Tomorrow my baby turns two. She is officially not a baby. She is so big and so freaking cute! No more babies for me. I am so old. I’m feeling completely ineloquent (that’s right, I may have made up a word, its ok, you get it) tonight. Tomorrow I’ll post with a cute picture.Not sure what to make of being two.
Archive for June, 2007
It occured to me yesterday when I was trying to decide what to have for dinner while feeling guilty after another weekend of fast food, snack cakes, and nachos, that I don’t have to be outta control. True, I’d gone a little snack-happy after my surgery, and I’ve been not only eating out more than I should, but not neccesarily ordering the best things for me. And I’d gained back so much weight so quickly that I had really been feeling like I was back at square one. But I am NOT back at square one! Yes, I’ve gained back 9 of the 15 pounds that I’d lost, but that still means I am down 6 pounds and I can go back to losing more with just a little more attention paid to what I allow in my mouth. And my surgery wounds have healed now so there is no reason I can’t go back to exercising every day. I was so ready to give up on all the progress I’d made since the beginning of the year but what had occured to me yesterday was that all the time I’d been feeling guilty about eating and not exercising has just been this last month. One bad month out of six really good ones–not the end of the world! My month is over! So, this morning I got up and had a yogurt and a vitamin. I had a light lunch and we’re planning corn on the cob for dinner. It’s not as yummy, but in the past I’ve eaten corn without butter or salt, so I’ll do that tonight. I’m planning to go for a walk this evening when it cools down a bit, and if it doesn’t then I will either do some time on my elliptical machine or I will do my walking dvd. I’m going to double my efforts. And now that I have a better idea what my body needs I hope to lose the weight a bit faster. Maybe I can drop another 15 before August. Wishful thinking, I’m sure, but feel free to ask me how I’m doing and keep me accountable.
Last night just before putting her to bed, Elena found an almost empty roll of paper towels and held it up to her eye and squawked “Pi-ate!” (Pirate) over and over again each time more excitable than the next! I wish I’d been able to catch it on film.
For the first time in probably over a year…maybe even two, I am enforcing a quiet time. I emptied the pool over the weekend because the kids had gotten so much dirt in it and we need to move it periodically so it doesn’t kill the grass we’ve been trying so hard to grow! And since we have had plans a few days this week and we are leaving for the weekend I decided not to refill the pool again until we get back. So I have been allowing the kids to play GameCube to help occupy their time, and generally I would say that they have been improving at the “not fighting or whining when you lose” thing, but…and this is too big a but to ignore any longer, they have been getting up increasingly earlier in order to play GameCube and Cameron especially is suffering behaviorally from lack of sleep. So, after having to take ALL the kids to the grocery store with me this afternoon, I treated them to Wendy’s sandwiches and now I have put them to bed. I told them they don’t have to sleep, but they do have to stay in their own beds and they have to be quiet enough that Elena can fall asleep.
Can you believe it was 8 years ago today that we said I do? Many of you blog attendees were there. Some party, huh? Here are a few photo highlights from this day eight years ago.
It hasn’t all been cake, Star Wars, and sparkling white grape juice, but it has been pretty good. Eight years, four children, ten moves, and sixty pounds later, I still LOVE you sooo much Josh. You are a good partner and a good man. And I still consider myself lucky to have caught such a fox! Also, I’d like to thank all of you who have been a part of our lives and helped us get through these last eight years together. Your love and support and friendship and babysitting have meant so much to us! We all look forward to many more happy years together!
So guess what! It’s raining today! I knew the pool fun would be short lived. Well, at least so far it’s not storming and blowing crap into the pool so perhaps the weather will improve and we’ll still be able to use the same water. Actually, the sun appears to be trying to come out now. And the kids did play outside ALL day yesterday. Yes, they got a little sun. But I’m pretty sure none of them are burned, so that’s good. I had a bit of a treat yesterday, too. Josh made me a pan full of those chewy, peanut butter, corn flake bars. Luckily my kids have decided they like them after all and so I’ve been stopped from eating the entire pan by their own snitching. Last night I watched a really fascinating show about the underground city of caves beneath modern day Budapest, Hungary. I really know very little about Hungary even though one of my best friends in high school was a Hungarian German exchange student. She actually got married in Budapest and invited me to the wedding, and I would’ve killed to go, but the timing just didn’t work for me…I think maybe I was pretty pregnant with Elise…or Cameron, I don’t remember now, it’s been a while. Anyway, Budapest–fascinating, beautiful, crazy-historical, would love to go, totally recommend it. The kids fell asleep watching about the caves and asked if they could finish it today. They were up past their bedtimes because we got a late start watching the Extreme Makeover Home Edition which has become a bit of a new family tradition. We usually watch it on Mondays, but I think we all forgot this week so we watched it last night. The kids enjoy it and I like for them to see both what it’s like for people with real needs and people who give service and volunteer to help thhose in need. It also helps us show and explain some things to the kids that I might not otherwise know how to approach. Like treating people with disabilities with respect. Cameron is still sort of bored with the show and usually falls asleep right away, but Jacob at least gets very moved every time and he is wanting to go to the website and learn how he can help out. I also watched the Deadliest Catch last night, but Josh was too tired to watch After the Catch, so we’ll have to catch up on that one tonight–probably AFTER SYTYCD!!! I’m glad to have so much good programming right now. It helps the time until the Wheelers get here to pass more quickly.
To those of you who check our site regularly and or look forward to getting the emails that let you know I’ve posted something new, I apologize for not having posted much recently–and there’s been so much going on that could be posted about! But you see, between the almost week I was in the hospital, and then the recovery, and then the Big holiday weekend, I just got away from the computer for so long and out of the habit of keeping you all “posted.” But now things are starting to normalize around here and I am getting adjusted to having ALL the kids at home ALL day EVERY day. ;S Today we put up the pool in the backyard. I told the kids we’d do it last week, but its been stormy off and on and not consistantly hot. So, here are the first shots of the kids enjoying the pool this Summer!
