Back in the game

I got a little distracted over the month of January with my weight loss. Kids got sick, I got sick, kids got sick, I got sick, see the awesome trend. Then my gym membership expired and I thought ohh I can workout at home. Haha that didn't happen. So January was not a great month. Apparently when you stop working out and watching your calories you can gain 5lbs!! Boo!! So February 14, yes Valentine's day, I went out and for myself a gym membership and jumped back on the weight loss train
I even got myself a trainer. This has kicked my butt into full gear. Its only been 10 days but just eating clean and working out I've dropped almost 10lbs! I think I was carrying lots of water weight but 10lbs in 10 days!! I am so happy and just want to keep going to be able to lose another 20lbs. But I like smaller goals so my next goal is 6lbs in the next 2 weeks. My husband leaves for 2 weeks so I feel like I can be really good with my eating and do twice a days at the gym and hopefully it'll just fall off. Overall to get to a healthy weight I need to lose 40 more pounds. That is what is in my trainers book for my dream weight. I never thought I could reach that number. But its out there and I want it and I want it BAD. I think having someone tell you that you can do it, that you can have it is so encouraging. I hear it from my husband, my friends, my family all the time but there's something about hearing someone who's trained to help people lose weight, that it just makes it seem possible. I don't know if that makes sense. But here's to my first little goal of 6lbs and then I guess I'll only have 34 left to go. Eeeeek!!
I'll leave it with a progress pic of my first 25lbs.

4 years old!!

My little man, my first born, my Bubba, my little miracle monkey Marcus is 4 years old!! I can't believe he is 4!!

He is so much fun. He has a loud personality. He is that kid you don't forget. He's sweet and kind and sensitive. He has a love of trains, cars, books, outdoors, the beach and fishing. Just to name a few.

He is speaking more and more every day. His speech is still slow. Strangers can't understand him and we can understand him about 65% of the time. Its really hard on everyone. He gets so frustrated because we don't understand and we get frustrated at him when he's throwing a fit because he can't communicate. He is getting better. But its something we are working on daily. He gets seen 3 times a week for speech, once a week for feeding and once a week for OT. Hopefully soon he won't need as many therapies.

He is one BIG boy. He weighs over 43lbs and 40in tall and he has one huge head.

He goes to preschool mon-fri 8-12. He loves school so much and it has helped him so much with his speech and with his social skills. IE learning how to share. Lol.

For his birthday we tried to make it very special for him. So sat the 2nd we took him bowling, to monkey joes, sweet frog, fun fun fun and then red robin for dinner. He was so tired he fell asleep at dinner. Haha. Then Sunday the 3rd (his bday) he woke up to a house filled with 150+ balloons and a new family member Spidey the Beta fish. He had such a blast playing in the balloons. Then we took him to his favorite place for breakfast, krispy kremes. He was in heaven. Then we went to Barnes and noble for him to play with the trains and pick out some books. Then we headed to my moms for the day. We had a blast. I'm 99% sure he thought he was all that and a bag of chips. Lol.

I am so proud of the little man he is becoming and so proud to call him mine :)

18 months old!!

I can't believe my little baby is a year and a half old! Where does time go?? By way to fast is the answer to that.

This is my favorite stage. With having an older child I know what's to come. The awesome terrible twos. So I am soaking up this awesome age and this awesome little person.

Ten is a joy to be around. I would rather be with her then without her. She is still the vest shopping buddy ever. She loves going bye bye with her mama. She is such a ham and finds everything so funny.

She has learned so much this month. She can count to 5!!! I don't think she understands what she's saying she just repeats everything Marcus says. She can hum the toon of the ABC and sometimes she says the letters. She is talking so much. Like starting sentences. Her favorite sentences are i want Bubba. Go nigh nigh. More milk please. And my personal favorite is I love you :)

She learned some body parts this month. She can tell you where her nose, hair, mouth, eye, arm, leg, and ears are.

She also LOVES books. They are with her 24-7. She carries them with her everywhere she goes. She asks for us to read to her a million times a day. She hates the TV and would rather look at a book then watch TV.

She also is obsessed with coffee!! If you take it away from her you will get such a mean face from her. She even likes it black!!

She has her appt at duke next month for her GI issues and I am so excited she finally gets to be taken seriously.

Her stats are 22.3 lbs and 30 in tall. She is 20% for weight and 25% for height. Still my itty bitty baby. She wears 12 months and some 18 months but most are too big. She can wear 18 month PJs. She still has what's considered infant feet cause they are so tiny. She wears a 3.

She is such a joy and lights up our lives. We love her so much and can't wait to see how much more she grows and develops in the next couple months.