30 Pounds for Me!

This was last June. Hit the photo to make it bigger so you can actually see...



This is me now...


The biggest difference is in my face- hence the now shot. I have a long, long way to go...but every bit helps, right?

Proud

I am so proud of Russ! He has lost 70 pounds. Check it out!

Before- a size 48 pant and almost a triple xl shirt



After- a size 42 pant and an xl shirt

Look Ma- I won an award!

I won an award from Meredith! Yippee!! http://thenextinstallment.wordpress.com/

So here are the rules that go along with this particular award:

Thank the person who gave you the award.

1.Share seven things about yourself.
2.Nominate bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic!
3.Let your nominees know about the award.

Well, seven things about myself....I will try to make this interesting...

1. I love anything with peanut butter in it- especially english muffins with butter and peanut butter. My husband thinks it is disgusting, and I think it is pretty close to good sex! OH MY- did I just type that!?

2. I love playing the game, "If I made 100K..." I like to live in la, la land.

3. When I get to a weight I am comfortable wearing a bathing suit, I am going to find a way to get some money and go to an island just with my husband.

4. I require at least 6 hours of sleep, but to make me happy I need more than 7.

5. Even with my sleep requirements, I still think it is important to fit in me time, friend time, family time...I just wish there was more time.

6. I love both of my children for different reasons because both kids are very different.

7. My husband did something recently a lot of men wouldn't do, but did it for us, and I love him even more for it!!!

I haven't really found any new bloggers lately...but a blog that I absolutely love to read is The Pioneer Woman- you will see her on my reading list. She is a lot of fun!

Sleep Upsets

For Russ' birthday, we went out on a date night- no kids- just us. It was lovely. When we got home, Aiden was still up at 9:15 at night. It happens. He didn't want to go to bed- he freaked out- he wanted to play with the 10 year old that was with her mom watching the kids. I don't blame him. Well, with that and with the fact that he has been getting time outs and being sent to his room, we now have a problem on our hands. He won't go to bed! This is a kid that really never gives us an issue when it comes to bedtime. We can put him to bed before he is ready with a few books to boot, and he will sit quietly in his crib for an hour before dozing off. Now, he screams, hollar and freaks out. Oh- and he only seems to love his mom at bedtime now. No daddy- just mommy. This has been quite difficult for me since I still can't seem to adjust to having no time for myself in the evening to go for a walk or anything.

Last night, he was ready for bed- it was 9:30...so one book, a few minutes of rocking and no problem. But I will not have a child that goes to bed this late. I can't take it and it won't happen. Time will heal this, right?