Lack of Accomplishments

Today I am feeling very unproductive.

Well, not just today. This entire week seems to have just been sliding by, with me just barely getting by. 

I haven't worked out in nearly two weeks. Shannon and I went running last Saturday, and then today we ran maybe a mile and then decided to walk and talk the rest of the way. This is in light of my goal to run a 10k in May. Oy!

I had the idea to cut my hair a couple of weeks ago, maybe even a month ago, and guess what? That hasn't happened either. Yeah, I really would love to have a fresh haircut for Spring, but somehow I just haven't made it, even though it takes probably no more than an hour to get it. Maybe this week?

A few weeks ago I decided that I wanted to do sleep training with Levi (Yes, I am one of those parents that has been getting up with him when he wakes up, even though he is 16 months old.) Yes, I am behind the ball, but I did not feel the need to train him, but recently I felt he was ready. So we started. We started with no feeding if he woke up before every four hours. However, I ran into our neighbor the other day (with Levi), and he was like "is that the baby that cries at night?!" So now, I feel really guilty having him soothe himself to sleep, because my poor neighbor is probably ready to throw a rock at us... ah, just one more reason we need a house. SOON.

Well, that being said, I have high ambitions for myself in the coming weeks.

I plan on getting a hair cut.

 Running three times a week (I bought some Vibrams, and am planning on using them once they come in!)

And also going back to doing p90x 5-6 days a week.

Also, getting my son to sleep through the night, selling my house, keeping up with my grading, reading everything for school, spending time with my family, and cooking delicious meals.

Oy... Here we go!

Cleaning house

Well, our house is officially on the market!!!!! I am so super excited. I am praying really hard that someone comes along and wants to buy our condo. And soon! While I love waiting (God likes to teach me patience I think), I would much rather get it sold. Not really because I am super anxious to leave, but we have to have the house ready to show at any given moment, and with lil' munchkin running around, that is a bit of a challenge.

Levi definitely has days where pulling everything out of drawers is his favorite hobby. Pans, clothes, videos, toys, it doesn't matter. They all look much better in the middle of the floor than in the drawer.



While my house has never quite gotten to this state, it has gotten close. And somehow, knowning that at any moment I might be showing my house to someone I hope will by it, I am slightly anxious about keeping it clean.

So, I just will say I am going to be beyond stoked once it sells. I don't know how long my nerves will last at this rate!

And on another note, the time change is kicking my butt. I am sitting here wishing for my bed, so here's to the night and a great week ahead.

Haircuts

What is it about a haircut that makes everything so much better? I always look forward to haircuts, because they just make me feel fresh, alive, and a whole lot prettier (especially after not having one for several months!) So this week, I am going to get my hair cut. But, I just don't now what I want to do with it.

You see, I have been growing my hair out for quite some time, just to see if I could, because I haven't had my hair long since my freshman year of highschool. While I like my hair long alright, I have always had a thing for short hair. LOVE short hair.  But, for now, I am considering haircuts like these:

            

But then I see ones like this  or this 

and I want to chop it all off.

I assume that I will keep my long hair for now, but regardless, I can't wait to get my hair cut! :)

Moving forward

Well, something big is about to happen in the Wright household. This tuesday, a realtor is coming to appraise our condo so that we can put it on the market to sell.

After three years of living here, it is time for us to look into getting a home where Levi can play outside and where we can park our cars in the garage.  :)

We have put a lot of work into this house: a full remodel on the kitchen, new closets, updated bathrooms, and of course lots of new paint. Our house has been a wonderful home. I have many wonderful memories here.

some of these pictures show an unfinished product, but you get the idea of what kind of work we did! :)

But, like I said, it is time. I am ready for Levi to be able to play outside. I am ready for Chris to get a dog (he has let me have cats all this time, and he deserves to get an animal he actually likes!)

I also have my eye on a house too. A foreclosure that is very, very affordable, and Chris and I could grow up in with our kids and be happy. As of now, we are praying for guidance, and I am trusting that God will have THE house picked out for us (and secretly, I am hoping this is house is the one!) It needs some work, but my goodness, it would be awesome.

So if you want to pray along with us, that our house sells and that we find a new place to build our family and memories, we would greatly appreciate it!

Here's to moving forward!

incompetence

I have to say, I am a terrible blogger. Before I started my blog, I always had a million ideas about what to write about. Now that I have one, ideas elude me. I could write about life with Levi, random dreams that come to mind at the time, or life at any given time.

Maybe I should write about all of the above.

Ok, so here is all of the info that you all didn't ask for.

Ready?

So, Levi is a funny little dude. He is running around like crazy, never sitting still for a second unless he is sick or sleeping. I let him stand on a chair today so he could watch me make cookies. I also let him have his first cookie... he loved it. A LOT.
And recently, he has learned to say thank you--although when he says it, it sounds more like "ga gu". But it is quite cute that he can say it.. now we are working on please!

Moving on to a more serious subject, recently my family lost a very dear member of our family. Our grandmother, LaVonne, passed away after 89 years of wonderful life. We went down to El Paso for the funeral, and it was so weird being in her house. I could imagine her in her long robe preparing a 5 course breakfast for us (seriously!), I could hear the sound of her 28 clocks chiming at the different times of the hour, and I could hear her laugh and see her smile as we all told her stories.

But she wasn't there. And it was sad. And weird.

My Grandmother was a woman who always tried to teach us lessons. She taught us to sew, cook, and be good housekeepers. She was beyond a classy woman. She loved keeping a house, a garden, and making every single guest gain 10 lbs while visiting.

The biggest thing I realized while I was down there was just how much she loved all of her grandkids (she loved her son too, that's a definite given). I found an envelope that was entitled "valued correspondence" and in it there were the funniest, most random letters that we all sent her. I was seven and wrote her a letter that thanked her for christmas presents, thanksgiving dinner, and concluded with "in Jesus' name, Amen". She really did love us, including all of our nonsense.

I will always love and miss her.

Random enough post for you?

Happy Birthday Levi!

A year ago, I was in labor with our child, not knowing if it was a boy or a girl.  Contractions started early, around 7 am, on November 10th, and we went to the hospital around 7 pm (I had high hopes of making it to Target before we went, but given the fact that I couldn't stand up for more than a few minutes, Chris vetoed that idea).

After almost 24 hours of intense labor in the hospital, we delivered our precious child at 5:26 pm on November 11th. They layed the sweet little thing on my stomach, and I looked at Chris to know that we now had a precious little boy!

What I have come to learn about our little guy is that he is funny. He loves to make us laugh. He loves to do things to get people's attention (shocking, right!?) He is proud when he figures something out. He has a personality that radiates in all that he does!

Levi is running around like a madman these days. He is wearing 6-9 months clothes (I guess he is a pretty small guy; who knew!) He is weighing about 19 pounds these days, and he jabbers about some pretty funny stuff. Some of my favorite things that he does is says MMMMMMMMMM whenever he wants to eat, and when Chris is ready to go to work (or anyone else leaves for that matter) he walks to the door, waves and says buh bye. It is quite cute. Love that kiddo. We are really blessed to have a such a great kiddo!

                                               Happy Birthday to our sweet boy, Levi!

              (and thanks to ms. Bethany Dunn for such great one year pictures of the lil' dude!)

Changing Times

I never realized how different things would be once I had a kid. Everyone talks about it, but I never really believed it, I guess, until I started thinking about what life was like before we had Levi. These are the little things I have come to learn:

1) First and foremost, my sleep schedule is not my own. I love sleep. I really do. And I cannot tell you how crazy it is to wake up one, two, or three times a night, and then have to get up when he does in the morning. Yes, this has definitely taken a toll on me. Not getting a full nights' rest for well over a year (I definitely woke up lots before we had Levi, it was a bladder thing!) has gotten to me. I used to be a light sleeper; now if I go to sleep before Chris, there is really no chance I will hear him come in!

2) Having a child means that one is no longer inconspicuous. Whether it is Target, Trader Joes, the airport, people notice you because of your child. I just got back from Sams, and I got at least five "how cute", "he's precious" and "how old is he?" Yes, my days of discreet shopping are surely over.

3) Cleaning the house becomes one of those jobs that is truely never over (maybe just more so than it was before). This morning, I spent a hour sweeping and mopping, and then organizing bills, bank statements, etc. After accomplishing so much in my kitchen and dining room, I went to the rest of my house and realized there are toys all over the living room and Levi's room, as well as just a sort of disarray in other parts of the house. Before, I would have said I would get it all clean. Now, I just simply do a few things and hope it doesn't destroy itself in the coming hours.

4) Chris and I used to go out a lot, whether it was to a show or a movie. I was thinking back, and I don't even remember the last show I saw. I think it was Blink 182, who came when I was pregnant with Levi. It was at the Journal Pavillion, so I decided it wouldn't be too loud to go with lil' dude in my tummy! 

Back before Levi, Chris and I probably used to see one or two movies a month, and now I am pretty sure I have seen 2 or 3 movies all year (Avatar, Iron Man 2, and Inception).

While things have changed, I would not trade my lil' Levi for anything. Now we may do things differently (like pizza and movie Date Nights on Fridays--in the house, but I look forward to it every week!) but I absolutely love having our little guy around. Watching him learn and grow and turn into this awesome little person is one of the coolest things ever. Definitely scary, considering the way we raise him determines how he will be, but what a blessing to have the opportunity!

Happy Monday!