I Can't Believe I Did It

No, I didn't lose my weight yet. I excercised every day last week and ate like a champ but by Saturday had only lost .2lbs. Can you say discouraging? Wow, that's not much incentive to skip out on all the sweets and bad food. But I'm not gonna let it get me down...yet. I'm gonna see what happens this week. This may be more difficult than I thought...
Now, focusing more on the positive- guess what I DID do today? I got up and went running, did 2 loads of laundry, mowed the lawn, swept all the concrete and my back patio, vacuumed my house, mopped my kitchen, fed my kids, and...dun dun DUH!! (are you ready for this?) I got them both down for a nap at the same time (hence the new post). Are you amazed? I am. Seriously. Too bad today isn't one of those days I was dying for a nap. Those days the kids are wide awake the whole day and Carter's "quiet time" consists of him banging on his zylaphone the entire time (It just never gets old, does it?)
One funny thing that happened this week...We were eating chinese chicken coleslaw (don't get the wrong idea. I HATE coleslaw but this is more like a salad, just made with cabbage. It's delish.) for dinner and it has chopped green onions in it. Carter was on his 2nd helping (see, it has to be good) and we noticed him picking his nose a lot. Spencer kept telling him to get his finger out of his nose but he just kept picking. Spencer said, "Is there something up there?"
"Uh huh"
"Did you put an onion up your nose"
"Yes, I did"
"Put your head back, let me see"
So he tilted his head back and sure enough, there was a green onion up his left nostril. Spencer said, "Try to blow it out". He huffed and he puffed...and the thing wouldn't come out. So I had a genius idea- plug the other nostril. So I reached over and plugged it as he continued to blow out and then like a sweet snot rocket, it came flying out onto his plate. It was awesome. We were beside ourselves. The best part about it is that it made that popping noise when it came out, like "thhhhhhhhhwp". That was pretty much the best thing that happened last week, with the exception of Friday, when I got to take a nap and it was freezing cold and raining all day. That's about as good as life gets.

They say that one of the best thing to do when trying to accomplish a goal is to tell others so that you are more motivated to actually accomplish the goal, rather than let it go by the wayside. Well here's my goal...I figure that there are 4 weeks until Christmas. That means I could lose 1-1 1/2 pounds a week and be 5 or more pounds thinner at Christmas. That means that I would only be 5 pounds away from the weight I was before I had the baby. Not bad, not bad...
SO I hereby state that my goal is to lose 1.25 pounds a week until Christmas. I'm off to a good start so far. Excercised on Sat., ate really well yesterday, and am doing both those things today. I'll keep you updated on how it's all going.
One more thing...why is it so stinking hard to lose weight? I sure can pack it on easily but taking it off, whooee. A whole different story. Oh, one more motivatiion I have is that I just bought some new shirts for Christmas and I'd like to be looking good enough in them to wear them after Santa gives them back to me.
Well, like I said, I'll keep you updated on how things are going. Hopefully some sugar free chocolate fudge pudding will get me through this time of trial.

Carter's Breakfast

I went into Carter's room to wake him up this morning and he said, "Mommy, I got a owie." I could tell he had been picking at his scab on his foot because it was all bloody and he had some blood on his fingers. He was whining about it and I was putting a bandaid on it. Spencer was trying to make him feel better. He was saying, "Oh! You're a tough guy. Tough guys don't whine." Carter kept whining. I told Spence he had picked his scab. He said, "Tough guys don't pick their scabs." Then he said what we both had hoped had not happened.
"I EAT IT"
Wow, there went my appetite.

Nap Time

Yesterday I got the kids down together- exactly at the same time- for a nap. I was so impressed with myself and made the mistake of thinking that that was going to become a regular routine.
Today was a much different story. Carter's having a hard time going to sleep at night when he has a nap during the day so today I told him he could stay awake during nap time and play with blocks and stuff in his room. I thought he'd end up laying down and taking a "rest" but after 45 minutes it was apparent this was not going to happen. I got the baby to sleep and in the swing and finally slipped betweeen the sheets only to hear my son banging around in his room againts the walls with his sword. Ugh #1. So I had to get up. "Son, you're being too loud with the sword. Don't hit the walls, please."
Again I got into bed, set my alarm for 1 hour later and fell into the part of sleep where you're twitching and occationally wake yourself up. I was just starting to really relax when I heard Ugh #2. The baby. What was going on? The swing is like a drug. You can't wake up when you're in the swing! But he was defying that natural law. So I dashed into his room. Maybe if I can get the binky in the hole before he wakes himself up too much I can sleep some more. It worked. For about 3 minutes. So I put him in bed with me and fed him.
There, that'll do it. Ugh #3- I hear the long grunt and the unmistakable gush of stinkies flooding the diaper. SO, I changed him. By now I've only got 20 minutes until my alarm goes off. Carter has finally fallen asleep. Now the baby should sleep. I changed his diaper and laid in bed next to him, started to doze off (he was wide awake, though) I was almost asleep when UGH (#4), and I heard the beautiful sound of my 2 1/2 yr old yelling, "MOOOOOMMMMM! I wake up! MOOOOOMMM! I'm waking up!....." I ignored it. Surely he'll stop and get distracted with a toy. No such luck. He repeats this about 200 times in 10 minutes, which is when my alarm goes off.
What a nap time.
Here's a recent pic of the littlest stinker in our house, though.

The Baby is Sleeping...

So today Carter was in Nolan's room while he was sleeping, playing with G-ma Staub's cell phone. I peeked my head in and in a normal voice said,
"Carter, don't play with that, please. C'mon out of here."
He turned around and put his little finger up to his lips and reprimanded me.
"Shhhh! The baby's sleeping!"

An Update

Well Nolan and I are hanging out at home together today while the rest of the crew is at church. I thought I'd spend a bit of my precious quite time to update the blog, so I hope you enjoy the pics.
Yesterday Grandma and I went to the mall with Nolan, and Carter and daddy stayed home and did lots of work outside. Nolan did great as we were out and about and slept like 90% of the time. He is sleeping pretty good at night- letting me get about 2.5 hours of sleep at a time, give or take an hour (usually more take than give). He is getting more alert every day. I still can't figure out what color his eyes are going to be. Carter's were so dark right off the bat that I was almost certain they'd be brown. Nolan's are still that steely-blue and I think he may end up with hazel/green eyes like Spence. Oh, and the big news today is that his cord fell off, meaning we can give him his first full-fledged bath tonight. I'm so excited.
Grandma has been a wonderful help and has kept the house up so nicely and been cooking and entertaining...She and Carter have had a good time playing together. He likes to chase her on his bike and swing in his new swing. I know he's really enjoyed her being here (as have the rest of us!) We miss Papa being here as well, but luckily we'll see him at Christmas.
Plans for this week include a trip to Oak Glen, McDonald's and the park for Gma and Carter, and finally...Disneyland, given that I feel up to it come Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday is Nolan's first Dr. appointment. It should be a fun week!
That's about it for now. Enjoy the pics!

Some Pics

As you can see, Carter loves to hold his new "bwover". He likes to kiss his face and give him a nose-nose. Don'y forget to look at the video in the next posting. Sorry about all the crackling noises. Our camera is wierd.