Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Weight Update

As promised I have a weight update. This was my 3rd weigh in and I am pretty pumped with the results! I lost another 2lbs last week bringing my total to 9lbs lost!!! I still have about 15lbs to go before I reach my initial goal and then if I can lose an additional 5lbs that would be BONUS! I feel great, I'm never hungry and have so much more energy for the boys. We have been enjoying quality time playing in the evenings which I was too tired to do a few weeks ago. I hope to lose a minimum of 1lb this next week so I will hit the 10lb mark but exceeding that would be nice. I am trying to set mini goals for myself each week to work towards. So that's all for now! It's really working for me and I couldn't be happier. Thanks to my sweet family and friends for cheering me on as I work hard for this important goal. That's going to be me stretching in my little purple work out clothes soon...

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Carrots and Toothpaste!

I know that sounds pretty nasty together but stay with me... JoJo and PaPa helped the boys plant their own little garden several months back and they have enjoyed watering and watching their plants grow. Justin planted several types of flowers that we hope will bloom in the Spring and Jayson planted baby carrots. We caught him pulling a few out here and there just to try them because waiting is so hard. This weekend we told him he could pull them all out because we thought they were ready. Here are the pictures of the little gardeners...

Jayson searching for any last carrots to pull
Jayson's bucket of carrots


All the boys having fun in the dirt


Daddy helps Jayson wash the carrots


YUMMY! Look how great they turned out.


Jayson grabs the biggest one to taste


They are really sweet and tasty!


Justin loves them too!


Now for the toothpaste story. Ryan thinks he is a big boy since he can climb up and down the bathroom stool by himself. Sometimes he likes to just get up there and look at himself in the mirror and wave. Lately he has been very excited when I say it's time to brush teeth. He runs in there to beat his brothers and climbs up on the stool, grabs a toothbrush (often times not his) and starts brushing. He is very cooperative and even says "ahhhhhh" to open up his mouth for me or "cheese" when I need him to open wide. Here are a few pictures of him brushing his teeth with his brothers.



Yesterday I get a frantic call from Scott that said "Ryan ate the boys toothpaste, Do I need to take him to the emergency room?" He said it was all over Ryan and the bathroom and he doesn't know how much of it he ate. Well, I don't know how harmful toothpaste is to babies so I Google it. Sure enough it says Kid's Crest toothpaste, if they swallow any more than the amount you brush your teeth with to contact a medical professional or call Poison Control. I decided to call Ryan's doctor's office. They give me the number to Poison Control who said Ryan would have had to eat almost the entire tube to cause any problems. Thank Goodness!!! My crazy little man was just fine but we now know he like the taste of toothpaste so we have to keep it out of reach so he doesn't go for a little snack while we aren't looking. Ryan will definitely keep us on our toes...

Friday, January 15, 2010

Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels...

My friend Kelly sent me this quote sometime in December and I will never forget it. I actually recite it several times a day to maintain focus. I am on a mission to get thin in 2010. I am done having babies and I need to get my body back in shape and live a healthy life for Scott and the boys. I joined Weight Watchers after Christmas and have really stuck to the program well so far. I am down 7lbs in 2 weeks and have my next weigh in on Wednesday. I hope to lose about 2lbs a week going forward until I reach my goal. I hope to be there by Easter. I have turned away so many treats lately in the office or lunch invites to Chipotle that I am so proud of myself. I have also been learning to cook over the last few months so I have been preparing great healthy meals for the family. I guess you could say this was my New Years Resolution for 2010. To improve my overall health as well as the health of my family and make more time for me. So I'm off to a great start. I have great support from my friends and I really think I can do it this time! I will keep you all posted on my progress and hopefully I will be a hot momma in a swim suit this season. You know... a momma type swimsuit. Gooooooooooooo ME!

Thursday, January 7, 2010

New Year New Look!

I decided to freshen the look of my blog today! Yay! This will carry us through Valentines day and then I will do it again. It really is fun to change it often and get a little creative. Not too much going on in our world except the boys are back in school from Christmas break, it's freezing cold here in Houston, and we are looking forward to a play date on Saturday with Michelle and her kiddos. I'm excited all of my TV shows are back on and hope to get to the movies soon with Scott to see Avatar. We need a date night soon. Any babysitters??? Call me!

I was flipping through old photos and came across one of Ryan's baptism that was one year ago exactly. It's amazing how fast they grow up! Look at this cutie. He just laid there all sweet and quiet. Little did we know how rough and tough this baby would be! I guess he has to keep up with his big brothers so he has to be tough.
January will be a quiet month for us. No big plans. I look forward to enjoying the quality time with all my boys. We have a few birthdays in the family this month so I wish you all the best birthday ever! Happy Birthday Lisa, Tyler, and Royce!

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Happy New Year!

I have really enjoyed being home for the past 5 days. I have done more around the house in the past 5 days than I have in the last 6 months. I cleaned out the kids rooms, organized, purchased new artwork and accessories and made the house feel so homey and warm. This momma LOVES a clean house. Scott and I also did a makeover on the boys bathroom. It was baseball stuff for a while and they asked for a monkey bathroom. We slowly bought monkey stuff and then BAM, we put it all together this weekend. I really love how it turned out. We didn't tell the boys we were doing it so once they went to sleep we got to work and the next morning they were so excited to walk into their monkey bathroom. We painted the walls and then hung the artwork and new shower curtain. Super cute and I love surprising them!!! Take a look...









We have some monkey towel hooks we need to hang up to finish it off. I bet they will outgrow this in a couple years but hey...we can always go back to the baseball bathroom.


The boys got an Easy Bake oven from Santa and here is some photos of the cookies they made yesterday. I forgot how freaking small all the easy bake goodies are. 6 tiny cookies are the size of one regular. Oh well, according to the boys it's "the best cookies they have ever had". I will try not to let that hurt my feelings because I think they are just in the moment. Here is Justin sprinkling the first batch of cookies.


Jayson eating his Easy Bake cookies...


This is just a cute photo of Ryan. He was proud to get in this chair and eat his snack at the little table like a big boy. Sweetie pie!



Back to Justin the baker... Fun times.



Until next time friends...