Starting Solids - Yucky!

Howdy! Happy November to you all! It's been a few weeks since my last post.

Last week, on the 14th, we went to the doctor for Keyan's four month appointment and shots - I hate shots and so does he. He has grown so much. He's over 16 lbs and 27 inces long. He was born at 6 lb 9 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. So, he has come a long way. Figures, all he wants to do is chow.

Anyway, the doc. gave us the okay to start Keyan on solids. First we are supposed to start with rice cereal mixed with formula and then we can start on some baby food/vegetables. He said beware for fruits at first because that is like baby candy. haha.... I love it.

Above are two pictures from his first feeding. He HATED it. At first we were trying to decide if it was the bland cereal or just the whole spoon thing. After trying this for a few days, we gave in and started feeding him butter-nut squash baby food. And, he LOVED It! I guess he just hated the flavor of the cereal, so yeah! Keyan has crossed another milestone.

As for the picture of me below... yes that's me in all my motherhood glory.. hahaha... Yes it's a glamorous job. I had just gotten home from working out and Justin decided it was the perfect time to take a picture. BLAH.... haha..

Speaking of working out, it is so much harder when you have kids. I still manage to get there at least three times a week, but I need to do better. Gotta lose those baby pounds.. haha. :-)

Ahhhhh

Friday is finally here! HALLELUAH HALLELUAH (Angels sing). I am so glad. This week everything has been so stressful. Work, life, etc. But, yeah FRIDAY'S HERE YEAH FRIDAY'S HERE! I have been having a lot of anxiety lately... I think it's just one of those things. Where you let yourself get stessed out about every little thing.

What usually works for me is yoga. I love it. I haven't been able to go for a while, but it totally calms me down. And you get a pretty good workout too.

Good news. Our home's linoleum has been put in. Things are moving along alright. I wish they would move along a little faster. Our buyers for this house keep getting anxious. Understandably so.

I am ready to move.. well actually no, moving really sucks. I wish I had a Genie in a lamp. And after I was done wishing for happiness, money, etc.. I would ask him to move all my furniture to our new house. Why is this such a big issue? Well, because we don't live next to a road, we have to drag all our furniture up hill on a winding thin sidewalk out to the moving truck. Like 100 yards away. Sigh * :-)

My mom should be coming over today. I like it when she comes over, she's fun to talk.. Keyan is wonderful, but he hasnt' quite grasped the language yet. I've included a picture of her and Keyan. She always thinks she takes bad pictures, but I think she takes good ones. When I was a kid she was always cutting herself out of pictures she thought she looked bad in. Silly mama.

Late Halloween Post

Sorry, this is a really late Halloween blog. I am a procrastinator.
Halloween was great! Me and my husband decided to torture poor Keyan and put him in this cute monkey suit. Hey my parents did it to me too! I don't know why I get such a kick out of it. haha... My uncle thought he looked like a mouse or something. I was like NO HE'S A MONKEY. :-) See the apposable thumbs?

Anyway... The Luke's always have this fantastic tradition of carving tons of pumpkins right before Halloween. Justin is the best at this. I will post a picture of his Jazz Pumpkin, and this isn't even his best work. We think he should probablly quit his job and become a professional pumpkin carver.. Okay so we wouldn't only have an income in the Autumn... no big deal, right? J/K

Anyway, things have been good this past week. Keyan goes to his 4 month Doc. visit next Monday, which will suck because he has to get shots in his behind again. And will cry.. I hate that.