I'm not the most confident person, nor do I think I have the greatest body. Let's face it, during my pregnancy with the Lemur I gained over 90lbs...yes over 90lbs!! And really didn't loose alot of it before I got pregnant with the Koala. Fortunately with her I only gained about 30lbs after loosing 10lbs during the first part of the pregnancy due to awful horrible morning sickness. Since then I'm frequently dropping off the pounds without doing much. Hooray for the breastfeeding insta-weight loss program! Sure I go walking with the Koala in a carrier and the Lemur in the stroller (its a great work out) and I try to eat healthy but most of it is from the breastfeeding. I put on clothes this morning that fit me perfectly pre-Lemur pregnancy and well the shirt I'm wearing is way to big now and my jeans I can slip off over my hips without unbutonning them....I've lost alot...how much exactly? I don't know, I actually haven't stepped on a scale since I was in labour with the Koala. I've been meaning to weigh myself and see but haven't yet. Although I've lost alot of weight, there's still parts of me that I'm not particularily comfortable with...my tummy...I have that perpetual mommy tummy flab from having two children....all the stretch marks...I have stretch marks on stretchmarks and although to me they are badges of motherhood, I still wouldn't show them to anyone else (ok well except the Hubby).
Anyways...awhile ago a photographer friend approached me about doing a boudoir shoot so she could practice her boudoir photography. I was a little unsure about it because I am a very self concious person and well after having two babies in less then 3 years my body isn't exactly model material and I was feeling really down at that point. So I thought it over and thought it over and finally took a risk and said yes. Unfortunately things got in the way and we didn't get it done until recently...
She finally had time in her schedual and approached myself and a couple friends. Yesterday I was part of a boudoir photo shoot/boudoir party with a couple other mommy friends of mine. We all got together at our one friend's house to get ready and hang out while each one of us got to do a photoshoot. It was soooo much fun. I was a bit nervous at first but our photographer from Indi*claire Photography was awesome, she made me feel really comfortable and beautiful. I bared most of it and felt awesome! So yep I did it! I'm overcoming my negative body image just a little bit. I can still feel sexy and beautiful as a woman and mother. As much as I told myself that this shoot was for my hubby it was really just as much for me.I can't wait to get my pictures back....will I ask her to edit out a few strtch marks still...lol...well maybe...but I think I will keep a few just theway they are to remind myself of this moment on those days I feel really down about myself.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
It's been awhile...
Well its been awhile since I updated the blog. Life got away on us and went crazy. So here we are in September and we've found ourselves in new uncharted territories. Over the summer we took the Lemur for a speech assesment because we were noticing some delays in his speech and language. Well one thing has led to another and we've exploded into assesments and appointments for everything. AHHHHHH!
It turns out that Lemur has a severe delay in his speech and language and ranges from 12-36 months on most things. We've been working with him at home and he's showing some improvement which is great. He is also going to Pre-school at a wonderful school and we've heard from his Teacher that he will have an aide fairly soon and he gets to do his speech therapy through the pre-school.
Our wonderful speech path at the CARE center suggested we get him some other assesments as well and we've proceeded to do an OT asessment where our OT has said he has a Sensory Processing Disorder and also that he has some low muscle tone which could be attributing to some of the other things we've noticed.
We also met with our behavioural therapist as well today and she said that he has a mixture of speech, sensory and behavioural things going on and that he's a bigger puzzle. That being said we have our first home visit with her in two weeks.
It's been a really crazy ride since June when we took him for his first speech assesment. There's always been things that we thought weren't "right" but we just thought that they were just his little quirks. Its overwhelming right now and I feel like everything is spinning out of control but also I think there's a light at the end of the tunnel. As crazy and overwhelming as it all seems I'm reassured in some small way because we are finally getting the help and support we need to learn how to deal with the day to day challenges of raising Mr Lemur. I'm really excited to be working with our "Team" his therapists are wonderful ladies and have been really nice and really helpful the couple times we've met with them. The next step on our adventure is to consult with a Pediatrician to rule out any chronic conditions that might be causing issues.
It turns out that Lemur has a severe delay in his speech and language and ranges from 12-36 months on most things. We've been working with him at home and he's showing some improvement which is great. He is also going to Pre-school at a wonderful school and we've heard from his Teacher that he will have an aide fairly soon and he gets to do his speech therapy through the pre-school.
Our wonderful speech path at the CARE center suggested we get him some other assesments as well and we've proceeded to do an OT asessment where our OT has said he has a Sensory Processing Disorder and also that he has some low muscle tone which could be attributing to some of the other things we've noticed.
We also met with our behavioural therapist as well today and she said that he has a mixture of speech, sensory and behavioural things going on and that he's a bigger puzzle. That being said we have our first home visit with her in two weeks.
It's been a really crazy ride since June when we took him for his first speech assesment. There's always been things that we thought weren't "right" but we just thought that they were just his little quirks. Its overwhelming right now and I feel like everything is spinning out of control but also I think there's a light at the end of the tunnel. As crazy and overwhelming as it all seems I'm reassured in some small way because we are finally getting the help and support we need to learn how to deal with the day to day challenges of raising Mr Lemur. I'm really excited to be working with our "Team" his therapists are wonderful ladies and have been really nice and really helpful the couple times we've met with them. The next step on our adventure is to consult with a Pediatrician to rule out any chronic conditions that might be causing issues.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Boba Giveaway!
I absolutely love my Boba Carrier, I have the 1st generation, and I would love to try the 2G which brings me to this awesome contest :D NAP Inc. Is giving away a Boba 2G!!!! To enter go to: http://www.bobababycarrier.com/index.php?page=celebrate-earth-day
Friday, April 16, 2010
Totally awesome give away!!!
So I follow a totally awesome blog called Recycle your Day (seriously she's one of my heros!!) And she's doing a super awesome give away of what look to be really yummy Coco-zen truffles! yes you hear me...FREE CHOCOLATE!!!! you should check it out ;)
http://recycleyourday.com/giveaway-organic-truffles-from-coco-zen/comment-page-1/#comment-14907
http://recycleyourday.com/giveaway-organic-truffles-from-coco-zen/comment-page-1/#comment-14907
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Happy Easter (kind of late!) Part 1
Well today we are recovering from the madenss that is called Easter weekend...it started with a foray into the wilds outside of town as we headed out to the Farm for Good Friday dinner...which was really great! Lemur's Grandma made a delicious ham and we played shanghai rummy (a deadly game when it involves my inlaws!!) Then we came home and Saturday was egg dyeing day! We decided to take an all natural approach this year to easter egg dyeing! and well it was lots of fun. We used beets, red cabbage and tumeric to dye our eggs! And thats kind of what this blog post is about!
Our "recipe" came to us online, I spotted it on a newsfeed on my facebook account (oh facebook how I love you so!)
Step one:
Collect your dye stuffs: you can use any natural items for dyeing the most popular are:
Beets: pink
Red Cabbage: blue
Tumeric: orange yellow
Onion skins: Golden brown
Tea/Coffee: dark brown/black
Spinach: green
Step 2: Add dye stuffs and water into pots and boil for 30 minutes
Step 3: Hardboil eggs
Step 4: put a tired koala bear to bed....
Step 5: add dye stuff to glass bowls (use glass not plastic or the dyes will dye your plastics) and add some vinegar to set the dye (anywhere from 1 tsp to 2 tbsp, the vinegar will change the dye colour a bit so add as much as you want, we used 1 Tbsp for each dye bath)
Step 6: Dye your eggs!! You have to imerse them in the dye and let them sit for are least half an hour up to overnight (no longer then overnight or the vinegar will breakdown the shells) We left ours in for 3 hours
Finished products (these were delegated to becoming deviled eggs for our crazy family dinner for 20 people on Monday)
Our "recipe" came to us online, I spotted it on a newsfeed on my facebook account (oh facebook how I love you so!)
Step one:
Collect your dye stuffs: you can use any natural items for dyeing the most popular are:
Beets: pink
Red Cabbage: blue
Tumeric: orange yellow
Onion skins: Golden brown
Tea/Coffee: dark brown/black
Spinach: green
Step 2: Add dye stuffs and water into pots and boil for 30 minutes
Step 3: Hardboil eggs
Step 4: put a tired koala bear to bed....
Step 5: add dye stuff to glass bowls (use glass not plastic or the dyes will dye your plastics) and add some vinegar to set the dye (anywhere from 1 tsp to 2 tbsp, the vinegar will change the dye colour a bit so add as much as you want, we used 1 Tbsp for each dye bath)
Step 6: Dye your eggs!! You have to imerse them in the dye and let them sit for are least half an hour up to overnight (no longer then overnight or the vinegar will breakdown the shells) We left ours in for 3 hours
(note the totally awesome woolies on the Lemur :D)
Finished products (these were delegated to becoming deviled eggs for our crazy family dinner for 20 people on Monday)
Monday, March 29, 2010
Gluten Free Cornmeal Pancakes
Yesterday we were in the mood for pancakes and we had run out of GF mix so we looked up some recipes and found this one We were very excited because we had all the ingredients for it! but not enough for a full batch lol!
Well we improvised and this is the recipe we came up with:
1 C cornmeal
1/4 C rice flour
1 Tbsp sugar (we tried this and they weren't sweet enough so we added 2 tbsp brown sugar yummm! perfect!)
1tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 C buttermilk
1/4 C water
1/8 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
Mix the dry ingredients together, mix buttermilk and water together. Add egg and oil to dry ingredients and add milk/water mixture mixing until the right consistancy for pancakes. Cook on the griddle until done :)
These were really yummy, they SMELLED like REAL pancakes! They were a bit dry if you ate them too hot or too cold, they have to be the perfect temperature but with a bit of butter and syrup you wouldn't notice. We are going to try making them with maple syrup as the sweetener or doing them with fruit in them.
The Koala enjoying her pancakes
Well we improvised and this is the recipe we came up with:
1 C cornmeal
1/4 C rice flour
1 Tbsp sugar (we tried this and they weren't sweet enough so we added 2 tbsp brown sugar yummm! perfect!)
1tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 C buttermilk
1/4 C water
1/8 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
Mix the dry ingredients together, mix buttermilk and water together. Add egg and oil to dry ingredients and add milk/water mixture mixing until the right consistancy for pancakes. Cook on the griddle until done :)
These were really yummy, they SMELLED like REAL pancakes! They were a bit dry if you ate them too hot or too cold, they have to be the perfect temperature but with a bit of butter and syrup you wouldn't notice. We are going to try making them with maple syrup as the sweetener or doing them with fruit in them.
Here's some pics!
The Koala enjoying her pancakes
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