Friday, May 28, 2010

Thank You

Every day I have the honor of working with
great Veterans & active military men & women
who serve/served our country.
As we celebrate the Memorial Day weekend,
amongst all the hotdogs, potato salad & beer,
please take a minute to remember those who
have served, are serving and have lost their lives
in order to ensure our Freedom. Thank you!


Friday, May 21, 2010

REACH end of year social

This morning Haylee was playing with her
flower balloon that she got from the
REACH (Rockwood Early Childhood Educ) end
of year social last night. She had a blast!
Thank you Parents As Teachers!


We spend 40 minutes eating and running around
in the cafeteria when we first got to the school.
(No pictures of that craziness!)
Then we headed to the gymnasium &
Haylee and Daddy went to the duck pond while
mommy got in the extensive 100 yard line for a
balloon animal!





Picking our duck!
Below is Haylee's prize....
(how appropriate for a dietitian mommy
that Daddy & Haylee picked this book!)




Then H & Chris headed over to the hula hoop
area to play....
(Mommy was still waiting in the balloon animal
line!)




Waiting....





Finally, our turn!
I just knew Haylee would LOVE a pink flower.
She is so into flowers these days!











Showing Daddy MY balloon!







Nothing but sweet dreams on the way home!
The activities tired her out!

Thursday, May 20, 2010

For the love of shoes....

Last night Haylee got her 1st pair of
KEEN shoes. A bit pricey, but they are the
perfect summer shoe for a toddler on the go!
(Plus they are machine washable!!!)

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

So good....Aaaahhh

Is there anything better than drinking a cold Diet Dr. Pepper while eating a TWIX candy bar?

Not right now!

(Probably not appropriate bloging from a dietitian, especially at 9:05 am!)

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Achilles Update!

Chris went to his Ortho doctor, Dr. B this morning for another follow up visit. He has been doing strength training at PT 2x./week over the past month so Dr. B wanted to check on his tendon. Dr. B said it is healing good, still weaker than his normal tendon, but it has good range of motion and strength. Chris was excited to hear the good news!

Chris also got the OK to do some LIGHT jogging and play golf but no sports that involve fast accelerations or jumping. He will continue PT 2x/week for another month and has a 1 month follow up visit scheduled with Dr. B in June.
(Sometimes I wonder if the only word Christian heard from his conversation today was "GOLF!")

He is really excited about his progress! More updates to follow...

Monday, May 17, 2010

Finally she is Formula Free!

For the past month Haylee has been drinking
1/2 formula mixed with 1/2 milk. We had to wait
until she was 15 months old and her stomach
was a bit older to re-introduce cows milk.
In January, after her 1st bday she just couldn't tolerate the
proteins and had diarrhea for a month.
Well, on Friday her formula ran out so for the
last 3 days she is just doing cows milk.
She is not drinking as much, but Christian & I
decided to not invest anymore $ into formula.
We introduce milk to her 3x/day at breakfast,
snack time and bedtime. Thank you
Schnucks for carrying the Full Circle brand
of organic products!
(and please don't make me get on my soapbox
about why I chose to spend money on certain organic
foods, meat and organic milk....it is my choice people!
Just remember, children and pregnant women are
the most vulnerable groups regarding growth hormones
or pesticides..)

Monday, May 10, 2010

Mom's Day Celebration!

We had a fabulous Mother's Day yesterday!
My cousin Steph was in-town with Ella & Gavin,
my Aunt Ann came over too and so did my cousin
Brian. The cousins had so much fun together and
all the mom's had a relaxed, fun time!
Nana, Me & Haylee

The Mom's
(Katie, Aunt Ann, Cousin Steph, Nana & Me)

Haylee & Collette
(Nana's neighbors daughter who just turned 2!)


Daddy pushing Haylee on the RF scooter
(She had to ride it after Gavin & JP
took turns)




H helping Nana open her gift




John Paul showing off his handwriting




Ella, Me & Haylee







Chris enjoying some wine!



JP, Haylee & Me tackling the hammock!






SMILES!





After everyone went home, Haylee was super
hyper and all over Papa B!





Play Time with Papa



Peek-A-Boo



Friday, May 7, 2010

Moms Rock!

This year I decided to make Mom her
Mother's Day card. I found a picture of Mom & me
from 1980 & my first Mother's Day photo with
Haylee last year.
Side by side you can really see the resemblance!
Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful
moms, especially my mom Barb!

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Horses & Happy B-day Wishes!

Yesterday we went over to our friend Matt's
house for a Derby Party. The house was decorated
by little horses so Haylee loved checking them out &
playing with them!

Horse Figurines!




Haylee & her horse








Haylee took her 1st picture on mommy's
camera. Not too bad H!





Luckily there was our friend Avery there and
a 2 yr old boy Riley to keep Haylee occupied!





Little man Avery with Stacy & Auntie Em





Haylee "bartending" with Daddy!
(She found a box of straws & went crazy!)


TODAY is Christian's 31st Birthday!
Here are some pictures from this morning
of gift opening & pizza cake eating.
(Excuse how tired Chris and I look--I
took these pics at 9am and we were still
in our jammies!)

Haylee & Daddy





Opening gifts from Haylee





H got Chris a set of pink soft
baseballs & she loves them!
(Daddy thought they were pretty cool too!)




Fam pic





Haylee reading her card to Daddy





Mommy & Haylee decorating Daddy's
birthday pizza cake!





M&M's, sprinkles, pb chips, peanuts, Oh my!
















The final product with a 31 candle touch!






Happy birthday to a wonderful hubby & daddy!