Cruisin

Gilbert and I are going on a 3 day cruise for our 6th wedding anniversary. We leave on Friday. My parents were so kind to fly down to take care of the kids. This will be the first time I have ever left my kids. I hope that Grandma Boo and Papa Lou survive while we are gone and the kids don't give them a hard time.

On Monday we started telling Kaden that Grandma Boo and Papa Lou are coming to play with her this week. She was smart enough to figure out on her own that they were coming in an airplane. She keeps saying how excited she is!

WW Update

Last week I lost 2.2 pounds. That puts me at a total lost of 16.6 pounds. I am looking forward to when I can say I lost 20 pounds. On Friday I am leaving on a cruise for 3 days. I hope that I can have self control so that I do not gain weight this week.

Weekend in Pictures

Kaden trying to feed Teo Fruit Loops

Playing in the sprinkler.

Dancing with Daddy

We just hung around the house this weekend and played in our new backyard.

Backyard Renovation

These are the pictures at the beginning of our renovation.

This is the walkway to the part of our backyard that opens up.

This is in the open part of the backyard.


We had mulch down before which they removed to lay down the pavers.

Here are the After renovation. This section is to the left when you walk in the yard.

The new and improved walkway.

No more cement square and mulch!

The kids love being able to run around and play now.

The backyard is finally completed! It took a while but the end result was well worth it. This weekend we went out and enjoyed watching the kids play in their new backyard.

WW Update

I don't know if anyone reads this but I will continue to post to keep myself accountable. I have been sticking with Weight Watchers but I have not seen the results as fast as I wanted. I lost a good amount the first couple of weeks but then I was loosing 1 pound or 1/2 a pound a week. I was getting discouraged because I wanted to see at least 2 pounds a week coming off. Last week I missed my weigh in. This week I went and had lost 5 pounds and finally got over the 10 pound mark. I have now lost a total of 13.5 pounds. I can feel it in my clothes too. I needed this to keep me going. I still have not gotten my workouts in and hope to start that soon.

Summer is Here

This was at a princess themed birthday party.

It is hard to believe that summer is already here. We have been doing a lot recently. We have been redoing our backyard. I will post pictures of this later. It took a while due to rain and other issues but it is finally completed! We can now enjoy our yard space and grill out this summer!



Last week Gilbert was out of town and I did my first week with the kids by myself. It is pathetic to think I was a bit apprehensive about this. I don't know if its just me but having a 19.5 month old and a 29 month old is very hard to handle with only one set of hands. We survived the week but I was exhausted by the end of it. Pretty soon after Gilbert got back myself and both kids got a stomach bug. I found myself at home taking care of two sick kids while i was very sick myself. Unfortunately, Gilbert had a meeting at work and wasn't able to miss it. This was a new experience for me and I hope I don't have to go through that again.