Finally

We have finally updated our home computer.  It has been working on and off for the past several months and is incredibly slow.  My husband bought it back before we were married or even engaged I believe.  We had it on his huge desk in our office in the basement.  Once I went onto bed rest this time around I was only allowed to go up and down the basement steps once per day and add in a toddler who gave up naps and followed you everywhere.  Things just couldn't get done on the computer. Ever.

Sunday my husband went off to Best Buy telling me he was just buying a new tower for our desktop in the basement.  I was less than thrilled because with a new baby that does not really take any consistent naps yet it would still be hard to do work on the computer.  I get a text shortly after he left that says, "Happy Birthday" and get confused since my birthday is still a couple weeks away.  Well lo and behold he comes home with a laptop bundle.  This will make things so much easier to do work for my Thirty One business and I won't have to sit in the corner of the basement.

This also means I could finally upload 1400 pictures that were clogging up my card for our camera.  Maybe now I can document Parker's birthday, Brendan's soccer, and Lila being Lila more.  Our lives have changed so much in the last 3.5 months and I was only able to do little updates here and there.

 I have Brendan in charge today while I am resting in bed with Parker.  My sinuses are acting crazy and we have a weekend up north with friends in two days.  I have yet to start packing and still have shopping to do.  Hopefully tonight I can finish that up and figure out what to take.

Here's to hoping for more blogging!

Kid convos

Lila: Mommy when can I get married?

Me: Married.  Did you just ask when you can get married?

Lila:  Mommy I a princess.  Princesses get married. Can I marry Brendan?

Brendan: I am not marrying Lila in like 21 years.  She'd be too much trouble.

Lila: Can I marry daddy?

Brendan: No Lila. Daddy already got married to mommy.

Lila: Can I marry Parker?

Me: Lila you have to marry a nice boy who is not in our family.

Jason: Lila daddy has to approve.

Lila: Can I marry you mommy?

Why do we even try!  She is 3 for the record.  I wish I would have gotten a video.  She was asking in all seriousness. 

Way too fast

It feels like just yesterday I posted about Brendan beginning kindergarten.

Now in about 45 minutes he will get off the bus and be a second grader.

Tomorrow I will probably wake up and he will be graduating high school.  It goes so so fast!

So proud of my little blue jay!  He had another great year.  

Last Friday for school shirt spirit day.  It is fitting that my little birder has one of his favorites as the school mascot!

A collage of his first and last day.  He looks so much older!

I wish I would have taken a picture first but we printed an instagram picture to Walgreen's of the first day of 1st grade and attached it to his teacher's gift as the thank you card.  She loved it and we couldn't get over how much older he looks!

Yay for summer break with no set schedule and relaxing days!!!

Health and Fitness Friday

I am linking up with Jen at A Daily Dose of Davis for Health and Fitness Friday

So since the last link up I have had a few more breakthroughs...

1.  I am able to wear more of my normal clothes and the borrowed clothes are getting too big!

2. My friend introduced me to MyFitnessPal and it has totally held me accountable for my food choices.  I think I am making better choices and wow were my portions way off!  I try to eat when I am hungry and not when I am just bored.  I am down a couple pounds since I started and about 7 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight.

3. I am also on Map my walk (or run)  with a few of my neighborhood friends.  I have gotten out for a couple evening walks with my runner friend. She is a fast walker and boy do I have to work to keep up with her!

Some goals I want to set for the next week...

1. Exercise at least 5 times

2. Continue to make healthy snack choices/portion control

And because no post is complete without a picture.  Here is the reason for all my work.

Parker, 3 months old

I went to bed at 9:30pm...

ASo this past weekend was busy!  Brendan had a birthday party on Saturday, Jason worked, and I had a Thirty One Party in the evening.

Sunday we got up early to meet friends at the zoo at 9am.  We get there to find out it is the annual Kidney Zoo Walk.  It was packed.  The weather was perfect so it worked out.

By the zebras

A most exciting peacock

Arctic Ring of Life

"It is a seal named Connor!" 

Watching the seals in the tunnel

Lila loved this

Life with 3...Lila's smile

Car ride home

Then Brendan had a soccer game at 2pm.  I stayed home with Lila and Parker because we had family pictures at 6.

After the pictures

Parker was cold, tired, and grumpy:(

Lila. Oh Lila

We got home and crashed.  Asleep by 9:45pm.  Thank you to the baby who sleep from 8:30pm-7am. It was awesome.

Almost June

School is almost done.  Brendan has until June 11th and is officially on summer break.  Then we will have a second grader!!

Learning Fair at his school last week.  

We have a couple long weekend trips scheduled for break.  I love getting away.  I do not love planning and packing for trips away.  My friend said it best on Facebook when I posted "You know you are a mom when..." And she said going grocery shopping alone is a vacation and vacation with children is work.  Ha! So very true.

My friend and I talked about going away for a weekend this fall.  Thinking maybe Chicago.  We will see if we can make it work.

Family pictures this Sunday!  So excited.  We have not had pictures since I was pregnant with Lila.  Thank you Mom for the gift:)

We celebrated 7 years of marriage on Memorial Day.  We spent the afternoon at a friend's for a BBQ.  It rained and was in the 50's.  Awesome weather.  We then went to a Tiger game the next evening for our anniversary.  It was nice to have an evening together and it was prolonged due to the rain delay.  Unfortunately my jinx status at the games is still going strong.  Almost a decade in the making.  Jason even commented that we are like 0-15 for games we have gone together over the years.

Lila is dramatic.  She acts like a hormonal teenager and she is 3.  Tears, fits, throwing herself on the ground (in the middle of the street), huffing, and dirty looks.  

Parker is amazing.  Thank goodness because of the above!  He is so laid back and go with the flow.

Brendan also acts like a hormonal teenager at 7.  So it is exciting when he and Lila are doing this behavior at the same time.  I feel like a circus whenever we leave our house.

He wanted his picture with his various soccer and tball trophy.  He looks innocent.  Don't let it fool you.

Recent pictures...

Happy Parker

Entertaining Parker in the van

Lila loves taking pictures together

She loves her baby

Some quiet time with Parker while Daddy took the big kids shopping

So What Wednesday

I am linking up with Shannon at Life After I Dew for her weekly So What! Wednesday

This is what I am saying So What to today...

...It is 10:30 am and the kids and I are hanging out in my bed

...I am frustrated because I have been eating better and walking more and my clothes are still tight and uncomfortable

...I turned our a/c on Sunday night because it was 80+ degrees in our house and I was cranky

...I hold the baby all day because that is how he likes to nap

...that is why we have a few baskets of laundry just sitting around

...I guess I could fold it now since the baby is content. Oh well I am typing this instead

...I am not looking forward to hot weather because I already feel hot all the time.

...the cashier at Kroger looked at my i.d. and exclaimed, "Wow! I thought you were my age. I am 36." I am 32. Things not to say to a tired mom of 3 buying wine.

...ok. Parker is sad. He needs a snuggle.