Prayers Please!

Well, we found out later that the day after we left camping, our friends Pete & Angie's 1 year old Bodie fell into the fire pit. Apparently there was hot coals from smoking a roast, he stumbled near the edge of the pit and fell, catching himself with his hands. He recieved deep 3rd degree burns on his hands and arms. This was 7/11/09. On Wendnesday 7/22/09 he was moved to Wichita, KS from St. Paul, MN. The family live just outside of Wichita, so this arrangement works out for them better.
Here is the link to read updates on him:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/bodie

Also prayers for our friends Kristi and her family. She and her husband have 2 kids. Their home was struck by a tornado while we were camping, so 7/9/09 (I think). They still do not know what is happening with their house - but for now they are in an apartment until they recieve a word on what will happen next.

Another great camping trip!

Here is a pic of our great friends, Pete & Angie. He is from Devil's Lake and she is from KS, they live in KS but were up to visit. She is not a picture person and will kill me if she sees her picture. She is pregant with baby #6, due in October. This one is a surprise, but after 5 boys, I am thinking pink!

This is Taylor and Bodie. He is 4 months younger than Taylor, but outweighs her by about 5 lbs.

Look at those chubby cheeks!

This is Alex and her BFF Jack. She even proposed to him and he said, "Sure."
They are 7 weeks apart, so we have many pics of them together since birth.

I thought this was a good pic of Taylor Grace drinking some water.

This I find gross and disturbing. As someone who hates feet, yuck! The girls entertained themselves on the way to Devil's Lake by putting their feet in their mouth.

How did that happen?!

For 2 weeks, I have not kept track of what I put in my mouth. At first it seemed odd after 11 weeks of tracking everything. Last week I maintained my weight of 162.4 lbs. This week we went camping and I drank all the beer I took, plus one of my husband's. Most were red beers too with spicy v8 (YUM!). I ate what I wanted, when I wanted. I had fried walleye thanks to the boys fishing efforts. I bought and ate almost a box of chocolate, chocolate chip cookies - and some peanut butter chocolate ice cream. I did not exercise this week at all. I stepped on the scale this morning at 6:30 - first time in 12 weeks I was not up at 5:30 on a Monday. I lost 0.8 of a pound! I honestly do not know how that happened. Oh well, I will take it! I weigh less now than I did when I got PG with either girl - so if I can just get knocked up, I will surely avoid that dreaded 200 mark even while PG..... I hope!

Random posting

I was just looking in our walk-in closet (off the toy-room), to find a pair of size 16 bramuda shorts I promised to take my sis when we visit. While looking, I found several shirts and several shorts and capris that fit. I am amazed that they are a size 10-13 (yes, I hung on to a few junior sized clothes!). I also found two different shirts that I bought to wear for the 4th of July parade last year. I may wear one again this year (if your promise not to notice), instead of the grey one that I bought this year. So, there it is - totally random that I now and wearing a 10-12 instead of the 14-16 I was last summer. With the grace of God, I will get pregnant soon and need those "other" boxes with the stretchy waists. :o)

How did that happen?

Well, I thought this week was shot as far as my weight loss goes. With camping, indulging in a few beverages, eating whatever I wanted - 2 nights of eating out this week (pizza then Red Lobster). Well, I lost 3.6 lbs! My goal was to lose 1 pound by the end of the month. Well, this was my final weigh-in to acheive my goal (25 lbs in 11 weeks). Well, I exceeded it by 2.6 lbs! I want to do a happy dance, I am so excited! I can say that even since being back from camping I have been not so good about tracking my points, but I eat when I am hungry and attemt to eat healthy foods. If I am craving chocolate, to have a fiber one bar instead (still satisfies that chocolate desire). This is so surreal. I will say that over the past 11 weeks, I have only skipped 7 days I think of working out. I think that is MY key.
4/14/09 starting weight - 190
6/29/09 end weight- 162.4
Whoo-hoo!

We went camping!

Here is baby redhead at the end of our camping trip!

She has a messy face from her love of baked BBQ chips.

Big Sister caught a catfish!

We filleted it, fried it and ate it.

Yummy!

This is the girls walking with Wade ome morning to get water.

Like big sister's pink jammies?


This was the first day. Not the best pic of the girls, but the background is amazing!

I had so much fun camping with my girls. The downsides of the trip were 1) a steep hill getting to and from the water on one side of our camp. I had a hard time walking up/down it (granted I was carrying baby all times too!). and 2) baby redhead slept with us both nights. 3) I ate way too much and seem to have gained a pound or two. We didn't have room for her PNP, so we tried to have her sleep on a mattress. That didn't work. She did stay warm snuggled between us though.

I survived!

We had 2 birthday parties this week. One was a huge bash Saturday night for my MIL. The other was for our neice's 6th birthday. I ate way too much, had a few drinks and still lost weight.
Down another 1.4 lbs. I am so close, but 1 lb and 9 days away from my goal. I was hoping to lose 2.4 lbs this week (however unrealistic that is). So.... one more week to hit my goal!