March 2-8

It's been a while! Well, I fell off the diet and workout wagon, but I'm back on track. Jared and I are starting Chalean Extreme, a 90-day program, in a few days (as soon as it gets here!), so we should be on our way to better bodies in time for summer.

In other, more interesting news, we moved to Wisconsin and are getting all settled in here. It's such a sweet, small town and the people are lovely. We moved in a few weeks ago but until my mother-in-law left on Saturday it wasn't really official. We're basically unpacked and I'm starting to get to know some folks, which makes it very real.

River has been a bit of a challenge these days - very whiny, lots of fits. I'm at a loss. Jared and I talk about the many ways to deal with it before bed almost nightly and I pray about it often. I'm hoping to garner some wisdom from some of the older, more experienced moms out here.

On a good note, we've adjusted quite well to the cold, though feeling a bit housebound sometimes. I enrolled River in two-day-a-week preschool that will start in August, which I think he'll love. We went to take a tour of the class and meet the teachers with Jared's mom the next day, and he loved racing around the gym.

We had a great playdate with a few of the moms in the area on Tuesday, which was hosted by an amazing mom who has six children, including 4 quadruplets, all boys and one girl. Her children are so well behaved it blows my mind! I hope to learn a lot from her (as if she has the time to mentor a young mom like me!) in the coming years.

We attempted storytime at the library last week and had a meltdown, so we skipped that this week and headed to the ball pit at Hardees. That *may* have been a worse choice than the library. River still threw a fit when we left, and I'm sure he's caught some horrible virus from the disgusting, dirty play area. Lesson learned.

Rainn seems to be coming down with something today, so we won't be going to Mom-to-Mom, a Bible study at church for moms on Thursday mornings. I'll miss it tomorrow.

That's it for this week. I'll update on the new workout as soon as I get it! ;)