Healthy Living.....

Well the past few weeks I have been trying out some NEW recipes out of a Healthy cookbook, so far out of all the dishes we have one pasta dish Darren liked (probably only because it was spicy) and this pea soup which I LOVED but Darren would "Prefer not to eat a again", it is not your ordinary pea soup it has mint leaves in it, interesting twist, let me know if you want to try it but seriously don't knock it til you try it!!!

I have promised a few people I would update on my workout routine/success....
well here are the stats......

Weight loss to date.....15lbs (since 5 weeks postpartum)
Inches off waist.....3 inches
Inches off hips.....5 inches

Wish I could tell you the total % of body fat I've lost but I can't remember where I started, as for how I've done it, seriously it's been a little of this and that.....

-Lots of time on the AMT at level 20 going about 15 cal/min
-Zumba Class
-Weight lifting
-Biggest Loser on the Wii
-Walks with the girls
-Cycling (just started)

I try to be as random as possible with my workouts, mostly I just try to keep moving as much as I can during the day and I try to do between 45-60 min. or dedicated workout 6 days a week.  I've cut out all Soda and most drinks with calories and I have been tracking all calorie intake on anytimehealth.com.

The closer i get to my goal weight, the harder it is getting for me to shed any weight, but the more motivated I am and the better I am feeling. I've got 2 more weeks and I will have been working out consecutively for six months, I think I deserve some new clothes for that milestone, what do you think???

All dressed up....

I LOVE having girls! I never knew that I would enjoy dressing my girls up so much and they both sit so well while I curl hair, paint nails, and put pretty dresses on them....TOO much fun!

Please Sir, Can I have some more??

My little begger....We make Kloee stay in the kitchen if she is drinking out of regular cup so she doesn't spill on the carpet and it usually takes a few refills before she's ready to be done so this is what you see!!! It CRACKS me up!!!

Love/Hate Relationship...

 Sleeping with the flowers!!

I had this garland type thing from my wedding that was above Kloee's bed and one night she completely pulled it off the wall on to her and was sleeping it, but it was really beat up so I turned it into a wreath for my door. 

So the first day I made my the wreath I LOVED it the next day I hated it and now I kinda like it, I can't decide if it was because I found some others that I liked better or if I think it looks like an old lady wreath. Needless to say its still up....honest truth....SHOULD I TAKE IT DOWN???

15 days and counting....

Well Darren is going to have STOMACH SURGERY!!!

After a looking at Darren's complete digestive track 4 different ways our Dr. has only found one abnormality, he has a Diverticulum of the stomach which is a pouch (the surgeon said looks kinda like a mushroom on the outside of his stomach) that has grown off the fundus part of the stomach...(for all those non-medical people-like myself- thats the top of the stomach). His diverticulum is 4cm big which according to the radiologist, Dr. and surgeon is VERY large and explains his stomach pain and bad burps.

We are anxiously awaiting the  surgery, it has about a week of serious recovery and then three more weeks where he can't lift things but we have a good feeling that this might just do the trick to helping him feel better! So of course keep him in your prayers on April 14th, while he has his surgery!

Getting Back into the Swing.....

Well since my last post EVERYONE but my was sick again and so I spent our Spring Break -which I was excited about, but turned out to be a bust!;(  playing nurse day and night. EXHAUSTING!!! I am happy to announce we are all better and doing GREAT, finally. I've spent the last couple weeks SPRING CLEANING!! I have cleaned out and rearranged every room in the house and I have purged TONS! YaHoO!!! I finally feel like my house is clean, we are HOPING (fingers crossed and as long as everything goes right) to be moving into a three bedroom this summer we are on a waiting list and have been told there is a good chance, I'm am excited to have some more room and I'm trying to not get my hopes up, but I am afraid it's too late!

We had to take our main computer in to have the motherboard changed out so I've gotten a bit behind on my posting, well that is on my to do list this week so check back often for all of our recent happenings!!!