End of the Week

TGIF (well, not so much now that I'm home now but I *guess* it's nice to see the hubby for a few days)!

I've set up my current Weight Watchers Program (version 5 or maybe I'm on my 6th go around now) so that I weigh in on Saturday mornings.  This means my points reset for Saturday so I usually plan a little treat for myself for dinner like take out or a decadent dessert.  I may need to switch this to Friday when I go back to work BUT hopefully Friday will be my day off and I won't feel and urge to de-stress with food or drink by Friday night because I'll use my free day time to work it out at the gym!

4 month stats

Liam had his four month check up today (and I'm typing with one hand because he's a fuss pot from the shots):
height = 26.75 inches
weight = 15 lbs 11 oz (almost 4 lb gain since 2 months!)

Snow Day Fun

Last week was full of snow days here which means lots of baking, some playing outside (not much though, come on now, I have a baby who can't be out that long), movies, and trains.  Here's a video of a track that Tony built all by himself, gotta love the little feet jumping for joy in the background:

We made many yummy treats including banana bread, blueberry muffins, apple muffins and oatmeal cookies

Looks like we may have the chance of a few more snow days this coming week.  Hey, it may work out in the end for me....I'm due back to work on the Wednesday of spring break week.  If they overuse the snow days they start taking back days from spring break.  Do I dare say "Let it Snow".  NAhhh, me and the little guy want to get out and have some fun.  Before we know it our time will be through and we haven't done anything yet!

Things that make me go "hmmm...." vol. 1

• This man at my gym that currently has some sort of shoulder ailment (tendinitis maybe, can't remember what he said) that causes him to wear his arm in a sling yet he continues to take the spinning classes.  While it is great that he is remaining active I do not get the point of taking a class in which you can't do any of the exercises.  Can't that time be spent on the stationary bikes, thereby freeing up a coveted January spot on a bike for someone else who can participate in the class?
• Engagement photo shots.  What is this trend?  It's so odd.  I see many couples doing this now on facebook.  Most are EXTREMELY cheesy and look like some sort of ad for a dating site.  Is it not enough to have the professional photos for the wedding, now people need to have staged "lovey-dovey" pictures that show how "in love" they are.  Definitely NOT a fan. 
• People that complain about people who complain about winter while living in cold climates.  Hypocrite much?  You are complaining about someone complaining, seems way more childish than someone with a very valid complaint i.e. frigid, sucky winters.  Snow, ice, cold temps, etc can be dangerous and even in some cases cause death.  Complaining about these things does no one any harm. 
• The same people mentioned above who say something along the lines of "It's the Northeast, it's winter, if you hate it so much then move".  Ok, then much of the northeast would be desolate because I don't think I can find one person who thinks hoooorayyyyyy another snow storm.  Also, that is a pretty ignorant statement, many people are tied to an area because of work, family etc.  Again, where is the harm in a little bitching about winter? 

1/3 of the way to one year!

Liam is four months old today! He's smiling and giggling all of the time and has rolled from his back to his stomach at least one time. It won't be long before he's crawling, YIKES! We had to postpone his 4 month check up from tomorrow until next week due to an impending snow storm and the timing with a probable school delay. Of course the day we've scheduled for next week also has a storm threat. Time to start saving for AWD! Happy four months Liam, I can't believe how much time has gone by already and I look forward to enjoying the next three months of maternity leave that we have together!

New Look

The winter is getting to me so I've been playing around with the blog layout and design.  I like this new layout but I cannot figure out how to center my header photo.  Darn mom brain is making me forget my basic HTML lessons!