Grayson and his bear bear
This is what I live for! There is only one thing I wanted to be when I was a kid and that was a MOMMY! I love my life, I love my job, I LOVE my Army Brats!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Fat Tuesday
Well, it's Tuesday again. This week, I started training for a 5k. I have never run in a real race before, I thought I'd start small and work my way up. After I complete a 5k, I'd like to train for a 10K and then a half marathon. I don't think I want to do a full marathon, although, who knows how I will feel after running a half. When I was running before, (pre Grayson pregnancy) fat was just melting off of my body. It was amazing. I do hope to lose weight (LOTS OF WEIGHT) but more importantly, I want to be in good physical shape.
Today, I ran about 2.7 miles in 30 minutes. My goal is to get up to 3 miles in 30 minutes. I believe that is a reasonable goal :). My food today, consisted of eggs with hot sauce for breakfast, coffee (can't seem to give it up), lunch meat, celery, zucchini, carrots, and honey dew melon for lunch, a chocolate no-bake cookie for snack (okay I gave in to temptation....but I just had ONE!!!), and chicken for dinner. Breakfast and lunch were GREAT, but I admit, I may have eaten a little too much for dinner and the cookie was a fail on my part....BUT....May we all be reminded that not long ago, I would have eaten 3 or 4 cookies, and done bad for breakfast and lunch too. SO....I AM doing better. I did REALLY good yesterday (almost perfect) and I can do even better tomorrow. And I don't feel like I totally failed today. ANYWAY..........
MY challenge this week is for everyone to go check out the couch to 5k running program at http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml and give it a whirl!
Monday, June 20, 2011
9/11 Heroes Run in San Diego
On September 11, 2011 there will be a race dedicated to the heroes of 9/11 in about 15 different states across the US. They want people from all over the country to come together to honor the heroes of 9/11. The motto is "Honor the fallen by challenging the living." I just wanted to give it a quick plug because, my childhood bestie is helping to organize the race in San Diego, CA, and because I think it is an awesome way to honor our fallen heroes. You can visit their website at http://www.911heroesrun.com/.Also, you can go to the San Diego Race's facebook page and post a picture of your favorite American Hero (military, firefighter, police, EMT, etc.) https://www.facebook.com/pages/911-Heroes-Run-San-Diego/234426383240554?sk=wall
My hero is the one pictured on the right! :)
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Fat Tuesday
To weigh in or not to weigh in.....well, I haven't yet today, and I kinda don't want to. My mother in law was in town last week and she is from the south and well, you know what they do down there?? They fry stuff, that's what! Granted, I did stay pretty active, for the most part, and I feel good. I don't want to go weigh in today, though. I just don't want to be disappointed! Anyway, today I really have not felt that hungry ( due to a weird little stomach bug) so I haven't eaten much at all. I know they say you need to eat in order to lose weight, but I just don't see a point if I am not hungry. When I DO feel hungry, then, I will eat a small meal, when I DON'T feel hungry, I won't eat. One of my problems with why I gained weight was because I ate all the time....even when I was not hungry. I feel that in order to break that habit, I should ONLY eat when I AM hungry. Makes since to me. So, all that being said, I am not weighing in today. I feel good right now, I know I am making positive choices, and I'll just weigh in next week.
On a different note, I have been playing Dance Central on the KINECT today, and whoever said that dancing is a great workout was SOOOO RIGHT! Just like last week, I am having a great time while working out. I love it! Although, dancing is NOT my forte, I am having a blast....by myself, of course. It really makes me miss my friends back home because I KNOW they would be dying laughing right along with me. Anyway, gotta go for a run tonight and my workout for today will be complete.
This week, I challenge you to laugh, whether it be at someone else, or at yourself. (Laughter is proven to be good for you) Lighten up, let go of the worries of the world and just LAUGH! :)
On a different note, I have been playing Dance Central on the KINECT today, and whoever said that dancing is a great workout was SOOOO RIGHT! Just like last week, I am having a great time while working out. I love it! Although, dancing is NOT my forte, I am having a blast....by myself, of course. It really makes me miss my friends back home because I KNOW they would be dying laughing right along with me. Anyway, gotta go for a run tonight and my workout for today will be complete.
This week, I challenge you to laugh, whether it be at someone else, or at yourself. (Laughter is proven to be good for you) Lighten up, let go of the worries of the world and just LAUGH! :)
Thursday, June 9, 2011
My Lost Wedding Ring :(
A few weeks ago I lost my wedding band. It made me so sad...I cried. I absolutely LOVED that thing. It was a simple ring, white gold with about 10 tiny diamonds going across the top of it. Matt gave it to me last May after we made it through a terrible storm in our marriage. The original band is a wrap around band that goes with my engagement ring. I had intended to have those two saudered together to make one ring when he gave me the new band, but I never got around to it. I still have the engagement ring and wrap, the problem is, that since I was pregnant, my finger has been too fat to wear it. I feel so naked without a ring on my finger. For now, until I replace my lost wedding band, I guess I will have to wait until my finger loses some fat so that I can wear a wedding ring again. :( Anyway....hopefully my dear husband will be eager to replace the band and I PROMISE to never lose a ring again. :)
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Where You Go I'll Go
This morning, I read the book of Ruth in the Bible. I LOVE that story! If you have not read it, you really should. It is a very short book in the Bible, but the story is touching and has big meaning.
It is about a woman named Naomi who had 2 sons. Her sons both were married and before they were able to bear children wih their wives, both of them died. When Naomi's sons died, she told her 2 daughters in laws to go home back to their families and start over. One of the daughters in laws did as she was told, but Ruth refused. She wanted to stay with Naomi, even if it meant she would not ever be married again. So, faithfully, she followed Naomi. The two women lived together and a little while later Ruth met a man named Boaz. The two got married and Ruth gave birth to a baby boy named Obed.
First of all, the summary I just gave is just that...a summary. The story itself is much more in depth. What I love the most about the whole story is how Ruth's faithfulness to her mother in law was rewarded with God's blessings in more ways than one. It would have been so much easier for her, I am sure, to just have gone home. But, becasue she was committed to her husband and his mother, she chose to take her chances and follow Naomi instead. Because of that, she was able to meet Boaz and fall in love all over again and have a baby....Obed....who happens to be the grandfather of King David who happens to be in the family line of Jesus himself! Now tell me that God did not have his hand in THAT!!!!
I feel like I can relate to Ruth in a way.....As a military wife, I am called to follow my husband wherever he goes. Like Ruth, I have to have faith that God knows what he is doing and that HIS plans are bigger than mine. Sometimes, just going home WOULD be easier. But, what blessings will I miss out on if I take the easy road? Our husbands need to know that we will follow them...wherever they go. He IS my family now, and God will bless me for being faithful to him.
It is about a woman named Naomi who had 2 sons. Her sons both were married and before they were able to bear children wih their wives, both of them died. When Naomi's sons died, she told her 2 daughters in laws to go home back to their families and start over. One of the daughters in laws did as she was told, but Ruth refused. She wanted to stay with Naomi, even if it meant she would not ever be married again. So, faithfully, she followed Naomi. The two women lived together and a little while later Ruth met a man named Boaz. The two got married and Ruth gave birth to a baby boy named Obed.
First of all, the summary I just gave is just that...a summary. The story itself is much more in depth. What I love the most about the whole story is how Ruth's faithfulness to her mother in law was rewarded with God's blessings in more ways than one. It would have been so much easier for her, I am sure, to just have gone home. But, becasue she was committed to her husband and his mother, she chose to take her chances and follow Naomi instead. Because of that, she was able to meet Boaz and fall in love all over again and have a baby....Obed....who happens to be the grandfather of King David who happens to be in the family line of Jesus himself! Now tell me that God did not have his hand in THAT!!!!
I feel like I can relate to Ruth in a way.....As a military wife, I am called to follow my husband wherever he goes. Like Ruth, I have to have faith that God knows what he is doing and that HIS plans are bigger than mine. Sometimes, just going home WOULD be easier. But, what blessings will I miss out on if I take the easy road? Our husbands need to know that we will follow them...wherever they go. He IS my family now, and God will bless me for being faithful to him.
Fat Tuesday (on Wednesday)
So yesterday, I didn't have a chance to blog for Fat Tuesday....so here it is today on WEDNESDAY! :)
This week I have been helping out at Soccer Camp for my church. Mind you, it has been almost 10 years since the last time I kicked a soccer ball. I was a little intimidated at first, especially since I was "coaching" with a girl who played all through college. But apparently, playing soccer is like riding a bike...you just don't forget. It felt so good to be doing something that I used to love so much. It felt so familiar and it made me feel good.
So what does all of that have to do with Fat Tuesday? Well, if you know anything at all about the game of soccer, you will know that it is a VERY physically demanding game. As much as I hate running and exercising, I LOVE playing soccer. So, it got me thinking that I need to start incorporating things I enjoy doing into my workout routine. If the kids, Matt and I went out to a field and ran around with a soccer ball for an hour, the whole family would get a good cardio workout while spending time together and having fun all at the same time. You really can't beat that....3 stones in one!
So my challenge to you, this week, is to get outside with your family or friends, and do something you love. Go swimming, play a game of basket ball or (like in my case) kick around a soccer ball. You will be burning calories and having fun all at the same time! :)
Current weight: 196 (i lost 2 lbs!)
Goal next week 193
This week I have been helping out at Soccer Camp for my church. Mind you, it has been almost 10 years since the last time I kicked a soccer ball. I was a little intimidated at first, especially since I was "coaching" with a girl who played all through college. But apparently, playing soccer is like riding a bike...you just don't forget. It felt so good to be doing something that I used to love so much. It felt so familiar and it made me feel good.
So what does all of that have to do with Fat Tuesday? Well, if you know anything at all about the game of soccer, you will know that it is a VERY physically demanding game. As much as I hate running and exercising, I LOVE playing soccer. So, it got me thinking that I need to start incorporating things I enjoy doing into my workout routine. If the kids, Matt and I went out to a field and ran around with a soccer ball for an hour, the whole family would get a good cardio workout while spending time together and having fun all at the same time. You really can't beat that....3 stones in one!
So my challenge to you, this week, is to get outside with your family or friends, and do something you love. Go swimming, play a game of basket ball or (like in my case) kick around a soccer ball. You will be burning calories and having fun all at the same time! :)
Current weight: 196 (i lost 2 lbs!)
Goal next week 193
Sunday, June 5, 2011
My Best Friend's Wedding
One very hard part of being a military wife is packing up and leaving home. When we left South Carolina 3 years ago, it was hard. I missed my friends and family like crazy. No amount of time can change that. Now, 3 years later, I still miss them all very much. Living so far away, I have to make hard decisions concerning visits home and stuff. One super hard choice I had to make recently was to miss my best friend's wedding. When I made the decision, initially, I knew that missing the wedding would suck, but I didn't expect it to suck this bad. I wish I could have been there...I really really do. I know she was upset when the news broke that we were not coming. Understandably. She says she is no longer upset about it, but I have not heard from her in a few weeks, and I can't help but feel like she is still mad. I have two other friends who I have not spoken to either, in a while. I cant help but feel like I am losing them. I don't want to grow apart... I love them, and can't imagine my life without them in it. Seeing them having fun there makes me sad. I miss those times. This is confusing for me....am I just being a crazy person, or what? What can I do to hold on to the precious friendships that I hold so dear to my heart. Going home more than once a year is out of the question right now, since we live 17 hours away. I don't neccisarily live in a fabulously exciting place for them to come and visit...although, they are welcome to come any time. I know that leaving home and moving on is what people do. Especially people in the military. And I have made GREAT friends here, and I look forward to creating new bonds with new people for the rest of my life, but no bond will ever replace the life long bonds that I have made with my girls back home. Anyway, I am having a bit of a pity party tonight becasue I am so very sad that I missed my best friend's wedding yesterday. :(
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Sunscreen Beware!
I took Grayson to the pool on Sunday and put the Coppertone baby sunscreen on him. Almost immediately, he broke out in HIVES all over his face and neck, his nose started running, his eyes got watery and red. I was so freaked out! I immediately tried to wash it off, but because it was waterproof, I couldn't get it off completely.
I wasn't sure what to do, so I posted about it on Facebook. One girl told me that she only used Aveno for babies. So, I went to Wal-Mart and got some. Today, we went to the pool again, and I put it on him. It was GREAT! No hives, no red eyes and NO SUN BURN!!! I met a lady that said she also knows someone who's baby had an allergic reaction to the Coppertone. I'm totally not hating on the Coppertone, by any means, but it must have SOMETHING in it that is causing this. I plan on doing some research on the ingredients listed to conclude what caused my boy to break out like that, then I can avoid ALL products with that particular ingredient. I will post an update when I search further for an answer. In the mean time I am just so thankful to have found a sunscreen that works, as we plan to spend LOTS of time outside this summer.
I wasn't sure what to do, so I posted about it on Facebook. One girl told me that she only used Aveno for babies. So, I went to Wal-Mart and got some. Today, we went to the pool again, and I put it on him. It was GREAT! No hives, no red eyes and NO SUN BURN!!! I met a lady that said she also knows someone who's baby had an allergic reaction to the Coppertone. I'm totally not hating on the Coppertone, by any means, but it must have SOMETHING in it that is causing this. I plan on doing some research on the ingredients listed to conclude what caused my boy to break out like that, then I can avoid ALL products with that particular ingredient. I will post an update when I search further for an answer. In the mean time I am just so thankful to have found a sunscreen that works, as we plan to spend LOTS of time outside this summer.
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