Big Boy Bed

My baby is now a big boy because he sleeps in a "big boy bed".  He has done great the past two nights, he goes right to bed and even calls for me in the morning.  I am blessed with boys who don't get out of their beds unless I get them... AWESOME!  Jaden would call for me from his bed until he was almost 3, I would much rather have them call for me to get them, then have them up and running around without me knowing about it.  Good job Bryson!  He is so proud to have a big bed like his big brother.  After I get their room all put together and cleaned I will post a pic of both boy's beds.  

Warm Winter... I'll Take it!

What another beautiful day it was! Today is January 10th - and it was about 55 degrees today.  The boys enjoyed the afternoon digging dirt.  Love it.

They both look really good in this pic, but both are getting over some sicknesses.  First off we think Bryson had a concession on Friday night.  After the boys and girls basketball games on Friday night the boys were running around with some of the high school kids and Bryson stepped on a basketball and fell back and hit his head.  He cried some, but then we came home and he was fine.  He went right to bed, (since it was after 9pm) and he slept all night.  He woke up happy and talking, but soon after he started puking and puked everything up he had all morning.  He took a short nap in the morning (which he does not usually do) and then woke up and puked some more.  Then he took his usual afternoon nap and woke up completely fine.  He was happy, playing and didn't get sick anymore at all.  It was weird, maybe he was sick, maybe he had a concession????  Well whatever it was, we are monitoring his rough housing, and glad he is feeling good now.

Well, then yesterday as I was picking up the boys from Cindy's and as we were getting our shoes on, Jaden started puking all over Cindy's front porch.  We went home and gave him some crackers and 7-up and some rest and he has been fine every since.  So maybe something just upset his tummy.  We are glad he ended up being fine.  Hopefully anything else will stay away from us for the rest of the winter.

I DID IT!

This week I enrolled in Cardio Kicks Boot Camp through our Parks and Rec and our AWESOME Cardio Kicks instructor, Monika Hinson.  I have been taking Cardio Kicks Thursday morning, which is a pretty grueling hour of both kick boxing and stations of hard things, like bag pushes and tire flips.  Well for some reason I decided to sign up for Boot Camp this past week.  It was a super intense workout Monday - Saturday morning from 5:30-6:30am, and 200 abs, 50 pushups, 50 squat jumps and 5 minutes of planks outside of class.  Also included was a strict diet, with no snacks, 5 small meals a day no more, 3 liters of water a day, only 30 minutes of TV and at least 7 hours of sleep a night.  It was tough.  I have never before been on a strict diet or starved myself, I scarfed my food when I was able to eat.
Well I lost 5 pounds in 6 days!!!!! and I do feel really good, I am going to continue with the diet (a little modified however) and continue working out.  I am hoping to lose 10 more to fit into my jeans from college.
Here I am today - so happy I pushed myself so hard and stuck with the plan to the T.  Thank you Monika for doing this camp and all the girls in the class for their awesome support and example of hard work.  Also Thank you Jason for doing to diet with me and cooking breakfast for me everyday this week.  Love you guys!

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