Ok so when I get a minute to read it’s usually at the gym while bouncing up and down on the eplitical or in the middle of the night when I’ve deicided to stay up way too late as if I’ve forgotten I’m a mother of a 19 month old who loves rising with the sun! So in this case it was at the gym that I decided to start reading Lift, thanks to Nancy I received Lift as a Mother’s Day gift last month. Right away as I skimmed the pages of this new book I could tell it would be good. The nice part about Lift is it’s only 80 or so pages so it’s a quick read and lets face it thats really all moms now a have time for!!
So here I am banging away on the stairmaster sweating my butt off, as I’m burning through this book (yeah it’s that good) it can even keep your interest while doing the stairmaster! So I get to a really heartfelt and quite emotional part of the story and begin to tear up just a little mid calorie meltdown! I really haven’t seen a book like this ever. I don’t want to give too much away so just take my word for it, if you’re a mom you will love it! Not only did it validate so many of the emotions and feelings I’ve experienced thus far being a mommy, it really made me think about my mothers experience and mom when I see you your getting a huge hug 🙂
Lift did just that! It lifted me up and really gave me this super amazing alternative outlook into moms in general. I know we are all amazing and think the world of our children, however sometimes its the really really little stuff that makes being a mommy so fullfilling! Pick it up, you won’t be disapointed…
x0x0x0
-Amber
By admin
Hey everyone! It’s so hard to believe we are half way to River’s 1st Birthday. Time is flying by and we are having the time of our lives playing with are little angel. So much happens with her everyday…..little Riv as I call her loves the water!!!! Yay we took her out to the river last weekend and she really enjoyed swimming and kicking her little legs. The next day we made a day of water play and took her to the lake where it’s a bit warmer in the water, she loved that too. She even got to nap in her little tent that grandma bought for her, it was perfect. The weekends are going to be so much more fun now that its warm and we can all play in the water together! Today River sat up on her own for a good five minutes without falling over, after that she started to catch herself every time she did begin to sway. More to come!!
It’s only been a few weeks since my last post and River has been up to all sorts of fun stuff! She’s surprised us with so many little tricks lately its amazing. Adding lots of new sounds and even her first word “Dada” she started out with Dada when she was mad, she’d mumble it in her cries. Now when shes excited, happy, hungry, sad whatever it’s dada. She makes us laugh with her new little stunts daily! She has discovered her feet, and boy does she love them! There isn’t a moment when we lay her on her back that she doesn’t grab them up and roll around hanging onto them! Yesterday she got to sit in the grass and touch it and she really enjoyed this, infact she was kind of mad at me when I picked her up. Her sitting skills are getting close, any day now and I think she’ll be there. She loves pulling herself forward in her carseat and stroller which is helarious because it looks like shes working out. When we are outside playing with Jetty she likes to yell at her (I think she is trying to play with her) and she loves to try and pet her, well grab her wiskers and eyes 😉 She is continously rolling over front to back and back to front and when she’s on her tummy she kicks her legs like crazy, I really think she is going to pick up crawling right away! Last week she got a taste of Sweet Potatoes for the first time and she loves them! This morning she had Oatmeal Cereal instead of Rice and she ate two bowls! She is becoming more and more social and loves to watch people especially kids. There is so much to say about our little one she continues to grow and work on things every second. My favorite part about her right now is her determination, she really really works on something when her mind is set on it. I hate to say it but she’s gonna be a stubborn one like her mommy 🙂 Tomorrow is her first day in the water, we are heading out to Lake Mohave where the water temp is a little bit warmer. I will make sure and take plenty of pics to share as I’m sure everyone will want to see her in her bikini!!! Thats all for now
Thats right our little STAR River is now 41/2 months old! Time is flying by…. She’s working on all sorts of skills, like rolling over from Tummy to back although she looks startled everytime she does this, shes working on her little abs trying to sit forward in her carseat, laughing all the time which is the best and she loves to scream! There isn’t day that goes by that she doesn’s do something amazing! Stay tuned for more River news.
River’s getting so cute and so fun, we are having a blast being parents. She is such a good baby and has been sleeping through the night now for about four weeks! She’s drooling like crazy as you can see from the pic and talking up a storm. She loves saying agoooooo, it’s really funny but she likes to say that to everyone. I think it’s her universal word for everything. She loves seeing herself in the mirror and always give herself the sweetest smile and she finally likes her swing (for about ten minutes) and her bouncy chair. River can hold her head up pretty much all the time now, and loves to try and push herself up with her legs when your holding her. She’s gonna be a fast learner we can tell, she seems to want to get up and move around already! Three months old next saturday, so that means shes officially no longer a newborn 🙁 I’m really going to miss holding her tiny little body. Although the next stage of her life will be just as rewarding.
Recent Comments