HOW ARE ALL OF YOU OUT THERE IN BLOGLAND STARTING 2012???
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
2012 Inspiration
With the new year upon us I thought this was a great way to look at things/situations/ people in the upcoming year:
HOW ARE ALL OF YOU OUT THERE IN BLOGLAND STARTING 2012???
HOW ARE ALL OF YOU OUT THERE IN BLOGLAND STARTING 2012???
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Momma's Getting Her Groove Back!!
The Time Has Come!!
It is time for me to get back in shape and into all my clothes!
While I was pregnant with Harper I tried to eat healthy and monitor my weight gain with my widwife. In total I gained 43 pounds. 6 weeks after Harper arrived I had lost 26 of those pounds. Now 2 1/2 months later I am standing firm at the 26 pound weight lose and ready to lose the rest NOW!!! I was hoping that breastfeeding would help me lose the baby weight but unfortunately I am done nursing so I cant count on those extra calories being burnt that way so it is time for the old fashion plan to workout, and diet.
First up:
I am going to stay under 1200 calories a day! I am also doing a semi liquid diet this week to jump start my weight lose starting off with these green smoothies:
These might look gross but I made one this morning and it ROCKED!!
Here is the recipe
1/2 cup ice
2 handfuls of spinach
1 banana chopped up
1/2 cup mixed fruit
a splash of milk (i used skim)
I also am going to stick to meal planning. When you plan your meals out you stick to them rather than going from day to day.
Now for the workout. I plan to do a combination of:
HOT YOGA (once a week)
Jillan Michaels workout tapes at least 4 days a week
And then a abs, arm workout developed by a friend of mine!
Wish me luck I have exactly 75 days till I need to be in a bathing suit!
It is time for me to get back in shape and into all my clothes!
While I was pregnant with Harper I tried to eat healthy and monitor my weight gain with my widwife. In total I gained 43 pounds. 6 weeks after Harper arrived I had lost 26 of those pounds. Now 2 1/2 months later I am standing firm at the 26 pound weight lose and ready to lose the rest NOW!!! I was hoping that breastfeeding would help me lose the baby weight but unfortunately I am done nursing so I cant count on those extra calories being burnt that way so it is time for the old fashion plan to workout, and diet.
First up:
I am going to stay under 1200 calories a day! I am also doing a semi liquid diet this week to jump start my weight lose starting off with these green smoothies:
These might look gross but I made one this morning and it ROCKED!!
Here is the recipe
1/2 cup ice
2 handfuls of spinach
1 banana chopped up
1/2 cup mixed fruit
a splash of milk (i used skim)
I also am going to stick to meal planning. When you plan your meals out you stick to them rather than going from day to day.
Now for the workout. I plan to do a combination of:
HOT YOGA (once a week)
Jillan Michaels workout tapes at least 4 days a week
And then a abs, arm workout developed by a friend of mine!
Wish me luck I have exactly 75 days till I need to be in a bathing suit!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
RSV
Hope you all had a great New Years!!
I have lots of posts planned for this week so fasten your seat belts!
First Up: RSV
On Wednesday of last week we were loading up the car to get ready to head to Albia to do Christmas with Joey's mom and brother. We had to stop for a weight check for Harper and I had noticed that she had started having a cough. We got her weight checked (which was awesome and this girl is gaining!!!) and I mentioned to the nurse the cold. She recommended that I do saline drops in her nose. We headed to Albia, had our Christmas celebration. Throughout the night she was having much more intense coughing spells. When she would cough she couldn't stop and when it did she would be weezing. It scared me throughout the night and I had a strong feeling something wasn't right. On Thursday morning Joey and I talked and decided to leave Albia early so we could get into an urgent care as quickly as possible.
Albia doesn't have an urgent care so we went to Indianola and got in around 11 on Thursday. We saw the doctor and he immediately ordered an x-ray, RSV test, and Influenza A and B test. When he was examining her he mentioned that he was uncomfortable with her cough and checked her oxygen levels which if they read at 95 they need oxygen. Harper's first reading was a 95. She headed into her xray, and they completed the other tests and we waited for the results. The doctor reported back to us that the xray showed no pneumonia and he ordered a breathing treatment for her. She was such a good girl and sucked in all that good air! We asked him what he thought we should and do and he recommended that we head home to see our own pediatrician. We called our pediatrician told him the info and he asked us to get on the road immediately. We wouldn't get into town till 530 but our pediatrician was going to wait at the office for us. After examining her he diagnosed her with RSV
RSV: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infects most children sooner or later (usually before the age of 2). It often starts out with cold symptoms. In fact, for many babies and young children, the virus is no more troublesome than a cold.
For a few, though, mild cold symptoms (such as a runny nose, a minor cough, and a low fever) develop into a more pronounced cough, labored breathing, and sometimes wheezing. Your baby may also be irritable and restless and have a poor appetite.
It's important to call the doctor if you think your baby may have RSV, because the virus is the most common cause of two lung disorders in babies, bronchiolitis (which swells the small airways and fills them with mucus, blocking airflow) and pneumonia (an infection and inflammation of the lungs). Either of these conditions can be dangerous — even deadly — for babies, particularly those younger than 6 months
Here is our sweet girl getting her treatment at home:
So we have the breathing treatments at home and they seem to be working. Needless to say, it was a long couple of days. We are very grateful that our little girl didn't have to get hospitalized and that we had great care in Indianola and here in Davenport.
I have lots of posts planned for this week so fasten your seat belts!
First Up: RSV
On Wednesday of last week we were loading up the car to get ready to head to Albia to do Christmas with Joey's mom and brother. We had to stop for a weight check for Harper and I had noticed that she had started having a cough. We got her weight checked (which was awesome and this girl is gaining!!!) and I mentioned to the nurse the cold. She recommended that I do saline drops in her nose. We headed to Albia, had our Christmas celebration. Throughout the night she was having much more intense coughing spells. When she would cough she couldn't stop and when it did she would be weezing. It scared me throughout the night and I had a strong feeling something wasn't right. On Thursday morning Joey and I talked and decided to leave Albia early so we could get into an urgent care as quickly as possible.
Albia doesn't have an urgent care so we went to Indianola and got in around 11 on Thursday. We saw the doctor and he immediately ordered an x-ray, RSV test, and Influenza A and B test. When he was examining her he mentioned that he was uncomfortable with her cough and checked her oxygen levels which if they read at 95 they need oxygen. Harper's first reading was a 95. She headed into her xray, and they completed the other tests and we waited for the results. The doctor reported back to us that the xray showed no pneumonia and he ordered a breathing treatment for her. She was such a good girl and sucked in all that good air! We asked him what he thought we should and do and he recommended that we head home to see our own pediatrician. We called our pediatrician told him the info and he asked us to get on the road immediately. We wouldn't get into town till 530 but our pediatrician was going to wait at the office for us. After examining her he diagnosed her with RSV
RSV: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infects most children sooner or later (usually before the age of 2). It often starts out with cold symptoms. In fact, for many babies and young children, the virus is no more troublesome than a cold.
For a few, though, mild cold symptoms (such as a runny nose, a minor cough, and a low fever) develop into a more pronounced cough, labored breathing, and sometimes wheezing. Your baby may also be irritable and restless and have a poor appetite.
It's important to call the doctor if you think your baby may have RSV, because the virus is the most common cause of two lung disorders in babies, bronchiolitis (which swells the small airways and fills them with mucus, blocking airflow) and pneumonia (an infection and inflammation of the lungs). Either of these conditions can be dangerous — even deadly — for babies, particularly those younger than 6 months
Here is our sweet girl getting her treatment at home:
Friday, December 30, 2011
Christmas Eve Night
We headed to mass with a bunch of the Turner's on Christmas Eve night
Here are a few pics from the night after we got back from church.
The Turner family from Michigan
Colleen with all the kiddos
Hamming it up for my Mom
Our family
The Turners from Wheaton
Here are a few pics from the night after we got back from church.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Taking A Bath at Grammi's
Many children have taken baths at my grammie's throughout the years and typicall from ages of birth to 4 they take them in her kitchen sink. It feels like just yesterday we were giving Madeline baths in the kitchen! Over the holidays while everyone was home my aunt, cousin Caroline and I were itching to give Harper a bath in the sink. Even though she was probably a bit to small for it we went for it and I was able to snap some new pictures of it!
Our Harper girl LOVES her baths!!!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
A visit from Madeline Jane
Last week Harper and I took a road trip and picked up Madeline Jane (my goddaughter) so she could come stay with us for a few days before the rest of my family got into town for Christmas celebrations!
It was interesting going from 1 to 2 little ones in the house event though there was a five year difference between the two Joey and divided and conquered!!! I guess that is the strategy when you move from 1 to 2.
Madeline was such a great help with Harper. She would sing and talk to her when I was busy doing something, She loved helping give her a bath, and became the Paci Patroller whenever Harper dropped her Paci.
We spend one of our days making Christmas Cookies! We didnt get to everything on our list but we tried!
Thanks for visiting us Madeline come back again soon!
It was interesting going from 1 to 2 little ones in the house event though there was a five year difference between the two Joey and divided and conquered!!! I guess that is the strategy when you move from 1 to 2.
Madeline was such a great help with Harper. She would sing and talk to her when I was busy doing something, She loved helping give her a bath, and became the Paci Patroller whenever Harper dropped her Paci.
We spend one of our days making Christmas Cookies! We didnt get to everything on our list but we tried!
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
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