When I grow up...

Max and Claire's Mother's Morning Out class had their end of the year picnic.  It has been a wonderful year; great friends and wonderful teachers!  We have been blessed to have such wonderful women taking care of our children.

At the end of the picnic the teachers had a little something to say about each child.  They described their personality and said what they thought they would be when they grew up based on how they behaved in the classroom!  It was so neat to hear about each child.

 This made me laugh!  They said that he loves the Fireman song they sing and does all the movements to go along and he really likes playing with fire trucks and action heroes.  As well as being a sweet boy!

I could totally see this!  Claire always takes the lead in the class.  She knows the rules and exactly what they are supposed to do each day.... and sometimes reminds the teachers!  A mother hen.
-I found it funny that the other twin girl (does not go on our days) was most likely to be a super mom - also a mother hen of the class!

So sad that they only have two more days left.  Luckily we have some awesome friends that we will play with all summer :)

Baby Fever

I think I have it!  It seems that everyone around me either just had a baby or is expecting.  Today, one of my best friends had her baby girl.  She already has twin boys that just turned four.  She struggled with infertility like I did, but was blessed with baby girl on her own!

She is so sweet.  She was telling me all about the c-section and her experience.  It has changed so much in two years.  She was able to watch the whole thing and hold her immediately.  She then stayed with her in recovery.
I did not get to hold Max and Claire until I was out of recovery and they came to me already bathed.  As I was leaving tonight, they were just giving her a bath then Mom has to do skin to skin for an hour.  I would have LOVED to have that opportunity!

Of course, this fever could change as soon as mine start having tantrums tomorrow ;)

Pass the Doughnut

Today marked two weeks on Weight Watchers.  This past week was a little better than the first.  I did a better job on tracking and not stressing.  AND i LOST 3 lbs! Yay! and that's on top of going to a Derby party Saturday night and indulging in too many beverages and having Krispy Kreme for breakfast on Sunday ;)

You're missing out if you have not had their sugar doughnut!

 I feel good and really hope I don't get cocky(as in not tracking and thinking I can have extra treats) and start slipping - bathing suit season starts in two weeks for me!

Not too much else is going on.  Just staying busy with these two littles.

Silent Auction fun!

Today I was invited to another Pre-School's silent auction to raise money for their program.  This was my first and it was so much fun!  I went with one thing in mind.... POOL membership!  There were lots of great items to bid on, but this is the only thing I won.

$420 - super pumped!

We almost purchased the membership last month... so glad life got busy and we didn't!

WW Week 1

Yesterday marked my first week back on Weight Watchers.  I tracked 80% of the time.  It's easy to track when you just have to write "apple" , "orange" , "egg", but if I have to break something down, I tend to skip it or guess.  That's not smart, and I know that.  I worked out 5/7 days last week.

So it's Tuesday, meeting day.  I weigh myself before leaving and I did not lose.a.pound.  Not cool.  I still went to meeting, but chose not to weigh in. {Being a lifetime member, I only have to weigh in once a month}  I should have done it just to hold myself accountable.  Today is a new day.

Everything was going good until I got a sweet tooth and an itch to bake.  I made a penuche cake.  Just a little piece of heaven!  I did lighten it up by using greek yogurt and water in the cake mix, but the icing was FULL of fat :/  I gave some to two friends and Justin had a big piece for dessert.... and I did not measure, but it's safe to say I had two pieces.  I went over points today.  But that is OK.  I have extra points for the week and a lot of activity points.

I have three friends who have also signed up.  This is great encouragement and will definitely help with Girls' Night Out!

Decisions, Decisions

I'm stressed out about Claire's sleeping arrangements.  I don't think I'm ready for her to be 100% big bed.  She has slept in it every nap and night since Saturday.  However, she insists that I "sleep" (lay down) with her until she falls asleep.  It turns into an hour of her tossing and turning, copying how I'm laying then telling me to look at her, covering her up 10000 times...  I've tried not staying in there, but she screams at the top of her lungs until I go in there.  I've held out about 15 minutes.
Tonight she actually got out of bed.  Justin took her back and told her if she got out one more time, she was going to her crib.  She cried and cried and I broke down and went in.  She was sitting at the edge of the bed, scared to get out.  I felt awful, so I stayed 10 minutes until she finally fell asleep.

This morning at 5am, she fell out of bed.  She moves so much... of course the area we didn't have blocked off, she fell.  It was at the end of the bed.  She wasn't hurt, that bed is low, but she ended up coming into our room.

She also threw a fit at nap time and said she wanted to sleep in the den.  She slept here for almost two hours.  She is starting to play me and I don't like it.

I'm kinda thinking she can nap in the big bed and sleep in her crib at night?  I like them apart at nap.
What to do???

Weight Watchers

It works.  I know it does.  Back in 2006/7 I lost 18 lbs and became a lifetime member.  I continued going to meetings until I found out I was pregnant.  I went back in April 2011, but was a drop out bc I did not like the new plan.

Fast forward two years and I'm ready to make some changes.  I was fortunate enough to lose a lot of weight while I was breastfeeding (pumping) for 10 months, but it has slowly came back on.  I would love to lose 15 lbs, but 10 is my realistic goal.

My goal is to regain control of my eating habits.  Smaller portions and not having dessert multiple times a day every night.

I am going to try very hard to be honest with my tracking.  I know that writing down everything I eat will open my eyes to what(and how much) I'm putting in. It's going to help not take bites of Max and Claire's breakfast, lunch and dinner as I'm making them or having a handful (or bag) of popcorn while watching TV.

I'm also going to put away the scale.  I weigh myself every morning before leaving our bedroom.  I am going to be confident in myself and just do my weekly weigh-ins at WW.

I went to the meeting at 9:30, so I didn't start until lunch.  I did good for my first day back.  We even ate dinner as a family instead of eating at 8/8:30 after the kids have gone to bed. Instead of cookies or some other junk for dessert, I had an apple and a few strawberries.

I can do this.  I can do this!