Elliott @ 9 Months

Our little man is growing so fast now and he changes everyday.  At 9 months he is really good at going from sitting to crawling and from crawling to sitting.  He has tried to pull himself up a couple of times and even though his upper body is strong enough his legs are still too shaky to support his weight.  He is eating a lot more table food and enjoys feeding himself which is messy but a lot less work at meal times.

At the Royal Tyrrell Museum checking out Dinosaurs.

Elliott on his first ride at Calaway Park (Zachary pouting because the egg wasn't blue).

Elliott and his cousin Benjamin.

This is one of my favourites.  You can't see it in the picture but Elliott is actually drooling on Ben's arm.  

Eating toast.  Yum!

More posts of my sisters visit and Drumheller to come soon.

Happy Tuesday!

Who's the Biggest Loser?

ME!

Finally after 3 weeks after the contest has ended I got the phone call telling me that I won the Biggest Loser Challenge that I participated in at Devon Total Fitness over the past 12 weeks.  

No, I didn't have a lot of weight to lose but I did have the last pounds of baby weight (the hardest to get rid of) and with my competitive nature I thought this would be the perfect way to motivate me to shed the pounds. 

It wasn't easy.  

And because of my heart rate monitor I know that in the last 12 weeks I have...

worked out just over 87 hours (5 to 6 times a week)

burned just under 18000 calories

for a total loss of just under 20 lbs.  7 inches off of my waist and 4 1/2 inches off of my hips!

I do get a free membership to the gym for winning the contest but the real prize it feeling like myself again. A fitter stronger me who also fits into her pre-pregnancy jeans YEAH! 

Originally I wanted to do this so that I could compete in triathlons this summer (which I am slowly working on) but I am not sure if it will happen as I still have some back issues from being pregnant with Elliott and its a big time commitment that I am still not sure about making for this summer but hopefully triathlons will be something I can do again in the near future.

I have to say a big thank you to my husband. I did spend 87 hours working out which means he rearranged his schedule and made sacrifices so he could help with boys.  And although he was not on a diet, he did not complain about the healthier meals (he even admitted he liked them and was feeling better too).  He never ate his late night nachos and cheese in front of me.  Through the entire 12 weeks he never complained once!  I just want him to know that all of this did not go unnoticed and that I never could have done it without his support.

Happy Monday!

Fairmont 2011

This past week we went on a much needed vacation to Fairmont BC.  I say much needed because over the past few months Murray has been working 6 and even 7 days a week. We really missed Murray (especially Zach) and it was nice to have a week of uninterrupted family time. We went with Murray's parents and we were so grateful to have their help with the boys.  Their help actually made it feel like a break for Murray and I.  We were able to do a few rounds of golf, go to the hot springs a couple of time, I went to the spa and Murray and I even had a chance to go out for supper one night together. And of course we spent a lot of time going for walks, enjoying the scenery and playing with the boys.

The weather was even pretty good making it a great trip.

The beautiful scenery!

Zachary feeding the pony at the Petting Zoo

Elliott giving it a try.

Zachary hiking with Grandma and Grandpa.

Zachary dipping his toes into the cold Columbia River

Easter morning!

A busy Easter egg hunt at the fairmont Hot Springs Resort

It really was a great trip.  A big thank you to Murray's parents who fed us and helped so much with the boys.

Back to reality this week but looking forward to my sister's visit in just 9 days!

Happy Saturday!

Elliott @ 8 Months

What a guy!  At 8 months Elliott is not gaining weight as fast as he once was.  He is stretching out more than he is gaining weight but that is probably due to the fact that he is moving a lot more as well.

Karate Kid!

the mohawk boys.  This was when we were still growing Zachary's hair.  Since this picture we have chopped it all off because he never let me brush it.

Elliott's new favourite toy is the tupperware cupboard.  And yes, I have more tupperware than the average person.  I have given up trying to keep the cupboard tidy I just through it all back in for next time.

This reminds me of when Zachary used to play in the cupboard. 

Oh look... he still does!

This is a rare photo.  Its nearly impossible to get a picture where they are both looking and Zachary is not making some sort of a silly face. (notice the new haircut!)

Happy Saturday!


 

Spring Has Sprung!

Zachary the Puddle Jumper!

This is probably the only good thing about having so much snow... the really great puddles to splash in as it is melting.

Happy Sunday!

Have Dinosaurs... Will Travel.

Since Zachary's birthday he has been dinosaur CRAZY!  During the day he plays with his dinosaurs, then wants to play Digging for Dinos on the Sesame Street website, and at night only wants us to read him the Children's Dinosaur Encyclopedia we gave him for his birthday (to his credit he sits and listens the entire half hour Murray or I read to him).  Its great, our whole family is learning a lot about dinosaurs, however, I can't even tell you how many times in a day I hear "Will you play Dinosaurs with me Mom?"  And I do sometimes but not often enough to satisfy Zachary.  Over the break most of Zachary's neighbour friends were home from school so I set up a few morning playdates for Zachary to go over to their houses to play dinosaurs.  He was so cute carefully selecting which dinosaurs to bring over and packing them up into his backpack.  Elliott and I would walk him and his backpack loaded with dinosaurs over to the neighbours to play.

Happy Saturday!

Crawling

It happens so fast.  Last Saturday Elliott started to pull himself along the floor inching himself forward for things like the remote or the phone (the things he shouldn't have).  Then by Wednesday he was proficient enough to chase Zach and I down the hallway.

 Elliott was in our ensuite playing with toys happily then Zachary called me to the other bathroom down the hall.  I left Elliott to help Zachary only to find this a few moments later.

Elliott chasing us down the hallway.

closer...

closer...

Look at me!  I made it Mom!

Its like a inchworm/army crawl combo that's pretty cute.

Up go the baby gates in our house this week.

Happy Friday!

P.S  We are having technical difficulties video taping the army crawl but will try to get it up soon.