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I am still here....losing slowly....but no internet at work makes it hard to keep up daily. My daughter broke her wrist friday night and started Kindergarten on Monday. Its been a busy month so far.

Check in when I can!

Day 12 - Finally Friday

Its been a crappy day at work the past couple days. Wednesday I got a virus that crashed my whole computer at work and of course it was from my hotmail acct which we are not really supposed to be on. So I sat around most of the day weds and half the day thurs with no computer and no being watched like a hawk, so I cant get online at work for any reason! WAHH!

So here I sit at my kitchen table with my mini laptop eating a few cups of popcorn.

My eating has been really good the past few days, I even saw 210 on the scale this am...granted it was 210.8, but whatever it was 210! I am hoping that I can continue to lose about 3 lbs a week, I know it will slow down once I hit around 180, at least it did last time I lost weight. I had to basically change up everything I was doing to get over that hump, then it came off slower, but still CAME OFF.

I am feeling so much better about myself that I know this time is IT! The time I will lose 70lbs.

Day Eleven - Weigh In

So today I weighed 211.7. I think it would have been even less, but I had a date last night with my hubby. I ate light at breakfast and lunch so I could enjoy (much smaller portions) of dinner. We went to Outback. We shared the Melbourne steak, a side salad, garlic mashed potatoes and some bacon cheese fries. I ate about 700 calories all together. It felt GREAT to sit back after dinner and not feel like I was going to blow from being so STUFFED!

We went to the movies after and I had half a small popcorn and half of a sprite. So all in all I went over my calories by 250, but I did walk/run and made WAY better choices than I used to.

So I started AGAIN on July 26th.....so in 11 days I have lost 5.3lbs. Not as much as I had hoped, but I cant complain. I am hoping for a bigger loss tomorrow morning when I get some of this sodium outa my body!

Day 10 - Really only ten days

So I feel like I have been eating better and working out for months LOL but its been 10 days. Ten small days with some big victories, which is a good thing.

nothing to exciting to report today. Ate well and walked.

Day 9 - Another success

Had another good day yesterday. Went to The Elephant Bar with a bunch of friends. Luckily for me they had the nutritional information INSIDE the menu, so really no excuse to eat something and claim I didn't know how BAD it was. Nothing was really that healthy there but all sounded so good! I got a salad with apples, gorgonzola cheese and walnuts. 410 cals. I had 3 french fries, one small lettuce wrap and a few chips with artichoke dip. Now the dip and the french fries were not the greatest, but I counted them in my calories for the day and was still under my 1500 max. I felt in control, didn't eat them JUST to eat them. I wanted a taste, had one and moved on. That makes me feel REALLY good!

My son was up a ton last night, I got really crappy sleep so when the alarm went off for working out, I didn't get up. BUT tonight is night one of NO TV, so I will have plenty of time to listen to my ipod and get out walking!

The scale was down another pound....feeling really good about my progress this past week. I changed my weight loss ticker to reflect my goal for Disneyland.

Have a Blessed day!

Laughing cow

Wow so I have read about Laughing Cow all over the diet blogs. Um ok why did I wait SO long to try it! DELISH! Having a couple wedges with my lunch today and wow for 70 cals its so creamy!!

Weekend One...day 6 & 7 & 8 - Dehydrated Much?

Very proud to report I did really good this weekend with everything except water. That will have to be my goal for next weekend, STEP up the water! I didn't drink much other stuff, I just didn't drink anything. I had one coffee and one diet A&W through out the weekend.

Last night I went to Applebees with my parents and sister. I had a salad = good....and then had one mozzarella stick, 2 buffalo chicken bites and one small quesadilla. I felt in control, I didn't CHOW down majorly on anything, but ugh I felt SO SICK after I got home. To the point of wanting to throw up LOL! So that helps to keep my head clear about my eating. I didn't over indulge, but I still feel WAY better when I am eating clean. Tonight I am meeting a bunch of friends at The Elephant Bar. So going to make sure to eat something small before I go so I don't get there starving and blow it!


I was down to 212 this morning, last Monday I was back up to 217, so I am happy with the 5 lbs I lost this week. Now I am going to work my butt off this week to lose another good chunk so my weigh in on Thurs is nice!


We are taking the kids to Disneyland in Sept. I want to be able to swim and not feel like a whale, ride rides and be comfortable, walk without being winded. I know 8 weeks isn't a huge amount of time, but even losing 2lbs a week, is still 16 less I have to lug around Disney and I will be down into onerland before my vacation!

The other night I watched the movie Fireproof. I have read and done some of the book, but something in the movie hit me when Kirk Cameron (male lead) smashed up his computer. He was spending to much time on there doing BAD things LOL Anyhow, it got me thinking about the amount of TV I watch in an average day/week. TO MUCH...all the dumb reality shows, cooking shows etc. Thinking ok, if the kids went to bed and I spent 2-3 hours scrap booking, sewing, organizing a closet or baking (all things I love to do), I could get SO much accomplished! So starting tomorrow I will have a no TV week...which means cutting it out for my kids as well. I think the time we can spend together playing and reading will be worth it!



Goals for last week:
1. Get up and work out for 30 mins each morning - I worked out Tues-Fri. I havent decided if I am going to step it up and do weekends too??
2. Drink at least 50oz of water a day - I did this Mon-Fri, weekends not so much!
3. No soda or dessert - I had one diet A&W and some plain popcorn last night, other than that NADA!


Goals for this week:
1. Drink my water - EVEN on the weekends!
2. No dessert or soda
3. No TV!
4. Workout at least 150 minutes!


Total side note...but my son slept from 9:30 - 7:20 when I had to wake him up to get ready for the day!! Talk about feeling good this morning! All things are way more tolerable when you are rested!

Day 5 - Back down

Yesterday was another great day on plan. I am thinking "hoping" * praying* the headache I have had all week is gone. Hope I didn't just jinx myself! My weight was back down to what I started this week. I will wait until next Friday to post an official weigh in. Last night I did 20 mins on my elliptical, man that thing makes me sweat! Its always easier when I have some show like Big Brother to rot my brain while working out. If I haven't mentioned it before, I am a reality show junkie. It drives my hubby nuts!

AF is still horrible....but I cant expect much less since its the first one in a year or so.

Tonight is all about cupcakes. I have 70 cupcakes to bake, fill, frost and top with these adorable cherries I made out of fondant for a 1 yr olds birthday tomorrow. I have been really trying to get my cake business going again, since slacking a bit while I was pregnant and not having the energy to bake after working all day. I had two orders for this weekend and I finished the other one last night. 25 cookies for a baby shower as well as made two bow boards (Why do I stay up so late LOL). I am having a tasting at my house in early Sept where I will make a bunch of my goodies, invite a ton of people to come taste and hopefully this will spark some orders. I found a bunch of new recipes to try for fall and winter.

I forgot my lunch today, so I hope I have enough random stuff here to eat for the day. I know I have a fiber bar, some grapes and cucumbers...hopefully I have some protein in my bag too!

Day 4 - Survived

Well I am very proud that I managed to stay away from the cake and the pizza yesterday! I sang Happy Birthday and stood with my hands in my pockets while everyone had cake. I stayed for a few minutes then RAN out so I didn't have to spend to much time eyeing the cake. I will say I walked by it a few times in the kitchen and thought hmm I could just have a sliver..I could just taste the frosting. Its funny because the cake that is always brought in is white with fruit with butter cream frosting. I do not eat that kind. I like chocolate with chocolate or at least chocolate with some whip cream frosting. Which is exactly what was brought in yesterday. Temptation at it greatest and I OVERCAME! Score one for me!

Then we had a get together with some of our Life Groups from church at a pizza place. All you can eat pizza for 5$. I paid 7$ to get the salad bar, had 2 salads and some cottage cheese with a half of glass of lemonade. SCORE another for me! I feel really great today knowing I made way better choices than I would have even last week. Then I wake up to find the scale UP today. Way to rain on my parade LOL! But I started af for the first time since I found out I was prego, so I am sure that is affecting me in some way.

Other changes going on....P was offered a part time job at our church. He will be running the high school youth group. He was on staff for almost two years but when the old youth pastor left he decided to stop helping since he was so involved with the band and we were expecting Joe. I am scared and excited as this will be such a big step for our family, stepping up our faith, tithing more, relying on God even more than we do now to help us (ME) get through a few more nights a week that he isn't home. P always assumed he would be employed at a church, but always figured it would be music (he can play anything you put in front of him as well as sing so beautifully) so when this opportunity presented itself, he was shocked. But after much praying we decided he should do it. I found a gal at church to come watch my kids 2 Sundays a month (at night) so I can go help him with youth and be a part of it all. It will be a big stretch for me as I am not really outgoing, have a hard time with crowds, but as always God will stretch me and provide me with what I need to make it work! GOD IS GOOD!

cake

I dont need cake, I dont want cake, it makes me fat, say NO to the cake, back away from the cake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Edited** I made it NO CAKE! now onto dinner. Pizza with a group from church. I am having salad and water. GO ME! NO PIZZA NO PIZZA! It will be easier tonight, hubby is with me..he will STOP me if I get grabby :)

Day 3 - Choosing my HARD

Yesterday was rough. My day of no carbs. I guess I never realized how much I ate carbs on any given day. I stayed on plan 100%. Some cottage cheese, grapes, an apple, cobb salad for dinner with steak and lots of veggies. (more fruit than I have eaten in months - I do not like most fruit)

Today there will be cake...chocolate cake. It will take ALL the willpower I HAVE to say no thanks. Its my bosses birthday but I CANT mess up on day 3. That's how my downfalls begin. Just one small piece of cake leads me to too many crackers which leads to the next day starting with a starbucks etc. SO NO CAKE FOR ME! I can do this. I am strong. I AM CHOOSING MY HARD. See Lyns post from Monday. She speaks to me...so many of her posts make me cry, make me think....hit me right where I need it! Thanks Lyn!

I got up and walked this morning, another 2 miles....creeping back down to 212 I had hit a few weeks ago. So I think tomorrow I will be back there and start over fresh next week with a real loss!

Day 2 - carbless

Feeling really great. This is why I eat right, I feel better, DUH! Reminding myself of this is always my biggest struggle. Remembering that when I put healthy things into my body I feel so much better..healthy, energetic, I wake up easier in the morning, that skinnier feeling even though you haven't lost any weight.

I made sure to go bed early so I could get up and walk/jog this morning. Josiah had his longest night of sleep (WOOHOO) from 9:30-5. I got up and fed him and figured since I was up, I might as well get on with my exercise instead of going back to bed for 30 mins. I walked/jogged 2 miles. The air was cool and it felt great...despite my sore knees, pain in my side and no ipod! But I did it and am already sore! I had a about 30 extra minutes of time this morning so there was no rushing around getting everyone ready. I plan to do the same tomorrow. Although 5am is REALLY EARLY...I like the way I feel right now.

I made it with no soda and no dessert last night. I will say the no dessert was hard. I kept thinking of things I wanted...trying to justify them, but managed to battle through and not have anything. I got some feta cheese to add with spinach and brown rice for dinner this week and as I was packing my lunch I thought mmm that would be good with some grapes. So that's what I had for breakfast on my way to work. feta cheese and grapes! Yum it was tasty!

I have decided to do every other day with no carbs just to help kick my body into gear a bit faster, so today is no carb (besides fruit)

so here's to day 2!!

Day One gone...but not forgotten

Ugh so I was having problems sticking to my diet....getting to my computer to post....had out of town company....ahh well I have no good excuses!

Saw a friend of mine yesterday, she is looking GREAT and got me motivated to get moving again. I know I will feel better once I get 5-10lbs of weight off.

I am back at work today, so far 100% on plan.So here's to a fresh start! Tomorrow morning I am going to get up at 6am to walk/jog for 30 mins and work on getting ALL my water drank and cutting out my soda again (even though its diet, It cant be helping).

So my goals for this week are:
1. Get up and work out for 30 mins each morning
2. Drink at least 50oz of water
3. No soda or dessert

down a bit more

Well the weight is not magically falling off....but its slowly getting outa here. Down 1.2 today. I was hoping for more of a total loss for the month of June, but at least I lost some...and some is better than none. 5lbs. I need to get moving. I have my 10K in 3 and a 1/2 weeks and am lagging big time in getting moving for that. I just cant find the time. With not getting solid sleep at night (baby) I am not sure waking up at 6am to go run would work, during the day its over 100 and with 3 kids walking just wont happen, and at night P is busy half the time so that's a challenge too. I know excuses excuses. I need to just MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Tonight we are taking the kids to see Toy Story 3. I am just as excited as they are!!

hopeful

So its been HOT here....over 100 for days in a row. We have been doing tons of swimming. Trying to stay cool and keep busy. I have less than 4 weeks left at home. Bittersweet. I love being home..but truly NOT cut out to be a stay at home mom.

My son is three today. Hardly seems possible that I had him that long ago and that I have ANOTHER kid!

We have 2 wedding to go to this coming weekend/week. I went to Kohl's to search for a dress. Came out with a cute top to wear with a black skirt instead. I dont wear dresses typically so I am not sure why I went searching for one. At least the top I can wear to work when I go back. I am still having problems with my stomach being so wiggly and still sticking out a bit even though I am at my pre-preg weight. I need to lose at least 10lbs before I go back to work to avoid wearing maternity pants back!!

Cereal

So I have discovered over the past weeks I have been home that cereal is a BIG trigger for me. I eat a normal size, measured out bowl of healthy cereal. AND I WANT MORE! and more and more. I swear I could eat an entire box! I eat good for me cereal with low fat milk....why oh why do I want a trough of it! LOL

weigh in

-.8

Not super pretty, but its DOWN which is good. I have only been counting points for 3 days, so I think next week will show a bigger loss.

6/22 Food Log

not a super pretty lunch today

Fiber bar 2
Pizza 14 (bbq chicken)
soda 5
salad 0
ranch 3
homemade nachos 12 (chips, cheese, sour cream, avacado, olives)
popcorn 2
Diet A&W 0

Total points 38
Water 48 oz

Weight Watchers

I want to join, but to cheap to spend 40$ a month. So I got out all my old books and my points calculator. My handy notebook and pen for logging what I eat. My friend checked my points and since I am bf I get 38! That seems like a LOT! So today marks day one....

Sat is my sons party. He is turning three...makes me sad, its hard to believe he is almost 3! He wants a Toy Story party. We are doing pizza and cupcakes at the water park since it will probably be about 90 degrees out. I am going to make some Woody sheriff badges and some Jessie cowgirl hat cookies for favors. I was doing really great with my cake business, then got pregnant, got tired and haven't put much effort into it. So I am going to spend the next few weeks making stuff to get business going again.

Day one:
cheese stick 2
fiber bar 2
bagel thin 1
egg 2
turkey 1
mayo 3
sprite 3
pretzels 2
green salad with bacon bits and ranch 3 (Wendy's)
baked potato with butter and sour cream 7
root-beer 3
animal cookies 3
Popcorn 2
Apple juice 2

36 points today.
32 oz of water

Friendships

I love to read other weight loss blogs. They inspire me to keep going. From being heavy to doing a bikini competition to crossing over into ONEderland. The happiness I feel for people I don't even know is awesome. What a wonderful community here in bloggyland. Which brings me to a problem I just recently realized I had. I have been struggling lately with friendships. I typically only have a few friends at a time, its just how I roll.

Right now my best friend and I live a couple hours apart, don't talk much and I am totally disconnected from her no matter how hard I try to keep close. We have been best friends for 10 years, both have young kids, but life just gets in the way.

I have another friend that I share a lot of weight loss stuff with as well as some personal stuff since she is BIL's gf. I really enjoy her company, but again we are a few hours away from each other so there is little to no time for "girl" time.

I have another great friend whom I have never met, she is my best friend right now despite us never meeting. Her and her family are coming to visit us next month and I am SO EXCITED! We have so much in common, from little things to big things...we share weight loss struggles, kid ups and downs, husband crap...even have tattoos in same places LOL hmm I hope she is real ;)

I had a really great friend who lived close and we did a lot together....she recently moved to another state.

Which brings me to the current. I really have no good friends in my town, that I can chat with, hang out with etc. I have such a hard time putting myself out there to create friendships. My sister and SIL both live here, so I hang out with them alot, but I always feel like I am either left out of fun plans or I have to sort of invite myself to things. They both have tons of friends and are just both "good" at having friends I guess. I'm not sure what I need to do to make myself more accessible as a friend....how to put myself out there more...

One a much different note....Tonight is my nieces bridal shower. Its hard to believe that my oldest niece and oldest nephew are getting married and both have babies....at the same time I had my 3rd! Makes me feel old!

Weigh in

I am down 2.4 lbs today. I cant say I did much to "earn" that loss, but I will take it either way. It just dawned on me that I only have FIVE weeks until my 10k and I have yet to do anything to prepare for it. So starting tonight I am going to get on it. Hoping to get some good walking/running done once it cools off tonight.

I am finding it near impossible to sit down and blog my thoughts daily. I get the kids down for a nap and I either clean something or nap myself. Josiah is getting into a night groove slowly. He eats around 11pm, eats around 3am, and then from there is a bit sporadic. I am hoping in the next few weeks he can eat at 3am and then sleep until 7am when the other kids are starting to get up.

Dang scale

So how is it that I weigh today and the scale said 214.4....thats almost 3 lbs lost LOL I guess next week will be a good weigh in ;)

Thanks for all of your nice comments!

and as Jen commented

"To get big results, you gotta give big effort" Isnt that the truth...I totally am doing a half ass job right now. But yesterday and today have been better, so thats a positive!

.6

Well I lost a measly .6 this week. SUCKY. I didnt give it full effort whats so ever. Its sooo hard to go from eating whatever I want to really paying attention.

We had bunco Monday night and EVERYONE there got sick yesterday with some 24 flu. It was rough. Aches, chills, throwing up, diarrhea and a fever. All came and went in 24. Josiah was there with me too and so far he has been ok, Thank God!

I had one cracker and one piece of toast all day yesterday and today only a little bit of chicken and some white rice just to be on the safe side. I feel starving, but too scared to make my stomach worse.

2

Well my eating wasn't on total point yesterday. We are having a family camp at church last night and the next two nights where they are serving bbq and different families bring sides and dessert. I had a hot dog, chips, cucumbers and some chocolate cake. Tonight I plan to SKIP the dessert. I swear it was like I never once thought "hey you are on plan here, don't eat that". Have to break that habit since I have been eating whatever I want for the past year!

I went to Walmart earlier today to find some shorts/capris to wear between now and when my old clothes actually fit again. I was wearing a 14 before I got preg, now I am almost the same weight and there is a good inch and a half to go before they will even button! I ended up with a 2 pairs of shorts and a pair of jean capris, one a 16m the other 2 18's. That made me sad, then determined to only be wearing those another month as I lose some weight and get this stomach shrunk back down a bit!

here are my before pics...also look bigger than I thought I did...but just more motivation to get moving!

Today I did 23 mins on the elliptical and burned 200 cals. Slowly working my way up to 45 mins! I think tonight I might do some light weights and sit-ups after church.

B: cheerios
S: handful of pretzel sticks, 4oz apple juice
L: smart one, water, lemonade

Day 1

so I ate WAY more than I needed to all weekend knowing I was starting fresh today. So I am starting at 217.8. My goal is 150, so a little over 65 lbs to lose. I can do it, have done it before...just will take some time!

I have to figure out how many calories I should aim for since I am breastfeeding still. I know I need to eat more than I would typically, but I also know that replacing soda with water and junk food with fruit and cheese wont hurt the baby LOL! any ideas on the calories?

Day one...elliptical 20 mins, 167 cals. I am dying LOL! It was slow going and lots of sweat! I decided to wait on joining the gym until I prove to myself I am on track with eating right and working out on my elliptical or walking/running. I am going to do the couch to 10K starting next Mon to get ready for my 10k at the end of July.

I took some before pics so I will get those posted soon.

I am feeling good that I chose working out over the nap I wanted. I think Josiah knew I had to start today, he gave me a 4 hour chunk of sleep last night. SO NICE!

The Gym

I used to belong to a gym before I got pregnant with Jamison. I worked out through my whole pregnancy and felt great. Then had her, moved to a new city and lost my workout partner. I never went back.

Well I have decided to join the gym once again. I LOVE the gym...I love to run and since I have to get training for my 10K in July I have to get moving!

I am excited!

My weight

Today I am almost back to my pre-preg weight. I decided to pull out some of my old clothes and see what fit and what didn't yet. Um nothing fit LOL! Oh well I am only a week and a few days out from labor, not sure why I thought my body would get back to normal that fast when it didn't the last two times.

I am at 215lbs today. My goal is 150lbs. I am starting back next Monday with working out (walking and light elliptical) and get my eating reigned back in. I hope to lose a bit more by then with the breastfeeding.

The story...

I went in on May 14th at 11am to be induced. Started the process and by 7pm had only dilated a little bit and was just feeling contractions starting. By 3am I hadn't progressed much more so the doctor broke my water and I got a shot in my back for the pain. They told me it would last 2-5 hours....they don't do epidurals at my hospital anymore. Paul and I went to sleep as it had been a long day of nothing going on. I woke up at 7am and was feeling the contractions slightly. I was dilated to 9cm. It took over 2 hours for me to get to 10 and the pain meds had worn off. BUMMER! After 13 mins of pushing our biggest baby Josiah Vaughn was born. 9lbs 3.4 oz and 20.5 inches. He was born at 9:34am! He looks just like Jackson did when he was born just a bit bigger!

He's Here!

My BIG man made his entrance on May 15th at 9:34am, weighing 9lbs, 3.4oz (weird huh?) and was 20.5 inches long. He looks exactly like his big brother did and is such a good baby. I am adjusting to life at home with 3 kids! I will be back later to post my birth story and my upcoming plan to get back on the weight loss wagon!

Josiah Vaughn

My kiddos!

Jamison is in LOVE with Lil Joe

I am massive and at the end of my rope!

Friday is the big day, this kid will finally come out and meet us!

28 days

well not to much more time to go until there is an end to my final pregnancy. I am ready to meet my second son...REALLY ready. I know someday I will miss the feeling of someone kicking inside, hiccups etc, but right now I am spent.

I started the week off feeling better, cold went away, cough went away, finally was feeling somewhat back to normal and by yesterday I was back to my old whiney uncomfortable self. I have alot to be thankful for and I am trying to look at those thigns instead of making myself more misserable thinking about all the negative.

I am healthy, my kids are healthy and so is my hubby
I was able to get a pedicure on Weds.
My baby shower is tomorrow and I get to see some friends I havent seen in a long time
I only have 28 days at the MOST
I lost some of my mucus plug ( I know TMI)
I dont have much swelling
I used 2 of my house cleaning hours today and she just texted and said my house is all clean and sparkly :)

Wharf to Wharf

Well call me crazy, but I signed up for Wharf to Wharf again this year. A 10K run from Santa Cruz to Capitola. A beaufitul run!! Last year I finished in the nick of time, running....slowly...this year I will be approx 10 weeks post pardem. So I think I will be doing more walking than running, but I want to do it still and keep up the tradition!

I plan to start walking after 2 weeks and then adding in more hardcore workouts as my body allows. I tend to recover fast, so hoping this time is no different.

38 days...

I had my 34 week appt yesterday. After my last appt and measuring 5 1/2 weeks ahead this time I am only 2 1/2 weeks ahead, slowly catching up. My doctor things Josiah is just spread out in there causing me to measure big.

I also set up my induction day....May 14th will be the BIG day. Its my brothers birthday, a few days before my nephews, so we shall see if Josiah waits until then or wants out sooner.

I also found out I have to work an additional week as well as come back a week earlier due to FMLA only covering 12 weeks. I guess my last job (I had with both kids) didn't care if I took the additional 4 weeks off, but this job does. And with my bosses wife doing my job while I am gone AND the company up for sale, I cant risk anything! So my last day will be April 23rd.

So my kitty is fine. We brought him home and he made a full recovery :) THEN decided to chew two holes in himself. So he is on antibiotics AND has to wear one of those cones. I will post a pic, its hysterical although I am sure he doesn't think so!

I have swelling, contractions a bit and then I got a cold. Today I barely have a voice left!

My baby shower is April 17th. P and his brother are going to paint the boys room that day as well as set up the bedding (BIL bought Jackson new bedding :) and hang the stuff I have made for the room up. I cant wait to see it all finished!

Things to do

53 days left of this pregnancy if I make it that long. As of yesterday at my appt I am up 20lbs and measuring 37.5 weeks. ( I am only 32 weeks!!) My doc said to not be concerned and we will do an u/s in a few weeks to see why I am measuring so big. Easy for him to say since he is not the one carrying around this heavy belly. I will say I def feel like I am 37 weeks vs 32!


I am feeling a bit overwhelmed by the things that still need to be done. I have procrastinated and now I don't want to do any of them LOL! The main thing is the boys room. We still have to paint and I have to finish the bedding I am making for Josiah's crib. I have it pinned, just need to sew it. My SIL is watching the kids overnight in April so P and I can paint their room and then go out on a date for our 7 year anniversary.


Last week we gave our 13 yr old cat some new flea medicine. It took him down. Liver and kidney failure :( We spend 400$ at the vet for meds and a few nights of stay for IV fluids. We picked him up last night and its going to be the next few days will determine whether he will be OK or if we will have to put him to sleep. We got him a few months after we started dating so its been HARD on both of us. He seems to be doing good, eyes are open wide, puring, slept with us last night like usual and had a bit of food and water.


My son is now potty trained! It just clicked one day a few weeks ago and he has been dry ever since. He is waking up from naps and bedtime dry about 3/4 of the time. So I am thinking that in a few weeks we might try to go diaperless all together. So now instead of buying him diapers I am spending the money on diapers for Josiah.


I have about 3 weeks of work left before maternity leave. I CANT wait. I have the 1st week off all to myself, kids will still be in daycare, then the next few weeks they will be there part time and then home with me after I have Josiah. Fortunatly I have a lot of family and friends around to help with them once I go into labor and after I have Josiah if I need a little break!


I am ready to have my little Josi here and ready to get back to losing weight and running!

Josiah Vaughn

30 weeks!

Yawning

and some smiles!

I have my appt tomorrow. Hoping I am measureing more on track and not almost 4 week ahead. If I am still ahead, I am going to beg him for an u/s to see how much this guy is weighing OR to see if just have to much fluid.

I have the day off tomorrow. Going to spend some time with a good friend. She is moving to AZ in a few weeks and I am SO SAD! We plan to go to the Flea Market, have lunch, shop at Joanns for the rest of my fabric so I can get Josiah's bedding done.

Whiney and Witchy!

I feel so crappy ALL the time. I am to the point of being DONE....and to the point of annoying myself with all my whiney and negative words.

My poor husband...poor kids.....poor co-workers....poor friends LOL to you all thanks for putting up with me!

I am getting close...pregnancy #3 has proven to be the most difficult by far. Not sure if its cause I am older (34), heavier, carrying a big kid, body knows what to do so is contracting and spreading faster this time?? WHO KNOWS!

so here's to being 29 weeks and 2 days...and some good points....

1. Having Jesus in my life! :)
2. Only 75 days left till I am due! (10 weeksish)
3. Only 31 days left of actual work! although I am considering staying an extra week
4. My friend Michelle (my long lost sister from across the states) is coming with her family to MEET us in July!
5. We now have a pretty charcoal gray van, 2004 Toyota Sienna to lug my family around in!
6. I haven't gained a ton of weight!
7. My daughter being SO excited to be a big sister she can hardly stand it!
8. Being able to sneak a jeans day in mid week!
9. Having my 4D u/s this sat and seeing my boy again and that Josiah is thriving and doing well!
10. Having a supportive husband who is dealing with my whining!

Room fit for a Princess!

We finished changing my daughters room from a blue fish room to a princess room! She loves it!

An old window frame. Inside it says "Once Upon a Time there was a Princess" and her bow board. An addiction I have LOL! Doesnt help that my sister and a good friend both make bows!