Season's Greetings 2016!

 Season’s Greetings!

As 2016 comes to a close, I feel the (annual) urge to reflect on the ups and downs of the past year. 

Of course, the biggest change for our family this year was becoming a family of THREE! Our big reveal to my family in Montana came at Christmas - unbeknownst to my father, I *CAN* actually keep a big (little?) secret for 4 months! Then, we found out we were having a BOY in January, which was a wonderful surprise, but then we had yet another surprise months later while in New York!

Easter morning, at only 7 months pregnant (29 weeks), my water broke while visiting our dear friends Jenn & Gilliam in New York - after being approved to travel by my OB/GYN the day before we left Utah. So, instead of catching a plane home, we caught an ambulance to the Bronx!!! At 11 weeks too early, the doctors attempted to keep me pregnant as long as possible, so I was on enforced bed rest and under careful observation. I was given steroids to develop the baby's lungs, and magnesium (UGH!) to help with controlling the contractions and to help develop his brain. I also received antibiotics to prevent infection (a big risk after premature rupture of membranes) and a variety of tests.

Mine was an eventful stay in the hospital, including having to have a cardioversion after my heart (with no prior history!) went tachycardic and arrhythmic and I got to have the singular experience of being put under and having a heart shock administered to get me back into sinus rhythm. It was like being kicked in the sternum by an electric mule! It left a "sunburn" on my chest even! I tried super hard to keep my sense of humor, and told the staff that I just wanted to get to know EVERYONE at the hospital from Labor & Delivery to Cardiac to NICU, PACU & in recovery! Thankfully I have had no further issues with my heart. Unfortunately, I continued to have daily contractions, my white blood cell count rose, I went into labor, and the doctor determined that we would be having a C-section on April 7, 2016. Unfortunately, after a week of James sleeping on the floor or in the window ledge in my hospital room, he had to fly back to Utah. Thankfully my dad was able to fly out for a week to keep me company and was there for the birth of his grandson! James arrived the follow day and we were able to take our first family photo! (above.) Born at 30 weeks gestation, we had a 3 lb. 8 oz. baby boy named Calvin James! (Calvin for the cartoon Calvin & Hobbes, and James for his father.) 

Though born 2 1/2 months too early, he is a strong boy, was off his CPAP machine within 4 days, and never on oxygen, just on room air. He did spend some time under the "billy lights," in his incubator, but quickly progressed to an open bassinet, learned to eat by bottle pretty quickly, and overall was incredibly healthy and we were released when he was just 6 weeks old. (They originally prepped us to be released at his ACTUAL due date of June 11th, so we were very lucky!) In total, we spent a little under 2 months in New York, instead of our planned 4 day Babymoon. Unfortunately for me, I contracted a super rare bug in the incision that one would ONLY catch in a hospital, and it did require a partial re-opening of the incision for drainage, but thankfully the infection cleared up, and while I'm still in physical therapy, my strength is slowly improving. The scar continues to bother me, and I don't have the same core strength from before, but I'm too stubborn to quit trying. :)  Calvin even got to walk through his first 5k this autumn and I look forward to the day he can go with me again!

Calvin had two main objectives to be discharged: he had to hit 5 lbs and be able to take all feedings by bottle prior to being released, and we got 4 days' notice that we were going to be allowed to leave the NICU, and finally flew home on May 15th, 2016, almost a whole month before they projected we would leave! No more cab rides back and forth from our hotel to the hospital! I was able to celebrate my FIRST Mother’s Day (as a human mother) just as Calvin reached 1 month old. Due to the medical necessity of additional healing time since my incision was re-opened, I was able to get extended maternity leave to be with Calvin, and returned to work July 1st. I am so very grateful that I was able to spend that time with him and attend all our various medical appointments once we came home to Utah. Calvin continues to excel, and we have been incredibly lucky as he's been an amazing baby, and even the pediatrician is astonished at his progress. He's a very happy, talkative boy, loves baths, bananas, and pulling off his socks, and we're over the moon to be his parents! I couldn’t imagine loving him more, this expressive, hilarious, darling blue-eyed boy! I LOVE BEING HIS MOM!

My family was able to meet Calvin as we took a quick trip to Montana meeting all my family, a Bartholomew extended family reunion at Bear Lake, UT, and then my Mom was able to come down in September to spend two weeks with us. We were also incredibly lucky to have my best friend Allison (the matron of honor at our wedding) come in August, and between our visitors, we went to Arches National Park (Calvin’s first trip to a National Park), the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, took Allison downtown to the Piano Bar, and Mom was able to spend lots of quality time with her first biological grandson! We surely love getting to go everywhere and try new things with our cute boy!

In sad news, however, my horse Storm contracted a very rare fungal infection that was eating his carotid artery, and was unfortunately humanely euthanized in late July. I miss him very much, his funny personality and hilarious antics. I still have his mother, Sebien, and she is the record-holder for the longest I've ever owned a horse at 15 years and counting! She is still my sweet zippy little girl at 16 years old! I love her, and have been so lucky to have her in my life all these years! Some of my favorite days have been spent at the barn.

James continues to grow the family business, and is a very hard worker, doing work most days of the week. I have been employed with AdvancedMD for a year and 8 months now as an Implementation Consultant, helping to assist clients with implementing their software and training them to use it. It can be a challenging job at times, but I LOVE my team, and was very lucky to have such great fundraising efforts while we were stuck in New York waiting for Calvin to be released home! James and others still want me to write a book about our experience in New York - the good, bad & ugly. Perhaps when Calvin goes to school and I have some free time? Ha ha! (Does free time exist once you're a parent???) 

Again, a heartfelt thank you to all our friends and family for the fundraising efforts, the care packages, the texts, emails, Facebook posts, and all the love and support!  Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year too!  

With all our best, Ruth, James & Calvin & Sebien too!

Happy Holidays 2015!

Happy Holidays 2015

Happy Holidays! This year has surely been a year of change!

Ruth started out with a goal to run at least one 5k (3.1 miles) race each month in 2015 after working with a new Physical Therapist, the amazing Ashton Therapies, for shoulder/hip injuries. With doc approval, (and nearly full range of motion!) I ran my first 5k of the year on Jan 31^st, 2015 to ring in the New Year – and have completely blown my original goal out of the water. I’ve run The Color Run, The Great Inflatable Race, and The Mustache Dache, just to name a few. I have dressed up as Darth Vader for the Star Wars Race, as Bellatrix Lestrange for the Harry PotterRrun, Cat Woman for a Superheroes Race, and a Fire Fairy for the Midsummer Night’s Run. I’ve been coated in colored dust, bubbles, and mud. My running total has well exceeded even my *updated* goal of 100 miles raced (not just training runs, but actual races; either virtual or not!) I came in as top 5 in my division in many races this year, including 5^th OVERALL for Woman of Steel, and was awarded my medal across the finish line by my amazing husband! I also joined a group called “Moon Joggers”, ran a whole slew of races for various charities, and even talked my friend Tyler into joining a few! My family pitched in for an early birthday present and bought me a FitBit Surge (with GPS tracking!) and I’ve accrued over 525 lifetime miles (walking/running/daily activities) since May 21^st! HUZZAH!  I’ve even completed some virtual races for even longer distances such as half marathons, a 52-mile “Escape from the Shire” Middle-Earth themed run, and most recently, the 88-mile Race to the Future! (Over several days, obviously.) Yay for running and better health (and hips!)

James and I had an additional goal of training for and completing the Spartan Super, an 8-10 mile obstacle race held here in Utah. We trained for a year starting in June of 2014, and with his help (and many boosts over 6, 7 and 8-foot walls!) we completed our first ever SPARTAN race on June 27^th, 2015! I believed that was the hardest thing that I had ever done. Climbing through mud bogs, hurling spears, hanging from ropes, scaling cargo nets, and hauling heavy atlas stones were just a few of the obstacles we faced. In 102 degree heat. Over 8.8 miles of rugged terrain. (This ain’t road racing here folks!) I was so lucky to finish leaping through the fire hand-in-hand with my husband! WE ARE SPARTANS!

I thought that running the SPARTAN was the hardest thing I’d ever done in my life… until four days later when James, his brother Russell, and I backpacked up The Grand Teton in Wyoming! WHEW! Hard in a totally different way! We camped on the saddle

under a full moon in the shadow of a glacier, and I thought how amazing my life has been! The next day we attempted to summit, but due to snow/ice and lack of technical gear for me, we had to turn around at about 12,000 feet. Safety first! Still, it was an amazing and literally life-long dream! I hope one day to reach the peak!

Also, in April of this year, Ruth changed jobs and went to work as an Implementation Specialist at

AdvancedMD, a medical billing software company. She works as a trainer and coordinates with multiple other departments to facilitate the client’s success in doing their medical billing. The company has been a great learning experience, and while the job can be incredibly demanding, she LOVES her co-workers (if not the commute to & from South Jordan twice daily!) And it has great perks – like swag, paid vacation, benefits, and company-sponsored movie premiers, which is always nice!) James continues to work at the family medical billing business and works hard at it.

And, after a 2-year hiatus from the competition arena, Ruth stepped back into the Taekwondo ring (for Sport Poomsae and Weapons) at the Wasatch Exhibition on Oct. 10^th. After injuring my hip while training for black belt testing, I have been unable to actively participate in Taekwondo, but it’s always been in my heart, and training in forms is my zen. So I was able to compete again, and took a gold in Sport Poomsae and a silver in weapons performing a sais form that my brother Mark taught me. I also was immensely grateful that I was able to attend a Sport Poomsae Seminar taught by the amazing Master Elva Adams, a world-renowned Sport Poomsae Champion. (Yes, I’m STILL working on my sidekicks!)

And for fun, James and I have been enjoying what Salt Lake City has to offer with a date at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, saw “The Book of Mormon Musical” for our 6^th Anniversary present (didn’t quite top last year’s “WICKED” in my mind…) and I got him a Lamborghini to drive for his birthday through Gotham Dream Cars. (Too bad he couldn’t keep it!) I also completed two 30-day drawing challenges for August and September, took a fun impromptu trip to Arches National Park with Tyler, and was able to visit my family in Montana to surprise my Mom for her birthday last February, over Labor Day weekend in September, and for Christmas… JUST IN TIME TO REVEAL THE SURPRISE!

We are expecting!  Just the day after setting my fastest 5k time for this year at a Geek’d Out Events run, The Gamer Dash, I found out that we are expecting the next Bartholomew! (No WONDER I felt so queasy sprinting to the finish! HAHA!) We are so very excited to be welcoming this new adventure in our lives! We had a big scare at the beginning, but thankfully the rest of the pregnancy has progressed without much ado. We had a second ultrasound on 11/11/15, and were able to hear the baby’s heartbeat at our last appointment on Dec 10^th! How amazing! It’s a little too early to know gender yet, but we’re taking bets! Birthday, time, weight, length, hair & eye color! Whoever gets the most right wins! Place yer bets! So the horses are getting more turnout and less riding, but they don’t mind! That’s all our news!

With all our love, Ruth, James & baby!

Yarrr! There be goldfish in these here waters!!!

For sure absolutely and without a doubt just felt the baby move!!!!

I've felt a couple movements before, but they were so fleeting that I couldn't be sure. This is the first definite, solid, without a doubt movement I've had where there can be no mistaking it for anything else. It was like MOVEMENT, but not like butterflies or popcorn popping or gas bubbles or whatever else I've heard it described as. Very definitely feels like a fluid movement. One woman said like a goldfish swimming. That's closer, but not as gross... But a fluid movement, way down low on the right side, right where the Doc found the heartbeat and where the majority of my stretching round ligament pain has been. 

Wow! I'm suddenly so emotional!!! How amazing!!!!!!!!! 💜💜💜💜💜💜

Oh . My . Gosh. Just bawled my head off! I am so happy momma! Wow! What an amazing and totally emotionally surprising moment! I am shocked by how emotional I am all the sudden!!! I really AM becoming a mother! It's suddenly more "real" than it's ever been! More than the ultrasounds, or the Doppler of the heartbeat, NOW for me it isn't just sore boobs and weight gain and swelling ankles (argh!) it isn't the starving hunger and months of nausea... Now for the first time really and TRULY it is real for me! James just hugged me and kissed my tears and says "Yes, it's very exciting. Did you think the heartbeat was faked?" Lol! No, but it's TRULY felt now!!!!! 💜💜💜💜

How absolutely amazing! I am delighted and can't wait for the next time I feel the baby move!!!!!!! So very much in love with this tiny being!

Thumpity Thump Thump, Thumpity Thump Thump - look at baby's heartbeat go!

So today was our 14 week check-up. BP was good, weight we will NOT be discussing, and baby's heartbeat the tech found RIGHT away and was a steady 158 bpm! Well!!! Old wive's tongues will never quit now! One at 165, one at 144, and one 158?

We're taking bets: gender, birth day, time, weight, length, hair & eye color. :) Whoever gets the most categories right wins!!!

My husband and I were both amazed to hear the little heart going - he says he actually teared up a little bit. I think that for the partner, this is the time that they can really feel like a PART of the process, (other than the obvious, of course.)

Our OB/GYN was not able to be there as she was on call at the hospital, so a pretty quick visit overall.

My belly is beginning to show more and more. I know *most* people mean well, but I sure hate getting comments about it, and my weight, and my expansion. I am aware. Every SINGLE day I step on the scale it's more than I've weighed before.

But hurtful comments like "You should make a plan to lose the post-baby weight." Or "Wow, you REALLY are starting to look pregnant." Or "You should only be gaining blah blah weight..." are hurtful, unkind, and DEFINITELY not helpful.

I am a runner, a martial artist, an equestrian, I lift weights and train in the gym multiple days in a week. At nearly 4 months pregnant, I am still running 5k distances routinely, and continue to train 3 days in an average week, not including races on Sundays and cleaning my horse's stalls. I do prenatal yoga and pilates, weight-train at the gym, and run (if slower than I used to.) As an athlete, I eat well, stay hydrated, and sometimes for emotional health, indulge in a treat. But for the most part, I am EXTREMELY healthy.

HOWEVER, I AM GROWING A HUMAN BEING! For a woman in the teens for body fat percentage and who trained and completed a Spartan Beast this past June, I do realize what it takes to get and stay in shape. However, the baby's health comes first, and experiencing a pregnancy for the first time, I knew would be a challenge.

But it's insensitive and insulting comments that really aggravate me.

No, I'm not still a size 1/2, XS like I was before. And you know what, THAT IS OKAY! I'm not gaining abnormal amounts of weight, but for a pregnancy where I have not been sick but once (THANK YOU UNIVERSE!) and where my appetite has been bigger than it ever has in my life, telling me what is a realistic weight gain is going to be determined by my body, my baby and my doctor.

I plan on continuing to be as active as possible, but the reality is that pregnancy makes activities harder. Even getting off the couch is quite literally a physical struggle as I get bigger. And no, I haven't gained much weight yet, (though apparently over people's expectations.) I do realize it will be more challenging. WHY DO YOU THINK I AM STRENGTH TRAINING NOW?

I know, I'm probably hormonal too. But seriously- everyone needs to put their noses back into their OWN business and stop giving me unsolicited advice - ESPECIALLY about my weight!

But other than these complaints, I really have been enjoying my changing shape because it means there's a BABY in there! Even if I will admit to missing my flat abs... and doing core work... and running fast. Those can all happen after baby arrives. :)

For now, I'll just whisper to Santa that what I really wanted is already on the way - though not really for "Christmas."

Happy Momma & 14-week gestating baby (who isn't able to scream through sitting with Santa THIS year!) :)

So much for not puking... Things I'm thankful for....

Whelp - I get to be a "real" pregnant woman now, complete with hurling. Woot woot. *Heavy sarcasm here*

But after a night spent cleaning the bathroom post-purge, I am grateful for a few things. MAINLY LYSOL WIPES! Seriously. Those are the best!!!

I did have a round of dry heaves the following week (what is it with Saturday nights?!) but this time hubby didn't obliviously sleep through it all... and hovered over me trying to be helpful. GODDESS BLESS THIS HUSBAND OF MINE ALWAYS!

I am afraid between bouts of retching up nothing I wasn't the most courteous wife... He asked if he could bring me anything, and I requested a hair tie - trying to hold my hair, NOT smell the toilet water (seriously - pregnancy nose is like nothing on earth. Is this what it's like to be a dog? HOW COULD THEY DRINK OUT OF THERE IF SO!?!? GROSS!!!!) and heaving until I was sure I'd get scolded by doc for working abs when I'm not supposed to do core work was not my idea of a good time.

This dear man brought me a glass of water, which was sweet, but not what I needed. I *needed* a hair tie. Then he brought a wooden stool for me to sit on instead of trying to kneel over the bowl... and then quickly went out and came back with a couch pillow to make it more comfortable. But still no hair tie. He asks, "Can I get you anything else?"

Ladies & gentlemen, I'm afraid the "Hangry Hulk" (as I now call my pregnant alter-ego) came out... and I snapped at him "All I REALLY need is a hair tie!!!" And then started crying because I NEVER yell at him... and he helplessly says "I can't find any?"

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? They are in the living room, looped around my water glass, covering the bedstand, inside the drawer where the Q-tips live... they literally are all over our entire house... and he couldn't find any?

He eventually came back with one, and tried to be helpful, but I was so wracked I could barely gasp for air between retching wretchedly. (HAHA! Well, it wasn't funny at the time...) I did have a moment like the cartoon below: "Why... oh WHY ME?!!"

But I've really had very few of the worst symptoms after the huge scare of the bleed - so I will be GRATEFUL and try to remember the baby is ALL worth it. It's going to be an amazing moment when I can feel it... right now leaning against our clean, but still somehow utterly disgusting and smelly toilet where even the WATER smells tainted to me.... well, that is sometimes hard to remember.

Finally I felt a little better, was able to sip my water, sit up on my pillow-on-a-stool, and realize HOW DAMN LUCKY AM I!?

We wanted this baby so much, were one of the lucky ones to get pregnant RIGHT AWAY (um... budgeting is going to become a WAY bigger priority!) and other than a few rounds around Thanksgiving hovering over the white throne, I am the luckiest pregnant woman I know. Okay, well, EXCEPT my workout buddy Jackie who never threw up even ONCE, and she has like 3 or 4 kids! She is probably the luckiest pregnant lady I've ever met.

Next up: our 14 week appointment. Um... which I'm not sure what exactly we do. I sure hope it doesn't involve taking off my pants again. Last time at our first appt meeting the OB, that pelvic exam, she told me I'd "feel pressure"- UM! THAT WAS PRESSURE!? Better brace myself for whatever other fun surprises I get in store... even before the baby arrives!

YIKES!

Still very grateful down to the bottom of my heart (and stomach) that we are pregnant! And that I have the nicest husband who doesn't even hold it against me when HANGRY HULK yells at him about hair ties when he's just trying to help.

HOW VERY LUCKY AM I!? Just have to remember that while doubled over retching... maybe that was the last time? C'mon kid, coming into the 2nd Trimester we're supposed to be getting BETTER, not worse! LOL!!!!

Ultra #2 11/11/15

Today's OB visit was fairly straightforward! I was excited to finally meet our doctor, and to get to see our little bean once again! I've been feeling so very good that sometimes it's really difficult to remember that I AM still pregnant!

I am so VERY thankful that the terrible sickness from before has abated - honestly I feel so great that now I can finally understand those women who say they enjoy being pregnant! (The first part was extremely rough, however, so I empathize entirely with those who struggled through their first trimester OR BEYOND! Though I seem to have a pretty light case of morning sickness as I was extremely nauseous, but thankfully never *actually* threw up, my symptoms have almost entirely abated since the bleed.

Doc told me to use common sense, but I can go back to being A REAL HUMAN BEING AGAIN! AND YES... I CAN RUN AGAIN!

She advised me to just listen to my body, and do *limited* jumping movements, but continue as per normal pre-pregnancy routine! Lifting, even okay'd some core work...

In fact, we can do everything as per normal - with the exception in the end of my second trimester no lying flat on my back exercises, like sit-ups or whatnot which are out. And don't get overheated or too exhausted. The nurse advised to keep my heart rate below 140 bpm, which even in the toughest part of Monday's workout I never peaked over 120. So hooray!!!!!!!!

I FEEL LIKE A REAL HUMAN AGAIN!

Of course, the baby's health is paramount, but I've been FEELING so good that it's very difficult to stay down. So being able to just be "me" is great!!!

Also, I have been cleared of everything in our first blood draw screening. No diseases, no lack of immunities, and confirmed my blood type. Always good to know, though I had mine confirmed in college.

The only concern is an ovarian cyst, which if it twists requires emergency surgery. At this point it hasn't bothered me UNTIL she pushed on it, but good thoughts to keep me safe and happy through the entire pregnancy are appreciated!

So now the question remains: BOY? or GIRL!? The heart rates have been teasing, one higher, one lower, and we won't have another ultrasound for a while. As long as it's not a velociraptor and is happy and healthy, I'm thrilled!

Here's our photos from today! (The little balloon-looking thing is the yolk sack, which has been feeding the little bean for a while until it is depleted! COOL!)

Going FULL Ninja!

Hello blog-o-philes!!!

Well, I have been absent my blog for far too long.

But there's a REASON for that!  SURPRISE!!! 

This was very definitely planned, but we've had some hiccups along the way.....

We thought we lost this little pumpkin a few weeks back, and I had to go in for blood draws to monitor my HCG levels to come back down to zero post-miscarriage.

Well, they called me after my second blood draw (the first being the baseline to determine the levels which we were starting) and then let me know the results were at half - which is what they anticipated after a miscarriage.

I was desperately sad, and maybe ate a half gallon of ice cream by myself - and actually got sicker than I had been the entire pregnancy to date!!!! I ended up needing to go get a prescription antacid because I wasn't experiencing so much nausea as extremely acid stomach and excruciating pain. NOT FUN!

Well, last week they did another blood draw, and realized their "transcription" error! My levels were not, in fact, at HALF, they were DOUBLE the week prior, and DOUBLE from the week before! She called me on 10/28/15 and though I could hear her saying things to me, I truly couldn't understand! I was STILL pregnant???

All my symptoms were gone. No desperate hunger, no queasiness, no soreness in my chest... and I truly thought I was just fluffy from all the ice cream that I was using to drown my sorrows. I must've made the nurse repeat it four or five times. "There was a transcription error - you're STILL pregnant!" I asked her if she was REALLY sure... because they had already made ONE error... was it possible that they had made TWO? And that I wasn't pregnant at all? After all, I felt FINE! 

Once that sunk in that my levels looked great and DEFINITELY increasing,, she said I needed an emergency ultrasound and they would schedule me that day, if possible!

I drove like a crazy person to be down next to the hospital for when they called, drank my QUART of water an hour before my visit, and James went with me to our first-ever ultrasound on 10/28/15.

The tech didn't say anything for a LONGGGGGGGGGGG time........ which got my heart racing because I was so scared the fetus wasn't viable. After about 15 minutes to the point where I was anxious enough that my heartbeat was showing in my uterine wall jumping on the ultrasound, I finally asked in a quavering voice, "So... does everything look okay???"

And she said "Oh yes! I was just taking measurements! Here's the baby, (and she pushed in until I feared I would wet the table!) and here's the heartbeat!" 165 beats a minute for the little bean! HOLY SMOKES!!! (Which is actually normal, but *may* indicate.... a girl! We have to wait nearly 10 more weeks to actually know gender, however!) The tech estimated that we were at 7 weeks and 5 days!

I cannot even tell you how reassuring it was to see that little flutter of that heartbeat on the monitor! I told James we're not having a baby, we're having a HUMMINGBIRD!!!!

But everything looks fine. I do have some restrictions as I am high risk due to my "advanced maternal age" (ACK!) and due to the bleed, but the good side is we may get ultrasounds every 2 weeks when most women only get two their ENTIRE pregnancy!

This little ninja is going to be very used to be photographed.... even before arrival!!!

I am so in love with my newly-popped out bump - YES, I CAN TELL! And my husband was thrilled - his eyes were utterly GLUED to the monitors watching our little bean appear as the tech moved the ultrasound around! 

We are still very early, so only an extremely limited group of people know, and we are not yet in the "safe zone" of 12 to 14 weeks when miscarriage risk drops to 3% and after 16 weeks drops further to just a mere 1% so all prayers, good thoughts and wishes are appreciated!

Our first OB intake appointment was yesterday, on Nov 9th, and tomorrow will be actually meeting our OB and having our second ultrasound which should be just about 10 weeks (9 weeks and 5 days to be precise) on Nov 11th. For now, however, their best guess is I'll be having a baby for my birthday - early June! (June 9th - subject to change pending tomorrow's ultrasound!) I feel great after being so very sick after the bleed - no serious symptoms, and we are going to take the best care until we are in the very safest of safe zones! 

Hopefully they tell me I can run tomorrow - so far they have restricted me only from jumping and doing core exercises!

Welcome, Baby B (the ninja who fooled mommy into thinking they were no longer there!)