Morning Spent at Le Petit Gym with Great Friends!

The teacher chose Luca as an example

Baby H practicing his flips

Luca practicing his flips (this picture looks crazy! LOL)

Mommy and Baby having a good time

Baby H and Mommy J!

Baby H playing with Bouncy Balls

Cutie!

:o)

The kids playing together

Luca playing with bubbles

Luca catching the bubbles

All done for the day!

Ni -xox-

Long Weekend Fun!

Baby and Mommy at the River



My nephew Ricky throwing rocks in the river.... he LOVES it!



What a face!!

Ricky feeding the duckies



Yelling at a spider to `GO AWAY`- Hilarious and so cute!



Luca and his Great- Grandmother



What a model!




Ricky having fun on the slide



My adorable niece Lucy!

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8 Months!!

Luca turned 8 months last week! How time flies. I can`t believe how fast time is passing. He`s growing up to be such an amazing little boy. Always smiling (almost always!). I love him so much!

Ni -xox-

Having Fun at the Park

Baby and I have been going for a lot of walks lately (when the weather permits of course). Its so nice to get out of the house and soak up the vitamin D. I love strolling around with baby. Its great exercise too, which should help me reach my weight loss goal faster. I`m already feeling better. My legs have lost the most weight I think. they`re much smaller and much tighter. I`m loving saying bye to the jiggly! Hehe! Anyway.

On May 10th, I took baby to the park for the first time. I put him in the little swings for babies. I wasn't sure how he would like it, or if he would hold himself up. But lo and behold, he loved it. He laughed as I slowly pushed the swing. He thought it was really funny seeing mommy getting far and then really near as I would bring my face close when he would approach. It was very cute and very fun! Cant wait to do this more often during the summer. So many firsts for my baby! I love watching him discover new things and enjoying life!

Mommy and Baby



All done at the park and time to go home!

Ni -xox-

My First Mother`s Day

May 8th, 2011 marked my first mother`s day! It was a very nice day spent with my lovely family. My mother is very special to me. She is one of my best friends. I dont know what I would do without her. She is always there for me. Whether I need help with the baby, or planning something, or just need an ear to listen. Among a long list of other things! I hope I become a great mother just like her. I love her very much and even if I become a fraction of what she is, I`ll be happy! :o)

Here is a picture of my munchkin and I on Mother`s Day!
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7 Months Old!

I know it`s been awhile since I`ve updated my blog. I apologize for that. It`s been very busy around here. I finally get a little break today. Baby is sleeping right now, and I dont really have any pressing matters to attend to. So I thought now would be a great time to catch up! Here is a picture I took when Luca turned 7 months old!! Picture Perfect Cutness!

Ni -xox-

My Pregnancy Journey. Watch that Belly grow!!

24 Weeks



27 Weeks




28 Weeks



30 Weeks



31 Weeks



35 Weeks



37 Weeks




38 Weeks




39 Weeks




40 Weeks



41 Weeks (in the parking lot of the Hospital....finally in labor!)

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7-1\2 months.....pretty good!

This weekend I finally decided that it was time to stop breastfeeding. It wasnt like baby was really breastfeeding all that much. During the day he isnt interested. The only time I was doing it was once before bed, during the night and once in the morning. These last couple of days, baby falls asleep before his last feeding and he doesnt wake up at night to eat. It was really pointless to breastfeed just once a day for 5 minutes. It was a hard decision to make because it was a good backup plan if I was stuck somewhere without a bottle. Honestly, it was just a comfort thing for me. Anyway. It was time to stop. Baby weaned himself, so I shouldn`t complain. So now I`m just waiting for the milk to dry up. It`s been 2 days. It hasnt been so bad since I was only feeding him like 2 times a day, it already has gradually lowered in supply significantly. So thats it. I`m proud for having breastfed for 7 1\2 months.

Like I was saying before, Baby hasnt been waking up at night. It`s been a couple of days now that he just sleeps all night. It`s wonderful. I think its all the fresh air he`s been getting. When its nice outside, I go for long walks with him every chance I get. I`ve noticed that on those days he sleep much heavier and less restless. It`s fantastic. This week is supposed to be nice. I will try and go walking everyday. Oh and last night he slept all night in his crib!!!!! Yay! Hope this good streak comtinues. *crossing fingers*

Ni-xox-

Bye Bye Fat!

I`ve been trying to lose my baby weight for awhile now. I`ve been stuck with the last 5-8 pounds for quite sometime. Since we`re going on vacation this summer for 5 weeks, I really wanted to go feeling good about myself. So I made the big decision to join Weight Watchers. Everyone that I know who`s joined has lost a ton of weight. It really works. On friday evening I just did it. I joined online. Since friday, I`ve already lost 4 pounds. So excited to see it already working. Its a really easy program to follow. You could really eat everything. Its all about portion control. Also, you can eat as many fruits and veggies that you want, so its a really healthy diet if you want it to be.

My goal before going to Portugal is to lose 15 pounds. I think this will be possible since I`ve already lost 4 pounds in 4 days. My little dilemma is....do I really want to be on a diet on vacation? Especially in Portugal. Not really. Hopefully I`ll be able to control myself at least a little bit. I`m not too worried since I tend to walk ALOT over there. Anways.....if anything, I`ll just pick up again when I get back. No biggie.

So excited about getting healthy and about my vacation!!! :o)

Ni -xox-