UGH
I am going to the dentist today. I have to get another filling. I don't know if you remember my anxiety about all the fillings I had a year and a half ago, but I hate those big needles in my mouth. Crappy.
YEAH
Good news, C and I have planned a whirlwind 24 hr getaway! It started this weekend when I got an email about Alaska Airlines miles reservation sale for trips to some places in Cal by March. So I looked into it and we still have lots of miles and it was very few miles to go down there during this time. We started talking about it a day or so later and we didn't think it'd be fun to take the kids to San Francisco, or really anywhere for that matter because it would be too much energy to get us all down there and then what? And we didn't want to be gone from them for the whole weekend, TC is still kind of little for that and we didn't want to have C take any time off work. So, we decided we are going to leave very early Saturday morning and come back early Sunday morning. Then my mom will only have to stay with them for technically one whole day and then sleep at our house for the night and we'll be back early Sunday. So, off we go! The weekend it worked best for was Feb 28th, so I am really looking forward to that quick escape! C said it will be a nice trip since we didn't get to celebrate my 30th bday last year and it will be just after my 31st. We are excited to shop a little, go out to a nice dinner, stay in a nice hotel, and just a quick 2 hr flight...with no kids! It's a perfect trip :)
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Big purchase
So, C and I cancelled our gym memberships awhile ago because we never went, we haven't been going forever and we were still paying. Mind you, they weren't that expensive, but we decided it was one expense that we were just throwing away money. We had talked about getting an exercise machine someday but never really got into a conversation about it. After finally deciding we were using this year to get healthy, we talked about getting an elliptical for our downstairs. We had originally wanted the little area to have a seat and look nice, but in all reality, nobody sees it but us and we should use it for something we would take advantage of instead of another seat to sit our fat butts on. So, after much research online and reading customer reviews, we settled on an elliptical that I think we will be happy with. Free shipping...should be here in a week or so. I am looking forward to this because it means I will get some regular exercise once again. Walks with the kids are nice, but somedays....getting a 2 year old to agree to get bundled up and sit in her stroller doesn't always work out. Somedays she would rather have WWIII with me than be dragged out of the house! And for those days it's super yucky out and it's much easier to get on the elliptical and watch Sesame Street with AM :) it will be better than taking 30 minutes to get us all out of the house! So, step 2 to our healthy 2009 has been fulfilled! More exercise!
And once again, TC slept a wonderful night's sleep :) YEAH!
And once again, TC slept a wonderful night's sleep :) YEAH!
Monday, January 12, 2009
Okay T, my turn
6 random pictures
Me pre kids at the cougar game in Seattle. Drunk.
C working on our old house when we bought it, but had not moved in yet because he had to get the popcorn ceilings off.
AM when she was a baby
Us 4 girls at Jenny's house in Tacoma, when we had a drunk dinner with our dogs all there...I remember that, didn't we walk down to the store with all the dogs and buy smokes??
My mom and dad opening their early morning Christmas present when we found out we were pregnant with AM, we gave them a santa baby bib.
My brother's kids, my first niece Kasey, Jermey, and Kayley- I think this was at my baby shower for AM.
And just because I feel bad there is no picture of TC, I will find one and it :)
My weekend and week ahead.
First I have to say thank you to Wohn, I love the comment. It is totally you and it brings back memories of you. You are funny :) And I miss you too!
Second of all, my first weigh in, I only lost 1.5 lbs. Which is good, better than I was last week! But I think I did really good all week and then the weekend isn't as good. Obviously I didn't do terrible, and my goal of 20 lbs over 5 months is actually about 1lb per week, so I'm on track, but I must do better this week and weekend! That's the crappy part about weighing in on Monday, the weekend doesn't give you any moving room to weigh in right after! Like it would be if I weighed in on Friday and then had the whole week after the weekend to do better :)
Anyway, my sweet baby boy is back! Friday night was terrible and then Sat and Sun were wonderful! He went to sleep at 7-7:30 and woke up at 6:30! A whole night of sleep....I love it and no screaming baby....even better!
My husband...over the weekend he wasn't sick, but he had something done (I cannot say what b/c if he ever knew I told anybody he would kill me). Anyway, let's just say that having two c-sections and still having to do things and take care of your kids....there is a reason men don't have to go through any of it. They could not handle it and if we had to be around them during that time, we would kill them. Enough said. BIG BABIES.
I am sooo ready for football season to be over. I am over having football on at my house 20 hours a day. And I hate basketball so now I have to have basketball games on, but not as often, only when the huskies play and probably during some playoff crap.
Something came over me this morning and I went on a crazy cleaning spree. It started with the upstairs bathroom. Then I dusted, then I vacuumed, then I mopped. Then I went downstairs and cleaned the bathroom and vacuumed and then I was sweating because I'm trying to keep the baby entertained and AM and then I took a shower because I was hot and sweaty and still in my pajamas. I finished it all by 9. Good to go. Now all I have left is the laundry and the kitchen.
Is it Friday yet?
Second of all, my first weigh in, I only lost 1.5 lbs. Which is good, better than I was last week! But I think I did really good all week and then the weekend isn't as good. Obviously I didn't do terrible, and my goal of 20 lbs over 5 months is actually about 1lb per week, so I'm on track, but I must do better this week and weekend! That's the crappy part about weighing in on Monday, the weekend doesn't give you any moving room to weigh in right after! Like it would be if I weighed in on Friday and then had the whole week after the weekend to do better :)
Anyway, my sweet baby boy is back! Friday night was terrible and then Sat and Sun were wonderful! He went to sleep at 7-7:30 and woke up at 6:30! A whole night of sleep....I love it and no screaming baby....even better!
My husband...over the weekend he wasn't sick, but he had something done (I cannot say what b/c if he ever knew I told anybody he would kill me). Anyway, let's just say that having two c-sections and still having to do things and take care of your kids....there is a reason men don't have to go through any of it. They could not handle it and if we had to be around them during that time, we would kill them. Enough said. BIG BABIES.
I am sooo ready for football season to be over. I am over having football on at my house 20 hours a day. And I hate basketball so now I have to have basketball games on, but not as often, only when the huskies play and probably during some playoff crap.
Something came over me this morning and I went on a crazy cleaning spree. It started with the upstairs bathroom. Then I dusted, then I vacuumed, then I mopped. Then I went downstairs and cleaned the bathroom and vacuumed and then I was sweating because I'm trying to keep the baby entertained and AM and then I took a shower because I was hot and sweaty and still in my pajamas. I finished it all by 9. Good to go. Now all I have left is the laundry and the kitchen.
Is it Friday yet?
Friday, January 9, 2009
Do you ever blog in your head?
I find myself sometimes blogging in my head and then when I get on here I think I've blogged a bunch and said a lot of things in the past week or so, but it's because I blog in my head and then I never get a chance to actually sit down and type. Too busy. I swear, I do have a little downtime here and there (not much), but once in awhile I get them to nap at the same time in the afternoon and I might get 30 minutes to myself. Usually by that point I am so tired, I just sit down and watch tv for 20 minutes (after I do something I need to...like empty the dishwasher or throw some laundry in)...sometimes I check my email, but by the time I am finished and go to blog, the baby cries and I have to go get him.
Anyway, speaking of my son....he is crazy. He does not like to sleep! Well I think he would if he wasn't such a fussy pants. He was for a few nights there sleeping from 7-7...oh glorious day! I thought the end was near, the end of getting up every few hours, the end of getting up at 5 am. And then...this is worse. C and I figure it's a mixture of teething and separation anxiety. He goes to sleep early because he doesn't nap very long at all during the day, he then wakes up and will not let me put him down. I do, and screams. Not just cries, he screams blood curdling someone is killing me screams. I let him cry to wear himself out, he doesn't stop, he may slow down but the second he starts to sound like he's going to sleep, he screams again! So I rock him, he's perfectly fine when I'm holding him. I put him down once he falls asleep, he wakes up again. This continued last night for 2 hours. Then he slept through the night, from 11:30 to about 5:45 this morning. I guess it's disheartening because AM was SUCH a good sleeper, still is. She was on clockwork by 7 months, up at 6, nap at 10:30, nap at 2:30, down at 7. TC is not following in these footsteps. AM still gets up between 6 and 7, nap at 1, down at 8 (we moved from 8pm-6am for winter..summer is more like 9pm-7am). Anyway, all I can do is hope that this will end soon. I get grumpy when I'm tired at night. I know it will end, but I hate to wish away this time in his life because he's so dang cute!
I don't think I blogged at all about our New Year's...good thing. It was crappy and I have nothing good to say about the evening with my husband, except that the dinner I made was good. Happy New Year.
I have started something for myself, it's not really what I get to do (not like I get time for myself or anything..), but something I decided I have to do for myself! I have started eating healthy once again. It was to a point where not that I was eating totally unhealthy because we eat healthy dinners and lots of veggies, but if I wanted to snack I would, if I wanted a piece of candy I would, if I wanted french fries when we went out, I would. No longer. I decided I was going to start this last Monday, I weighed myself, and started eating good. I also decided instead of just eating good, I was going to count WW points and stick to it. It has worked great in the past and if I don't keep track, I will end up eating more than I need to. So, I will weigh myself again on Monday morning and see how I did for the week. I do feel better though, it's amazing how much better you feel when you're not all bloated or feeling yucky from eating something you know you shouldn't. Anyway, I made an initial goal of exercising 3 times a week, whether it be a walk or an exercise video. I have already done 3 good days this week, and it's a good thing b/c my jogging stroller now has a flat tire and C needs to get it fixed for me for next week! I think I'll take our regular double down to the beach today for a walk, it's a flat walk (instead of the super hills by my house) and that stroller will be fine for down there. So, my first goal is to lose 20 lbs in 5 months, by TC's first bday. That is nowhere near a perfect weight, but I will feel better, sooo much better and then I figure it will be summer and I can just continue it and hopefully lose more. The first time I did WW, it was great, I lost 40 lbs, but I also worked out at the gym almost everyday forever. I fell off the gym wagon when I left Nordstrom and went back to a 9-5 after C and I got married. The weight came on. After I had AM, I went back to WW and lost 20 lbs, which was good, it got the baby weight off, but I didn't go any further to get more off. This time, I figure, I don't want to start at the meetings b/c I don't want to spend the money or find the time to get there?! If I can't do it on my own, I will go. However, I am motivated and I hope to continue this outlook of healthy eating and whatever exercise I can get! So...wish me luck! Happy 2009.
Anyway, speaking of my son....he is crazy. He does not like to sleep! Well I think he would if he wasn't such a fussy pants. He was for a few nights there sleeping from 7-7...oh glorious day! I thought the end was near, the end of getting up every few hours, the end of getting up at 5 am. And then...this is worse. C and I figure it's a mixture of teething and separation anxiety. He goes to sleep early because he doesn't nap very long at all during the day, he then wakes up and will not let me put him down. I do, and screams. Not just cries, he screams blood curdling someone is killing me screams. I let him cry to wear himself out, he doesn't stop, he may slow down but the second he starts to sound like he's going to sleep, he screams again! So I rock him, he's perfectly fine when I'm holding him. I put him down once he falls asleep, he wakes up again. This continued last night for 2 hours. Then he slept through the night, from 11:30 to about 5:45 this morning. I guess it's disheartening because AM was SUCH a good sleeper, still is. She was on clockwork by 7 months, up at 6, nap at 10:30, nap at 2:30, down at 7. TC is not following in these footsteps. AM still gets up between 6 and 7, nap at 1, down at 8 (we moved from 8pm-6am for winter..summer is more like 9pm-7am). Anyway, all I can do is hope that this will end soon. I get grumpy when I'm tired at night. I know it will end, but I hate to wish away this time in his life because he's so dang cute!
I don't think I blogged at all about our New Year's...good thing. It was crappy and I have nothing good to say about the evening with my husband, except that the dinner I made was good. Happy New Year.
I have started something for myself, it's not really what I get to do (not like I get time for myself or anything..), but something I decided I have to do for myself! I have started eating healthy once again. It was to a point where not that I was eating totally unhealthy because we eat healthy dinners and lots of veggies, but if I wanted to snack I would, if I wanted a piece of candy I would, if I wanted french fries when we went out, I would. No longer. I decided I was going to start this last Monday, I weighed myself, and started eating good. I also decided instead of just eating good, I was going to count WW points and stick to it. It has worked great in the past and if I don't keep track, I will end up eating more than I need to. So, I will weigh myself again on Monday morning and see how I did for the week. I do feel better though, it's amazing how much better you feel when you're not all bloated or feeling yucky from eating something you know you shouldn't. Anyway, I made an initial goal of exercising 3 times a week, whether it be a walk or an exercise video. I have already done 3 good days this week, and it's a good thing b/c my jogging stroller now has a flat tire and C needs to get it fixed for me for next week! I think I'll take our regular double down to the beach today for a walk, it's a flat walk (instead of the super hills by my house) and that stroller will be fine for down there. So, my first goal is to lose 20 lbs in 5 months, by TC's first bday. That is nowhere near a perfect weight, but I will feel better, sooo much better and then I figure it will be summer and I can just continue it and hopefully lose more. The first time I did WW, it was great, I lost 40 lbs, but I also worked out at the gym almost everyday forever. I fell off the gym wagon when I left Nordstrom and went back to a 9-5 after C and I got married. The weight came on. After I had AM, I went back to WW and lost 20 lbs, which was good, it got the baby weight off, but I didn't go any further to get more off. This time, I figure, I don't want to start at the meetings b/c I don't want to spend the money or find the time to get there?! If I can't do it on my own, I will go. However, I am motivated and I hope to continue this outlook of healthy eating and whatever exercise I can get! So...wish me luck! Happy 2009.
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