Wow--it has been way to crazy!

I'm not sure how the weight loss is going. I haven't stressed myself out about it because I know I have so much going on so that hasn't been a main focus.

We are in the process of buying a house. Which is such an adventure. One I would rather not go through. Frankly, I'm so surprised I haven't had to sign away my first born child. There are days that I just think it isn't worth it, even though I know it is.

My nephew had surgery because of the pressure, fluid and blood in his brain. They said he had so much fluid in there but amazingly he is home and his surgery was on Friday! He is such a trooper! He is already holding his head up a little bit more than he was before. I'm just amazed at how much these little babies can endure!

I had to go to a court hearing to testify and had myself so worked up about it. Got there and sat for two hours and then they decided to go ahead and switch the dang date and make it a half day hearing! Oh that sure didn't make me feel better. I feel bad enough doing what I have to do let alone for them to switch everything. But I always remember this is for my nephew and no one else. Just that sweet, precious baby!

And my mom had a bunion removed and I've been trying to be there like crazy. I've been taking care of my family and her. My dad is not home until Friday so I worry about her being by herself and only being able to hop on one foot right now.

Well I'm off. I have to get my beef veggie soup on the stove to start cooking! It's my fav. and I can NEVER get it to taste like my mom's and my grandma's

4 miles down this week!

This morning I had to take my daughter to her cheerleading clinic. While she was there for her 3 hours, my son and I went shopping and then to the trail to walk. We only had time for a 1 1/2 miles once we were done shopping. We had so much fun. Of course it ended in me getting covered in mud but he thought it was fun and amusing so hey...lol

We did go for our hike this past weekend and we all had SO much fun and then walked 1 1/2 on the trail along the river. We probably hiked a mile up in hilly areas and then the 1 1/2 on a flat trail.

I don't feel like I've been eating that great though. So while it is my chance to lose weight because we've been more active because of no rain (woohoo we had a few days off after having rain for 3 wks!), I think I ruined it by food choices. But at least I was more active while I ate crappy....I guess.

Somedays I feel like I can only do one or the other....exercise or eat healthy. Why is so dang hard for me to do both????

Have a great week!

Slim Down Saturday

My scale showed an increase but I'm not super worried. This happens to me for about a week during the month and then it will drop to what my correct weight is. But I don't care what the reason, I hate seeing it go up!

I have a lot of personal issues popping up this month that are causing tons of stress. And honestly if I was at my ideal weight, I would have gained a pound or two. I can't write about what is happening until it is actually over but I'm so stressed and worried, it isn't even funny.

Today, when my husband gets home from work, we are going hiking with the kids. We are taking them to the local waterfall. They've never been there and I'm sure they will think it is fun. We've had so much rain that we haven't been able to get out. We were walking 2-3 miles every day and I had lost weight doing that and then we've had 3 weeks of rain! Plus this is our way of keeping them active without having a clue what our motives are...lol

My goals are to just add in more exercise and keep a tally of what I'm eating and exercising! I'd like to see the scale go down but I'm well aware that I'm still doing my body good by exercising even if my scale doesn't move this week



Good luck everyone!

Prayers for Stellan!

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My first born---Wednesday's Walk

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Since my son is going to be 9 on Monday I thought it would be fitting to have him be my Wednesday's Walk.

Christian Joel was born July 27, 2000 but wasn't supposed to be born for another 2 1/2 months. He was born a full 10 weeks early!

My husband was in the Navy at the time and we were stationed in Gulfport, Mississippi. One day I just woke up not feeling my best at all.. My back hurt, I felt like puking all day and I was just real worn out and pale. My husband came home on lunch because he knew I was feeling terrible. Went back to work and came home around 3. I sent him out to get a heating pad because my back was killing me. I still didn't think it was labor. I mean who would when you have 10 more weeks to go! He decided to drive to the super Walmart 20 minutes away versus the little Walmart 5 mins up the road. He was thinking of me and thought maybe he'd get me a blizzard from the DQ. Needless to say by the time he got back in an hour, I was in so much pain. He picked me up and off we went to the Keesler AFB.

We got to the hospital, which by the way, he made me WALK to the 3rd floor while I was 10 cms dialated....yes you read that right....he made me WALK! I was in the delivery room and still had my street clothes on. I had a huge NICU staff waiting in the room, a huge nursing staff, and so many doctors. I had people putting needles in me, yanking my clothes off, telling me to push and the whole time, I still didn't have a clue what I was doing...lol.

When he was born, he weighed 3 pounds 9 ounces which is actually big for as early as he was. And he cried. We were so scared. Neither one of us were really that old, it was our first time from home and we lived 20 hours from friends and family. He spent 25 days in the NICU. We had moments where they thought he may have a brain bleed (common in preemies). They thought his digestive track wasn't working properly. But it was. A 25 day stay is excellent considering they told us it would be 10 weeks before he could come home. We brought home this little guy, who wasn't even 5 pounds yet.

Since he was born early, he was a little bit developmentally delayed. Which we caught him up with therapy. And he is behind speech wise. That is something we are still working on. But we were so blessed with a perfect baby.

Here he is with his daddy in the NICU--the first time we could hold him:



Just looking cute



First Birthday


Spaghetti Face:

And this year:

Another pound down this week!

I weighed in this morning and was down another pound. Woohoo...go me! I don't have much to say other than that. I'm just surprised cause I thought for sure I'd gain a pound. But I'm most definitely happy with a pound loss.

Let's hope this a streak of pounds leaving!

Have a good week everyone!

Wednesday's Walk

If you would like to join other bloggers on this Wednesday walk, visit Lynnette's site for all the details.

Well this is my first Wednesday's Walk, but I've been reading everyone else's for quite some time!

My memory doesn't have to do with my own children but with my nephew. I was there the day the little man was born. Oh it was such an exciting day! I was SO excited to be an aunt and just couldn't wait for that moment when I could spoil that munchkin and send him right home to his mama! Evil I know, but those were my plans :-D
Here he is the day he was born:




My little man is going to be 9 months old in August. And he has undergone so much in his little life. You see, my little nephew is a victim of Shaken Baby Syndrome. Not from his mama but we believe her boyfriend(she was at work at the time). And while I don't have pics of him in the hospital, it is a memory that will never leave me. But that isn't the memory I want to leave with all of you.
I want to leave you with this one to show you how good God is:

This is the little man today. This is the boy that I thought was going to die that day we drove to Children's hospital when he was life flighted. This is the little boy that SHOULD have died. This is Blake. And up until about a month ago after his accident, he was supposed to have been blind. They never thought he would see again. And he can. Yes, he still has issues. He has to build those neck muscles up to hold his head up again. His little leg is healed from being broken. And the arm that had the blood clots in still doesn't move as easily as the others. But he has such great progress every day. He is a fighter and over came so pretty good odds that were stacked against him!
God is most certainly good. He does amazing things. And that is a memory that will never leave us. That God gave Blakey's doctors the gift to save him. And that God does listen to prayers!

I know this isn't a particularly happy walk. But it is one we walked and one that is a true blessing to us. It reminded us of how good God is.