Over it

Over it, yep, I am over my horrible time and ready to move on.  Just needed a day I guess. 

 

Oh, I forgot to mention the funniest part about the crazy lady from the 5k.  After running to get away from her I yelled, "my shin is killing me and I ended up next to a crazy lady" to my friends as I went past.  They yelled something back but since I was actually running at that point I missed what they said.  When I finished the race Diana asked, very concerned, "so what happened? A crazy lady kicked you in the shin?!"  Hahaha!  I almost died it was so funny.  I can't believe I forgot to mention that part.  Oops. 

 

Anyway, like I said, I am over the crazy lady run.  Melinda has already talked me in to signing up for another 5k at the end of the month, a costume one so we will see how that goes. 

 

Getting up tomorrow and planning on finishing my normal 2 mile route. 

Should be fun, right? 

 

 

Here is a picture of my adorable sick bugger.  I swear he has been sick for over a month.  I took him into the doctor again today, they are starting him on antibiotics finally, I felt like he needed them last week.  Hopefully he starts feeling better right away cause I love him but I really would like to sleep at night again.

 

Sick babies

 

 

My poor littlest bugger does not feel good. I hate it when my babies are sick. They just look so pathetic. I left the kids with a friend last night so that I could go watch Jon's soccer game. His game was at 9 pm, so all the kids were in bed when we left, I thought it would be such an easy babysitting night. But at a little past 10 I got a text that my ridiculously laid back baby had been screaming almost the whole time.

Bummer.

I still thought maybe it was just a fluke but nope, he cried off and on all night, him and I barely slept. And now it is official, he is sick. Slight fever, constant sneezing, droopy eyes and a runny nose.
I had a bunch of errands on my  to do list today but instead I am spending my day snuggling this cute bug. I love him and I hope he feels better quickly.

A day in the life...of me!

Oh boy! A day in the life of me.  And oh what an exciting stage of life I am in right now.  Today I am linking up with Holly from Where We Can Live Like Jack & Sally and Amy.  They are hosting a link party to get to know other bloggers, so I decided to join in. 

 

Well, my day starts with my phone alarm going off at 5:15, I wish that I could say that I jump right out of bed put on my workout clothes and head out the door, but in reality most mornings consist of my hitting the snooze button at least three times then finally rolling out of bed somewhere around 5:45 or 6. I get to wake up next to this adorable little bugger, we are co-sleepers around here so I get to nurse snuggle this cutie all night long.

 

 

  If I go for a morning run this is where it happens.  I have to be back home waking up the buggers by 6:30.  From 6:30 to 7:20 I feel like I am running around like a chicken with my head cut off getting lunches backed, kids dressed, and girls hair done (I HATE doing little girls hair, it is ridiculous).  After dropping the big kids off at school I usually come home and put clothes on Rexy, since of course I took her with me in her underwear to drop off the big two, am I the only one who does that?  After the little two and myself are dressed, maybe I was able to get a shower in here if Jon was still home, after we are dressed we usually run some errand now.  Like the grocery store, isn't she cute playing her sisters DS in the "monster car" shopping cart.  

 

It of course takes us like three hours at the grocery store so by the time we get home I make lunch and put the little two down for a nap.  While they are napping I try to fit in a workout DVD and get the house picked up before the tornado of the afternoon rolls in.  By 2:45 we are on our way to pick up the big kids, and yes, Rexy is usually in her underwear for pick up too because she undresses for nap and I wake her up to go get them, whatever, we never get out of the car.  I probably should stop doing this though, inevitably one day we will have to get out of the car.  After picking up the kids it is a whirlwind of snacks, homework, dinner prep, and refereeing.  After putting the last bugger to bed around 8, I crash on the couch and either check out blogs or veg watching TV, at the moment we are watching episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond on Netflix.  So there you have it, I live a pretty exciting life I know. 

The fourth bugger

 

This little guy is the stinking cutest thing ever.  He is officially pulling himself up on furniture.  He is so proud of himself.  I love it when babies/kids get that amazing look of pride.  I know it is silly but the way he looks is how I feel when I finish a run where I know that I gave it my all.  It takes so much hard work, I am always so proud of myself.  I am positive that I don't look anywhere close to as cute as this guy does though.  Ahhh!  This picture makes me want to go wake him up so I can squeeze him.  Well, it almost makes me want to, I think I will just go creepily stare at him while he sleeps. 

Jeans

I love jeans.  I am a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl.  I would love to wear jeans every day of my life.  The problem is that I don't own one pair that actually fit me right now.  This past weekend I stuffed myself into my "fat" jeans, yes, I don't fit in my "fat" jeans.  It sucks.  I bought these size ten jeans after my third bugger.  They fit then and were my go to jeans until I lost the weight from that pregnancy.  It takes everything in me not to cry thinking about how I have gotten so overweight that I don't even fit in my "fat" jeans.  And wearing them this weekend, even though they were extremely tight and I had a horrible muffin top, even with that, I loved it.  I have been wearing yoga pants or basically any stretchy pants for 7 months now, since the fourth bugger was born.  I can't wait to get back to wearing jeans everyday.  I know I could just go out and buy a pair of jeans that fit at this size (12/14) but I just really, really don't want to.  So I am not.  I am just going to be happy with my stretchy pants until I fit into the dozen pairs of jeans that I already own.  Yep, that's right, I already own at least a dozen pairs of beautiful designer jeans.  I have a few in each size, 6, 8, and 10.  The benefits of having my friends loose weight before I do is that I get their hand-me-downs.  I LOVE hand-me-downs!  For me or the kids, I think free clothes are the best kind.  Especially when you get designer jeans that have hardly been worn.  I can't wait to wear each and every pair.  I am so happy that my friends have expensive taste.  Anyway, here is a picture of me attempting to rock my too small jeans.  Sorry the picture is so dark, not the best, my five year old bugger was my photographer.  =)



Wednesday: weigh in day

It is weigh in day again. 

 It always surprises me how quickly the week goes by.  It was a good week, our family is back into the rhythm of school life, things are good. 

 

So lets get to it, I weigh in this week at 179 pounds, yep, I didn't loose any but didn't gain any either.  I can't call this week a good week but it definitely wasn't bad either.  I'll take it, I'd rather stay the same then gain weight.  Hopefully next week will be better. 

 

 

Oh, I weighed in over at Roni's weigh again.  Go check out her page!

Enough is enough

I have been home since last Wednesday and I still have not gotten in one workout. 

 Enough is enough.

This trend ends today. 

 I will go running. 

And tomorrow I will go running again. 

I have no excuses.  The big kids are at school, I am home with two little ones.  There is no reason that I don't drive to the gym, put them in the nursery, and have my me time while running.  I am letting a busy afternoon schedule and the heat convince me that I can wait until tomorrow.  But tomorrow will be just as hot and most likely just as busy.

No more procrastinating.

I have goals to meet and a 5k to train for.  I need to get back to business.  I skipped last week so I plan on fitting in both last week and this weeks 5k training schedule in.  I can do it.  I know I can.

Watch me. 



California here we come

We are heading to the beach this weekend.  I am looking forward to it.  I love the ocean and the kids are so excited.  William is the only one who remembers ever going to the beach.  Jordan and Rexy both say that they do but there is no way they remember, the last time we went Jordan was two and Rexy was 2 months old.  That was a fun trip but I am looking forward to them being older this time, even though we will still have a baby.  We will be gone for five days and because we are a little crazy and didn't realize that school started so early this year, we get back the night before school starts.  It will definitely be a tiring start to school but oh well. 

Hopefully I will be able to keep up with my running schedule while on vacation.  Sunrise on the beach should make for a beautiful view.  We are planning on cooking for ourselves instead of eating out while there which should help me not gain extra weight.  Maybe I will be able to hold at 181 pounds again this week. 

Lacking in motivation

Actually, I guess I would say I am not lacking in motivation, just lacking in time, sort of.  I gave myself the day off yesterday which I don't think is bad.  But I also stayed up late last night watching the Olympics, I can't resist watching the women's gymnastics.  So this morning I could not bring myself to get out of bed when my alarm clock went off at 5:45, yep that is when I have to get up to run before Jon leaves for work.  Anyway, my alarm clock went off and I hit snooze, so now it is 8:30 and I would love to go for a run but my four little babies at home keep me here.  Maybe I will be able to fit it in this evening. 

6 Months

This adorable little guy is six months old today.  He is the sweetest baby ever, EVER!  I seriously don't think there has ever been a sweeter baby.  He has the best temperament, he lets all of his siblings love on him all the time and never fusses about it. He has more patience then any of my other babies, doesn't mind waiting his turn which is great since he is the youngest of four.  I love him so much and can't imagine, or remember, what our lives would be like without him. 

But him being six months means that i only have six months to complete my goal.  I will do it. 

My kids are AWESOME!!!

For the past few weeks Jon and I have been running in the morning before the kids wake up.  I love these morning runs.  We don't get to go together because obviously someone has to be home with the kids but we are planning on running a 5k together soon.  I have been making effort to eat healthy and make changes that help our family become healthier.  The kids have noticed and are always full of questions about why we are doing these things.  Recently they have wanted to go running with us.  I haven't taken them because I've been being selfish, I LOVE my morning runs, it is the only me time I get all day.  Plus I thought that they would slow me down.  Today I decided that I should be taking advantage of their desire to run, I should be doing everything I can to nurture their ambition.  So the older two and I went for a mile long run tonight. 

They were AWESOME!!!

 I had no clue what they were capable of, I completely misjudged them.  We ran at my pace and they ran the whole time, non stop.  They rocked it!  William could have kicked our butts to but he was being nice going slow with Jordan and me.  I am so proud of them.  Maybe that 5k Jon and I were going to run is going to turn into a family affair.  Can't wait!!!

My new running partners

plus an adorable two year old who wanted in on the picture

Here I go...

Alright, here I am, starting a blog in order to hold myself accountable and help get myself motivated.  I need help. 

      I remember before having kids when I put on a couple pounds all I had to do was up my workouts just a little bit for maybe a week and boom...the weight would just fall off.  Ha, I wish that were true now.  Four amazing babies later and I am up to an insane 183 pounds and I can not get that number to budge.  I struggle with eating the right foods, I just LOVE junk food.  I actually really enjoy working out, it makes me feel great but finding the time to consistently do it is hard, especially in the summer when our schedule is much more sporadic.  I started a couch potato to 5k training program two weeks ago.  My sister-in-law and I are doing it together. 

      Anyway, I already lost my train of thought, I like blaming the baby for this problem but I think I am just loosing it. I hope this blog can help keep me motivated and help keep myself accountable.  I am ready to get back to a healthy weight and have my energy back.  I plan on using this blog to track my progress. 

Thanks for reading!

My four beauties that I wouldn't trade for a perfect body.