I am truly "Loving Life" right now! I cannot believe how much of a difference 3 and 4 is! Ethan is MUCH more pleasant now! I know that sounds terrible, like he wasn't pleasant before and that's not exactly true, but now you can actually reason with him! He is just so sweet now too! He'll tell me, out of the blue, "mom, I just love you". I never tire of hearing those sweet words come out of his sweet little mouth! He's also a great big brother to Addy. I think he's starting to realize that she's kind of fun to have around. He's always talking to her (like she understands him) and telling her to do things. Usually she just follows him where ever he goes and does whatever he does! He's also so good about trying to get her to stop crying. Like if she's upset that we're changing her diaper or whatever, he'll take it upon himself and go grab a toy for her or something. It's so sweet! I just love watching them interact together, and hearing his little conversations with her! I hope they continue to play this well together! :)
Addison is just as sweet as ever! She's really starting to say a lot now and it's fun to hear how she tries to repeat us and how it comes out! Ethan loves to try to get her say things too! Like when we say "Hi" to her she'll say "Hi Dah"! I'm not sure why she say's dah, we think maybe she's saying Hi There, but who knows! She also says bye-bye, baby, shoes (which is too cute the way she says it), she's starting to say nite-nite or nah-nie, Ah-choo! I'm sure there's some that I'm forgetting, but I just love both of the ages and stages these guys are in! It's so much fun....but it's going SO fast!!!
Obviously, all of the pictures are from the spring since I didn't take the time to post anything! Shocker! I really thought I was going to better about blogging this time around! It's not that I don't enjoy doing it, b/c I really do. Anyway, moving on.... I have successfully lost a little over 20lbs since Jan and I am so proud of myself! I feel so much better and it's so much fun to see the clothes that I wore last summer, hang on me this summer....but, I'm also disappointed in myself that I've lost my groove so to speak. I honestly have a good 10 to 15 more lbs that I NEED to lose and I've totally been a slacker! I hardly work out anymore, I still eat quite well during the day, but I definitely splurge more then I should at night! Then, I go to bed feeling awful about what I ate or how much I ate! I even made a bet with Derek (about 5lbs ago) to try to get me inspired again and that hasn't really even worked! I mean, I'm still losing but very, very slowly. Not nearly at the rate I did initially and I know why and I just seem to get my ass in gear! The bet with Derek was if I lose another 15lbs, then he had to quit smoking. Which he AGREED too, we even shook on it!!!! I want him to quite smoking so bad and for so many reasons..... Before, I was getting up early, like 5 or 5:30 am to work out in the basement. I did Insanity, which is just that - INSANE! But, it worked and I loved sweating buckets b/c I felt like I was really burning! Then I could still shower and get ready for work, or have some time to myself before the kids got up...it was perfect except for that 5am part. Somehow, I got out of my routine about 2 months ago, and I just can't seem to make myself get up to do it! It doesn't help that Ethan climbs in bed with me when I don't have to work and I just LOVE snuggling with him! Plus, it buys me another 30mins of sleep! Ugh! I need to stop rambling, and just get it back together...right?!!!!!
So, the kids were fairly cooperative for me to put Dutch costumes on them for a few pictures at Tulip Time. Well, I had to bribe Ethan and then hope for the best with Addy. They did great at first, and so many tourists wanted to take picture of them and as soon as a stranger would try to talk to them they'd act like little brats! Slightly embarrassing, but I probably don't have to worry about either one of them going off with a stranger!!! We went out for brunch on Easter and Ethan was literally petrified of the Easter Bunny, but Addy walked right up to him! Well, we having so much fun this summer, it's so much better now that Addy can walk, what a difference that is! We've already ventured out to the beach several times and they love it! I love just watching them play and explore! I'm so thankful that I am able to work part time so I can enjoy them! I don't have the house that I want and we are definitely on a budget, but it's so worth it to me!!
I am truly "Loving Life" right now! I cannot believe how much of a difference 3 and 4 is! Ethan is MUCH more pleasant now! I know that sounds terrible, like he wasn't pleasant before and that's not exactly true, but now you can actually reason with him! He is just so sweet now too! He'll tell me, out of the blue, "mom, I just love you". I never tire of hearing those sweet words come out of his sweet little mouth! He's also a great big brother to Addy. I think he's starting to realize that she's kind of fun to have around. He's always talking to her (like she understands him) and telling her to do things. Usually she just follows him where ever he goes and does whatever he does! He's also so good about trying to get her to stop crying. Like if she's upset that we're changing her diaper or whatever, he'll take it upon himself and go grab a toy for her or something. It's so sweet! I just love watching them interact together, and hearing his little conversations with her! I hope they continue to play this well together! :)
Addison is just as sweet as ever! She's really starting to say a lot now and it's fun to hear how she tries to repeat us and how it comes out! Ethan loves to try to get her say things too! Like when we say "Hi" to her she'll say "Hi Dah"! I'm not sure why she say's dah, we think maybe she's saying Hi There, but who knows! She also says bye-bye, baby, shoes (which is too cute the way she says it), she's starting to say nite-nite or nah-nie, Ah-choo! I'm sure there's some that I'm forgetting, but I just love both of the ages and stages these guys are in! It's so much fun....but it's going SO fast!!!
Obviously, all of the pictures are from the spring since I didn't take the time to post anything! Shocker! I really thought I was going to better about blogging this time around! It's not that I don't enjoy doing it, b/c I really do. Anyway, moving on.... I have successfully lost a little over 20lbs since Jan and I am so proud of myself! I feel so much better and it's so much fun to see the clothes that I wore last summer, hang on me this summer....but, I'm also disappointed in myself that I've lost my groove so to speak. I honestly have a good 10 to 15 more lbs that I NEED to lose and I've totally been a slacker! I hardly work out anymore, I still eat quite well during the day, but I definitely splurge more then I should at night! Then, I go to bed feeling awful about what I ate or how much I ate! I even made a bet with Derek (about 5lbs ago) to try to get me inspired again and that hasn't really even worked! I mean, I'm still losing but very, very slowly. Not nearly at the rate I did initially and I know why and I just seem to get my ass in gear! The bet with Derek was if I lose another 15lbs, then he had to quit smoking. Which he AGREED too, we even shook on it!!!! I want him to quite smoking so bad and for so many reasons..... Before, I was getting up early, like 5 or 5:30 am to work out in the basement. I did Insanity, which is just that - INSANE! But, it worked and I loved sweating buckets b/c I felt like I was really burning! Then I could still shower and get ready for work, or have some time to myself before the kids got up...it was perfect except for that 5am part. Somehow, I got out of my routine about 2 months ago, and I just can't seem to make myself get up to do it! It doesn't help that Ethan climbs in bed with me when I don't have to work and I just LOVE snuggling with him! Plus, it buys me another 30mins of sleep! Ugh! I need to stop rambling, and just get it back together...right?!!!!!
So, the kids were fairly cooperative for me to put Dutch costumes on them for a few pictures at Tulip Time. Well, I had to bribe Ethan and then hope for the best with Addy. They did great at first, and so many tourists wanted to take picture of them and as soon as a stranger would try to talk to them they'd act like little brats! Slightly embarrassing, but I probably don't have to worry about either one of them going off with a stranger!!! We went out for brunch on Easter and Ethan was literally petrified of the Easter Bunny, but Addy walked right up to him! Well, we having so much fun this summer, it's so much better now that Addy can walk, what a difference that is! We've already ventured out to the beach several times and they love it! I love just watching them play and explore! I'm so thankful that I am able to work part time so I can enjoy them! I don't have the house that I want and we are definitely on a budget, but it's so worth it to me!!
