The horror!!

Tonight I came to the realization that working out needs to be an everynight event, and not every other night.  Alright, who am I kidding.  It needs to change from once a week.  The change is the result of my horrific reaction to trying on a dress that I need to wear in a friend's wedding in October.  In my defense the dress runs about two sizes too small to begin with, but that's no excuse.  I have a feeling that I wouldn't have been able to fit in it pre-pregnancy either.   Which tells me all the more that I was in need of losing weight long ago.  Question:  How much weight do I need to loose in five months?   Answer:  Somewhere in the nature of 30 lbs.  That seems like so much, 30 lbs in 5 months?!  Looks like it's nothing but salads, chicken, vegetables, fruit and water for the next few months.  I have a pretty strong sweet tooth so the true testament will be if I can cut those goodies out, or at the very least cut back significantly.  I don't consider myself to gorge on food.  I don't normally go back for seconds at meals, and I typically try and eat a typical serving size.  Guess that's what age and a slow down of my metabolism.  If I can get down 30 lbs, I'll be at the weight I was when Heath and I first started dating.

We happen to have a pretty decent treadmill in the basement along with a tv so it doesn't seem like a complete chore to workout down there, but my plan is to buy a bike and alternate between the two so I don't get bored with just one option.  This way I can ride my bike around the town, which will probably take 5-10 minutes given the size of our town.  So I may ride around it a couple of times.   It may take some retraining on the ol' bike since I haven't ridden one in about 10 years.  Unfortunately, mine was stolen while it was chained to the bike rack at the dorms while I was a freshman in college.  How does one steal a chained bike you ask?  Well, the chain was actually a horseshoe lock, and the lock might have been slightly broken.  I'm sure some homeless guy is enjoying riding around Lincoln on a free bike that has a Grand Island registration sticker on it from when I was in fifth grade from the bike derby.  Thanks homeless man for contributing to my weight gain, I hope you're happy!

30 lbs in five months, wish me luck!!!

Easter Weekend

Our weekend was definitely full of activities.  Friday night we stayed home to help gear up for the holiday weekend.  Saturday and Sunday were days full of family.  My parents were in town for the day Saturday.  And since I had to work the late shift all last week, it helped contribute to my first failed holiday as a mother.  Since I didn't get off work until 8:00 pm all last week, I wouldn't get home until almost 9:00 leaving me minimal time to see Payton.  She was already asleep when I got home so I only got to see her before I went to work.  This means that I couldn't get to the store to get Payton's Easter basket until Saturday afternoon.  So my mom and I went to Lincoln to get supplies.  Here's what Heath and I gave her.

There's four outfits, new socks, two sleepers, sunscreen for summer and a toy bar for her carrier.

My parents also came equipped with an Easter basket for Payton:

Five dresses, an embroidered tote bag, a toy hammer (to bang on our table when she gets older...thanks mom & dad) and a plush toy cell phone.

Greg & Joyce's Easter basket for Payton packed a good punch too!

She got a swim shirt, activity balls, a swimsuit (adorable!) a pink Husker onesie and a cute summer outfit!  Totally excited about the swimsuit.  I have searched for one but the smallest I could find was for 12 months.  It's the perfect companion to the sunscreen we bought for her!

Here are the adorable shoes aunt Cassie got for Payton.

My sister got Payton this adorable dress and headband!  I'm starting to love the tu-tu dresses!

Here's Payton in her adorable Easter dress!  She was so tuckered out after church that I didn't get a picture of her awake in her dress.  She looked adorable and wore it like a champ!

I think with all the Easter clothes she got, added to all the summer clothes she already had, Payton is well prepared for summer!  Thanks everybody for all of the Easter gifts!  I can't wait until it gets warm enough to start dressing her in these clothes!  She's already growing so fast.  Today she wore a six month outfit that fit just about right!  We keep a Rubbermaid tub in her room and every few weeks I go through all of her clothes and put whatever she has outgrown inside.  It's filling up quickly!