Hey friends, how are y'all? Árni and I have been well and we feel like we are finally settling into our roll as parents. Leifur sleeps a little more than he used to and breastfeeding is going superbly so we are certainly more confident to take outings. I joined this newborn network of Steamboat and have met some really great ladies and their adorable babies! We usually meet on Mondays for momma/ baby yoga, which is really a gentle yoga class and we are allowed to bring or babies lol. On Tuesdays is newborn network, which is a free class put on by the city of Steamboat which we learn a new topic every week and then if course socialize and recently I've actually volunteered to coordinate Wednesday outings with 6 other gals for us to do things like hike, or meet for coffee, park, ski things like that and of course we bring the little ones. This week yoga was canceled so the 7 of us went and had coffee and then for a walk, what a site seeing all these babies lined up, so cute! On Wednesday myself and two other gals took the babies on a hike at Emerald Mountain. It was snowy and a pretty good incline, so needless to say I realized how out of shape I am! Carrying around a nearly 12 lb baby isn't the easiest either! I have just two weeks left on my maternity leave which makes me incredibly sad! I never thought it would be so hard to leave him. Luckily I will only be working three days a week but that's still three days I'll miss out on Leifur's life! Even on the hardest of days, he's still the best decision I've ever made.
Last week we had some guests. My friend Tessa, who has been my friend for ten years, text me and said her sister Lyndee was temporarily living in Boulder. So we invited her to come stay with us, and it so happened that their mom Marilyn, was coming to Colorado for a visit so she came as well. They stayed with us two nights and man were they active! They went snowmobiling one day and dog sledding the next! I took them to strawberry park hot springs on Friday evening and Saturday morning we all went to Old Town Hot springs! This was Leifur's second trip to the pool and he loved it! We really enjoyed having them and hope Tessa can make it next time!
Our Valentine's day was pretty swell actually. We started off the day with a family trip to the swimming pool, followed by milkshakes at our favorite drugstore, pho for dinner and then got the baby down to sleep and we caught up on some Netflix. They may sound boring to you but it was absolutely perfect for us!
We have much to look forward to in the next few months. Arni's parents will be meeting their grandson for the first time in a couple weeks and we hope to finally get some skiing in. Today is a wintery snow filled day and tonight is girls night for me!
