Saturday Fun

Saturday morning I dropped Kevin and Mary off at Magic Mountain for a fun morning. Teresa and I decided to go shopping. We went to the 99 cent store and had fun there. Then went to Old Navy and had more fun. She was a busy girl making everyone smile with all her cute smiles.

Mary wasn't really into the whole Magic Mountain thing this time. Kevin took her on the Log Jammer, since there is not a height requirement. Well, she did NOT like it. Every time they went down a hill or a bump she said "all done Daddy, all done". SO they made it to the end of the ride, but she was not happy about it. Couple more years and she'll be loving it. SO, they went to kiddo land and she did the Thomas the Train roller coaster and Tweety Bird and the carousel. Then they were done by 12:30. So, Teresa and I checked out of Old Navy and went and picked them up.

That night Corie came over for dinner. We like when Corie comes for dinner. Especially when she brings Bailey, her doggie. This was the first time Teresa had been around Bailey. She didn't really care for him. But Mary loves Bailey.

5%

Today at Weight Watchers I hit my 5% mark! Ok, that's only 11 pounds, but it's a mile stone for now. I'm on my way.
There are now a group of us girls doing this together, which helps. I started working on it with Jamie. We met in our walking group I was in. I still hang out with some of the other girls from the walking group as well. Four of us went to dinner one night and Jamie and I talked the other two into joining with us. So now all four of us are doing it together. It helps to work on it as a group. Makes it more fun to share stories and tips. We all seem to go on different days to the meetings but we are still doing it together. Jamie met me at the meeting today, which was nice. She was able to share in my celebration. They recognize and celebrate when you lose weight and hit any sort of mile stone, which makes you feel good about yourself. It's a big motivation. I love going to my meetings. It's like my other family. The leader is like my other mom coaching me.
SO, now on to less than a week and then off to a weekend of camping eating and drinking. We shall see how that goes. = )

what comes out of her mouth sometimes

Ok, so I just had to make a quick not of this. Last night Mary really wanted to go outside. Kevin just got home and I was busy trying to fix dinner. Kevin has his routine when he gets home and she was putting a dent into it. He changed his clothes, got a glass of wine, and then sat on the couch. Mary was bugging him to go outside. Then she looked at him and said "you can drink wine outside". Well, that got him to go out. HA HA

Friend Fun

Today the girls and I met up with an old friend, Heather, of mine who was in town from back east. I worked with her when I taught preschool at Pinecrest way back in 2000. We have had some fun times together and some silly memories. We got married the same year, 2005. She got pregnant that year, and so did I. She had a girl in April 2006 and I had a girl in July 2006. Her and her husband moved to Michigan two years ago, we stayed here. Last year I turned up pregnant and so did she. I had a girl in December 2008 and she had another girl in April 2009. We are just following each other's foot steps. I think it stops here though. We don't' plan to have anymore kids, but they want to have at least one more. I hope she does not jinx me to end up pregnant.

SO, Mary and Kaitlyn are 2 1/2 months apart and Teresa and Christine are about 3 1/2 months apart.

We met at a park for the girls to play then we went to McDonalds for lunch and more playing. It was a McDonalds Mary has never been to and they had a much bigger play yard and she was not into it and was scared. Kaitlyn was brave and went for it. THEN she got stuck and couldn't get down. Heather was not happy and headed up climbing up there to find her. Well, she could only make it so far. I didn't not get a picture of that, and I"m sure she is glad I didn't. It was kinda silly to watch. BUT, if I had to do it, I would have too. Eventually Kaitlyn came down on her own, but it took some time.

Mary took a good 2 1/2 hour nap after that fun time!

Nearing No Naps

Ugh, I knew this day would come, but not now! Mary is slowly cutting out her naps. I really look forward to my hour or two a day w/out having to worry and chase her around the house. Especially now that Teresa naps at that time too. She has started not wanting to take naps at my mom's house. Usually I can get her to go down here no matter what, but not the last day or two. Now that she can figure out how to get out of her room it is a challenge. So, today I REALLY wanted to work out so I took her to her room and put her down. I then fed Teresa and put her down. Ok, all good, NOT! Mary starts calling me and so I go up to see what's up. She tells me she does not want to sleep and wants to go down stairs. Ok, I tell her she can as long as she lays on the couch and lets me work out. Well I'm sure you can imagine how well that went. I started my work out DVD over again THREE times and lotsa reprimanding and telling her to be quiet I FINALLY got my work out done. AND thankfully Teresa was still asleep. We have a pack-n-play downstairs and I had put her in that to sleep. So, anyway, she finally at 4:00 decided she wants to relax and is tired and lays down on the living room floor. and this is where she decides to take her nap. Hey, wherever it happens, GREAT! It just kinda makes it tougher to get stuff done, but she's napping!

Teresa is happy asleep in her bed. God I love nap time!!!!

Finger Food Fun

The doctor told me I could start giving Teresa finger foods. So I bought some baby snacks. She loves the idea and is trying hard to get them in her mouth. She gets them all wet and then they stick to her. It's pretty funny and cute.

1/3rd Of The Way There!!

I went to weigh in at Weight Watchers today. It was ALL good. I'm 10.6 down! Only 20 more to go! I made it this far in only 8 weeks, so I feel I shall reach my goal. I am going to go celebrate tonight with the girls with Mexican food and Margaritas. Bring it on!!

I'm Too Old To Sleep On The Floor!!

SO, Mary is sick and making her all Winny and icky. We put her to bed last night and she was good. Well, 11:00 came around and I heard her crying. SO, I kicked Kevin to go see what the issue was. He called her down and came back to bed. 1/2 hour later she was crying again. He went back and tried to calm her down. I decided to get the comforter and my pillow and go lay down on the floor next to her and keep her calm. That's what my mom used to do when we had bad dreams and such. Well, let me tell you, that floor is NOT soft. They she end dup on the floor next to me coughing. SO, of course, I woke up not feeling great. SUPER!! Every time she coughed she woke herself up and. Finally at 3:30 or so I went to the bathroom and went back to my own bed. Let me say that I didn't get much sleep last night. I took her to the doctor on Wednesday and he said it was just a basic cold and we had to let it run it's course and to give her pain reliever if needed and give it another week. That's not what I wanted to hear, but fine. I hope it doesn't last another week.

6 months flew by

Today Teresa is 6 months old. HOLLY COW!! Time flies. We took her to the doctor today for her check up. She is 19 pounds and 28 inches long. 97% for height and 93% for weight. She's growing strong and healthy. She talks and babbles all day long and she scoots around on the floor, somehow. She wants to crawl, but can't quite figure out how yet. I'm in no hurry for that to happen. When it does, it does. As she was screaming during her three shots I was able to get a good look at her two teeth she just broke. Nice and white tips. This teething thing has been not fun. I didn't remember how it was for Mary, but now I do. We shall get through this. But she's a happy healthy baby!!

Teething Fun, NOT!

Teresa has been teething for a while, but on Saturday she broker her first tooth. Friday night she was the biggest pistol. Making my night NO fun! I was willing to do anything, almost to get her to stop screaming. She would not leave my arms to go to bed. So, finally I gave in and put her next to me in bed. Well, that worked. I always said I'd NEVER do that. I needed sleep, so I was willing to do it. It worked and we both got sleep. The next morning Kevin had his finger in her mouth and he felt a sharp point. Well, that would explain the little sleep. So, now we are full on teething. Today I went out and bought any teething toy or pain reliever I could find at Walmart. Only a whole mouth full to go. Oh Joy!

A Weekend In The Clouds

Thursday we left for a long weekend away in Lake Arrowhead for a high school friend's wedding. We had this planned a whole year ago. Above, are the friends I mainly hung out with my senior year. We all swam on the swim team together. Steve, not in the picture, was the one getting married. They were getting married at Pine ROse Cabins in Arrowhead. So a year ago Kevin and I tried to get a cabin for just the two of us, but NOTHING was available. The only thing open was a 22 person lodge. SO, I email'd all my friends and we decided to get it as a group. Suzanne, in green, has a one year old girl and we have the two girls. We thought we'd make it a family sort of trip. Catherine, Suzanne's sister came to help with Anna, and mom and dad came to help with Mary and Teresa. It all worked out great. The only bummer was that it was cold and foggy all the time but for the brief moment of the wedding, and of course, the day we left.

Mary had a blast, even though it was cold. Papa took her on walks to wear her out.

Then we went down the The Village where all the shops and the lake was at. Mary had a super great time feeding the ducks. It was so cute.

Saturday was the wedding. We woke up and the fog was so thick, it was raining. What a way to begin your wedding day. The wedding was planned to be outside, no other options. We were all worried for them, but for us too who would have to be outside for this event. Luckily as the day went on the clouds started to go away and let the sun come out. The sun came out just long enough for the wedding to happen and get some pictures in. It was like magic how perfect that happened. Then when all that was over and dancing began the fog started to roll back in. So we had to dance harder and drink more. We had a super time

Back On Track

We are going away this weekend and so I would not be able to go weigh in on Saturday. So I went and weighed in this morning. I stepped on my own scale and was happy so I thought I'd go see what was real. I'm back!! I am down a total of 8 pounds now! Wahoo! I can go on our trip this weekend on not worry about it. I didn't work out every day like I did the week before, so I think that helped. Hey, whatever works!

Pictures of the girls

Celebrating Amy's Wedding

Some of us were not able to make it to Cabo for Matt and Amy's wedding, so we decided to all get together and celebrate on our own at the same time they were saying 'I DO'. We all got together at our local Mexican place, La Cocina. Always yummy and one of Matt and Amy's favorite places to go. We had a good time. They are officially married now as of June 5th at 5:30. They are all back from their trip. I have not seen them yet, but I can't wait to see pictures and hear stories.

Dissapointing

Ok, so today was weigh in at Weight Watchers. I worked my butt off all week long. I did my weight watcher work out almost every day and went walking one day. Well, I ended up gaining almost a pound and a half. WHAT'S UP WITH THAT??? Well, the guy told me that I screwed up my body's chemicals and I just need to keep doing it and it will all balance out. Well, that's not what I wanted to hear. BUT, I will keep doing what I'm going and see what happens next time. Oh well, can't always loose I guess.