Saturday, February 6, 2010

too busy

I know it has been 2 months since I posted last, and I am going to use the lame excuse of " I've been sooo busy." Which in actuality, is true. Natalie is turning in to one michievious little 2-year old. She definitely keeps me on my toes. This is what happened when I tried to put a load of laundry in the dryer.



Stinker.
She has also decided that diapers are for babies, and she is not one. :( She is doing good with the potty training though, so I can't complain too bad. Only 1-2 accidents per day. And that is usually because she can't make it to the potty fast enough and get her panties down. We are working on it though. I am not afraid to take her places anymore, as long as we bring her potty chair. She refuses to use big toilets yet, so along comes the potty chair. EVERYWHERE. I even took it to walmart with me the other day. I got some strange looks, but she stayed dry, and we were there for over an hour, so I don't mind the looks. :)

Jacob is his nutty self. Had a great birthday. I can't believe he is 4 now. That is just crazy to me. I also think it is really funny, that his favorite present that he got was a pack of bubblegum. :P Silly boy.

Cody has decided that he hates school, and it is such a pain to get him ready in the mornings. Every day, he tells me he doesn't want to go to school. It is sooooo boring. Tough luck kid, it doesn't get much better.

I have been forging on on my weight loss journey. I have now lost over 50 lbs., and I feel so much better. I still have a lot to lose, but I am getting there. I have also accomplished one of my New Year's Resolutions already. I ran a 5K!!! Feels great. I may try to hit a 10K before the end of the year. We'll see. Here is a comparison picture so far of my journey. :) Sorry no smiles. I was using the self-timer on the camera, and I can never get the timing right to smile. Oh well. You get the idea anyway. :)

5 comments:

Sarah said...

Way to go Ann Marie! You look great!

Robyn said...

Wow! What a busy little life. Looks like your little one does keep you on your toes. (Love the pic of her on the counter. Toooo funny.) And great job. You are looking great.

Zac & Sarah said...

Yay for the post! You are looking really good! Now just smile all of the time and you won't have to worry about when the timer goes off. Haha! I got this camera for christmas and it has a special timer that senses when everyone in smiling, then it takes the pic. CRAZY huh? I'm not even joking! It's legitimate! Seriously though, you are looking great!

I would also like to say, that I saw Sarah's comment and my first (blonde) thought was, "I didn't write that! This is the first time I'm reading the post! What in the world?!" And then, of course, it hit me... I'm a 'tard. Still love me? Cause my comment was just about the same reaction as hers, she just said it first, and she's not me (no matter what I think).

Finally, three things, for your three adorable children. First, Natalie is so big and I love that she is mischievous, it adds a lot of spunk! Gotta love her. :) Second, LOVE Jacob's blue cake. Mom had told me all about how he wanted a blue birthday and you totally fulfilled that. So awesome! I'm not sure how you got the frosting so blue, but it totally rocks! And third, maybe one day I will be Cody's teacher and I will challenge him! Then maybe school won't be so boring, cause I will be his aunt and the freakin' coolest teacher ever. Seriously though, I hope he starts liking school again. :( It's like it's my passion now. Ha!

Love you all!

Andrea said...

Good job! We are all so proud of you!!! And thank you for inspiring me to get back to WW and start losing too!!!!

emurdock said...

You are so amazing! Now if I could just keep the motivation for myself longer then 3 days!!!