Valentine's Day #6

My husband makes my heart smile

Valentine’s Day is always a day full of pressure and stress. There are usually high expectations on Valentine’s Day. Having high hopes means that if things go wrong, that’s a long hard fall that your hopes take. In the 5 years that have passed, I have been the girl with high hopes for Valentine’s Day. My man is a romantic so he always was on point J but any little glitch in our plans would set me off into a “my whole days ruined” mood.

This year was different. We are different. We are trying to adopt this minimalist, non-attached, yogic lifestyle. I didn’t want to get my hopes high. I didn’t want to expect anything. And neither did Juan.

This is our 6^th valentines together. I am happy to say that Juan is my most favorite person in the world. I still like him and want to spend every waking minute with him. When he is gone at work or at school, I seriously can’t wait til he gets out so we can hang. I love him of course but I fell like it is just as important that I like him. Like-like him. I love kissing him. I love that we need to control our kissing or we’ll get carried away ;) He drives me insane and gets on my nerves. But I like him. So it’s okay.

Okay back to Valentine’s Day. Both of the kids are sick so we all woke up at 5 am to whines, cries, coughs… Noah was also upset that his blankey was in the dryer. And Elijah is on a nebulizer every 4 hours. Needless to say, having sick kids on Valentine’s Day is difficult. I went back to sleep with Elijah after he was settled and medicated. Juan stayed up with Noah watching Madagascar 3. We all love that movie!

Juan woke me up telling me that Noah had an accident in the bathroom and that I needed to some see. Gross, I know. I told him no. why in the world would I want to see? He did that on daddy’s watch so its daddy’s mess to clean up, right? So Juan wrestled me out of bed, literally. I walked into the bathroom and he had drawn hearts and wrote all over the mirrors and counter what he loved about me. It was cute and I was honestly surprised! Now 3 days later, I can still see it in the counter because it was all done in my red lipstick. Fyi: Don’t do that. Use post its or something elseJ

That night we put the kids to bed early. It was a battle. Noah skipped his nap but man oh man he still did not want to go to bed. And the end of it we were frustrated and tired. We still tried to enjoy Valentine’s Day together now that we were alone. We had seafood, chocolate covered strawberries and watched a movie and then fell asleep on the living room floor. That was it.

Maybe it would not have been so frustrating if we did have an expectation of trying to make it a special day. It truly is a day like any other. Society has made us believe it should be the one day we show our loved ones we care. Love should be shown every day.

That was our valentine’s day #6. It was special in a much more meaningful way. I had a great day with my boys. 

Goals & Progress

I have lost 8 pounds since the New Year started! Finally the hard work is paying off! It’s not much but it is something. The other day I celebrated my big accomplishment with a kiddie size scoop of Baskin-Robbins pralines & cream ice cream in a cup! It was delicious! And I didn't binge or over indulge, I felt good. I allowed myself something that I wanted. I always want to be realistic. Say that I won’t ever again eat something unhealthy is unrealistic for me. So I did it. I had my ice cream. What I really wish is that broulims carried my most favorite: Haagen-Dazs Mango Sorbet in a larger-than-bite size container but maybe it’s a good thing they don’tJ.

Today Juan and I started Insanity Month 2! Max interval training all month! I hope I lose more weight! It was so challenging. I was about to pass out halfway through the video but I didn’t. I finished it. I have been doing more Yoga at home and trying to learn as much as possible. I’m always asking my yoga teachers questions. At time I feel silly because they are all so knowledgeable. It’s intimidating. I started practicing meditation a few weeks ago. It has been a good strange feeling. I have been more mindful and patient since starting. On time Noah was being really annoying, I was about to yell at him and all of a sudden, I looked at him and he smiled at me and I just smiled back. It was a peaceful, in the moment feeling. Wonderful.

Yesterday Juan and I tried juicing some fruits and veggies. It was some different kinda juice! We went crazy with it! We put apples, carrots, celery, kale, lemon, ginger, wheatgrass, orange…. Haha we definitely have some stuff to learn! Even though the end product wasn’t Welch’s, we drank that strong tasting stuff down!! There is a raw food and vegan potluck coming up soon that I’m really excited for. Maybe I’ll get some tips!

Tomorrow we are having the missionaries over for dinner. Remember how we don’t have any furniture? Well, we haven’t gotten our floor pillows yet either. We are still pretty happy without our couch. Juan is excited about them coming over. I am a bit nervous about a few things. We don’t have furniture for them to sit on but we have our kitchen table and chairs, so I’m not too worried about that. The thing is, since we started eating healthy, my usual go-to foods for company are pretty much off limits in their normal traditional ways and they don’t taste the same with all the healthy substitutions L I’ll have to figure something out. And for dessert I’m totally lost…

Wish us luck!

Family Update: Elijah eats baby food!

Quick update: 

Elijah has started eating baby food! Up until about a week ago he was only breastfed. He loves it! He gets so overly excited and tries to grab the spoon from me. He hasn’t slept any longer at night since eating solids. He is still waking up 2-3 times at night and nurses. And he has started babbling. He just babbles and babbles all day. At 4am too :/ I woke up at 4am to him talking and pulling my hair. He was looking at me with those beautiful brown eyes. Cute but go back to sleep! And just like his brother, he loves twizzlersJ 

Noah is growing up! I literally cried a little with just some things he has started doing. I feel like such a dork for crying just cuz I know my 2 year old is getting more and more independent. He is dressing himself and today he tried making his own bed! He is becoming my little buddy. He is constantly tell me things I tell him like “don’t be mean mami!” or “take a deep breath center yourself” and “I love you babe.” He also is starting to do yoga with me. He still gets on my nerves with his caveman side but for the most part he is just the sweetest, most fun, silly little toddler ever. 

Juan and I are making the most of his off-track this winter and just enjoying ourselves to the max! We are always together unless he is at work or im at yoga. We love being together and being with the kids too. We especially love when its bedtime for the boys and get to sit and talk or watch a movie/show/documentary <3