First Hair Cut and Mothers Day

Well last Saturday was Lily's first hair cut! She did awesome! She sat real still and let me razor cut the back of her hair! I only cut the back b/c she was getting a little mullet, and we all know that I will not have a child that has bad hair!! Needless to say she is as cute as a button again! Well she was always cute now she is just mullet-less! LOL



Mothers Day was great! I had a really good time with my family in the morning and late afternoon! I had to work NTS graduation in the nursery this year, and I am glad that I was there, because we had almost 20 kids in the nursery that day!
We went to church that morning and then we came home and Jory made me lunch before I had to be back at church. He grilled some really yummy corn quesadillas with chicken and cheese in them! Oh boy they were yummy! After I worked at church, I came home and got the rest of the fam and went over to my parents house! My dad grilled up some supper yummy ribs and we had that for dinner! I got to see my Uncle Dan too! That was a perk!
I got some really awesome gifts too! My mom had the kids make me a stepping stone with their hand prints in it and Christian decorated it! It is beautiful! She got me a necklace with the kids birthstones and a cross on it! Jory and the kids got me some of my favorite flowers! I love them all! It was a really great Mothers Day!

Me and the Little man!

Mama and Me
My Little Angel baby!

Just say NO!!!

HA! I thought that was a funny title to this post!
I am just saying NO to pasta and bread now! I feel great and have lost a pound or two! I also have been running/walking on the treadmill everyday. WOW what a difference just changing your mindset on a few things will do! I am going to be swimsuit ready soon! I know it will take time, but I can do it!
What brought this on was someone last week asked when I was "due", yes like baby due! Oy that hurt! I have been asked that before, but it still hurts. So that was a light bulb moment that I HAVE got to do SOMETHING about this! So I have decided to cut out the things that I love the most, besides my family, and that just happens to be bread and pasta! I HAVE to cut them out cold turkey, otherwise I won't do it. I have been eating a lot of turkey, some cheese, nuts, and green veggies! Dinners I just don't fix the potatoes or rice. It is just meat and veggies. I will eventually add them back in, but I have to "cleanse" my body of them. I hope that I never really want them anymore! They have been the biggest problem with me trying to loose weight! I have about 40lbs to loose, and I am going to do it! So that is what is going on with me these days!
Ciao!

Omaha Zoo

So this last weekend we took a quick trip up to Omaha! It was a short little trip, but a fun one! Scott, Jory's Dad lives up there now, and so earlier last week I told Jory I would like to go to the zoo and lets go to the Omaha Zoo that way we could see your dad too! (not that he is IN the zoo, but IN Omaha)!! I was not expecting Scott to be able to go to the zoo with us, but he was able to! The kids really enjoyed seeing him.

So I have never been to the Omaha Zoo before, but I have heard that is one of the best zoo's in the country. #3 to be exact. I liked it, but I did not like how it was laid out. It had a lot of dead ends and there were no signs directing you where to go. I did however like the exhibits of all the animals! They had a beautiful butterfly dome, and an AWESOME aquarium! C liked that the best! The Aquarium had a walk through tunnel that the sharks and fish could swim over-top of you. It was my favorite as well! I LOVE the sea and all the creatures in it! They also had one of the biggest Cat complexes that I have ever seen. They had a TON of cats! They also had one of the most beautiful male Lions that I have ever seen. He had the most beautiful manes ever! All in all the zoo was great!

Another cool thing that we did at the zoo was the "Teddy Bear Experience". What it was, was a"teddy bear" hospital for your child's stuffy! I am SOOO glad that we had Moo Moo with us!

Christian was able to get Moo Moo a flu shot and some X-rays. He got his heart checked out and got some new stuffing and stitching. It was SO cool! They gave Moo Moo a hospital band and C got a matching one so he could pick him up after his surgery! It was the cutest things that I have ever seen! All the workers were dressed up like medical workers! It was cool!

Lily slept most of the time we were at the zoo. We forgot our storller so we rented a wagon to carry Lily and the diaper bag. We put Scott's jacket and her blanket under her. She kicked back and realxed while we pulled her! She feel asleep shortly after we got there! She was still so cute! When she was awake she did not really care about the animals!

The Weather was GREAT!!! We had lots of sunshine and low 60's. PERFECT!!!! All in all we had a great day/weekend! Here are a few pictures of Moo Moo getting checked out and of the train ride!

A few things...

Well I promise I have not forgotten about this blog, I have just been REALLY busy lately. With Easter over and summer coming I have a little more time.

We had a great Easter Sunday. We had all of our family and friends over. I just love having everyone in my house all together celebrating the most important holiday in our Christian faith. Lily was a doll that morning, she was dressed so pretty and Christian was just as handsome as ever. We had a great worship service and everyone showed up to help in the nursery who was supposed to be there. After church we came home and I got lunch ready and we ate and ate and ate! Christian and Chase then went outside to do an Easter egg hunt. Chase got bored and so Christian was just finding the eggs! He got so excited each time he found one. Lily was sleeping through all of this! She was one tired chick! Christian was hyped up on sugar that day too! Boy was he a fun kid that night!

Well I had been doing this workout program called P90X. I was doing a great job with it too! This past week and a half I have majorly slacked off. I now feel sluggish and yucky! I have just been SO tired and I just seem like I cannot get into it! I NEED to get my butt in gear! We are almost to swimsuit season and I am a big fat whale that needs to loose at least 40 lbs! Why is this such a problem for me to loose? I have struggled with this for 3 years too long. I want to be my skinny self again. I WANT to feel good about my body and have my hubby be proud of me. Why is eating such an addiction to me. I don't have problems with drugs and I am not an alcoholic. FOOD is my addiction!!! I HATE THAT!!!!! Do I just not know what to eat to help me loose weight?? NO, I DO know what to eat, it is just that I LOVE the food that I am not supposed to eat, like pasta, bread, pasta, candy, pasta....you get the point, I LOVE pasta! Jory hates it! Ok so I am going to change things....I am just not going to eat! LOL just kidding, I am going to do the slim fast shakes and cut the pasta and bread out. I am just not going to eat it anymore. It will be hard, and I might falter, but I think that I am more worried about how I look in a swimsuit than my love for pasta and all things bad for me. I want to look like my friends Paula and Janell! They are beautiful and healthy! Ok DYAN get your rear in gear! High protein here I come!!!

On another note, Jory found out that he is allergic to Gluten and Cows Milk. So hubby is going to help me out with this new way of eating, since he HAS to do it, it will be easier for me to get on the bandwagon. It is funny we need to find someone to watch the kids some night, so we can go on a "Whole Foods" shopping trip. We need to really look at labels and make sure that it is something that Jory can eat. Date night at Whole Foods!!! LOL!!!

Here are a few pics from Easter! Enjoy!
Ciao!

Okay Okay I am BACK...

Okay ya'll, I am back t blogging. Lets see how long this lasts! LOL Okay do Facebook has taken the place of my blog, but I have had requests to start blogging again so here we go...

So last time I blogged I had just had Lily, she is now 9months old now. She is crawling and pulling herself up on the furniture. She is trying to keep up with big brother. She also has two teeth. She is a big girl now! She eats pretty much everything that we are eating plus some! Hehe, I am making her baby food so she eats that and some of our dinners too! She is such a happy baby, nothing seems to bother her...ever...I love her so much! She is just growing like a weed!

Christian is now 3 1/2 and is such a smarty! He loves his new bike that Santa gave him from Christmas this year, and has finally made it outside! He is loving having a baby sister and he thinks that he is her protector. He sometimes gets annoyed with her when she destroys his trains, but other than that he is loving having someone to play with. Now that she is crawling she can keep up with him a little better.
I am looking to maybe put him in a tumbling class this coming fall. We are going to hold off on putting him in Pre-school, until next year. He will be a late start kindergartner. I think that 2 years of Pre-school is a waste of money for us. He is excited to start something tho next year.

Both of the kids had their first time spending the night together in the same room at Grandpa and Grandma's house a few weeks ago. Lily did not know what to think. She did not know where she was, and so she did not sleep well for my mom and dad! I felt so bad, but mom said it was no big deal! Oh well we will have to try it again! Hehe!!

Jory and I are about the same, no big change here, except I am another year older now. I just celebrated my 27th birthday on March 12th. It was fun! We had family and friends over to celebrate with us!

This is the first year in a long time that we have not taken a vacation in the winter. Jory is itching to get out of town. We are going to go to Branson the last weekend in March, just to get out of KC. It will be fun! There is lots to do down there with the kiddos! We are looking forward to it.

I think that is about all that I have for right now, I will try and keep you updated more often! Here are some Family Pictures that we had taken recently, enjoy!
Ciao!

I am SORRY!!!

This was about 2 1/2 hours after she was born, my second time holding her

Same

Next Day NICU

Next Day less than 24 hours old NICU

I need to apologize to my dear blog, I have neglected you and now it is time for an update!
Lets see I forget where I have left off, I know I was still pregnant last update, but I am not now. I have had Baby Lily! She is now home and her birthday is June 3 2009. She had a hard time getting started into this world. When she was born she did not breath on her own. It took them about 10 minutes to get her to breath on her own, they called it resuscitating her, I don't like to use that because her heart was beating, slow but beating. She was in the NICU for 4 days. The hardest part of all of it was that she was not allowed to be with me in my room and then on Friday after she was born they kicked me out and they had no room for me in the hospital, so I had to end up going home that night and she stayed at the hospital. I cried all the way home that night. She never had to be on any oxygen after she got to the NICU and she looked perfectly healthy. They had her hooked up to and IV and heart moniters and two other cords that kept an eye on her, but she was perfect. I did not fully understand why they kept her for so long in there, but am grateful that they were taking her not breathing serious enough. Well she is now home and is doing great! She is eating very well and sleeping great as well! She is not a fussy baby, and she rarely crys. She looks like her daddy and is very beautiful! She is different than Christian in everyway and I love her very much! She is my angel! Christian has adjusted well considering that his 24/7 mommy attention has got to be split between the two of them. I have really tried to make it a point to spend as much time with him as possible. He loves his new sister and he loves holding her too. He has only steped on her twice now, (she is going to be one tough chick) but that is okay no harm done! He loves singing "twinkle twinkle little star" to her. Around 4pm he starts misbehaving a little, so I have to remember to keep my cool, which is hard sometimes. I have to remember that he is only 2 almost 3 and he is going to get into stuff and throw fits. So far I love being a mom of two! I guess it is to late to change that! LOL

Well I have lost about 20 lbs since I have had her, about 20 more to go! I can't wait till I am cleared to start working out again! I want to be in a two peice swimsuit by the end of summer! I know I can do it!

We are going to the lake this weekend! I cannot wait! She will be 2 1/2 weeks old and on the water! Oy! What am I thinking!?!? I know Christan can't wait to go swimming! He loves the boat! Thanks Adam and Paula, for letting us go down and enjoy the lake with you all! It is great to have friends like you!

Well I know that there is more I can update you on but I really don't have the time! I will update again soon!
Ciao!

Ahhh, the kid is getting older!

Well I wish that was true more ways than one! He is still not potty trained, but I have read that with having a new sibling coming into the picture, that it is not worth the fight! Christian is getting older though in so many other ways! He is SO into trains right now that Jory and I are thinking about buying a train table for our basement for him to play with! I cannot tell you how many times I have watched Thomas the Train in the last few days! I cannot wait till it gets a little warmer so we can go to the park and play and just be outside more than indoors!
Jory and C made a deal the other day, I think that it was Sunday, that if he goes without his paci then he would get a new train from Daddy! Well C went to the trash and threw away the that he had and he sat down and played with the trains that he had already. It was so funny, C asked Jory every ten minutes or so if he could have his new train. So funny! He has been doing very good all day without the paci, right now he only gets it if he goes night night. When he falls asleep we take it out of his mouth so he does not have it in all night. So far so good!

I will have to get his elephant march on camera and post it so you can see! He is SOOOO funny when he does it. He likes watching the Jungle Book and the elephants on the movie march. He tilts his head up and counts and marches around the house! We march wherever we go! You have to see it to know how cute it is!

Well my salon is done! Yea! I can do hair in the basement and I don't have to move stuff from my guest room to the kitchen and back again! No more hair on the counter and on my floor! It is great! I am just waiting on my ceiling to be done and some different lights. But I have used it a ton already! I am so glad that I can work out of the house and make a little money! The entire basement is almost done too. We are buying some couches from a friend of ours, just to get us by for a while! It will be a fun place to have friends over and just relax down there! I will post pictures soon.

We are getting very close to when Lily arrives! I can't wait! She is going to be so beautiful! I hope she gets Jory's eyes! I will get the bedding in the mail today and it is purple with butterfly's on it! I will take pictures of her room when it is all done! She is slowing her kicking and movements a little, she is just getting big! She should be around 3-4lbs, right now! I have 7weeks left and I am feeling pretty good! I am not getting a whole lot of sleep, because I am up every hour and a half going to the bathroom! Uggg, it is because I drink so much water during the day! I kick myself every night for not stopping the drinking earlier! Oh well I am just SO thirsty!

I guess that it is okay to say that I am going to be an Aunt again! Yes Meg and Drew are pregnant! She has been really sick. I feel for her! I remember that when I had Christian. She is about 13weeks now and she should start feeling better before too long! Congrats Meg and Drew!

Well I guess that is all I have for now! I will post pictures soon!
Ciao!