New adjustments

Life has gotten crazy over the last few weeks, I guess I am not complaining. I am still alive and kicking...{barely} BUT I am. I made the decision to take Hannah out of public school and home school her and it has been a bit of an adjustment. An adjustment for both me and her. But we are starting to get a routine down and I will not lie sometimes I do regret doing it ONLY because it is frustrating and can be very stressful, but I am not one to just give up and walk away so therefore I am staying with it. Hannah gets frustrated too but we are able to work through it and move on.

I have also started on a new ME! For once I am focusing on me. I have joined Medifast and I am on my way to a healthier lifestyle. I started Medifast 8 days ago and in those 8 days I have endured ALOT of emotions. I have felt hungry, sad, happy, dissapointed, let down, like a failure, ecstatic, confused, hurt, angry and on and on. I have felt every emotion. BUT I am proud of myself for sticking with it through ALL these emotions because in the 8 days I have lost 9.8 lbs and still losing. I am very happy with that number and cannot wait to reach my other mini goal. I will not lie this program is pretty trying and the food can be gross but not all of it. I do enjoy some of the Medifast meals. BUT I do know I will not be buying their sloppy joes again. HAHA! I have also learned alot from other Medifasters on how to doctor up their meals without cheating.

Natalie also has joined Little League and has ALOT of practices and games that are keeping me busy. I cannot tell you how proud I am of her for wanting to playing baseball. Natalie LOVES it and she even loves it more when Grandma, Grandpa and Steve can make it. She wants everyone to see how good she can bat and throw the ball. I cannot wait for her first game in a week or so. I will definitely have pictures to follow from her game. This will be my life for awhile now. Homeschooling, focusing on ME, and being a little league mom. I love it!! Finally my days are filled with things I enjoy ... for the most part.

Until next time...

Little League Mom

My youngest daughter Natalie is playing Baseball for the first time and I have to say I am one proud mom. Natalie had her first practice on Wednesday and she did as good if not better than the boys. She is so far the only girl on the team. Her team name is Savannah Sand Gnats. I am so excited to have her in baseball. I really enjoy watching her play.  My Dad has been practicing with her a lot and the coach said it has paid off. :) Yay!  Natalies first game is the first week of March. I cant wait to see her in her baseball uniform. I will post more pictures soon.

{ Valentines Day }

I know I say this every year but I never used to be a fan of Valentines Day. Just never saw the point of the holiday. I show my husband I love him everyday and don't need a holiday to prove my love for him BUT since this holiday exists and seems to barf hearts, flowers, and candy all over every store you go in, I decided to go ahead and make it special for my husband. I bought him a card and a new cell phone case. I like to purchase things that can be used and not waste my money on flowers or candy. So he was very happy with his cell phone case. We got to have lunch together and my Dad and step mom watched the girls and we went to dinner at Big Bear Diner that just opened in Roseville. I really like their food! We had a great night.

Valentines Day marks a very special day for me and my hubby. It was a year ago on Valentines Day that my hubby asked me to marry him after surprising me on a trip to Bodega Bay just so he can propose. I was soooo happy and love him very much. My hubby bought me mini roses, a card and Cafe Cups for my Keurig coffee maker. Love love it! I am going to plant my mini roses. :) Hope everyone else had a Happy Valentines Day!

{ Taggy Blanket }

I made my sweet baby niece Addison Grace a pink monkey taggy blanket. It is a surprise for her and my sister and I will be mailing it tomorrow. Can't wait to see it on my baby niece. She is soooo cute. We got her two outfits too. One says "Aunties favorite" and the other is a black dress with silver stars and black leggings. I have only made one other taggy blanket before soooo I had to youtube how to make it again and it is pretty simple. :) I am excited. Here are a few photos.

Riggy Jig Jig

And a way we go, a way we go. Riggy Jig Jig and a way weeee go.

So that was random yes. My girls learned this song in choir at school and I have had it stuck in my head ALL day long. LOL So why not make it my blog post. hehe I am still in the process of enrolling Hannah into a home based public school. I am really close, everything has been approved now just waiting for the supplies to arrive. We are excited. Going to set her up her own little corner for her to do her work. My other two daughters do not want to be home schooled.

My hubby and I are going to do something on Valentines day. That will mark a year since we got engaged. Last year on Valentines day my hubby surprised me and took me out of town to Bodega Bay and we stayed the night in a beautiful hotel and he asked me to marry him. That is a night I will never forget. I love this man more than ever. I know that there was a WHOLE bunch of people against us and saying we would never make it and all that but him and I have a VERY strong bond and love for one another that just never stops. He is a great husband. So I am not sure what we are going to do yet but we will probably go have dinner.

I am taking a whole new approach at weight loss and I am going to get this weight under control. I am so tired of not losing, I seem to be at a MAJOR plateau. I cant lose and I am not gaining. I just want to lose and start losing so my husband and I are joining the gym here in Lincoln that just opened up and we will be working on getting our eating lifestyle changed. I am not going to say "diet" because diets are temporary and a lifestyle change is forever. We want to change the way we eat for good and be taught how to do this with a very awesome new program that I am joining. I love the support my husband gives me when I want to lose weight, he does it with me and he is my biggest support/enemy LOL He totally pushes me and pushes me and I need that to a certain degree, I might get mad at him but only for a little bit. The weight loss roller coaster is SO SO frustrating. :(

Ask me how I lost almost 3 inches in 45 mins also. I learned about this new product from a good friend and I wanted to try it, I will be honest I was like NO way you can lose inches from this stuff and I went over and watched my good friend get wrapped and saw the before and after photos side by side and was amazed, I was intrigued and I had to try it. So my good friend came over to my house yesterday and she wrapped me and I lost almost 3 inches in the 45 mins it was on. I am still a little skeptical and I think it is to good to be true BUT I am going to try it again. I bought a box of 4 wraps and will use them and then compare my before and after photos of all 4 weeks. I am pretty excited.

My sweet new niece that was born on my bday is a week and a half old now. Addison has been healthy as can be but her mommy (my sister) had a very rough time. My sister had to be taken into surgery for internal bleeding (a main vein to the uterus was bleeding) and they thought they repaired it so the next day she had the same problem and was taken back into surgery again and they finally repaired it correctly. My sister was then admitted to ICU where she stayed for 2 days. What a scary time for her and the family. Her boyfriend did an amazing job at taking care of Addison and the family and the animals. I am so happy she is at home now recovering and resting. Mom and baby both are doing great. :) My baby niece is the cutest ever.. Here are a few new photos of her.







I cannot wait to go visit and get to hold, hug and kiss this new baby. I am excited to see my family too. The girls cant wait. Hopefully soon. It is a lonnnnnnnnng trip to do in just 2 days. :(

Fitbit- love this little device

My husband bought me a fitbit for my birthday and I have to say I LOVE this tiny little device.  It tracks calories, steps, stairs climbed, sleep, etc.

It will help me see where I need to improve to get more calories burned and how to lose this extra weight. I have NO problem drinking my water. I bought an awesome new 24 oz. water cup for my birthday on my gift card from my mom. :) yay!!





                 My awesome new cup





                My awesome new fitbit

{Soon to be a homeschool Mom} YAY!

With all the drama that has been happening in Hannah's school. I have decided to take Hannah out of public schools and have her homeschooled. This was a BIG step for me but when I have to deal with the "I don't want to go to school" and "I am afraid of the principle" it is time to take action and get her out of this school. I cannot stand to see her upset and not wanting to go to school. Going to school should never be scary or a place you do not want to go because of fear. Bullying is a BIG deal and a serious issue and it needs to be addressed and addressed the proper way from the start and it sure has not been in Hannah's case. This has been an ongoing issue since before Christmas break and when is it going to stop? Never because the principle is playing favorites and not disciplining this little girl for her bullying and getting physical with Hannah.

It is a small world just so happens that this little girls father went to high school with Steve. Last week after school Steve went over to him and was talking to him about the situation and unfortunately it looks like he is not going to discipline her. He said that it is "just" kids stuff and it will blow over. Well if it was going to blow over it would have blown over WEEKS ago. So that didn't solve anything either. Her father pretty much said it will happen even though his daughter was physical with Hannah. WTH?

So I spent today enrolling Hannah into an awesome homeschool and I can't wait to get approved and get things started and have her focus on schooling and not on mean bullies. :) Thanks to my wonderful husband for the support through this and all his help with the meetings with the principle and supporting us homeschooling Hannah. He is the best!

{ 7 is a lucky number right? }

I have always heard that 7 is a lucky number. I am not all that superstitious BUT I do believe 7 is "our" number. Our family has grown once again. We have added another member to our family. This time it is not a four legged family member but a very sweet little girl that we have not met. Steve just found out he has a daughter from a previous relationship. Seven years later Lilly will be welcomed into our family. Lilly will be turning 7 on Feb. 6th. We don't know much about Lilly but we look forward to meeting her and establishing a relationship with her. A surprise yes, but nonetheless what is one more kid when you already have 6? LOL

Here is the only photos I have of Lilly, I do have to say she looks JUST like her Dad.