Whats going on in my life :-)

I started Weight Watchers yesterday (Sunday, March 25). I am so excited to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. Unfortunately, after my trip to Las Vegas last week, I saw the scale slowly creep up a few pounds. NOT GOOD. I thought that I would use my blog as a source to share my daily eating habits, some exercise habits & new recipes! 

I am given a daily amount of 36 points; I get quite a bit because I am still an nursing mother (this has me burning about 500 calories a day). 

I will start with today's food diary! (I will do my best to do these everyday)

Breakfast - Organic apple oatmeal, one piece of whole grain toast 4pts

Snacks - Apple, banana, 2-100 calorie packs 4pts

Lunch - Tuna mix sandwich on thin bread 6pts

Dinner - 2 servings of white rice, chicken slow cooker meal 12pts

Dessert - 1/4 cup of chocolate trail mix, skinny cow ice cream 9pts

I ended with 35 points! 

We are trying lots of new recipes! One of mine and Bryan's goals is to eat out less!! We are going to eat out only once a week. 

BENTLEY NEWS:

Holy moly! There is SO much going on with Bentley right now. He has been signing and talking sooo much recently. Some of his new signs are "nigh-night" and "all done." He is also saying "night" and "hot." He is learning new things everyday! He took several steps while we were in Vegas, all by himself, but he is still not walking yet. Lastly, he has been eating A LOT of food lately. We went through a rough patch of him not wanting to eat/try anything. Today, he ate Greek yogurt and cheerios for breakfast, about 7 bites of my tuna sandwich, half of my banana, a granola bar and fruit snacks for lunch, chicken, rice and cheese for dinner and a fruit snack for dessert! He is becoming quite a little piglet! 

We recently had his Spring/Easter pictures taken! They came out SO wonderfully! Here is a sneak peak of some of them! 

A day in the life...

So, I am a day behind in the blogging world. OOPS. Bryan is out of work for a week (possibly more) due to a knee injury, so we have been having some much needed family time! Yesterday we spent the day at home, playing with Bentley of course! I even got to take a nap with the little guy<3 

Thanks to my love for capturing this precious moment of Bentley nursing to sleep! 

After nap time, it was time to get ready for our weekly class. Bentley attends a Sign Language/Music Movement class every Monday. He loves playing with the kids, learning new things and exploring with all the new activities! One of his very good friends Rowan has joined the class as well, which makes it that much more fun! 

I love that you can just the pure joy & happiness in their smiles! 

We came home after our class & got straight in the bath! Daddy did the honors while mommy cleaned up from dinner (thanks Daddy!) Bentley is a reader which I totally love and adore; he is always grabbing the nearest book and immediately starts flipping the pages and mumbling to himself. He has some bath time books and of course, Bryan caught him reading in the bath! 

After bath time, we do our nightly routine of massage, pjs, hair and teeth brushing, goodnight book, goodnight kisses and then he gets nursed to sleep. <3

Play date !

Since I am car-less right now, I find it hard to get out of the house when I need/want to. Luckily, I have a close friend who lives VERY close to me and our boys are only a week apart in age! Perfect for play dates! Another plus, we live by Lake Harveston (a residential community surrounding a Lake that has MANY parks along the path!). With the holidays passed us, we finally got a chance to get together! We walked to Lake Harveston with the boys and they played at one of the parks! They had a blast! I love seeing the interaction between Bentley and his friends; it is so sweet! They are also enrolled in the same Baby Music Movement/Sign Language class together! It is SO much fun and a blast to see the babies explore all of the different activities. It is really such a great way for them to explore new things and learn social skills (especially sharing!) 


I feel am so blessed to have the friendships that I do. When I got pregnant I had so many people (mainly friends) look down on me and turn their backs away from me. Why? I am not so sure. I mean, I was 20 years old, in a committed relationship, both of us were working, we had our own place and took care of ourselves; why was it so horrible that I was going to become a mother? I still don't have the answer. But, I am grateful that becoming a mother showed me who my true friends are. So, thank you to the ones who stuck by my side and the new friendships I have created since becoming a mommy. I truly treasure our friendship.


Before I post pictures of Bentley's outting with his sweet friend, I am going to give everyone a little update! Bentley is now TALKING up a storm. He says so much stuff (a lot of it I can't understand yet, but its definitely still words!) He says "bayooo" (balloon), "uh oh," "bubble" and of course "mama & dada." He crawls everywhere, but can stand up and walk along side things or if someone is holding his hands, he puts his shapes in his shape sorter, he puts his play coins in his play piggy bank, he saws "awwwww" when he says a baby or animal, and recently he learned how to get off the couch all by himself!!! I am such a proud mama! 


Off to do some more playing with my little man while we wait for his Grandma and Grandpa Young to come over for a visit! Another update will come soon, I am sure! 

Ooops. I got behind again :(

Okay, so I don't know if now is the perfect time to start blogging again. Since I am in the middle of chasing around a *almost* 1 year old, planning his birthday party, getting ready to start my Spring semester of school, figuring out what I need to do to become a lactation consultant, on top of all of my other daily activities! BUT, I will promise that I will TRY my best!! Heehee!

Well, like I said, Bentley is almost a year old! Well, in a few weeks he will be! We are busy planning his Pirate themed birthday party! I cannot believe that it has already been a year since he came into our world! I am so scared excited to be a mom of a toddler! 

I am getting ready to start my next semester of school. I am enrolled in three classes. After this semester, I will have ONE more semester and then I will have my AA in Social and Behavioral Science! How exciting!!!! But that's not it for me! Then I am on to much studying and clinical hours so that I can become a lactation consultant (breastfeeding counselor!) I am so grateful for becoming a mom this early on because it led me to figure out what I want to do with my life (other than be a mom!) Breast feeding is my absolute passion! I have also been working hard on some craft projects. I will be posting pictures of my work every once and a while! 

Bryan is still working for Verizon Wireless! He has a love/hate relationship with his company and position. He is not sure what he wants to do with his life yet, so he is comfortable working there and trying to become an Assistant Manager. 

We are back in our own place in Murrieta. I am so happy to be in a safe neighborhood now that Bentley is here with us. Hemet was just not the place for him to grow up. 

Enough about me! Lets look at some pictures of the little man! 

 At the Temecula Christmas Parade

 Finger Painting with Mama :)

 Out looking at Christmas Lights!

Christmas morning!

Bentley's First Play Date!...

My good friends Cheryl and Ashle, and Cheryl's baby Cash (who is 8 months) came over yesterday for a play-date. This was the first time Bentley had been around/played with another baby! It was adorable. Cash is a big crawler and he goes and goes; Bentley sat and watched him. I am so excited that Bentley will have a friend, growing up, that is so close to his age. :) 

xoxox

Instagram photos....

Bryan recently got an iPhone4 and downloaded a great photo editing application called "Instagram." I love the features it has! It makes pictures look so vintage; my favorite! Here are some of the photos he has edited with the app!

 Hanging out with his Grandpa Ronnie :)

 Daddy & Bentley!

 Acting silly !

 My favorite picture at the moment<3

 Another one of Daddy & Bentley

Kisses from Mommy<3

ENJOY! 

Wow...it's been a while! OOPS!

Time has definitely gotten away from me. This summer has just flown by. A combination of moving, car problems, BENTLEY, family stuff, and everything else - I really haven't found time to sit down and blog! I  gotta make sure I am updating this every couple days (or at least once a week) for all of the family and friends who follow this! 

Just a quick catch up:

1. Bentley said his first word AND small sentence - "HI BUBBA!" soo funny and cute!

2. He isn't crawling yet, but he will be soon. He likes to rock back and forth right now.

3. He LOVES to be outside. Anytime he is fussy, take him out back and let him enjoy the sun! 

4. He had his 6 month check up on August 11th. He weighs 18lbs3oz and he is 26 3/4inches long! A big boy!

5. We started him on baby food when he turned 6 months, but it seemed like it was upsetting his belly and making him unable to sleep well at night - so we have taken a break for a few weeks. We will start back up soon :)

Other than that, he has just been a happy and playful baby! We are constantly doing things with him, taking him places, and discovering new and exciting things as parents! 

Here are a few pictures to catch you up!

 Cute hat at Gymboree! We were waiting for it to go on sale; we went back and it was sold out :(

 My favorite picture at the moment! My sweet baby right out of the bath (or should I say, sink!)

 Me & Bentley swimming at my mom's surprise birthday party!

 Another one of my favorites, taken today! He loves to be outside! 

Daddy & Bentley! <3

PS - I promise to try really hard to keep this thing updated!! :D