We actually managed a few days of some nice, sunny weather. And Uncle Mike has been itching to get the boys on the bikes and have some fun...so he came and got them and the electric 4 wheeler and took them over to his place for some fun in the evening sun! Can you see the HUGE smile on Zach's face as Uncle Mike pops a wheelie?!? The kid isn't afraid of anything!! They had a blast with Uncle Mike and Sanjuana, especially since they finished off the evening with ice cream at Coldstone, and some play time at the park!I started off this month on the right foot...I ran in my first 5k...the Race for the Cure on May 8th. I finished with my personal best time of 35 minutes, 28 seconds. Not a great time for many, but my best thus far! I was thrilled that I was able to break thru the 12 min/mile barrier!! I couldn't believe how many people turned out both to run and to walk, seriously like 16,000 people! It was a lot of fun, and I'm determined to do more! At first I was thinking of pushing the envelope and training for a 10k, but we'll see. I'm still impressed with how far I've come in the running department...from absolutely HATING to run, to finishing a 5k and even considering more...and all since the end of January!
The weight loss goal is soooooo close! I've only got a little over 2 pounds to go, and then it's learning to maintain! I must admit, I wouldn't be broken hearted if I pulled a little more off, but I'm not going to push myself to do it. I've gone from a size 12 to a 6!!!! It feels so good to put on the size 8's that I bought just a month ago, and they're already too big! I wasn't going to buy anything new until I was done, but I got VERY tired of the garbage bag (cinch sack) feeling with all of my pants! And I can even do the XS size in tshirts these days! : ) I haven't been this tiny since my 2nd year of pharmacy school, right after my mom died! And it's not just about the weight loss...I seriously feel REALLY good most days! And I even miss running and working out when I manage to go without one or the other for a couple of days. And since I'm so close to my goal, I've been trying to decide what I'll be doing for exercise to maintain the weight loss. I bought the game Just Dance for the Wii. It is AMAZING how many calories I burn dancing with my kids! It's been a ton of fun...however, I've discovered just how uncoordinated and clumsy I am, and just how little rhythm I have! I can only imagine how many calories I'd burn if I could keep up and perform ALL the moves!!!
I've actually got quite a bit of scrapbooking done this month. Thanks in part to the Fiesta on May 1st. We scrapped our little hearts out from 10am til 10pm!!!!! I got 20 base pages done that day alone. I've finished a couple of projects, and am almost finished with yet another! I feel like I've accomplished so much, until I look at how many pics are still waiting to be scrapped!!! Am hoping that someday when the kiddos are in school, that I'll find time to get caught up! Have a sneaking suspicion that I'll find a million other things to keep me just as busy as I currently am with those two little monkeys!
I had my Happy Mother's Day to me surgery on the 12th! Since I had a D&C before the Novasure ablation I had to do it at the hospital with general anesthesia. It went off without a hitch. I of course had a ton of nausea right afterwards...nothing a little Zofran couldn't conquer though. And the cramping was pretty intense, but nothing that a little ibuprofen couldn't conquer! By the next morning if I hadn't known better, I'd never have guessed that I'd just had surgery! I felt great!!!! I was allowed to start running/working out intensely again on Saturday, so I had only gained 0.2 pounds by the following week's weigh in! There was just one slight drawback. I developed a headache that wouldn't go away. And after 3 days of a headache that just kept getting worse, and my neck starting to get stiff, I decided to go to the ER and have my worst fears put to rest. He did some blood work, and a CT scan. Everything was negative...no tumor, no clot, no aneursym...I know just enough about stuff like that to worry myself silly. And since I had a massage scheduled for Monday morning, I was paranoid that it might injure me if there was something seriously wrong with me. The massage actually did more for alleviating the stupid headache than the medicine that they gave me in an IV at the ER (toradol, phenergan and benadryl).
The weather has been TERRIBLE this month! Lucas just told me yesterday that it's an itsy bitsy spider kind of day. When I asked what that meant, he explained that the sun needs to come out and dry up all the rain, so they can go back to the park and play! My boys LOVE to play at the park!!! It seriously doesn't matter what park, how warm or cold it is...they just wanna play! We've pretty much been doing another month of park touring! We've hit up a bunch of parks...trying to keep them interested! They discovered the finger skateboard park at Reid Merrell park in Eagle...so it ranks up there in the favorites. Along with a new discovery, Demeyer park...and of course Settler's. They love it when there are other kids there so that they can play and chase! Makes for some great naps in the afternoons!!
We're getting excited for July, and our serious road trip to Illinois! It's taken some time to get used to the idea of driving for 3 days each way, with 2 kids under the age of 4...but I'm finally there! We're going to add an extra day to the travel each way. On the way out we're going to spend an extra night in Lincoln, Nebraska...to allow time to sight see at the Children's Zoo and Children's museum. On the way back we're going to detour through Denver so that I can go to Casa Bonita and see the Disneyland of Mexican restaurants! : ) And then we'll spend an extra night in Salt Lake so that we can take the kids to the Lagoon for sure, and maybe even the zoo. We also just bought a portable DVD player so that the kids will be entertained with some movies and break up the monotony of driving so much! Hoping that those little side trips and the movies will be the magical answer that saves Casey and my sanity!
We'll return from Illinois just in time to have a bash for Zach's 3rd birthday. My friend Sarah has a son who will turn 4 right around the same time, so we've decided to combine forces and plan one party. It is going to be a dragon themed party...which is nice considering that the movie How to Train your Dragon just came out! Makes this oh, so much easier! : )
Oh, and some of the best news of the spring...we are a 100% diaper/pull up free house! Yes, Zach is FINALLY potty trained!!! With the exception of the occasional accident, it's quite nice!
Another crazy busy month comes to a close with the memorial day weekend. We're hoping that the weather cooperates for some racing at Meridian Speedway Saturday evening...a pharmacist from Walgreens has a car that he'll be racing. Sunday is the annual trip to Council to decorate mom's grave, and Granny and Papa Charlie's too. Some friends from WA will be visiting, so a BBQ is also on the platter for Sunday. Monday will just be a day to recover...clean house, do yard work, etc! And then we're onto June, and yet another crazy busy month of fun!
