Ok, haven't posted since October - where have the last 8 months gone??? I swear I thought I was doing better than that but apparently not.
OOhh well, my life. Well, I am at my goal weight, still exercising daily and I love it. I am going about 25 miles a week (some higher a few lower) and have added upper body weights. I didn't know I had arm muscles but a lady in a store the other day commented on my arms so apparently I do! I'm still doing the stay-at-home thing but I do love it. The kids are great - Garrett turns 3 on the first and Braden is almost 18 mos. They are a blast. I didn't realize how much quicker the second one does things - apparently competition is a real motivator. B has this amazing vocabulary and is obsessed with learning how to go down the stairs by himself. He even sneaks over and pries the gate open and practices on the bottom few stairs so I don't make him hold my hand. B's also almost as big as G - there's about 4lbs and 4" between them. I keep telling G he better start eating more or B's going to catch him!
My days are pretty much all about the kids. Garrett got out of Mother's sanity mornings (aka mother's morning out) in mid-may so we've been a threesome since then. I have to say we're having a great summer. We've hit the zoo a few times, put water in the pool in the back yard a few times a week, hit the library for story time every week, play with friends (playgroup) once a week (at least) and we're trying to get to the neighborhood pool more frequently. The only issue with the neighborhood pool is that there isn't a "baby pool" and I have 2 small ones and not a swimmer between them yet and they want to be a little independent of mom so it gets interesting. I finally found something for G that seems to work but it's still a little big for B so I'm going to try another type of vest thing and see how that goes. I am hoping to get G into swim lessons soon ... we'll see. The last ones I tried filled up within 30 min of opening so unless I want to shell out a good deal of money (like the 1-200$+ range) I am just going to have to do what I can this summer.
I think we're going to try the pool this afternoon as it's hot in my house. Our upstairs a/c unit went out and they can't fix it until tomorrow. Somehow the unit, which is in the attic, is frozen up solid - now it's about 4 thousand degrees up there so this is truly a feat in my opinion. Anyway, I am just hoping it is easily fixed and doesn't cost us an arm and a leg. I feel bad putting the kids down for a nap in this heat (it's currently 84 up here and climbing) but thier fans are on high so I hope they sleep for at least a little while and then I'll take them to the pool to cool off.
Well, that's about it for now. I'm posting a few pics of us - we had pictures taken again.
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