Going on a diet...

So, I have lost all my baby weight, but I have more to drop.  At this point I'm maintaining my current weight and eating crap, so I'm guessing that if I eat some good healthy food, I'll get to my goal weight.  On top of that we are going to start walking/running at night.  So, I'm pretty sad about giving up bad food, but I'm ready to have my old body back!
We had a pretty exciting and exhausting weekend.  It was my dad's surprise party!  That was a lot of fun!  Lots of people came and we cooked out.. and had cake.  :)  He seem to have a good time and got to spend time w/ Zach.  Sunday we hung out at some friends house and then went swimming.  We put Zach's feet in and he loved it!  This kid loves water!  I'm looking forward to taking him to a pool so he can swim (in a little boat thingy)!  I sometimes feel like I have a never ending list of things to buy.  Speaking of buying, I just ordered sophie the giraffe and it should be here tomorrow!  Since it seems like Z is getting ready to teeth, I think it will be handy!

We made a castle.. and then throw rocks at it trying to destroy it..  We did!

Zach playing with his bunny

We also made a mermaid.. LOL

Grandpa w/ Zach on his birthday!

Zach met his great grandma :)

Resting after all the party stuff done!

Zach is getting so big!

Right now he is in his jumperoo playing with the lights and animals on there...  He can roll over, he holds his head up so well and he LOVES standing up looking around.  He smiles at me when he is eating and talks back to us when we talk to him.  I can't believe that just a few months ago how we could pretty much just hold him.  It really blows my mind how fast it has already gone!  I know he will be crawling in no time (he already bends his little legs during tummy time).  I am trying to take in every moment I have with him right now while he is so little (well sorta.. lol)  and still needing! 

Well Z is starting to fuss so I'm going to go!

We are back!

     Its been a bit since I've posted last, but its been a super busy long weekend.  Daddy was home for a nice 4 day weekend and Uncle B was in town to meet Zach for the first time.  Friday night after shopping w/ Uncle B we went to the wedding rehersal dinner and it was super yummy!  Then we came back home and just relaxed.  Sat, Uncle B got to see Zach at his happiest, in the morning.  We had bunch w/ them.  My parents came to our house to watch Z and off to the wedding we went.
    The wedding was going to be out in the woods, but because of the rain it ended up needed to be in a barn.  It was so beautiful!  The bride looked fantastic and we couldn't be more happy for them!  It was nice being out with T without Zach.  And the reception was too much fun.  It was also in the barn, and the food was great!  We had pulled pork (from a hog the boys roasted)...  Which was 100% their style.  One of my favorite things about this wedding, they did what they wanted-hog roast, married in a barn, the boys wore jeans, and just a few ppl at the wedding, but then more at the reception.  The DJ was really good, plus with our friends its easy to keep them dancing, and we did dance.. and dance and dance!  Everyone seemed to have a great time! 
   So Congrats to S & M!  We love you guys so much and we are so thrilled that you are now married!!  The wedding was lovely!  I'm glad your day turned out to be such a wonderful day and I really think the rain was a blessing b/c the barn turned out to be so great!
   Ok, Sunday was a pretty laid back day, after church we went out to our friends house and spent pretty much the whole afternoon there.  We played some horseshoes, and other games.  That night we had a bonfire and had some smors...  Monday, the weather cleared up so we were able to go canoeing!  Again my parents got to babysit Z, and we went out.  It was so relaxing!  The weather was perfect, and the water felt so good.  Now summer has officially started!!  We got back, and played a little rock band at our house. 

    Today, I've been cuddling alot w/ my little man! 

College and cloth diaper

We have had a busy day today, but a really good one!  We started with a infant play date.  It was nice seeing other mommies and of course some cute babies!  Thanks M for letting us have it at your house!  While we were there, we were able to get some cloth diapers.  So we are now the proud owners of 6 bumgenis 3.0 all in ones and one pocket one w/ an insert.  I've been wanting to try cloth diaper, so I'm super excited to get them!  Then I went to the local college b/c I'm planning on going to start classes this fall.  I'm pretty excited about it after talking to the counselor, but also kinda nervous about being able to keep on top of the classes and homework.  I'm thinking about going into nursing, but time will tell.  First I'm going to finish my associates degree and go from there.

  Then we went to pick up my brother in law.  Uncle B was in town, and got to meet Zach for the first time!  I'm so glad he is here and able to see Zach!  Plus we always have a good time when he's in town.  Welp, we are going to watch a movie now, so I'll post more later. 

Wordless Wednesday

Chase cuddling with Zach toys (cuddling.. not eating.. so thats good)

Getting SOO big and strong!! 

Looking like a cool dude w/ this new shades...  I even got a smile

Camping...

Saturday Zach went camping for the first time!  It was a beautiful day out, the weather started great! (key word there was started!! )  We go the tent all set up, and C ( a friend of ours) got the fire going.  Chase got to run around and eat the grass..lol.  We walked down by the creek (Z was chillin in the stroller, which did great in the grass) then walked back up to our camping area.  For dinner we cooked some hotdogs and ate chips.  Then KL and KT came out and we had some yummy hobo pies.  The boys went catfishing (and didn't get any, sad..)  They got back around 12, and I put Zach down to sleep in our tent.  He slept in his mose basket with his seahorse.  Chase also wanted to go to bed then b/c he kept going over to the tent.. lol.  After we all got tired, we went to bed.  Tim, me, Zach, Chase, and KL (who is a pretty tall guy) all slept in our small dome tent (we didn't bring our bigger tent, b/c we just wanted something throw up pretty easy.. plus the boys were planning on sleeping under the starts.. but changed their minds)    This was about 1am.  I couldn't sleep for the life of me!  I was pretty worried about Z, so I checked on his  afew times, and the last time I checked his breathing (i know.. kinda crazy, but I was worried about SIDS, since he has been around camp fire smoke..)  was at 3:31am...  Since this was our back up tent, it was missing some stakes-there were 4.. enough for the tent.. but not for the rain flap.  That night there was only a 30% chance of rain (and 70% chance of fun, as Tim put it) .. well at 4:30 almost on the dot, I felt rain drops on my face and heard the rain coming.. then a few mins later it was raining. I woke up Tim, and KL.  Tim ran out of the tent to the truck.  I put my blanket and pillow over Z in his mose basket and ran to the truck with him.  By this time it was pouring!  Chase and KL stayed in the tent.  Chase wasn't moving into the awful rain until he had too.  All of the sudden KL came flying out of the tent.  So we are running around grabing the inportant stuff-stroller, pillows, phones, all baby stuff, and our chairs.  KL is putting his trailor back on his truck (it was there so the boys could sleep on it) C and KT are helping get our stuff together and getting their stuff.  Then we call Chase from the tent, and he finally comes out and jumps into the truck.  I was getting Z into his carseat when the boys were getting all the stuff put in our trucks.  Then we all headed out back home.. wet, cold, and super tired!!  Oh yea, and by the time we got home, it had stopped raining..lol.  We crawled in to bed, and passed out.  I fed Zach, since he was awake, then we slept until we got up for church at 9am.  We woke up and all got showered (and a quick wash for Zach) and headed out of the house by 9:20am.. pretty good! We were even a bit early to church, we went to church w/ our neighbor.  Sadly I didn't get very many pictures of the camping trip..since it was so short lived.  But I did get one of my two babies!  :)

Sunday we napped alot.. lol

Monday we also had an exciting day!  I just joined a meet up group and went to my first meet up.  It was at a local park.  It was nice hanging out with other mom's and meeting the other kids.  There were kids of all ages there, but we stuck w/ the babies around Z's age. 

Netflix....

is wonderful!  This whole week, I have been nursing about every 45-60 mins.  Everyday!  At night tho, we have sleeping for about 6-7 hours.  So that is really nice!  But since I've been spending a lot of time nursing, sitting with some down time.  I've been reading and watching netflix.  Z has been pretty clingy the last few days and while its been pretty exhausting, I've enjoyed the time cuddling with him and our day long nursing sessions.  I know he won't be like this for long, so I'm trying to enjoy all I can now, and get caught up on some tv shows via netflix!  lol. 
  Tonight, I'm hosting a game night and I'm pretty excited.  I havn't planned much since we had Z, and it will be fun to have people over tonight.  So here is hoping Zach will go down easy for bed (most the time he does great!)!
   Also we(I) lol am thinking about trying out cloth diapers.  I found a pretty cool deal where you can get some to try for 21 days (all different brands, and types) and then return them and just pay $10.00. You do have to pay upfront, which is why T isn't on board yet.  There is also a store around me that does classes and shows you the different types of CDing.  I will def keep everyone updated!

A big boy, sitting up in his bumbo chair

Exhausting

Hanging with mommy