1 year ago
This is going to be a quick post. June 28, 2010 has been a full day of work, preschool, birthday party at preschool, birthday dinner, birthday presents, birthday cake, and an 8:30 T-Ball game at WYCO. Oh, did I forget to mention today is also our 7th Anniversary? Yep, 7 years!
All of this said, I did not want to let today go by without telling my beautiful baby girl, "Happy 3rd Birthday!!" Brenna, I promise to write a longer post when I have more time to gather all my thoughts. There is so much I want to tell you. I hope you enjoyed your special day and I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!! -Mommy
Braeden is playing T-Ball this summer. His team is the KC Rockets. I wish I could say all of the politically correct parent things that I am supposed to say like, "He loves it!", but I'm not so sure he even likes it a little bit. He pretty much groans every time I tell him he has a game or practice. I think he goes just for after game treat time!!
Watching all of the little boys out in the field is so funny. I will have to say that with each game, I do see progress and the boys are paying more attention, but there is always someone playing in the dirt or fixing their hat or looking into the sky. So funny!! My child was the one out in center field bending over and shaking his butt at another player.
At yesterday's game, Braeden did hit a home run. That was very exciting for us all! I will be very interested to see if he chooses to play again next summer...what I mean is if his father chooses for him to play again next summer! :)
The last two weekends have been pretty busy for us. Last weekend some of my girlfriends and I participated in a BBQ cook off. My friend, Sarah, who I work with, puts on this cook off each summer with her boyfriend. It is called the Har-B-Q.
Our theme was Mardi Gras. Our booth had to reflect our theme, so we dug out all of our old beads, boas, and bras. The Mardi Gras "essentials"! Our booth took 2nd place in the competition!
There were several different categories to participate in. We had to make ribs, so Tiffany smoked the ribs for us. That was an all day process and she did a GREAT job! We also had to create our own sauce, which was Sarah's job and she almost won! Amanda made our side dish, spicy mac n' cheese. Yummy! My responsibility was the open category. Since Mardi Gras was our theme, we decided to go with Jambalaya. Two teams tied for first in my category and I was right behind them by a half a point. I lost by a half a point!! One of the judges scored my dish very low, a 4 out of 10, which really lowered my score. If it wasn't for that one person, I would have won!! I had worked really hard and for one person to be so critical about my dish was pretty crappy! :) No matter what, it was a fun experience and such a fun day! How can you beat a day of sun, friends, and all day beer drinking! Looking forward to next year!
My parents came to support us too!
5K at The Legends
Yesterday was the 5K at The Legends. Even up until Friday, I wasn't sure that I could do it. I knew that I could finish the race, but not without walking some. Well, I did it! I finished the race right at 30 minutes and didn't have to walk once. I was so proud of myself. A big "thank you" to Mindy for pushing me to do this. She did a great job too! Our goal was to finish in at least 45 mins, and we both beat that by 15 mins. She finished in 31 minutes! See all that sweat on my tummy! We worked hard and then enjoyed a nice calorie-filled breakfast at IHOP!
We headed out to Wyandotte County Lake last week and took some family photos. Sherry, a hygienist I work with, was kind enough to take the pictures for us. All we had to do was bribe the children with ice cream to get them to cooperate!
I started a workout program at the KCKCC Wellness Center in January. My sister and I worked out with a trainer 2 days a week until the end of May. In January we took our measurements, timed how long it took us to complete one mile, and did as many sit-ups and push-ups as we could in 1 minute. I can tell that my body looks much different and I can do so much more physically than I have in my entire life. I know this sounds so pathetic, but I have NEVER been able to run a mile without stopping at some point to walk. Not only can I run a mile now, but I am getting ready to participate in my first 5K in June. This is something that I never thought I would be able or interested in doing.
At our last session with our trainer, we redid all of our measurements and we did our timed sit-ups and push-ups. Like I said, I could see a big change in my body, so I knew the new measurements were going to be very impressive. NOT SO MUCH!:( I lost a total of 3 pounds the entire 4 months. 3 pounds? How is that even possible?
Well, I was sure the measurements would be more encouraging. I have heard (on TV) how people have lost 10 inches, etc. with certain weight-loss programs, so that is what I was expecting. I lost a total of 6cm. 6cm!! Are you kidding me? Jeremy, our trainer, could tell I was disappointed and he told me that there was no way I had 10 inches to lose in the first place.
The last thing we did was remeasure my BMI. I went from 24% to 18% body fat. I lost 6% body fat! Finally a GOOD result! That was something that I was proud of and I know Jeremy was proud of that too.
I was able to increase my push-ups from 10 to 40 and sit-ups from 32 to 53 in one minute.
More than anything, I am proud of myself for getting in shape and doing things that I never thought I could. At this point, I just have to keep it up and I know that is the hard part. :)
Dear Brenna,
Why does everything you say begin or end with the words poo poo or coconut? Poo poo head, coconut head, poo poo this, coconut that...blah, blah, blah. Who are you playing with at school? You CANNOT be their friend anymore. This is no way for a young lady to talk. And why do you find it so funny? ...probably because you know you shouldn't be saying these things. ENOUGH! Coconut? Why that word? I am confused.
Love you,
Mommy
Braeden's Graduation from Tots and Tales Preschool was last Thursday, May 13 at Open Door Baptist Church. I just knew that I was going to be an emotional mess, but I do think that I held it together quite well.
They opened their performance with a ballroom dance. Each male student escorted out a female student and they did a couples dance to Mozart. It was so special! The teachers explained the reason they did this dance was because they have noticed how chivalry and treating a woman like a lady has disappeared from our society, so they are doing exercises at school to teach the importance of these kinds of behaviors and manners. For lunch each day, a male student has to escort a female student to lunch and pull her chair out for her. I think teaching this is awesome and in the future some girl is going to be very lucky to have my son. Of course I think he is wonderful!
This is a picture of Braeden before the ceremony.
This is not a very good picture, but Braeden and his partner are the couple all the way to the right. She has on the black skirt. This is during their Mozart dance. He was such a gentleman!
This is Braeden walking in his cap and gown down the isle. So handsome!!
My 3.1 lbs baby boy is growing into such a wonderful child. Ed and I are so proud of him and look forward to witnessing all of his future accomplishments. Hopefully life will slow down a bit and not continue to speed by as the last 5 years have!
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