Happy Anniversary

 

July 12th 2003

 

10 years ago today we started dating, we were on my family camping trip. We had to sleep in separate tents, ha got to love dads. It was such a fun week. Germany has some of my favorite memories.

 

 

5 years ago today we had our wedding, it was beautiful and one of the best days of my life.

The past 10 years have been amazing, we have been through a lot and still going strong. I love you so much babe and I truly look forward to the next 10 which will be a adventure for us both for sure. Happy Anniversary!!! I LOVE YOU!!

 

  

Life

Life. Life gets really busy with kids, working out, cleaning, husband, baby, laundry, friends, family, bills, and more. I can definitely repeat kids baby kids baby kids baby all day. I love being a mother. My boys are everything. I'm not sure if it's just hormones but most days I'm head over heels for my boys even when they drive me crazy, then there's some days where I feel like I could just cry because I need a break. Hopefully this is normal in every mother feels this way.

  

       In the past few weeks I've only worked out a little but I still I am excited about my first 5k Color Run in October and I'm sure that I'll be able to run most of it just have to push myself.

     On July 12th Danny and I will have been together for 10 years. The love of my life he has made my life an adventure and I look forward to the next 10. Hopefully we will be getting tattoos as gifts to each other sometime in August. I love you babe with all my heart.
I'm really excited for August to get here. The last time we were on a family vacation was about 6 years ago and that was not really a vacation it was more get out of town kind of vacation. Danny was in Iraq my dad had just passed away in Iraq so it wasn't very much fun but we needed a stress free environment for a few days. In August even though its only 3 days my family including my mom and sisters and nieces and nephews will be in a RV headed to Corpus Christi then to Sea World in San Antonio. Even though we had a yard sell to save up for it it's going to be totally worth it. All of us in RV is going to be quite an adventure. I've never been in one before so I'm really excited.

So Danny and I have found a new hobby its called geocaching. Geocaching is finding containters with logs and finding little trinkets that people leave behind. In other words it's like treasure hunting. We started over the 4th of July weekend we have 32 finds so far.  I really enjoy it because we go as a family and it's something that we are doing together. It's getting us off the couch so I'm all for it. Here's some pictures of what we found.

Starting over

Week 3 and 4 Update:

               Everything was going great. Walked 6 days, and was feeling great. I was even seeing the scale finally move down. That went down hill real fast. Woke up Sunday with throat pain, so first thing that morning went and got some medicine and vitamin C to drink, I had a busy week ahead of me and being sick was the last thing I needed.
     Within a few hours, just throat pain turned into chills, body ache and hot flashes. I slept the entire day, all I did was get up to nurse Mason and Danny took care of the boys. Monday came and I was feeling just as bad even ended up having a fever, which I've not had in forever. It hurt so bad to swallow that I did not eat much for the two days and lost 4 lbs. That was probably the only plus side.
        I really wanted to feel better by Wednesday because Danny was having his no more babies surgery and would be knocked out from the drugs. So on Tuesday I did a walk in clinic and they tested for strep and it was negative, they told me it was probably nasal drip into my throat causing the pain. I ended up sucking it up because its a week later today and it still hurts to swallow, not as bad but still irritating. The only highlight to my week was going to Texas for 4 days, which was a total surprise to my mom, wish I felt better but still had fun. One week flew by because I was sick and I did ZERO walking.
        It depressing how fast your progress goes out the window. I could not walk today because my poor dogs got fleas and took them to the vet and have been cleaning my house around the clock to keep the fleas from getting nasty in the house. Only thing left to do is mow the yard and get pest control out here.  Hope to get my butt back on the track soon.

Skinny where are you?

Week Two to getting healthy, in shape and SKINNY.

 

 I keep thinking about biggest loser show and how amazing it must feel at the end of the season. Wish it was the of the season already for me.

 

The week started off great, got up early and we were at the track by 8:00. Our pace is still at a hour, which I think is great since we seem to have a few stops to adjust the kiddos. However Monday  afternoon the weather got bad and continued through Tuesday was not able to get out. Monday ended up being a day where lots of prayer was needed. About one hour north of me Moore Oklahoma got hit with a F5 Tornado.

 

 

 

 

It happen so fast, still praying for everyone who was apart of this horrible Storm.

 

Wednesday:  Up early, hit the track and since I missed a workout on Tuesday I did zumba after walking the track. I realized today that I did not use excuses like before because my son had a doctor appointment at 9:30 and this to be before meant that was all I had to do that day. This time I made sure I was up and got the track done early, then straight to the doctor and soon after make the 10:30 zumba class. I felt accomplished for sure.

 

My little booger is 12lbs now, growing up so fast.

 

 

He took a bottle for the first time this week and Daddy was able to feed him.

 

 

Thursday: Woke up with a very intense migraine. I still got up and got dressed, even got mason ready but started feeling worse by the minute and ended going to the ER to get a IV of medicine to help. Migraines is something I got sense I was in high school, but sometimes they are really bad and nothing helps but the cocktail IV they whip up. Missed another walk.

 

Friday: Woke up refreshed and ready to go. My hubby has a four day weekend so he joined me in the walk and took Aiden to the park while Mason and I did zumba. I feel that getting two forms of workouts in one day makes up for my missed day. I afraid I'm going to start slacking because I did something to my knee and its kicking my butt. I have a doctors appointment next week so going to try and tough it out until then.

 

 

How yummy does this salad look? 

 

 

Salad with pineapple. strawberries, mandarin oranges, and this particular one had creamy poppy seed dressing and the noodles since I ran out of pecans. SO GOOD!!!

 

This week we also redid a jeep for Aiden. What do you think?

 

 

 

 

Aiden thinks it's cool.

 

 

Thanks for reading about my little world, Have a beautiful day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st week doing the 3 mile track.

My main goal for 2013 is to become fit. I signed up for a color run 5k in October. This is my first run ever and I want to run it not walk.

So I'm going to share my journey .

The week of May 13th I walked a total of 15 miles. Even though it was walking it's something I'm very proud of. A friend and I even threw in a hour and a half Zumba class one night, it kicked our butts.
   
Slowly I'm trying to work on what I'm eating,why not lose weight at the same time. The first thing I've done is givin up soda. Even though I  gave up soda before and lasted almost 2 years my pregnancy had strong cravings so I'd started again. Once the caffeine headaches are over it's not so hard.

The new thing I'm trying are salads, I've always had salad but have covered it with ranch and it's such a heavy dressing I thought I'd try something new. The salad from Panera Bread and Atlanta Bread are really good and much lighter. So I went online and found the recipes. They are so yummy. My favorite part of the salads are the strawberries and the mandarin oranges.

Now that my first week is over I lost 3 pounds. However on Friday I caved in and had a burger from Sonic and I'm back up one, crazy how fast that happens. I'm really happy to have a friend walk with me it gives me more motivation, and when my husband walks with me he pushes me to work harder, I'm very grateful.

Baby Mason

March 17, 2013

It was an early morning for me, woke up at 4:00 am to contractions. I waited it out for a little while and then finally started to keep track of them, since I had just seen the Dr. and was told that I was still not dilating, I was sure it was going to be another false alarm. I was just trying to wait until my water broke but the pain was getting stronger, so I woke everyone up. Daddy and I went in around 11:30ish just to be sure I was not dilating. We were seen right away, the hospital was empty since it was a Sunday. The doctor came in and said I was 6 cm dilated and they were going to admit me. I was happy and scared all at the same time.

 I made it clear that I wanted an epidural, I had one with your brother and just wanted things to be familiar, this to me is less scary. The Dr. did an ultrasound and saw some black around you and wanted to make sure it was not stool so they said for your safety that they would break my water before the epidural. I was all about your safety. I made it clear that I delivered your brother in 4 hours and was told that was fast so I could possibly be quick with you as well. They brought me and your dad into our room that we would deliver and stay in for the next few days. The nurses came in and started the IV, which took a little longer since I was not very hydrated. The fluids finally in, the Dr. comes in and breaks my water. All is well with you and now we wait for the epidural. The doctor and nurses leave and I’m breathing through contractions.

Honestly I thought I was doing amazing for the pain...pain I did not feel with Aiden, Little did I know. Very fast the pain went from a 5 to a 10. I was shocked!!! I was telling your dad I'm not going to get the epidural in time, and just like that I started to yell, scream, cry, hum; everything I could think of to try and help but nothing did. Nurse came in to check fluids and she could tell by the way I was acting that something was up and checked you. Sure enough you were ready and I started pushing and could not stop. This all happened very fast. 21 minutes after the doctor broke my water you were here. Beautiful and healthy, I cried from happiness and relief. Your dad was also overwhelmed and had happy tears.  An hour after getting into the hospital you were here and your dad and I were both happy and surprised. Your dad held you for the first two hours while the doctors were fixing me up, I was in and out of sleep but you did not seem to mind. Once I help you my heart skipped a beat. You are just perfect. You looked just like your brother, you could be twins, but soon enough you showed your own little personality. You breastfed like a champ, and things just fell into place. We had to stay in the hospital for two nights and 3 days. Aiden and Oma were very excited when we were finally home.  Your brother took to you well and fit his role as a big brother great. I love you and am excited and blessed to have you. Looking forward to watching you and your brother grow.

38 weeks

Almost time... I'm still nervous but I'm done being uncomfortable and ready to complete our family. I'm so excited to see Mason. This time around since Danny was home we did not get a 3D ultrasound, so we are anxious to see what and who he looks like. Aiden is a clone of his dad I would not be surprised if Mason was as well. 

Aiden was born at 38 weeks and my water broke on its own so I've been extra anxious this week hoping for the same. Except its totally oppisite, seems I have to work a little harder to help Mason along.  Hope that I have good news at our Dr appointment.

This past week may have been rough because of pain and lack of of sleep but my mom is here and she is a huge help. I love having her here. Its nice to have someone other then a 2 year old to talk to during the day. I am very grateful to have her and Aiden adores her.

Here are some pictures of the week.
Did some painting, played in his new mini sandbox, jumped and decorated the trampoline, blew bubbles,we even decorated for spring/ Easter.