Level 2..

I started level 2 of the 30 Day Shred yesterday, and let me tell you, brutal! I was able to complete the entire thing though, even the plank moves! So proud of myself.. although nervous to see what level 3 will bring!

My Monday Weigh In!

Did my first official weekly weigh-in yesterday and I'm down 5lbs! Woohoo! I know the loss won't consistently be that high, but it's an awesome way to start!

Go me!

I posted about my intention to get back into shape, well, an impromptu vacation to PEI got in the way and I put it off.. I threw myself back into it after we got home and today was day 7 off eating better and exercising! I'm so proud of myself and ready to keep it up! Tomorrow is my weigh-in day, and I'm really hoping that I'll be able to report a loss! Get this, I'm even considering signing myself up for a 5K, no joke!

Really hating Jillian Michaels right now!

So, I put on a lot of weight when I was pregnant with Sophia. Like, a lot. Way more than I needed to lol, we're talking 75-80 lbs here! I'm down to about 60 lbs more than my pre-pregnancy weight so it's time to start doing something about it!

Tonight was day 2 of the 30 day shred, and man is it ever kicking my butt! Hey, at least that means it's working, right?!

So, if I post a lot about my weight loss journey on here, you can just ignore me if you like, but I'm going to try and use this blog to keep me accountable to something bigger than my own conscience, because sometimes my own conscience just isn't enough! Pictures to come!

I love my online friends!

A few of my awesome online friends sent Sophia this gorgeous blanket! It really made my day when I got that package in the mail, so appreciated!

I love this picture..

Just wanted to share this adorable picture of my two kids on a trip to the park last month.. makes my heart melt..

Imagine my surprise..

Alyssa was all smiles when she came into the hospital room to meet her new baby sister, so imagine my surprise when I saw this!



Ahhh! I guess she was so excited by the Canada Day fireworks that she jumped and collided with a very sturdy picnic table, knocking her tooth completely out! I guess we can be thankful that it came out clean and didn't break.. right?..

Our newest bundle!

Sophia Ellen Grace was born on July 1st at 7:35pm, she weighed 8lbs 11 oz and was 21 inches long. After a fight with jaundice and three nights on the bili bed, she's doing great!

Sophia and her big sister, Alyssa.













Sophia and her big brother, Rylan.

Sophia and her very proud (and very tired!) Daddy.

Fractured

My poor baby boy spent the day in the emergency room on Saturday, he fractured his leg that morning. By the time we left at 8pm or so, he was sound asleep, leg splinted. We have an appointment on Friday to have it x-rayed again, then a full cast put on. He'll be in a cast for four weeks, plus a week with the splint. My tough little man hardly made a sound, even when they had to straighten his leg out to wrap it up! He isn't allowed to walk with the splint on though, or even stand up, which is driving him crazy! It's going to be a long few weeks for all of us I think!

10 on Tuesday

What would I do with 4 hours alone to kill..

1. scrapbook.
2. read.
3. write.
4. clean my house.
5. Christmas shop.
6. surf the net.
7. organize my scrapbooking desk.
8. sleep.
9. go for a walk.
10. watch a movie and eat junk food.

10 on Tuesday

The A Pile of Scrap prompt this week was to blog 10 random facts that you know (no googling allowed!). I wasn't sure I could do this one, these things were hard to come up with! But, after racking my brain for a while, here's my list:

1. Your hair and nails keep growing after you die.
This one doesn't really need much explanation, it's obvious why this one stuck in my head, ew.

2. On average people eat 8 spiders in their lifetime.
This one stuck out in my head because I have a ridiculous fear of spiders. I'm the jump up on the chair, scream like a maniac, and refuse to come down until someone kills it for me, kind of person.

3. Washing your hair with beer will make it healthier.
I remember this one because I always wondered why my mother kept one can of beer in the bathroom closet LOL. When I asked, she told me, so a while ago I decided to give it a try. It works! If you can get past the smell for a couple of hours..

4. Golf was originally "Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden".
The boys I grew up with were relentless with their sexist jokes. Come to find out, there was truth to it.

5. The most common dream is being naked in public.
Honestly, I can't say I've ever had this dream! And I'm A-Okay with that!

6. Willis Haviland Carrier was the inventor of the air conditioner.
I actually saw this as someone's facebook status this summer. Would I ever like to thank that man!

7. It is possible for children to grow significantly over night.
As a kid I always heard people say, "you look like you've grown since the last time I saw you!" And I've now noticed it with my own kids. I thought I was going bonkers until I read that it's true!

8. The average housewife/mother walks 10 miles everyday.
I can't say this one surprised me at all! No wonder I'm always so tired!

9. Super Mario Brothers is the top selling video game of all time.
This one however did surprise me. I expected Halo or something like that, but good ol' Mario Brothers! I myself always preferred Duck Hunt.

10. Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice.
Why would a man who is afraid of mice create a giant, walking, talking mouse?! I guess we'll never know.

Ten Things Tuesday- two days late!

This completely slipped my mind until now!

The prompt for this week was to list 10 places I wanted to visit that I had never been before. So here is my list, in no particular order.

Scotland.
















England.















France.

Texas.















California.

















Cuba.
















-Hawaii.















-Alberta.














-Rome.















-Israel

Alyssa's First Haircut.

Yesterday I decided that it would be easier, for her and for myself, if Alyssa had bangs. Her hair was in her eyes way too much and I was pulling it back about a thousand times everyday. So I just went ahead and chopped em off =)She looks so grown up!

Before:


After:

Tuesday Ten.

This week's Tuesday Ten prompt is ten favourite games as a child.. So, in no particular order..

1. Hide and Seek. This was a favourite as long as I can remember, until, well until now really. Of course as I got older the game got a bit more elaborate (playing in the woods instead of in the house, in the dark instead of during daylight), the rules stayed the same.

2. Freeze Tag. Like regular tag, except there were two "its", a good and a bad. If the bad it tagged you, you were frozen like a statue. If the good it got to you before the bad it got to them, you were free to run again.

3. Duck Hunt. Classic. I loved this game, and got pretty good at it before our system broke!

4. Tetris. Love, love, love this game. Troy and I have an ongoing competition on his cell phone for high score!

5. Clue. If I were to play Clue now, I'm sure I'd find it quite boring. But at the time, I loved solving those mysteries!

6. Uno. My grandmother taught me to play Uno when I was 5 or 6, and we played it at nearly every family gathering from there on out!

7. Crazy Eights. I really got into crazy eights when I was sick in bed with whooping cough at about age 10. I would beg anyone around to come play it with me.

8. House. My friends and I used to love to play house, and what made it even better was my TCB (Taking Care of Baby) doll. This doll would cry to be changed, fed, or put to sleep. It was my favourite doll.

9. School. When I was really young I was forever begging my mother to play "school" with me, when my younger brother was born, I decided that I was too old to be the student and self-promoted myself to teacher, with him as my pupil. Poor boy!

10. Songs. This was played with my grandfather. I would think of a topic or word, as random as I could, and he would think of a song to go with it! I never won, that man knew a song for everything!

We went to see the fireworks on Canada Day as well, but sadly, we didn't stay long enough to get any pictures. Alyssa was terrified! She loved them last year, but this year she was so scared of the noise. Instead of telling us that she was scared she told me:

"Mommy, bunny's scared!"

Me: "Tell bunny it's okay."

Her: "Bunny, it's okay.. (pause).. "Bunny says it's not okay, Mommy!"

So we headed back home.

Bounce, Bounce, Bounce!

They had bouncy castles set up at the Canada Day festival this year. Alyssa was nervous at first, and just bounced on her knees, but after trying out a couple of different ones, she was bouncing with the best of them! Rylan loved it right away! His favourite part was when the supervisor yelled "okay, time's up! Everyone down the slide!"

I scream, you scream..

We all scream for ice cream!!

During a rain shower on Canada Day we had to find somewhere to go, so we took the kid's to a local ice cream shop to cool down. Alyssa was so hyper by the time we got out of there!

Hard at Work!

It's been over a month since I've updated my blog, bad me! So, I'm going to try and catch up a bit!

These are some pictures of Rylan that I took a couple of weeks ago, love them!

Uncle TJ & Aunt Kaya

My brother, Dryden, and my sister, Makayla, have always been very close with my kids. They spend a lot of time over at my house, since they only live about 5 minutes away, and my kids loving having them over to play!


Alyssa (7 months), Makayla (4), Easter 2008.

Dryden (12), Rylan (5 months).