! 35 mins on the elliptical machine and some core building felt really good.

Ran into a good friend, and planned a dinner date for later in the week.  Now I'm trying to figure out a good gluten-free chocolate cake for a redo of R's birthday.