ARG

Anchorage Rockclimbing Gym. ARG. 

Few things are more humbling than being shown up by 7 year old spiders...
and big old hot spots on my hands!

But oh was it fun!! Hopefully I can go again soon. Real soon. ARG!

bottled sunshine

I'm no pharmacist, but I have definitely felt the 'fun' in this little pill. Meet vitamin D3, gel form:

The winters have finally hit hard. This is my 3rd winter in Alaska (2nd, full one), and it finally hit. The lack of sunshine, even with my furlough to the sunny islands, coupled with my body working overtime for my fun little squeaker, made for some unbelievably tired mornings and days.

Friends of mine up here have bounced around me proclaiming their love for this vitamin, but I didn't think the lack of sun was affecting me as much as it was.

When it hit, I rethought that previous notion.

My research led me to think that
- liquid vit. D (or gel) is most easily absorbed
- D2 is an artificial vitamin made to be given to plants, not people! Might as well take a mint
- D3 is most effective
- 2,000 IUs is what friends take up here per day
- won't affect Mont if I'm taking too much... and more than likely, I'm not taking too much
- taking Calcium with it helps absorption.

So I found Vit D3's partner in crime:

CALCIUM. 60% of the my DV. Looks like a horse pill! It's about an inch long! Holy strong bones, right? I hope so! My boy is weighing more every day, it seems. I better try to keep up.

Along with these two pills, I've begun to take a new Multi-Vitamin since I ran out of prenatals a while ago. That multi-vitamin has 10% dv of calcium, and 250% dv of d3, or 1000 IUs. So I'm now taking 2000 IUs of d3, and 70% dv of Calcium, plus lots of other good stuff.

This is my 3rd day in a row, and though my eyes could still use some more sleep, my body feels renewed and energized. And now I'm up at 12:04 am and I'm going to force myself to fall asleep so I'm not feeling like my old self again tomorrow. ha!

ps - I'm going to give my old camera a whirl again. I've not been as diligent at taking 'fun photos' like I used to... so back in the purse it's going!

4 years

This year's anniversary was the happiest of all because we had this little squeaker.
Here, he is so tired, it's just after 6 and he's been up since 2:30 (pm).
When he gets tired, he doesn't cry and scream... he laughs!

and he laughs hard:

street skating

The Reeder Olympics:

The warm(er) weather through the night brought rain. 

The rain made the snow melt.

The cold air made the snowy rain freeze. 

The ice made for some slick walkin. 

The slipping and sliding made us think of ice skating. 

Thinking of ice skating made us think of Mark's ice skates. 

Mark's ice skates have gone unused for a few years, 

so we put them to use 

on our DRIVEWAY!

Mark in his "getup." 

He had this old fashioned pilot's helmet made in Turkey

from Pop's Leather. He looked ... awesome. 

Took the bucket out to sit on 

so he wouldn't hurt the blades.

A thrilling wave from my very own Olympian: 

Here he is doing his Triple Sow Cow: 

 

But then was sick with disgust when he found out he only won Bronze.

So he took to the streets for more practice. 

George Washington

'Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone,
and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.'

Happy President's Day

lovely lover's day!

Things we did today:

Woke up exhausted! ...(1 o'clock bedtime + 5 wake ups between then and 7:30 just doesn't cut it anymore..)
Gave Mont a bath ...(Buckwheat's turn tomorrow... dang it. Mont is so much more fun to bathe!)
Nap for Mont ...(lucky feller!)
Spiraled my hair ...(hello Jose Eber curling wand!)
Dressed for church ...(I love that part of Sundays!)
Mark gave a talk in Sacrament ...(very wonderful... made me cry!)
Cried some more in Relief Society ...(happy-lovey days make me weepy, I guess)
Mont finally napped at 5 o'clock ... (lucky feller!)
Mark cooked me dinner ...(yummy teriyaki steak and noodles)
I did dishes "the old fashioned way"with soap, water, and a washcloth ...(dishwasher died - I'm actually, very thrilled about that. Every time we used it you had to shout over the noise! New "silent" one comes tomorrow.)
Mark and I watched [and laughed at] clips of the Lawrence Welk Show ...(simply marvelous! Arthur Duncan is the happiest of happy feet.)
Mark and I watched Office episodes to catch up ...(and cringed when Michael had to let down the "Scott's Tots" - we both were jittery.)
I had some Rainbow Chip cake...mmm

It was an A+ Valentine's Day.

first food

Per Mark's request... Oreos was going to be the first "food" Mont tasted. I tried to get my cute little baby out of this, but Mark assured me he wasn't going to "consume" it, just "taste" it. So I surrendered.

Good thing, because Mont sure loved it!! What a mess-pot!

some funny fluff

Last night while taking videos of Mont for Mark and our parents,

Buckwheat must have been feeling stardom right around the corner

b/c he wanted to have the main part!

They are now the two best "Buckwheat Videos."
Ever!

tasty

He loves those toes almost as much as I do.