Movie Review~ American Reunion

As A person who has never seen any of the previous movies, I have to say I loved it! There were lots of things that made me laugh as well as get emotional! I definitely recommend it to everyone! Although not to the young ones!

Love

I can not express the amount of love I have experienced in the past 3 months since my son was born. Not only have I felt this incredible love that I have never felt before for my son but the love that I have for my husband has grown exponentially! I get so excited everyday knowing that I'm going to get to spend it with two of the most amazing man I have ever known. I know I haven't blogged in such a long time, but that is because I have been spending every second I can with my amazing family. I will try to keep you updated as often as possible. I am also thinking of starting video blogs... we will have to see what life hands me next! Good evening everyone!

Mint Please

So for the financially conscientious people.... Which should be everyone! There is an amazing online tool to help you organize your debt, as well as help you with budgeting. I use this website as well is app for my android on a daily basis and I thought you all would be interested. Check it out! www.mint.com

Our first family pet

Today we went into the pet store not expecting to buy anything. Then I came across this beautiful blue fish and fell in love. Her name is Sapphire and she is the best pet a new mommy could have!!

Do accidents really happen?

I am proud to say that at 19 my husband and I 100 % planned to have our beautiful baby boy!
   I always feel do bad when I hear that peoples babies were an accident or a mistake. This day and age there are enough precautions you can take to avoid unwanted pregnancy that it should no longer be considered mistake or an accident. it's not the baby that's a mistake, it's the parents who made the mistake to not use some type of preventative. I know its not my place to judge other people, I just can't help but think you could have prevented it if you didn't want it. it's not fair to the children who have to suffer because of their parents mistake.
  I hope this blog does not offend anybody I just wanted to get my opinion out.

first real laugh

I thought I would share this with everyone. Such a joy being a mom getting to see all of the new developments your children make. Recently my son have learned how to giggle and now he has a real laugh. I hope this makes you as happy as it made me when I heard it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg4GJ0U0IYo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Teen Moms

I never thought I would be so lucky and have such an amazing husband and a beautiful baby boy let alone I would have them before I turned 20!

  I am officially 20 years old as of yesterday, no longer considered a "teen mom" and it feels nice to be out of that bracket.  I used to hate the looks I would get when people would ask how old my son was then how old I was and even ask my marital status as though it was wrong of me to have a baby so young. I could not imagine being a young mom and not being married. I feel soo bad for how people judge young moms. Especially now with the teen mom shows on MTV. When you see how some of them act no wonder society looks down on young moms. It is extremely unfortunate though because being a teen mom myself as well as knowing quite a few other teen moms I know how hard we work to make sure our relationships succeed for our children as well as making sure they always have the best of the best!!

  I am soo proud of all the young moms I know that do everything in their power on a day to day basis to make sure their babies are well taken care of. Don't let what people have to say bring you down, just because some people are incompetent doesn't mean you are!! Lots of love to all of my teen moms <3

Live Seven Years Longer

While my son sleeps so peacefully on the couch beside me I am reading Todays Parent Guide Baby & Toddler edition Spring/Summer 2012. And I came across a wellness article that is talking about living longer.

Now that I have this precious little gift I want to make sure I do everything possible to keep myself healthy and extend my longevity!

A report from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and Public Health Ontario claims that people could live 7 years longer by stopping a few bad habits!

*Smoking
*Eating poorly
*Being sedentary (lazy)
*Drinking to much alcohol

And last but most definitely not least

*Stressing

If you want to check out how your habits are affecting your plans of living longer you can actually check out the Life Expectancy Calculator at rrasp-phirn.ca/risktools

Am I Crazy?!

I think my son is absolutely gorgeous and I am not just bias he really is!! I started up a fan page for him on facebook.. I am hoping to get enough likes that when I enter him in baby contests and take him for auditions for baby commercials and movie parts that he will start to become more recognized!!

  Even I think I am crazy sometimes but I thought I would share his site with all of you so you can like it too!!

   https://www.facebook.com/AchillesRHolbein#


Thank you everyone for all of your support!

Espresso or Yoga

  As a new mom I needed to find a good out let to get my energy boost during the day. I found myself turning to my favorite drink in the world.. Caramel Machiatos <3 Now in reality caffeine is not the most healthy thing for you and it is extremely addicting. I would know. So I started to look for a better solution. Something that would keep me energized and healthy.

That is when I started to research. I saw that "apparently" yoga was an effective way of boosting and maintaining high energy levels but that is also kept you in impeccable shape. Now having a new baby there was no way I could start going out and taking classes so I looked for online classes. That is when I came across this amazing site, www.myyogaonline.com/home .

  It offers amazing programs and challenges as well as videos that you can do right at home for only 10 bucks a month! I am in the midst of doing my first 8 day program called Yoga For The Beginner. I am on my 5th day and I honestly feel the difference. I feel so much more relaxed and revitalized. Joining this website was a great decision.

  They also offer a variety of yoga classes including post natal baby yoga for you and your little one! You can also do the classes whenever you would like and work around your schedule whether you want to do a quick 10 minute video or a two hour video.

 When it comes for me choosing what I prefer, I now say Yoga over espresso any day!!

Giggles and Wiggles

      Today I was sitting on the couch with my little man and he was smiling away, cooing and kicking his little legs as he often does.. Then he started to go red... poop time... woooo......

  So when he finished his business I took him to his room to change him and he decided to pee all over me. He then was smiling away and cooing again now that he had a clean bum! We went back to the couch and he was talking away to me as we were playing with his little plush rattles and to my surprise he let out the CUTEST giggle I have ever heard!!

  It was the first time he has ever let out a good giggle!! ahhh. He is currently 7 weeks and 3 days and he is growing way to quickly. It is soo amazing to see his little personality starting to shine through as we watch him grow. We can't wait to what else he will learn.

Small acts of Kindness

Today I received the sweetest gift. You see my step mother, whom I absolutely adore is right in love with my son!! And apparently she likes to brag about him!

 She is a hair stylist and a mighty fine one at that! I wouldn't trust anyone else with my hair... PS her name is Lori and she works at the Ultimate Hair Salon on Aberfoyle Rd. Kingston ON. 613-549-6665.

  Anyways she had mentioned my son to one of her new clients and a few short days later her client came in with a surprise for Achilles! The most adorable little knitted booties I have ever seen!!

Thank you soo much!!

Bad Breast Milk?!

A lot of you would agree with this motivational poster, but what if your breast milk is bad? Some of you

are probably thinking it can't happen but yes it can. And it happened to me!

       I had a home nurse come in to check on Achilles and make sure everything was going well she was updating me on what mile stones he should be reaching next etc. This was when he was 3 weeks old. She also let me know that at 4 weeks the colostrum in your breast milk will start to decrease so he might not poop as often as he normally would, he might even go a day or to without pooping. Reason being there is a laxative in colostrum that helps babies poop.

As week 4 approached I was looking forward to not having to change as many poopy diapers but of course with my luck something else happened. My poor baby boy got really bad diarrhea that lasted 3 or 4 days!! It was dark green and super watery with no little seedies in it. I was all worried so I took him in to get checked out. The doctor told me that my breast milk could be bad, I was soo shocked because I didn't think that could happen especially if you breast fed regularly and weren't having any troubles other wise. I hadn't changed my eating habits or tried anything new so the doctor told me to start him on formula. I tried Nestle Goodstart, the one with pro-biotocs and everything else and he took to it wonderfully. His diarrhea also cleared up almost immediately. Hopefully my breasts will sort themselves out by the time we have our second but my breast milk is bad!! :( 

I guess that's just LY4E-BABY! ;)

Wet flip flops

I just got home from walking to the corner store. I was wearing flip flops and took my own path through the grass. I thought I would be smart and save some time but it turns out the grass was soaked!!
I thought it was fine until I got back on the side walk.. My feet kept slipping and making this weird squeaky noise every time I walked!


Needless to say, I hate wet flip flops!

Best thing to wake up to!

If there is one thing I could wake up to every day it would be my beautiful baby boys smile!!

He has such a zeal for life and is just so happy to be alive!

He is my world! 

I hope you all enjoy this and it puts a smile on your face!

Be sure to check back tomorrow and read "Bad Breast Milk?!"

First Shower with Daddy

Achilles had his first shower with daddy last night!! It was soo cute! Although he didn't know what to think of the shower! He has a little shower that goes with his baby tub but it's not the same when your body is almost fully submerged!! Here is a pic of Ace enjoying his shower!

Such a happy little man!! He is starting to get rolls now!! He will be 6 weeks tomorrow!

Late night fun at 3 weeks!

  I am soo lucky that my son is such a happy little fellow!! Whenever I get up with him he is usually full of smiles.. But there are nights were he just screams until he gets what he wants! This night he was 3 weeks old, all full of smiles and wide awake at 2:30 am! He stayed awake until 3:30 and at that point I was pooped so daddy took over!

  


  See this video and others on our youtube page!! You can find the link by going back to the homepage and clicking on Where else to find us!!  <3

What Do You Mean Your Water Broke?!

  At midnight, exactly one week after my due date I was awoken by a tap on my belly. I opened my eyes expecting to see my husband waking me up and no one was there. All of a sudden I got a rush of anxiety through my body thinking something popped in my belly and my baby wasn't going to be okay. I sat up off the couch and WOOSH a huge gush of water came pouring out! I called to my husband exclaiming my water broke and instantly he replies with "What do you mean your water broke?!"

  I jumped off the couch holding my crotch so I wouldn't leak all over the floor and I ran down the hall to the bathroom to sit on the toilet. I swear there was an ocean of water in there, also holding my crotch didn't help... My floors were still soaked!

  I called my mother in law while I was on the toilet asking for a ride to the hospital and in less then 5 minutes she was at my door. We arrive at the hospital and at this point I was starting to have contractions although they were irregular and not painful. I got checked out and I was only 1 centimeter dilated so they sent me home to wait.

  At this point it was about 12:15 am when I was discharged. As soon as I left the L&D ward I started having strong contractions every 5 minutes. And honestly through out my entire labor my contractions really weren't THAT bad!! 

  After half an hour of consistent contractions I called the hospital and asked when I should be going in to the hospital. They said to wait until my contractions were 2-3 minutes apart or until I couldn't handle the pain. 45 minutes went by and the hospital called me asking if I was close to the hospital and if I could come back in to get checked out. We arrived at the hospital again around 1:45, I was now 3 centimeters dilated and they had admitted me to the hospital.

   My contractions were between 3 and 4 minutes apart and between the time I was admitted until about 6 am I had only dilated to 4 centimeters. At this point they offered me morphine so I gladly took it thinking I would be able to get some rest.. well that was a bust. 

  I have never done drugs and only have REALLY drank once in my life so I didn't know what to expect when they gave my this blissful needle in the tushy. I couldn't even keep my eyes open I was so out of it!! Here it a little clip of what I looked like on morphine..

That lasted me until about 9:30 am when they came in checked me and told me I hadn't moved from 4 cm so they wanted to give me pattocin (if that's how you spell it) to speed up my contracts and help to dilate me fully. At that point I asked for an epidural because there was no way I wanted to push this child out without being numb!! It took the anesthesiologist 3 TIMES to get that stupid thing in my back!!! But once I had it in it felt like nothing I have ever felt before! I couldn't move anything from the waist down. It was kind of scary to be honest.. I didn't like not having any feeling!! 

  At this point they wanted me to rest but I was waaayy too excited to do that! It was about 12:30- 1:00 pm when they came to check me again and I was FINALLY fully dilated!! They said they would leave me to try to push his head down more but they told me his head was 2 cm from the exit!! At this point I was like I'm not waiting if his head is right there!!! So I got to start pushing!!!

  After 45 minutes of good pushing, my beautiful baby boy Achilles Robert Holbein was born at 2:06! It was the most beautiful moment I have ever experienced! Hearing his perfect little cry and seeing him look up at me ahh just melted my heart!!

Our 9 Month Journey... Wait Did You Say 10 Months?!

 Most people know that you're pregnant for 10 months, the reason they say 9 is because you usually don't know you're pregnant until about 4 weeks gestation. I am now going to give you little blurbs and photos of me through my pregnancy and how I thought each month went!

The little black dot that looks like a peanut!

4 weeks

  For the first month I was pregnant I had no clue up until I took my second test. If you read my post "Pregnancy Tests Play Mind Games" Then you would have seen that my doctor did a test on the 25th of July and I took a second test on the 27th and it showed positive. I also took a back up test with my doctor again on the 29th which was also positive! It wasn't until the doctor was about to do my first test that I had the feeling I could be pregnant and by the second test I thought for sure I was! The curse was a whole day late!!! That was when I found out we were expecting!!

8 weeks 

  At this point I remember always rubbing my belly and pushing it out as far as I could so people would know I was expecting! I wanted the world to know!! I only had small bouts of nausea between 4 and 8 weeks, I was never sick to my stomach though. Thank God for scientists and chemicals and thank scientists for figuring out what chemicals to put together to stop nausea! Dyclectin (if that's how you spell it) was a life saver!! My biggest craving this month was cucumbers with salt and vinegar!

12 weeks

  At 3 months I was still feeling great, I wasn't getting nauseated as often but I was pretty tired. I slept whenever I could! I would nap after work and go to bed right after dinner. That was if my husband Brant and I weren't staying up watching series of different TV shows! My biggest craving this month was Celery and what was totally repulsive to me was hamburger as well as chocolate milk and eggs! I was also addicted to listening to I believe in a thing called love by the darkness ALL the time!!

16 weeks

    At 4 months I was craving anything pickled or sweet!! Weird combination I know! My philosophy for cravings was GIVE THE BELLY WHAT IT WANTS!!! I was having crazy mood swings by this point... Ask my husband!! ahaha My jeans were finally getting tight and we had told all of our friends and family we were expecting! First trimester was over so I knew I would be getting my energy back! We were also only 2 weeks away from finding out if we were having a boy or a girl! We also got to hear the baby's heart beat for the first time.. It really was a miracle to hear that little pitter patter and know you were alive and well!

20 weeks 

    Au revoir, jeans. Au revoir, to my waist. Bon jour, baby belly!!! Week 20 was when I really started to see my belly pop, I was still feeling great and had tons of energy!! All I wanted to do was eat! But I felt like a fertility goddess! For exercise I tried to walk as much as possible and I had been doing prenatal yoga which I continued to do daily through out my pregnancy. My baby's kicks were starting to get really hard, Brant finally got to feel the baby kick when I was 17 or 18 weeks pregnant. Did I mention the baby started kicking at week 15?? We also found out we were having a baby boy! And I was always jonesin' for popcorn!

24 weeks

   Mmmmm... chocolate!! Definitely my biggest craving this month!! Next to the nasty with my husband! We had continued to have sex as often as we could and ladies, be sure to work it second trimester... It was definitely the best sex I had through out my pregnancy!! The things I missed most at this point was a normal sized bladder!! I was getting up about 3 or 4 times a night to pee!! Music this month was mainly OK Go 'End Love' and Lady Gaga 'Judas'. My baby boy would kick like crazy whenever I listened to music!

28 weeks

    Mr Squiggly, that is what we called him at this point! He moved non-stop!! This was when we went to Ottawa to get a 3D ultrasound done of our baby boy! We were too impatient to see his little face and on our way home the engine blew in our car!!! Did I mention there was also a HUGE snow storm and I could have sworn I was going to die!! But after a loong drive through snow, the engine blowing and our police car ride home we did make it. And warmed up by working around my quickly growing belly to do the nasty.

30 weeks

    Freezie please?! mmm!! Especially cream soda flavored ones! At this point I was most comfortable sleeping on my side with my body pillow.. when it came to night time cuddles my pillow totally replaced Brant!! I spent a lot of my nights on the couch with my pillow watching the family channel. Mainly because I was getting up a million times a night to pee and I didn't want to disturb my hubby!

34 weeks 

    Is my body to booty-licious for you!! I really started to pop at this point.. I seemed to be growing at an exponential rate!! I was ssooo close to the finish and I didn't think my belly could get any better but without a stretch mark in sight I seemed be doing well.. then I passed a mirror in my underwear and realized I had stretch mark on my butt and thighs. But my husband didn't mind.. at least he didn't mention it! I started listening to a lot of classical music as well as Bob Marley!!

38 weeks

38.5 weeks

  I was soo ready for my son to come at this point! I remember sleeping A LOT!! I was on Mat Leave from work at this point and I still managed to do yoga and the nasty!! How with that huge bump in front of me don't ask!! It's all a blur at this point anyways!! I slowly approached my due date and still no baby... A week later exactly at 12 am I woke up to a tap on my belly. As I opened my eyes that was no tap.. Something popped inside me, I sat up extremely scared that something was wrong with my baby boy and GUSH an ocean of liquid poured out and I called to my husband who was in the washroom and said I think my water broke and instantly he replied "what do you mean your water broke?!"


  

Be sure to read about my labor and delivery in my next post "What do you mean your water broke?!"

Pregnancy Tests Play Mind Games

  I went into work around 8 am on July 27th, I knew something was off but kept it to myself. My manager T asked me how I was doing and I simply answered with an "Ok, How are you?"

Instantly she replied with, “Why just ok?!"

  So I explained how I just wasn't feeling myself... A little off, that's all. Right away she said YOU'RE PREGNANT!! HAH I laughed, there is no way... we JUST started trying!!

  So I went on with my day and as it progressed it got me thinking about what she said. I went on my lunch at noon and sat across from Shoppers contemplating on whether or not to buy a test. (Now you should know that I had seen my doctor on July 25th and he had taken a test and it came up negative) I thought to myself I could waste 20 bucks on a test and it come up negative or I could find out we are pregnant.

  I decided to go into Shoppers to check out the tests and there just happened to be some on sale so I grab one to test my luck. I went in the washroom peed on the stick and the one line came up... no cross through it so I set it on the sink, sighed a breath of slight disappointment pulled up my drawers and started to wash my hands..

  For some reason while washing my hands I glanced down at the stick as to see if it had miraculously changed and then I almost fainted... There it was, clear as day. A POSITIVE!!!!

I sat back down on the toilet to catch my breath then ran back to work to tell my manager I was taking off early. She knew what it was as soon as I told her I had to go see my husband.

  I was so excited I couldn't wait until I got home... I showed him the test in the car and he didn't believe me at first then he was just as excited as me! A few days later we went to the doctors to confirm and sure enough, our little peanut had started to grow!! <3

It Came Faster Then We Thought

February 28, 2011
Our Wedding Day <3

So... My husband Brant and I had been married for a couple of months when we started discussing children. We knew that we wanted kids right away and thought there is no point on waiting. We had a doctor’s appointment and asked our doc about infertility rates, how long we would be trying before it happened etc. You know, all of the important stuff that you would want to know before IT happened.

   My doctor warned us that some couples try for years and years before they ever conceive so not to get discouraged if it doesn't happen right away. That was when we decided to start tracking my menstrual cycle and get on with trying our luck.

  It was June 28th, I marked a red dot on my calendar to mark the end of "the curse" ... We do the nasty on a daily basis so we weren't too concerned with trying on certain days. We ended up finding a wonderful website which we used to see what days were highest for fertility during the month... and sure enough we conceived our first cycle of trying... We were over joyed but when it came down to it I was scared... I thought to myself... Okay this is it.. We knew we wanted a baby but now it was REALLY happening... Time to prepare for baby #1.

  Be sure to read about the day I found out I was expecting!! Post Title "Pregnancy Tests Play Mind Games"