Mark's First Halloween

We still aren't in our house...we are a week past the closing date and frustrated as ever!!  Hopefully things will start moving along on Monday and we get some good news!  Well with all of that in mind we celebrate Mark's first Halloween today!  It was a lot of fun to dress him up...as well as the pets :)  Everyone was a good sport for mommy and put their costumes on!  Mark didn't last very long in his...I think he hated the hat :)  It was all worth it though...he looked too cute!! 

Moving Day....Part One

Well today we finally moved out of the condo. It was a busy day and we're exhausted but it's all done! The movers came at 10 this morning and worked up about 1:30. Mark was such a good boy...he stayed happy and content in his bouncy chair while everyone worked around him. We did have to go for a few drives throughout the day so he could nap and recharge :) It was a lot of work to get it all out and cleaned but finally we are out of the city. Now we just have to wait for the closing for our house and we can move in!! We have our fingers crossed that it will happen this week.

As a side note...on the left hand side of my blog there is a "fun videos" section. It takes a few minutes for our videos to load. I think when you first come into the website there is some random stuff there....stuff that I did not choose :) Our videos will load after a few minutes on the site. Feel free to check them out...I will update them every so often. Off to bed for me :)

Rolling...

Mark rolled over for the first time today!!  He was on his tummy playing on his playmat and started to roll half of his body over.  I kept watching him and he seeemed to have trouble understanding how to get the lower half of his body to roll so I showed him and then put him back on his tummy.  A few minutes later he did it by himself!!  I can't believe how big he has gotten and all of the changes that are taking place.  I'm so proud of him!

We thought that his cold was going away but tonight he started with another fever.  This cold is just hanging on and wont let go!  So more tylenol and more vicks.  Poor little guy.

To feed or not to feed?

Today was spent packing yet again.  It seems like there is no end and the boxes are piling up.  Mark ended up not feeling well again.  He had a temp of 99.5 and sounded a bit congested.  I called the dr to see what I could do and of course it took them 4 hours to return my call.  By then I had given him tylenol and let him sleep and the fever broke.  Im not sure if he has a cold or maybe just the dust that's been kicked up from pulling things out when packing is bothering him.  When we went to plug in the humidifier for him we realized that it was packed away so I made a trip to Target to get another and he's sleeping soundly now.  I hope that he has a good night so he can rest and fight off whatever is bothering him. 

So I have been researching and contemplating when it would be best to start giving Mark rice cereal.  There seems to be two schools of thought on this.  On one side they say give it to him at 4 months and the other not until 6 months.  The doctor said to do what I feel comfortable with and that it has nothing to do with sleeping through the night....it's an old wise tale.  So who knows?  I've read that the pediatrics academy and the world health organization say not to give anything until 6 months becaue it could lead to obsesity later in life, digestive problems and trigger allergies.  He has been waking up ALOT in the middle of the night the past few weeks so it's got me thinking.  Is he really hungry or just waking up to have interaction with us?  I think in the end I will probably just wait until he is 5 months...at least that's the middle of the road between the two schools of thought.

Im going to "tri"

I have decided that I am going to start training for a sprint triathlon.  A sprint consists of a 750m swim, 20km bike ride and a 5k run.  I have been researching different training programs and looking for a training group to join so I can meet other people who have some experience doing this and learn more about the sport.  There are tons of opportunities in this area to compete and lots of room to grow.  I'm really looking forward to getting started.  We move a week from tomorrow so once the move is over and we are settled I can start training!  My main goal is to complete an ironman by the time Im 40!  Good thing I have 8 years to train :)

We spent most of the day packing again...the condo looks like a sea of boxes at this point.  I think we are all looking forward to having this move happen and get some more space and organization.  Only 7 days left!

It's been awhile...

Well it's been about a month since I have last update our blog.  Things have been really busy with selling our condo and buying the new house.  Who knew there could be so many steps to this process!!  We finally have an end in sight though!  Today we spent the day packing, packing and packing.  It's been a lot of work to get everything together.  We have sooooo much stuff stored at Shawn's parents house and plenty still at the condo.  It was funny looking through everything today...so many wedding gifts that we haven't been able to open and use yet.  It will be great to get everything unpacked in the house and finally use it all!  Mark has been such a good boy through all of the packing.  He is a trooper!  We also had Mark's baptism this past weekend which was a lot of fun.  My mom, brother and Liz came out as well as Shawn's dad and step mom.  Liz and Brad were Mark's Godparents which was great!  Linda and Bob hosted a brunch at their club after the baptism.  It was nice to see everyone and celebrate.  I am going to TRY to update our blog every night from now on :)