Daily Routine.

I feel like the baby does well when things are on a routine. It is sometimes hard since we are so busy with hockey and whatnot, so I try to make her day routine as routine as possible. Since she has been born she always wakes up between 7:30-8:00. Not too bad! On the weekends of we have a chance this little one will sleep until after 9 if I let her. But M-F she wakes between that time. We take sister to school and then I get my coffee and we sit with the Boppy and she nurses while I drink my coffee. This is when she takes her morning nap. Usually about an hour or so, sometimes it goes even longer. It is nice though because this is when I get to drink my coffee and catch up on my DVR. After she wakes I make us breakfast. Eggs, yogurt, bananas, or Cheerios. Then comes playtime! By then my breakfast has settled enough and we go to the park! She has been loving the park! I run/walk for about 30-45 minutes and then it is her time to enjoy the park. I usually find a nice spot and she just runs around and pulls the grass. Sometimes I stop off at the playground for a little swinging session, she loves to swing. It is a nice time to be outside together and just let her enjoy Mother Nature. It has been so nice here, perfect park weather!

Blueberry Pear and Baby Rice! Yum!

She still loves her pouches!

Playtime......

Mmmmmm Starbucks:)

Silly Girl! She pushed my Jogger all over the place!

Hahaha!

We were at the park for about an hour and a half, picked up T and were on our way home! Baby always takes a pretty good afternoon nap. She napped, I snacked! Haha, like my little rhyme!! 

Gotta Love Fresh and Easy!

The rest of my afternoon consisted of homework helping, more playing, and then dinner making. After dinner we played the Kinect until 7:15 and then it was bathtime. I ALWAYS put the girls in the bath between 7-7:30 at the latest. Another daily routine. They like to bathe together, which I think is so cute:) Lights are out around 9. I love going to bed early. I don't get to sleep in so going to bed early works for me. And then it is up and at 'em the next day!

Do you have a daily routine?!?!

A typical Friday night and Saturday in the life of a Freestone....

My Friday day was like any other day. Playing with baby is just something that takes up most of my day...I LOVE it! SHe is now starting to baby talk too, so we play and play until she is tired. Then she naps, and when wakes it is more playing. She has many toys to choose from and plays no favorites, she plays with them all.
For lunch it was leftovers, my favorite! Remember, I am a mama who hates to waste food and throw it away, so leftovers, good leftovers I am always excited about:) I was double excited when I opened my Snapple and got a little under the cap thought.

A Luna bar as a treat! This one was Double Chocolate Chunk...so good! We had hockey practice later that evening and then we were home and had to be back by 8:30 the next morning. After the game is was a day of relaxing and just being quiet and in our comfy pants. The husband bbq-ed burgers for dinner! Love our BBQ! The girls are bathed and this mama is ready to cuddle up in bed, yes I know  it is only 8pm but I love shutting it down early when I can.

Good Night Friends! Until tomorrow....

I think I ate too much today...

Really, I think I ate way too much today! After my morning coffee I made an egg and cheese burrito, I shared with baby and it held me off to not eat again until late afternoon. Eggs aren't bad, right? The cheese and tortilla, probably could have been substituted with non fat or reduced cheese and either whole wheat toast or a whole wheat tortilla, but oh well.

I was kinda stuck in the house for most of the day, we had the Geek Squad come and fine tune our new tv. It now is the best it can be and as energy efficient it can be as well! As he was working on our tv, I whipped up a quick batch of chicken and rice. I am STILL eating chicken from the chicken I bought earlier in the week:) Talk about a way to stretch a dollar!!! I love that one chicken can be used for so many different meals. I had two, yes two, bowl of this chicken and rice.

I waited for T to get out of school to tak
 They had a blast playing with each other, laughing, running and just being sisters!

For dinner I finally used the last of the chicken, I warmed up some beans and warmed up the chicken. Wrapped them up together in a tortilla, instant meal! I ate two....see how I could easily say that have eaten too much today??!! Wow, tortillas and pasta just may be the death of me!

Babies are bathed, and playing quietly..for now. Have a great rest of the night, Friends!

80 degrees in January...Winter, Where Are You??!!

My day started off like any other day. Coffee. Nurse baby. Catch up on my shows. I had to watch lastnight's episode of The Biggest Loser. I love that show! Plus, I think Dolvett is such a cutie:)

Look at that bedhead!

My life!

It was such a beautiful day I knew I had to take advantage and knew I would regret it if I didn't. I tied up my laces to my Nike's, it has been too long since I have walked/ran to get my heartrate up. No time like the present, right?! We walked to the park and after about 45 minutes I stopped and let E out of the jogger. She had a blast just running around! I need to do this more often:) Here's some pics from the park.....

That was my day! It was a great day! Well, the girls are bathed, T's homework is done, I am off to sick and relax with the girls and watch American Idol! Have a great night Friends!

Healthy Baby, Healthy Dinner...maybe?!?!

It is hard to believe that our baby is already a year old. I feel like I just had her, but I still fell like I had T, and that was 9 years ago! Time just flies by when you are having fun I guess:) I woke up and looked over and saw the sweetest sleeping baby ever. Baby falls asleep in her own bed but makes her way into our bed halfway through the night. I mean, how can one not love waking up next to this....

I felt bad that I was going to have to wake this baby, but she had an early morning doctors appointment with her doctor, Dr. Hill. We love love love Dr. Hill! She had her 12 month check up to go to. She was a little on the grumpy side when I woke her up, I would be too if I was sleeping as soundly and peacefully as she was, but was fine after a morning nursing session with Mama:) She was hamming it up in the waiting room! Waving to everyone, this is something that she has just mastered and waves at everyone! She was even entertaining them with a little dancing to the waiting room music, I'm telling you..HAM! We finally got called in a she even got to stand on the big scale. No more baby scale for her! 17.4 pounds! That is 1 pound more than when we were in there at her 9 month appointment. They measured her, 27 1/2 inches, 2 inches taller too! What a big girl she is getting to be! Dr. Hill walked in and did her exam, says she looks perfect, I already knew she was! She even wanted him to hold her! How cute was that!!! He said to keep doing what we are doing she is growing well and is healthy and happy! Love doctor appointments like this one.

I had a target errand to run and thought it was a good idea to get it done early. I needed laundry soap, my Tazo Tea, Lemonade, and stuff for dinner. We have a Super Target at ours so we can pick up groceries as well. I picked up a whole chicken that I was going to shred for dinner. You know buying a whole chicken is way cheaper than buying chicken pieces?!?! I bought an entire chicken for just over $5! I also picked up some mushrooms, that were on sale, whoop whoop, score! Some spinach and some sauce. It was nice that I could get everything here and not have to make two stops.
I think I have a problem when it comes to pasta....I LOVE it! I seriously could eat it every night for dinner. I try to only do it once a week though, I know it isn't the best choice when trying to slim down. I made one of my favorite pasta dinners. Penne, mushrooms, spinach, chicken, garlic, and sauce. We love spinach and mushrooms in this house. I use them both a lot. Spinach is just full of all kinds of great things, so I add it whenever possible.

Got to add a little bit of cheese! Overall, a success! Everyone loved it, baby included:) I think it is a 50/50 healthy meal...spinach, mushrooms, chicken..healthy. Pasta..not so healthy. Moderation, all in moderation. That's what I keep telling myself anyway:)
Alright Friends, I am off to enjoy to beautiful Cali weather, really almost 80 degrees in January?!?!