FRUSTRATIONS

Recently, I have been so frustrated about the way I look. I haven't been able to lose hardly any weight after the birth of my two sons and I felt like I was doing everything I could. Well, my wonderful and beautiful sister Abbey is a personal trainer and she suggested that I come into the gym to get a couple of tests done to see what was going on. The first was a RMR (resting metabolic rate) test that measures your metabolism. To my surprise, I learned that I have a fast metabolism and that I am not eating enough! They metabolic specialist told me that I need to up my calories by about 400 a day. The other test I did was a MAP test. Which measures where my heart rate needs to be to burn the most fat when working out. It was very eye opening. Well after combining these two things that I learned, along with purchasing a heart rate monitor (this has totally changed the way I work out) I am happy to say that I have lost 4 lbs in two weeks which is my goal (2 lbs a week). Hopefully by June I will be swimsuit ready. If you are frustrated, I would HIGHLY recommend getting these tests done at your local gym, or join Lifetime Fitness, it is the greatest gym! I have been eating so good and have come to LOVE oatmeal which I used to hate. I feel better and I know that I can reach my goals. I want to say thanks to Abbey for being there through this and giving me the motivation and not letting me give up!

9 MONTHS

My baby will be 9 months on Monday. How time flies. He loves bathtime, he adores Mason, he loves his mama, and he lights up when his daddy comes home from work. He loves when anyone pays attention to him. He is constantly smiling and is just so happy. We love you little Dillon!

COOKIE STEALER

Today I went to the grocery store. I am not a huge fan of going to the store with my 2 boys as it is, but today was worse than usual. Mason wanted to get in the massive cart that doubles as a car that I can't stear and the last time I let him get in one I took out the entire cereal aisle. I refused to let him this time and he proceeded to throw a fit. I told him that I would get him a cookie if he would stop crying. He stopped immediately. I went over to the bakery and picked out a carton of shamrock sugar cookies and secretly gave him one. It's not stealing if you are planning to buy, right? Well, I get to the check out and get all the bags in the cart and take out my debit card and swipe, and swipe, and swipe again. Nothing. I look down and notice that I am trying to swipe my library card and then notice that my debit card is not in my wallet. I look at the checker and say. "Oh Crap, I took out my debit card over the weekend and forgot to put it back in my wallet". I ask her if they will hold my groceries while I run home to get my card. I won't be longer then 15 minutes tops. She looks at me wierd and then looks at Mason. There is little Mason with green sprinkles all over his face and he has a shamrock cookie in each hand. Oh great. she thinks I am trying to steal cookies now. Well, she did let me run home and I was back in 10 minutes as promised. It was a little embarrasing and I probably won't open stuff until I get it home now. I learned my lesson.

SAFETY FIRST

Yesterday Mason was outside playing and I went to check on him and this is what I found in the garage. I don't know how he got it on himself but I am glad he wants to wear a helmet even if he is just riding around the driveway. So funny..