Strollers

Before Eliza was born, we decided to just get a stroller frame for the car seat and look into stroller a little more before it got warm. The frame has been great. It's lightweight, I keep it in the car, and it works for Strollerfit for now. As Eliza is getting bigger and it's getting warmer out, I am ready for something more though. We didn't want to spend a lot, so I looked around and ordered a Kolcraft stroller that was pretty cheap, but had features like the fancy ones. Well, it sat in the box in our foyer for 2 weeks, then we finally got around to putting it together this week. Obviously it cost less, so we weren't expecting a Bugaboo. (even though you could switch the seat to face forward or backward) Long story short...it is really cheaply made and we realized we need to spend more money on a stroller.
So now I am looking at a BOB . I know the brand and it seems to have good reviews. I want something mainly for walking, but I would like to be able to jog with it. I also want it to be somewhat lightweight so that it's easy to get in and out of the car. So, I am wondering if anybody out there has thoughts/comments about it?? It's supposed to be 60 degrees today so I am ready to get moving on this!

The dogs are still part of the family

Tuesday Morning

Eliza has a new cousin!

Isabella Rose Adler was born on Tuesday January 27th. Fortunately the weather warmed up and ice melted, so Eliza and I could go see her (and Jenny and Lee) in the hospital on Wednesday. What a cutie! Welcome to the family!

Eliza looks so big!

Lee commented that Nana Sue was holding "half of her granddaughters!"

We hope to see the other half soon.

Snow Bunny

It's been cold cold cold, but we still have had no snow. Eliza is going to outgrow her snow suit soon, so I've been looking for an excuse to put it on her. Today Daddy was going to get home late (he usually takes the dogs out to play when he gets home) so I dressed her up, took a ton of pictures, then took her outside with me and the dogs. Hopefully she will have a real reason to wear it before she gets too big.

PS- The babysite has been updated.

By 12:30 today...

...Eliza was on outfit # 4.5. She woke up in one, and I got her changed so we could go to Strollerfit. She was in her carseat, ready to go when she spit up enough that I had to change her. So she had outfit #3 on until we got home. She was asleep in her seat so I left her there while I showered. When I got out of the shower, she had filled her diaper to overflowing, hence outfit #4. Outfit #4 was a onesie and pants, so when her diaper leaked out AGAIN (just a little bit) while I dried my hair, I had to change the pants. The onesie survived somehow. I seriously could spend all day just feeding her, changing her, and doing laundry. Welcome to motherhood.

Outfit #2

Check out these guns

Eliza and I headed back to the gym last week. I'm not ready to leave her in the child care there, but fortunately they have some great options for exercise I can do WITH her. One day a week we'll be doing Strollerfit. It's inside for now, but will be outside when the weather warms up. You get a workout pushing the stroller, but also "park" it for some of the time and work with weights, medicine ball, jump ropes, etc. It's a really good workout. Eliza just slept through it, but it looks like older babies enjoy watching their moms move around.

Mommymuscle is our other class. I wear Eliza in the BabyBjorn and work with different weights and bands. She just slept through the whole thing. I was definitely sore after the first class, so I'm looking forward to going back this week and building up some muscle again.

On another note, you'll recall a previous post involving the dogs and 100 calorie packs. Well, this morning I went out to start the car since there was frost. I came back in and a single 100 calorie pack was sitting on the floor next to the car seat and the 2 dogs. I had maybe been gone 30 seconds! (I hadn't "dog-proofed" yet) I thought the dogs were being attentive to Eliza until I noticed it on the floor. Fortunately it hadn't been opened yet. It's hard to say who actually got it out, but I am thinking Hazel. She has a tendency to look guilty no matter what though.