Flashback

Flashback: 2am May 2000 in Augusta, GA. Mollie was one week old and was extremely cholicy. We could not get her to go to sleep so Brian took her and I laid back down. I heard him turn on the music and I watched (peeking around the corner) as he danced with her to "Let it Be" by the Beatles. She stayed quiet the whole time he was dancing with her and it was then that I remember thinking how truly grateful I was to have Brian as the father of my children and so thankful to have Mollie in our lives.

Today: Every birthday we play the Beatles Birthday song. We all dance and have a great time. Afterwards Brian turned on "Let it Be" and asked Mollie to dance. I looked over and that old memory flashed into my head. Today she turned 10 years old, but to me she is still my little baby mesmerized by her dad. I had tears running down my eyes and I looked around and saw the others laughing and dancing. I truly am grateful to have them all in my life.

Happy Birthday Mollie! You are an amazing young lady full of life and energy, you are super fun, a great nurturer, and a great daughter. We love you!

Mia

My baby is already growing. It makes me quite sad and I feel like I need to relish every step of her growth. This part of our lives may be over. Sigh.... Anyways, here are some pictures of her.

Cereal

I had to write this down because it makes me smile. One morning my five year old wanted breakfast. He was SOOOOOOOO hungry. I was feeding Mia and told him to try to get it himself. He insisted that he couldn't and was just grumpy that I couldn't help him right away. Well, he left and I heard cereal pouring and thought, "good for him" When I finished with Mia, I entered a kitchen that had cereal everywhere! To my surprise, Amie (2) came up to me to sit down and eat. She had made Jonah cereal (with milk), a bowl for me and a bowl for her. So funny! I just had to enjoy the sweet thoughts and worry about the mess later.

Thank you!

This past week was CRAZY! I had to power wash the whole house, took the girl scouts camping, and painted our house. THank you Bob, Beth, Bobby, Annette, and Brandi for coming here to help us paint. I appreciate it SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much! I would have never survived with out all your help. The house looks fantastic and I feel so blessed to have you all as family. Especially since it was Grandma's Birthday.... she shared it with us to paint. I'll post pictures soon.

Summer Wellness Challenge Week 4

Well, I lost 1 lb last week. Wish it were more, but I'm glad it's something. So far I'm down 6lbs. Yeah! This week the challenge is keeping a food journal. So this is what I ate yesterday:

Breakfast: 4 homemade wholewheat pancakes with blueberries on top
Snack: Handful of Pistachios
Lunch: A super smoothie (fruits and vegis) and a piece of homemade wheat bread with Peanut Butter
Snack: Pistachios and dried Apricots
Dinner: 2 small chicken tacos with a large salad.

Summer Wellness Challenge Week 3

Ok, so I didn't earn all my points this week. I had more than one treat.... Amie shoved a cookie in my mouth and then yesterday I had more than one serving of the beautiful stawberry shortcake trifle I made. I am so weak. URRR... a little frustrating. I did lose 1 pound.... but it's a new week!!! So I'm ready to try harder this week. No smores (it's girl scout camping this week) and no birthday cake (we're celebrating my mother-in-laws birthday and Mollie's on Saturday)! I know I can do it! On a bright note....The challenge this week is not drinking soda. YIPPEE! That's an easy 35 points for me. I don't think I've had a soda in forever!

Go Mommy GO!!!

So I have been having fun exercising! I went with my children running and was amazed that my 7 year old (the one that was least athletic in my eyes) lapped the rest of us. He seemed to really enjoy it and I'm so happy we may have found something he enjoys. (He does like golf as well). Anyways.... this morning I couldn't find my keys to get the stroller out of the van, so I had to run by myself. I run around our block and as I was coming into view of the kids (who was being looked after by the neighbor) they were screaming at me... GO MOMMY GO! GO MOMMY GO! That was great encouragement. I was able to run almost the whole time. I am so thankful for such great children!!