Spring is On the Horizon!

Yes, there is still snow on the ground, yes today's "warm" was 38 degrees, but Spring is in the air!!! And in the last couple months Dean has been growing so fast! I love that time is moving and seasons are changing, but I'm starting to realize my little "newborn" is becoming a  little tiny boy! (sorry these are all sideways) 8/9months

 In fact, he is now sleeping in a crib. I know I know, you say "where was he sleeping before?" Well all you momma's don't be afraid to say, baby's can be tough, and maybe you don't do things "by the books"... for us, getting sleep and letting Dean sleep in a stationary swing was more important that putting him in a crib. (Who says they HAVE to sleep there anyways??? Well..everyone) lol BUT as of this week he is now in the crib. He wakes up and then sits himself up and cries for an hour (of course I go in and out checking on him) BUT I figure he's got to figure it out soon right??

Now baby sleep aside, The New Year started great, got to do something I've wanted to do a long time, do a PAINT Nite with Julie! It was fun and I love getting to spend time with my preggie friends :)

Speak of Preggie friends we threw a shower for 3 of our Pregnant friends "Boy's Club" babies. There are going to be tons of babies all around! The shower was at our house and it was a fun Children's book theme. 

Baby Pics of Everyone

Hungry Caterpillar Cupackes

In the new year we've also celebrated lots of birthdays. First Mark's birthday was in January. We celebrated with MN shaped cookies, Whiskey cupcakes and Whiskey of course.

 
 
 

Then came February and Valentine's day, and we celebrated like usual, no gifts but heart shaped pizza for Mark and baked goods for me :) Even Dean took part, eating Beet colored muffins. (The only way he'll eat veggies anymore is by baking them into muffins! We also bought some nice new plants for the house to start to bring a Spring atmosphere to our house!!

 We also got to celebrate birthdays with all the Aronsons and it was fun to watch the cousins play together! Dean is finally getting old enough that he interacts with people! In fact, when we leave daycare now, he cries. I guess I should be happy, but sometimes it still makes a mom feel sad :(

Vanilla cupcakes with Nutella frosting

Today he turned 9 months and he has decided that he is now big enough to pull himself up on everything we own. I'm afraid he's going to start walking early like his momma.... hope not!

Big boy taking bites out of a whole slice of bread

Really we are just happy that he is happy and healthy! (After having the stomach bug last week :( )

In other news, I am now working on complete fitness certification in a new modality. It's called Oula, and even though I LOVEEE Body Flow, I may love Oula as much or maybe a little bit more! It's a Dance party, , workout, to top 40's music, with fun, sexy, flirty, strong moves! Not only do you get an amazing workout, but you get a nice release and fell young and beautiful again! I'm loving teaching intro classes and I can't wait until we have full Oula classes! Right now I'm teaching 2 a week at Eagan YMCA, Wednesday and Saturdays, and I LOVE the me time, PLUS the other ladies who are bringing it to the twin cities with me are amazing too! Check out the website https://oulafitness.com/ for more!

One of the neatest things about Oula are the monthly affirmations.
January-Be Present

February- Be FIERCE
March- Be Inspired!
-This month I'm thinking about what I really love to do, why I do, and who inspires me to do it! Hope you all can do the same this month :)

Now of course extra fun pictures of my baby :)