Mommyhood

Wow, certainly has been awhile! So I have had the baby :O) hence, no time to post a thing! He was born September 27th @ 9:15 am. 5lbs 8 ounces, 17.5 inches long. The ECV didn't work, lil man did not turn, so we ended up doing a c section, but I have had the easiest/quickest recovery!

Within a week I was back to working out, mind you not lifting anything heavy, or doing crazy abdominal pilates workouts! Just light walking, and arm/leg sculpting.

Motherhood is amazing! I keep telling people that if I would have known I was going to enjoy it this much, that I would have given in to Jamie's request 4 and a half years ago to start a family.

The first thing out of my mouth when I held Elijah for the first time was " I wan another one" I think we have decided to speed up the process and have them more frequently than we had originally planned! I kinda feel bad for being so selfish. But at least we had some time to be married and enjoy our time with one another, and get our lives in order- Because it won't be the same ever again!

Elijah is so precious. He has been such a great baby! We had one rough week, when he had his days and nights mixed up, but we over came that quickly. Thank goodness! I take him everywhere with me, and he just sleeps, or looks around the room, or just watches me. We go to the gym just about every day, I am thankful he does so well, so that I am able to get my exercise. We love taking long walks with Summit, down by the river, and enjoy our cuddle time like no other!

I have really enjoyed watching Jamie be a father. He is a natural. You can tell he loves it so much. Jamie is certainly the best daddy and hubby ever! Our whole marriage, I was anxiously awaiting the day that he would be a daddy, I have always been so awe struck at how he interacted with his nephews and nieces. I couldn't wait to see him in action with our own child. It truly warms my heart.

We had such a busy and hectic past 6 weeks. Especially this past weekend! We went down to SLC Thursday, had dinner and shopped with some friends of ours. Then Friday we went to the Temple to watch Nat and Nick be sealed. Saturday we had Nat and Nicks amazing reception. Such a great time! Followed by EJ's baby blessing on Sunday! And Monday my first article that I wrote for Shred Mommies was released! Can you say "best weekend ever!"

If you would like to keep track of my articles you will find them here... http://www.shredbetties.com/articles/archives/section/shred_mommies/

I also started back to work on Monday. The Dr. has allowed me to make my own work schedule, so I will only be working afternoons, on some of the days that Jamie is not working. So it equals out to about 30- 40 hours a month. I am very excited to find such a healthy balance. I am so thankful for all the great people in my life that make that possible!

Shopping...BABY STYLE!

I have loved searching, and shopping for neat little finds that bring out Jamie and I's personality, and lifestyle!

And I thought shopping for myself was fun!! Shopping for Elijah is SO MUCH more than that! I have been picking up a few things here and there, my favorite find this week were the beanies and plaids I found for newborns! You all know me, and my infatuation with plaids, and beanies...lol I am certainly handing down the love to Elijah!

Almost time!

Wow..haven't had time for blogging these days! As you can imagine! Been super busy finishing up things around the house preparing for Elijah! I have had so much fun doing the nursery, my husband is the most amazing, and hard working man! He has bent over backwards to help me with this room. I really appreciate all the work he has put into working on the house the past couple of months. We finished our nursery (minus the final touches, i.e. wall sconces, lamps etc.) and he finished our master bed and bathroom downstairs as well! We are all moved in! YEY! Here are a few photos of the nursery, and our bedroom.

These are the plush toys I bought for the mobile. I started with 5, but then I found an 8 piece mobile that was exactly what I wanted! So I had to hunt for more plushes! Here is the finished mobile below!!
And finally our bedroom! We have the baby room, and our room downstairs now. I have loved having all the extra room the past week in my master bedroom and bath! Jamie did a great job!!

And of course last but not least! A belly pic! I am 33 wks! 1 more week and I will be 8 ½ months! So approximately 7 weeks left! At my last Dr. Appointment however, he said I am measuring big, so I could go early, in reality we are lookin at more like 5 to 6 weeks left!! Which makes me think 4 weeks, left haha..It is crazy how time flies!! I have enjoyed being pregnant so much, it has been a beautiful journey thus far! I can only pray my labor and delivery goes just as smooth!

Elijah Ames Castillon

So we finally decided on a name today. By now the name itself is self explanatory :O) It is Jamie's favorite! We had it narrowed down to Jonah, Noah, and Elijah. I come from a family of J names (JAMES,JASON,JACOB,JULIE- and there is KATIE my younger sister not a J, but heck the next letter after J in the alphabet! ;O)) So I was rooting for Jonah for the longest time....however over time Elijah kept sticking out in my mind, then I started hearing it here and there, and when I did, it was very special to me. It has officially become my favorite too! His middle name will be Ames. It is my father's middle name. He will always be a very special man in my life!! Of course like the huge dork I am, I had fun with his name, using NINTENDO fonts lol enjoy my nerdy-ness!

7 Months!

Really..? That's all I could say this morning while lying in bed feeling my lil dude move around in my belly. This pregnancy has gone by so quick! It seemed slower than molasses when I was 3 months. And now here I am in my last trimester, preparing for our lil shredder to arrive!

I have been blessed with the most amazing pregnancy! It has been very simple, and not rough on my body. I haven't even felt pregnant, the only thing reassuring me that I am is the wiggles in my lil belly! Although that will all change here in the last 80 some odd days!

I have noticed a change in my hormones to say the least! I got a bit emotional the other week over silly things, and I crave.....JUNK FOOD. Blah.. I have done so well eating right, and now all I can think about is chips, soda, and chocolate!

Favorites:

•Flaming Hot GIANT Cheeto Balls

•Peanut Butter Jelly Sandwiches

•Dr. Pepper

•Anything Milk chocolate

•Laffy Taffy

•Cereal (specifically Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Capt'n Crunch)

Yum!

I have gained 12lbs so far in this pregnancy. I hardly feel like it though. My Dr. says the last tri on average women gain about 11lbs in the home stretch, I have been a bit below average, but still in a good range, he thinks I will gain around 8 more lbs- hahah granted I don't eat all junk food for the next 3 months I presume! ;O)

So many things have been going on the past few weeks, I'm surprised I am not run into the ground yet! We went camping for the weekend up at Granite. It was nice to spend some quality time in the outdoors with Jamie. We had such a great time! Did some 4wheeling, went on some fun hikes, visited the falls, did some fishing, star gazing, and of course relaxing!!

When we got back into town, I had so many messages and missed calls. I had a lot of catching up to do in my social life..blah. But a lot of good did come of it!!!

I received a new calling! I was called to serve as the Assistant Relief Society Activities Director. I am VERY excited about this calling! I get to serve with an amazing, fun, out going woman! And wow.....we are already quite busy! I LOVE IT! This will be a fun calling! My previous calling was Ward Missionary with my hubs. But there wasn't a whole lot of work for me to do. Granted it was nice to have a lil break, but now I am done resting haha.