So I haven't posted in a while. Life has been crazy. Matthew came into this world on March 23rd at 4:47 in the morning. I can't imagine him not being in my life. Our family feels so complete now! He is a fantastic baby. Much more mellow than his sister, who is doing fantastic with him by the way. She only wants to squish him 10% of the time. But she is getting better every day. I've been recovering well. At first it was hard for me to just slow down, rest and try to recoup. But here we are 6 weeks on Wednesday and I have made it to officially getting back into the groove of things! For those of you who don't have kids post-partum you are supposed to wait 6 weeks to start doing any type of major activities. For example: Working out! Before Matthew was born I was going 6 x/ week. I have been missing the gym so much! I cheated only one time this week and went in doing an easy 30 minutes on the elliptical. It was so nice to go a normal pace but wow.. These six weeks have really taken me back a bit!!!
On Thursday I have an official welcome back to the gym with a goal consulation with one of the trainers. This will be a great start back for me. I'm looking forward to the workout routine she's going to make for me. It's always hard guessing which machines you should be doing.
In other news the "nesting" bug hasn't left.. I've still been organizing, decluttering like crazy. My garage is looking great!! On Wednesday we are finally going to be getting rid of the 25+ years of paint and other hazardous material cans that were accumulated in our garage before we moved here. It frees up about 10% of my garage with just doing that!
Joel and I have been working hard at Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover. We have been doing SO WELL to! I can't believe the progress we have made in the past four months! It truly is amazing! Along with this program we decided to sell Joel's car and go to a one car family. .This was a big decision and I was worried about it at first, being I'm at home with the kids and that was my only sanity to the outside world.. It has been the BEST decision for our family. Life is so much simpler. When we want to go somewhere during the day when Joel is at work, we WALK! We live so close and not to mention have 6 strollers.. It forces our family to be active and it is fantastic! Not to mention including gas, car payment and insurance we are saving about $500/month! You have to live like no one else so some day you can live like no one else!
Well.. I hope everyone is having a great week!! Back to the day!
Love,
The Kangas Family
