The man of many faces

If my husband and I were in a cartoon we'd look like this...

1 month old

January just flew by! Last month was a crazy month for us ...Niko was born, Safi started a new semester at school, and we started looking for a new place to live. Between trying to fully recover from my c-section and getting all the everyday household chores done, I've been getting the hang of learning how to balance 2 kids. Last weekend we were driving home and Niko started crying in the back seat because he was hungry and then Safi boy must have been putting something in his mouth because he gagged himself and threw up all his breakfast that he just ate at Denny's. When we got home I opened the car's back door and looked at my hungry newborn baby and then at my toddler covered in throw up and thought "so which one am i suppose to take care of first?" But besides that incident, trying to handle two hasn't been too bad. Safi boy helps me a lot. His designated chore is to throw away all the dirty diapers....and to fetch me anything I need so I don't have to get up off the couch or bed. He's been a good little helper and never complains. Anyways, I'm loving my Niko and every minute with all my boys! I told my husband he needs to hurry up and finish school so we can have more babies ASAP (I know, I'm crazy!).

Happy 1 month Niko!

i'm going to run my first race, ever.

i'm finally starting to get my [ motivation ] and [ will power ] back! 

i signed up to do a 5k mud run with my sisters at glen helen on april 20th! 

this is my motivation to finally get my act together with my diet: no sweets, no wheat, and no processed food until the race....because i'm planning on running through the mud, not rolling! and the huge mud slide looks amazeballs! i'm going to be such a little-big kid going down that beast-of-a-slide. one of my personal goals for this year is to run a half marathon. i'm not much of a runner but i do like to run. so this 5k race will be somewhat of my warm up race. 

the other day i watched these two documentaries on netflix:

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they were awesome and really changed my perspective on food and what i put into my body. and they really kept me motivated to eat clean because i lost 3 lbs this last week! now let's just keep it up because I CAN'T WAIT TO LOOSE THIS BABY WEIGHT...and look (and dance) like her...

...was she not FAH-REEK-EN amazing tonight?!!!

anyways, i'm trying to take things easy so i can hurry up and fully recover already from this dang c-section and start getting my workout on.

Quick trip down memory lane

I remember when I was young and I'd go over to Grama and Grampa Wihongi's house I'd always [ cry ] and [ beg ] to stay longer every time my mom said it was time to go home. "Going home" from Grama's house always felt like the end to my little world.

Now, fast forward to the present. it's funny seeing the same scenario happen but this time from a mother's perspective. Tonight I left my mom's house with only one child, Niko, after Safi boy screamed and cried to stay with Gigi. Of course I had no objection because I could definitely use a little break. So looks like Safi boy will be getting dropped off sometime tomorrow. Until then, Niko and I will be having a par-tay through out the night getting tipsy off that milk...well, he will at least while I'm half awake with one eye open.

this mama's genes are showing through

BOOM! 

there it is...a dimple!

finally some physical proof that he is my son, not just my husbands.

i'm so in love with my little Niko.

You know your best friends when...

...you have a petty argument and then are silent while sitting next to one another but then want the other person to hurry and say "sorry" first so you can tell them something crazy that happened the day before.

(This may or may not have happened between my husband and I)