getting into a routine

well, i've officially been a SAHM for a little over a month now, and we are loving every minute of it! we have gotten into a pretty nice routine around here and i just thought i would share it today... (this is our typical day monday thru friday)

6:30 am - i get up with jamie to fix his lunch and start cleaning up the kitchen, start some laundry, etc...

7:30 am (ish) - one, or both, of the boys wakes up and we start our day...diaper changes, put on some clothes, grab some chocolate milk for noah and warm formula for jonah, jonah usually eats breakfast early, but noah is rarely ever ready for breakfast this early

8:00 am - we try to be in the car headed to the gym before 8:15 (except Wednesdays..that's the off day!)

9:30 am - we leave the gym and head back home, noah eats breakfast and jonah usually falls asleep for his morning nap somewhere around 10:00, noah likes to watch a movie while I take my shower and get ready

11:30 am (ish) - jonah wakes up and we prepare lunch, boys play in the living room or kitchen while i cook and clean up the kitchen again! (this seems to be a never-ending process!)

12:30 am (ish) - try to get noah to take a nap...sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't...lately he doesn't want to go down until around 2 and that makes for a VERY LONG NIGHT! jonah also likes to take an afternoon nap, sometimes they nap at the same time, other times not...

afternoon - we play, color, paint, go outside for a walk, play in the backyard (when it isn't a giant puddle), go to the park, run errands, etc... the afternoons get really long sometimes and I'm still searching for creative things for us to do together...noah wants to watch movies alll day long and i'm just not up for that...i try to limit it to a movie or two in the am, but in the afternoon i like to shut off the tv and just have music playing

5:30 pm - jamie gets home, we have dinner, then he leaves for his workout

7:30 pm - bath and pj time, brush teeth, comb hair, and lotion 'em up! i just love the way they smell and feel after a bath!

8:30 pm - bedtime! jonah goes down pretty easy, he sleeps in the boys' room, in noah's old crib since it was lowered to the floor nearly and he continues to stand up in it! noah is a little more difficult. he sleeps in the guest room now because he kept climbing out of his crib, took him 2 years but he finally figured it out! so i usually lay down with him, we pray and sing several songs (he loves to sing along with everything! its so cute to hear him sing "This Little Light of Mine" or "Jesus Loves Me" or even a goofy, made up song "Whatcha Doing on the Moon"...i need to record him doing this song..the lyrics are funny. my mom and her sister made it up when they were younger and mom used to sing it to us to make us laugh. now i sing it to the boys and noah just loves it!

Whatcha Doin on the Moon?

(adult sings first line and child repeats)

Whatcha Doin on the Moon?

Whatcha Doin on the Moon?

Nothing much, nothing much.

Nothing much, nothing much.

Just pickin' at my nose.

Just pickin' at my nose.

Have you seen a rose?

Have you seen a rose?

No, I haven't yet.

No, I haven't yet.

I bet, I bet, I bet, I bet

I bet, I bet, I bet, I bet

So I'll end this now.

So I'll end this now.

Howdy, howdy, howdy, how.

Howdy, howdy, howdy, how.

Do do do, ahhhhh.

Do do do, ahhhhh.

this last part is Noah's personal favorite! :) he has a really hard time saying 'howdy', but it's adorable!

my big boy! april '11

vintage pearl

we drove to Tulsa on Friday night to see my sister in law, Jenny...Saturday morning we drove over to a cute little store to pick out my mother's day gift!!! i was so excited! i have followed Erin's blog about her little Etsy store for about 3 years now and was just thrilled to be in her new store front!

i picked out the eclectic necklace with 3 charms, one for jamie, jonah, and noah! cannot wait to get it!! :) Thanks hubby!!

terrific thursday!

my day so far...

6:30 - wake up with jamie, make his lunch, start dinner in the crockpot, run a load of dishes, tidy kitchen

7:15 - get dressed to go work out, get the kids bag packed for a day with PaPa (jamie's dad) then Mrs. Julie (the babysitter) then Daya (my mom), drink my breakfast (strawberries and cream slimfast! YUMMY!)

7:30 - start to get the kids up, load up the car, change, dress, and get milk ready for both kids...jonah prefers warm formula in his sippy cup with the soft spout only, and noah wants cold "choc choc" (chocolate milk) preferably in his Toy Story cup

7:59 we're finally in the car and on the way to greenwood...

8:11 detour thru greenwood because of an ambulance, fire truck, police car and others in front of the Deal's home (she's in my workout class so i asked her what happened...she had no idea!)

8:15ish drop the boys off with PaPa...noah has to show me at least 3 things before i can get out the door

8:20 made it to the gym for the first circuit class! i'm pumped!!

9:20 OMG! hardest class EVER! my arms and legs feel like jello! Amanda's gonna get me in shape though!!

10:00 weigh (i hate my scale!), shower, dress for work, makeup, hair (still partially wet cause of this dang ol' humidity!)...lost one of my favorite earrings?! cannot find it, maybe it fell behind the bed last night?

11:00 writing this blog post because i feel like i've had a full day and it's only 11:00!!! still have to eat lunch, go to Sam's and make it to work by 1:00 :) i have a potential hygiene student shadowing me today so i have to be on my best clinical behavior ;)

off for more of my terrific thursday! have a blessed day!

storm

these are just some pics we snapped the other day (4/26/11) of the crazy storms that were about to hit! i took the first few, but when the sirens started going off the boys and i got in my closet and jamie stayed outside to capture the rest! i've never seen an actual wall cloud before! it was crazy!!

(we are standing in our driveway looking across the street in these pictures)

wordless wednesday: a boy and his Jessie

Weight Loss Wednesday

I am so very inspired by my friend Brittney who has lost an amazing 44 lbs!!! She's done it the slow and steady way, over the last 6 months, which is how I am planning to shed the pounds also!

So my weight loss journey started...well to be honest it started after I had Noah...I did so great with the help of Let's Lose, lost about 30 lbs in 3 months, then I slacked off a bit and got pregnant with Jonah and gained it all back. every last stinkin pound! so this time around I am starting 10 lbs lighter than when I started Let's Lose and my goal is to lose 55 pounds by the time our Christmas trip to Disney World gets here!!

(above: This picture was taken in August 2009 after I had lost about 30 lbs! still wanted to lose another 30 after that but it didn't happen..i got pregnant again instead!)

(<--- This picture was taken in October at Noah's 2nd birthday party....so this is us pre working out/losing weight!)

Jamie and I started working out daily (or almost daily) at a little gym down in Greenwood and have been eating much healthier...lots of protein, no sugar (bye cherry coke! i sure have missed my afternoon Sonic Cherry Coke!!!), and low carbs (notice i didn't say no carbs! could never do that again! tried it in high school...not the diet for me)

stats so far: as of Monday, which is our weigh day, I have lost 3.5 lbs!!! I need to take my measurements so i can see how many inches i'm losing as well...I'm doing really good with the weights and can already feel a change in my weak, flabby arms! also, i've been going to the gym in the morning, they have a sitter for the kids, and i love the energy it gives me for the rest of the day...we had to miss today due to MOPS and Noah's first teeth cleaning appointment (that story will come later)

so wish jamie and i luck on this journey...he wants to lose about 100 lbs (he's already down about 8! i'm so proud of him!!)

Easter 2011

the boy's easter basket goodies 2011

Easter came with lots and lots and lots of rain and storms this year! We had an amazing church service and the kids in the nursery even got to do a little easter egg hunt in the halls of the church.

After church we went to Jamie's Aunt Detra's house for lunch and an egg hunt. Noah was a little crabby, and both boys needed a nap desperately, but it still managed to be a great time! Noah hunted the eggs like a semi-pro this year...still not quite understanding that you have to get to the egg before the other kids! :) he would rather find just one with candy in it and eat all the candy, then go find another one!

Jamie and Jonah before lunch at the Pearcy's

Kylah and Noah hunting Easter eggs at the Pearcy's house

the boys wore matching linen khaki's and blue and white sweater tops from The Children's Place (this is probably my favorite store for the boys), jamie matched with khaki's and a blue button up shirt, and I wore my new favorite shirt from The Limited...a creamy, lacy shirt with ruffles down the front! I wish we had The Limited at our mall, but I would probably spend way too much there if we did!

my sweet little 9 1/2 month old! of course his eyes were closed! LOL!

my sister in law, Jessica (aka Jess-s or JJ) and me

After lunch and the egg hunt, we went over to my parent's house for a surprise birthday party for their friend JoJo, and we also wanted to meet Jose, the new guy that's going to help my dad with his newest Criket location (it's a cell phone store). We had a great little party and then everyone promptly fell asleep!!

Italian cream! yummy!!

Once we woke up, it was about 6:00 and I didn't feel like just going home and having to clean up the house, so we went back down to Greenwood and dyed eggs with the Brown's :) Noah had a great time, for a little while, but the skies started really looking creepy and there was a tornado watch the whole time! once it started raining it seemed like it would never stop...my in-law's house is by a creek and a cow pasture and the entire back pasture was flooded!! aparantly, their house usually floods, but this time it didn't! thank God! we contemplated just staying the night, since it had gotten so late, but we decided we should get the kids home, so we packed up around 10 when there was a break in the storm...

Noah watching the water change colors from the dye

Jonah enjoyed playing with this piano while we dyed Easter eggs!

my sis-in-law Jessica and I are the paparazzi at every event!

looking across the highway from the in-law's house..i think they called this a "shelf cloud"...right before it started raining

it stormed on and off again all day yesterday too! i'm really getting tired of the rain because i do not like to get out in it! we managed to make it to the gym and then straight back home before the storms hit yesterday. the rain has finally let up today, although i think it's supposed to storm again tonight..but the boy's and I have had an eventful day..we got out to go the gym and WalMart!