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November 21, 2016

Cannon // 5 Month Check In

Cannon just turned 5 months old!

5 Months, Baby Boy, Monthly Picture

He is now 16 lbs 12 oz (53%) and 26.5 in (73%)

This was such a fun month for us! Cannon is such a sweet happy little boy. He always greets me with a smile and loves to cuddle and play. It is SO much fun to be his mom, I love it more than I could have imagined.

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The biggest change this month for us was that I left my full time job to spend more time with Cannon. We put Cannon in daycare when I went back to work originally and we loved the “school” we sent him to but things weren’t as good as could have been. I felt like I barely had any time with Cannon and my life revolved around, bottles. Cleaning bottles, filling bottles, packing bottles, pumping into bottles and repeat. One of the difficult things was that Cannon does not take a bottle well, he won’t eat much from a bottle and complains the entire time he is eating. While he was eating okay, thinking about how my baby wasn’t as happy as he could be was really difficult for me. After lots of tears and long conversations we decided it would be best for me to leave my job and work part-time from home.

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We also celebrated Cannon’s first Halloween. My parents bought him a beautiful polar bear costume but it was SO HOT in October that we had to go with a back-up pumpkin costume.

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Cannon rolled over for the first time this month and sat up unassisted just this last week. It’s so fun to watch him grow, develop and learn.

We had a big sleep regression this month. Cannon had been sleeping well at night between 6 and 8 hours straight. Then after 4 months he started having trouble sleeping through the night. We hadn’t planned on moving him into his own room to sleep until around 6 months, but we were waking him up at night so it seemed like the right time to move him. Sleep was still not great so I got the book Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Baby The book has helped a lot and we have gotten up 11 hours of sleep overnight. Our naps are still very short so hopefully we can keep improving on that! Any mamas out there have tips on how to consolidate naps? We are only getting about 30-45 minutes at a time.

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We finally had our first snow and Cannon seemed to really love it and made a snow angle when he was laid down in the snow.

We are so excited to celebrate Cannon’s first thanksgiving and Christmas with friends and family.

Past Monthly Updates:

1 Month

2 Months

3 Months

4 Months 

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November 18, 2016

Friday Favorites #3

Everyone in our house is loving Coconut oil. The kind people at Skinny & Co sent me a sample pack of their products when they heard how much I am loving coconut oil. I have been using it on my hair, which is so nice since Colorado has been so dry and I have long crazy hair. But the best uses have been for me and my baby. Coconut oil is really helped with some breast feeding issues we were having, and we use it as moisturizer for Cannon. We checked with our pediatrician and she said Coconut oil was a great all natural nipple cream and lotion for a baby.  There are so many other uses as well, and it smells amazing!!!

Coconut oil, Skinny & CO, Chasing My Joy

Lindsey Hine’s podcast I’ll Have Another is super fun and a must listen for anyone, but especially women runners. I love listening to it while running, commuting or just cleaning my house. I have been catching up on old episodes, I will be sad when I catch up and have to wait a week for new ones!

I am loving these tiny Saucony shoes. They are super tiny and cute, I think Cannon’s feet have never been small enough to fit in them (the boy has giant boat feet). We gave these shoes to my parents back in October 2015 with a tag that read “Grandma and Grandpa est. June 2016” it was such a fun way to tell them that we were expecting and they would be grandparents. Such happy memories!

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I am super loving this homemade Cherry Balsamic Dressing it’s super easy to make and a fun change up.

What are you loving this week?

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November 14, 2016

It’s Okay to Struggle…

The last few weeks have been a real struggle for me. before it sounds like I am complaining I want to say that complaining is not the intention of this post. Life is overflowing with love and intense joy right now. All the firsts for Cannon are so fun and I love getting to know his personality more and more.

Today we are grateful for great aunts who send us cute outfits and cute babies to snuggle on tough days #30thankfuldays

But there are still days that I really struggle and feel like I can’t get my sh*t together.

I have really been struggling with running lately. I love running so much but it has not been coming back easily. Every mile step is a struggle sometimes. On an easy 4 mile run the other day I was shuffling along, beating myself up for how hard it felt. But then it occurred to me that I should just embrace the struggle. It’s difficult, the comeback is slow and sometimes painful. I can’t seem to run much further than 8 miles before things start to fall apart. But it’s my journey and I am convinced if I keep up my PT and slogging along, someday running will feel light and fast and fun again.

 

Again I don’t want to come off as ungrateful, I just like to keep it real on this little space of the internet.  And hey, it’s okay to struggle sometimes.

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November 11, 2016

Friday Favorites #2

It’s Friday and I couldn’t be happier that the weekend is almost here. Cory was out of town this week for work so I didn’t get as much exercise or rest as I would like. I am looking forward to starting the weekend off on a great foot.

Here’s to somethings that I am loving this week:

 

#30thankfuldays on Instagram – It’s fun to focus on things that I am thankful for everyday, especially this week when tensions were high.

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Brew Dr. Kombucha being sold at my local store, it is one of my favorite brands of kombucha.

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Homemade Cranberry Orange Bread – I love finding new holiday recipes and this one did not disappoint. Our lovely neighbor mowed our front lawn for us, how is that for random kindness. I baked them a loaf of this bread as a thank you.

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Sorel’s Major Moto Boot – I am in love with these boots, they are super comfortable and will be great once winter finally arrives here in Colorado

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Is there anything you are loving this week? It’s time to start gathering ideas for gifts for loved ones!

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