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Trin's getting into shape blog

Okay...so after a couple days of starting to lose weight and on this site I've come to a realization of a couple things:

1. I am SO out of shape!- I have found out that I am a lot more out of shape than I thought I was! After Day 1 of 30 day shred I really thought I was going to die and my face was probably the color of a ripe tomato!!! Luke was in his bouncer and he even looked at me with a concerned face afterwards...not good. LOL It just sucks b/c I remember when I had started the 30 day shred before and it was still VERY hard but I was able to get through it. Now...not so much.

2. Cutting back is HARD work/I LOVE food- Trying to eat healthy is not so easy again. It's only been a couple days and I'm already finding myself giving into temptation. Already had rice, burgers and fries and even ice cream!!! Now I know these things are ok in moderation and I was able to lose weight before keeping these things in my diet...but I was working out a lot more back then and probably didn't have as much excess fat as I do now. This makes me realize I just need to be that much more stronger with my willpower!

3. Trying to lose weight while being a new mom is a whole other ballgame!- so I have lost weight before but that was before I was married and had a baby. I had no one to look after but myself and it was easy to make meals that were good and healthy (had lots of time to do it) and be able to fit in workouts pretty much whenever I wanted. SO DIFFERENT now...I have much more respect for mommies that do it! (KUDOS TO YOU ALL!) Becoming a mom is something I am still learning on doing everyday...but now I have to add in keeping myself healthy which can be a little tricky. It is difficult to squeeze in workouts and make healthy meals when you are on the go and taking care of a little one.

4. Having all these realizations is a GOOD THING!- Like they always say..."knowing you have a problem is the first step to FIXING your problem". This pertains to anything and for me it is working on being healthy!!! I know I can do this with willpower and motivation...knowing all these things that I am having a hard time with will just help me along the way! These are all things that can be fixed and now I know so its time to step it up and start being healthy and getting fit again!!!! And as Rob Schneider says in the movie Waterboy....

YOU CAN DO IT!!! (I think I just found my motto...=))

Ruth Chris Dinner and a Bet Paid off!!!

Every year we try to get together with our little "Diner's club" (LOL) and have a nice dinner out at Ruth Chris'. We usually go around the holidays but this year we didn't get to...so we went in February instead. More like a belated Valentine's Dinner.  We all LOVE Ruth Chris and their expensive food, but we only go once a year so all make do...Here are Leslee and Irwin

David and I

Beth and Dustin

We all enjoyed dinner, some drinks and yummy desserts...and then after dinner was the long-awaited SHOT!  Some background to this SHOT is that last year when we had our annual Ruth Chris' Dinner a bet was made.  The bet was between Irwin&Leslee and David&I...while we were looking at their wine list we a very expensive shot called Louis XIII for $130!!! So since we had all gotten married the year 2007 (June and July) Beth and Dustin felt that one of us should start making some cousins for their kids to play with! And the BET was made...whichever couple were to get pregnant first the other couple would owe the "dad" this Louis XIII shot.

So fastforward a couple months from that Dec. 2008 dinner we have Feb. 2009 which is the month that David and I found out we were pregnant and going to have a baby! (neither couple was really "trying" btw) David won the BET and a year later we were all together at Ruth Chris' and the bet was being "paid off".  They brought out the coveted Louis XIII bottle of cognac...and with the bottle here is the winner and "loser"

It was so funny because they actually brought this bottle out on a tray/cart and people were staring...the guy next to us even took out his cell phone and was taking pics of it!!! LOL They measured out EXACTLY 1 Ounce and gave it to David.  Here he is with his prize...

Everyone at our table wanted to taste this SUPER expensive cognac so the glass was passed around so that everyone could take a sip.  It smelled like Henessey...BUT went down smooth as water!!!! I guess it really is worth all that money!  Alas...another BET was made, this time it was to Leslee&Irwin...if they got pregnant within the next year from that date...David would buy the shot for Irwin!

FASTFORWARD 1 month later...

Leslee and Irwin get back from their trip from Italy and tell us they got a special "souvenir" from Italy. They have a BABY ON THE WAY!!! Looks like we will be back in Ruth Chris' for that $130 shot!!! LOL...I'm sure the people at Ruth Chris' will be happy to see us back...especially if we somehow come up with some other bet....Until then!!!

Pre-teething??

So lately Luke has been drooling and chewing on everything!!!  I am thinking of buying him the Sophie the Giraffe teether...but before I spend $20 (omg!!!) on a teether I decided to see if he likes it first.  Luckily Beth has one so we let him play with it and he LOVES it!! He goes at it like its the end of the world..and when you take it away and he isn't done he will let you know!!! Check out this blog where she is doing a Sophie giveaway if you want to try and win one =) I am!!

Birthday Parties Galore in Feb!

So in the month of February we have two special birthdays to celebrate: Nick and Laci.  Nick turned 3 and Laci turned 1 so we attended all their birthday parties!  Nicky's party was the first weekend in Feb.  He had a Transformer party, specifically BumbleBee.  Take a look at the decor my sister did!

And the birthday boy with the balloons we gave him

Nicky cheesing with his cake made by Beth

He is getting sooo big!!! I can't believe he is 3 years old!  I usually leave Luke at my sister's while I go to some classes and Nick is such a good big cousin...he will tell me that he watched Baby Luke for me.  And if Luke starts to whine/cry Nick will say "I'm coming Baby Luke...I'm coming!" and go to him and give him a toy to cheer him up!! LOL...he is the best!

The next weekend they had a combined party for the family for both Nick and Lace.  Beth was definitely busy planning these birthdays:  Here's the decorations for the combined party.

Even Baby Luke got "decorated"!!

Laci's favors were these awesome cookies from Honolulu Cookie Company.  They were DELICIOUS!!!

We had lots of fun...here are some pictures from the party.

Of course my Lukey...

The Birthday girl with Papa (who came home for the weekend)

A little later we all sang Happy Birthday to the two little ones...I love Nick's face in this picture.

And here is Laci blowing out her candles!! Look at her little lips!

Then of  course present time...We got Nick a "Wilderness Adventure" Book from Up so he could earn some "badges" of his own =) He liked it!

One more party just for Laci and her "friends" LOL...well it was cute b/c it was all BABIES!!! Here is the set up for that birthday!

The theme was cupcakes and Beth made these cool cupcakes cookies for favors that looked AWESOME, but took FOREVER (she says...) Here is a close up of the cookies:

And here is Laci in her cute outfit for her birthday. Happy Birthday Laci!!!

The many faces of Luke =)

February has come and gone....time is sure flying this year!  Luke has been getting bigger, more active and a lot more animated!  From the books we've been reading we are now in the "honeymoon period"; meaning at this age this is when babies become more responsive and do a lot more than eat and poop =)  Let's take a look at some of his more "animated" expressions:

 

He does "suprised"!

He does "oh my gosh!"

Here is "I'm annoyed with this thing!"

And his "playing with you face"

We have "what the heck is that?" face

Here he is thinking "Just had some milky...life is good..."

 

he is looking at me and saying "Why do you make me do this???"

And so many more that we just can't capture on camera. Hope you liked the many faces of Luke!

 

Milestones in Janurary and 3 months old

So being new parents we are always reading all these parenting books just to make sure we know what we are doing.  Let me tell you, not everything you can learn from a book...a lot of it is learn as you go, especially because each baby is different.  This month Luke did hit a couple milestones that we were so excited about!  Some were very simple, but then again when he just smiles everyone gets all giddy over it!  With all the new research on SIDS it is a known rule now that it is "Back to Sleep" Because of this new rule babies don't spend as much time on their tummys like they used to.  Now as parents we have to allow our babies some tummy time so they can workout their neck muscles to hold their head up and keep it steady.  This is NOT one of Lukey's favorite past times...he usually would last about 30 seconds until he was crying and whining facedown on the blanket!!!  We would still try a couple times a day to get him to work on lifting his head and the time would gradually increase....but he still is not a fan.  So early January I do tummy time with him and see this:

then slowly this:

and then all the way up!

I was soooo excited and happy for my strong boy that I must have taken a million pics of the same pose! LOL...talk about mamarazzi! And just because he gets better everyday he still can only do it for so long, but here is another pic to enjoy of Luke and his tummy time.

and this is how I know he has had enough...(I know I'm mean =P)

Another milestone that we were excited about is he can now grasp things...and bring them to his mouth! I know, I know...not that big...but for us it was, so we documented it with pictures =)

In this picture he is looking at me like "what are you doing?"

And I just had to get a close-up of his chubby little hands grabbing his toy.

And this is just a start to the many more milestones to come!!!
Here are a couple shots of Luke for his 3 month "photo shoot" at Auntie Beth's house, he is getting so big!!!

Another Jan. Party....Jassy's goodbye party =/

 We had another party in Jan...it was a goodbye party for Jass.  Her and her husband Brian got stationed at Whidbey Island in Washington so they were moving to Oak Harbor and we wanted to have a goodbye party with her and just hangout with her before they left.  The day before they left we all went to Walnut creek.  Our first stop was McCovey's and we had dinner there.

There were lots of us there to spend sometime with Jassy... her is Jacqueline, Jake, Brian, Jassy and Jennifer

Other side of the table was David, Joston, Ana, Leslee and Irwin.

All of us after we were stuffed!

And of course my baby boy was outfitted for McCoveys =)

After we ate at McCovey's we all decided to walk to The San Francisco Creamery which was around the corner.  Here we are walking down the street.

Luckily when we got there another big group had just left and good thing because look how big of a group we had!

So at the Cremery they have this ghing called " The Kitchen Sink" which is 8 flavors of ice crea, 8 toppings and TONS of whip cream!!!  We decided to order one and all split it! Here it is when it came out!

It was sooooo big!!! It covered my baby Luke's head!!!

We had actually since it a while back on Man V. Food on the travel channel and we always said we wanted to go there...so we finally did!  There were a lot of us that started eating...but the ones that kept on going throughout the WHOLE thing was Jass and Me and Jacqueline and Jake.

Afterwards we went to Beth's house b/c she wasn't able to come to dinner with us.  We had one last game night and of course the girls WON!!!! (we played Taboo)  Here is Beth and Dustin going and Jassy going.

Me and Jass answered a couple questions from my Twilight game since I told her once she leaves I won't have anyone to play with...

And here is one last picture of all the girls =)

We will miss you Jass!!! But you better come home and visit us and we will try to visit you too =) We always have our Skype or ooVoo dates too!