Monday, September 29, 2008

P.S....

Jailyn lost her 2nd tooth on Saturday!!!  Unfortunately the tooth fairy took Saturday off ( JR was supposed to stay awake and put the $ under her pillow but he fell asleep).  She felt bad about being a day late though so Jailyn got another $5 for her tooth.  That darn Tooth Fairy!!!  hehehe!  That's all for tonight! I promise!!!  Love you guys!!!
Nat

Showing off her missing tooth!!  The other one is not going to be far behind!!

WICKED

Yesterday Jailyn, My Mom, Bonnie and I went to see WICKED at the Pantages Theater in LA as an early birthday present to Jailyn from JR and I.  It was GREAT!!!  I had already seen the show in NY back in December and LOVED it!!  When I got home I started playing the soundtrack in my car all the time and Jailyn being a quick auditory learner (like me) soon knew all the words to her favorite songs and which track they were on the CD.  She watched some clips I found on You Tube and really wanted to see the show.  So we bought her the tickets and they were WELL worth the $.  She LOVED it!!!  She spent almost the entire show in awe of what was going on on the stage.  She was lip singing her favorite songs and acting them out with hand and arm gestures.  After one of her favorite songs she started clapping enthusiastically with her hands high above her head in the air.  She even jumped to her feet at the end when the 2 main characters came out on stage.  I loved it this time in a very different way because I was loving it through her eyes, her expressions and her true excitement and joy for the experience.  It was a GREAT day!!!

Jailyn in her new outfit ready to go to the show!
Jailyn and I before the show
Jailyn, Auntie Bonnie and Grandma before the show
All of us at the Pantages
Jailyn and Auntie Bonnie inside the Theater

pics from the girls weekend

After a day of the family pass time SHOPPING!!!
All of us at dinner
Aunt Dawn Alicia and my Mom
Grandma and Aunt Debby
Me and Aunt Mary

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

JR's weekend

Well I thought I'd start this weeks update with a tale of how JR's weekend went without me.  On Friday he only had Marcus because Jailyn was with her friend (that I will get into in a minute too), so that went well he took Marcus to Chuck E Cheese to have dinner and play.  Saturday however he says from the minute she woke up Jailyn was being a brat and giving him attitude ( I don't know where that attitude problem comes from I tell you).  He got another break that afternoon because my sister and chad took them to a birthday party for a couple of hours.  He did have to feed them dinner that night but he just went out with some friends and their kids.  Sunday they stayed inside and around the house.  So it was a pretty uneventful weekend THANK GOD!!!  However when I walked in the 1st thing Marcus says to me is " Don't ever go anywhere with Grandma again.  I don't Like staying with Daddy.  He's bad."  The room wasn't clean and Marcus and Jailyn looked like they needed a bath but at least they were all in one piece!  Jailyn's attitude however seemed to be a constant problem.  I called my friend on Monday to see how she was with them at Disneyland on Friday.  Her exact response " She was a pain in the butt.  She didn't listen at all."  I was so embarrassed!!  I wanted to Kill her!!  So needless to say she's grounded until friday!!!
I had a good weekend!!  It was nice although a little nerve racking to be away from the kids and not have to deal with the day to day for a little while.  We went shopping on Saturday and I fit into (comfortably) a size 10 jeans!!!  I was a size 20 back in January when I started!!  I was soo excited that I was dancing in the hallway of the dressing rooms.  We also went and saw The Women it was a total chick flick!!  It was fun!!
 That's about it for now!!  I'm going to go get my camera then I'll post the pics from our girls weekend!  
PS  Wicked this Sunday we are sooo excited!!!!

Friday, September 19, 2008

Before I go...

Marcus in his Karate Gi
Jailyn in her mexico dress from auntie bonnie
marcus and leilani playing in the back yard
aren't they cute!!!


Just a quick update before I leave for a girls weekend at my grandmas.  I'm down another 1.4 lbs this week so I'm almost to 40 lbs. Only a 1/2 lb left to go!!!!  Jailyn is still having fun at school.  We started homework this week but it's stilll pretty much review from Kindergarten so we get it done pretty fast.  She's getting to be a really good reader (even though she claims she doesn't enjoy it) she reads about a chapter a day from her Junie B Jones book.  Marcus is doing well too.  He enjoys having Leilani around during the week to play with although we are having a few issues with sharing Mommy's time with another little kid.  But nothing bad!!!  That's about it I have to go finish getting everything ready for this weekend.  I pray that JR can handle them for the weekend by himself.  I've never left them with him this long before.  I have left him hour by hour instructions so hopefully he'll be fine!!!  YIKES!!!  

Thursday, September 11, 2008

9/11

I was just reading a friends blog as she recounted her memory of this day 7 years ago and I thought I would write about mine.  I was 7 1/2 months pregnant with Jailyn and working as a receptionist at an Escrow company we were all just getting into the office when my boss ran in and turned on the tv in the break room and told us all to get in there a plane just crashed into the World trade center towers.  Like most I'm sure that watched it on TV I thought at first that it looked like some kind of action movie stunt not real life, but as I watched people jumping from windows hundreds of feet from the ground to save themselves it hit me this is REAL!  This country, our country, my country was being attacked in broad daylight in the most dramatic and visible way.  I remember thinking that this shouldn't be able to happen here.  We weren't living in some war torn 3rd world country this is the USA we were supposed to be unstoppable!!  We never left that back room that day all of us to stuck to the TV waiting to see what happened next and I think a little afraid to be alone.  I remember being soo scared for Jailyn this little Innocent child I was getting ready to bring into this world, thinking until that morning that I could keep her safe and realizing in that moment that was impossible.  I remember crying for those who were there or lost someone that day ( as I am right now while writing this) because I could not even imagine the pain for them so connected to it if mine so far away was this great.  
I was thinking of all these things just this morning in my car while dropping kids off at school.  A radio station was playing a country song written about 9/11 and I started to cry thinking about it again.  I thought to myself if 9/11 had never happened how would my life be different today I would still be driving kids to school and thinking about back to school night tonight but I wouldn't be crying in the car to God bless the USA on the radio and I wouldn't be fearful every time someone I love steps on a plane.  Those are just small effects but it goes to show that all of us no matter how far from NY that day 7 years ago changed us ALL!!  My prayers for safety, love and healing to you all and to everyone who was affected by 9/11 on this day especially we should all stop and think and pray!!!  All my love.
nat

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Yeah!!....

So I went and weighed in again today and I'm VERY happy to say that I lost all but .4 of what I gained in the previous 3 weeks!!  I was down 4.2 lbs. today and am at a total of 38lbs total so far.  Although 38 is a # I have seen before I still feel better knowing I'm back on the right track!!!  So excuse me while I celebrate!!  YEAH ME!!!!  Now let's see how long I can keep this momentum going hopefully all the way until i"m down to my goal which is 138lbs.  I'm currently 166.6 lbs so that puts me at 26.6 lbs left to go!  Also I completed my first week as a working mom on friday!!  The little girl I watch is super sweet and really easy going.  She's even made marcus a better napper which I LOVE!!!  So far soo good and of course the little extra cash is always GREAT!!!!
Jailyn and Marcus are both good!!  Not much new going on with them.  Just getting into our back to school routine!!  We have Back to School night for Jailyn tomorrow and then the dreaded homework starts!!  AUGH!!!  Hopefully she won't put up a fight about doing it an it's stuff she can do pretty easily!!  Well that's it for now>  I don't have my camera near by so no new pics today.  Sorry!!  Love you all!!
nat

Friday, September 5, 2008

So feel free.....

.. to call, text, or email me and tell me to GET OFF MY LAZY BUTT whenever you want!!!!  I finally went into Weight Watchers for the 1st time in 3 weeks and faced the music on Wednesday night!!!  I was prepared for it to be bad news (although secretly I was hoping by some miracle that even after all the pigging out and no exercise of the past few weeks that I would get away with only gaining like a pound) so I wasn't too surprised when she said that I had gained 4.6lbs!!  YIKES!!!  Like I said before I'm just really loosing my motivation lately so Please don't hesitate to tell me to get my butt going!!  I'm half way there and i'm really struggling!!!  More to come at a later date!!!  Love you all!!!
nat

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Jailyns First day of 1st grade!!!!

Jailyn in front before school
Jailyns new outfit!!!
Jailyn, Madi and Brooke before school
Jailyn at her desk
I just love this one of Marcus eating an Ice Cream bar after dinner the other night!!


Well she is officially a 1st grader now!!!  I can't believe how fast she has grown up!!!  She picked her outfit out a week ago when Auntie Tee Tee took her school clothes shopping.  She loves the leopard skirt and the belt!!!  We put her hair in sponge curlers last night so it would be curly this morning!!!  She looked soo cute!!!  She didn't want me to stick around in class again this year so I didn't get to hear much from her teacher but she seems really nice and back to school night is next week so I'll get to know her better then.  She said she had fun and that her teacher was really nice, so that's good and so far no homework yet!!  Yeah!!!! I start my new job tomorrow watching Leilani so I will let you all know how that is working out soon!!!

Monday, September 1, 2008

Cruise pics Me and JR

That us at Papas and beer and if you look clos you can see my MARGARITA
Us at dinner the last night
JR posing with our towel animal
Me posing with our towel animal.  Let me say seeing this picture has renewed my sense of urgency to get off my lazy butt and back on my diet!!!  YUCK!!!!

I will post more pics on my snapfish tomorrow.  It's time for bed 1st day back at school tomorrow!!!!!

Marcus summer pics!!!

Marcus on his new "Homercycle" bike
Marcus at Karate class practicing his punches
Marcus and Auntie bonnie Back floating in his Magic swimming glasses
Marcus and Bonnie giving a thumbs up after getting dunked
Wearing spiderman googles at uncle Arnolds.  They were Keyvans and way too big!

Jailyn Pics

Jailyn Trying out her new golf clubs
Jailyn showing off her empty spot where she lost her tooth
Jailyn doing part of the floor excercise at the gymnastics camp performance
Jailyn doing her hula routine
Jailyn and Marcus at her hula performance

Sorry It's Been sooooo long.......

I've been a bust girl this summer!!!!  Yeah as of 8am tomorrow morning summer will be officially over and I can get back to my routine!!!  So much to catch you all up on where to start?  Let's start with the kiddos....

Jailyn- She finally lost her first tooth!!!  She went to bed one night and none of her teeth were loose ( we check every night when we brush) and she woke up the next morning and one of her teeth on the bottom was wiggling like crazy!!!  She was soo cute she told me "Mommy this is the most excited I've ever been!  Maybe the tooth fairy will leave me a $100.00!"  I started cracking up!!  I told her that the tooth fairy brings $5 for the 1st tooth and $1 after that!!  Inflation even effects the tooth fairy I used to get $0.25 for a tooth!!!  So the next day I told her to wiggle it a little everyday to help it get loose and she took it to heart and that night wiggled it for an hour until it fell out!!!  
What else...  she started playing soccer again!! She didn't have a good coach last season so she was really out of practice as far as proper playing goes but she's picking it back up again pretty well.  She does ok but I noticed that she was getting winded pretty quick so I decided that we were going to start run/walking together a few days a week.  We went yesterday morning and this morning I walk and and she jogs ahead of me. The first day she was winded after 5 mins but today she didn't get tired until the very end and we were out for about 40 mins.  So hopefully between that and Soccer 3 days a week and gymnastics team 2 days a week she'll be in great shape soon!!!  Did I say in the last post that after gymnastics camp was over she got moved up to the level 1 gymnastics team?  They actually learn floor and beam routines and compete in in house competitions!!  She's really excited!!!
She had a hula performance this summer too!! She started taking the class at the beginning of the summer with her best friend and instantly loved it!!!  They did 3 dances and wore 2 different costumes!!  She's not great she can't manage to move just her hips( her shoulders and everything go with them) but she had fun and it was a really cute little show!!!  She of course looked sooo cute in her outfits too because she looks like she could be Hawaiian especially with her tan!!!

Marcus- Let's see....  Marcus took swimming lessons this again this year except this time Auntie Bonnie got in the pool with him!!  YEAH!!!!  The first class he did ok until it was time to get dunked and back float he screamed and cried and wanted to get out.  I noticed that he didn't like the sun in his eyes when he back floated so the next day I gave him a pair of my $5 sunglasses that I found in my purse to wear while he swam!!!  OMG!!!  These sunglasses are now referred to as the "magic swimming glasses".  He was like a different kid in there not only did he back float without complaint but he went under and was swimming around the pool like you wouldn't believe by the end of the 2 week session he was racing the instructors across the pool to get toys(with bonnie holding his tummy while he kicked and did big arms), back floating with bonnie barely touching him, going under by himself holding onto the wall (no bonnie) and even holding on to the wall having bonnie back away a few steps and swimming out to her by himself!!!!  It was AMAZING!!!  Thanks Bonnie for getting in everyday!!!!
He finished baseball class in August!  We weren't too sad about that because it was pretty poorly organized so the kids had a tendency to get bored.  But like I told JR you get what you pay for it was park and rec and it was only $24 for 6 weeks and a t-shirt so what can we really expect!!! 
 We started Karate and for those of you who have witnessed Marcus in his Power Ranger stage will know this is right up his alley!!!  He does occasionally get in trouble for not listening or jumping around when he's supposed to be paying attention, but the teacher is very good about putting them in their place in way that isn't harsh but definitely gets the point across!!   He really likes the class and I finally broke down and bought him a gee(the white karate outfit) so when I have pics of him in it I'll post them!
He also got his first big boy bike, with training wheels!!  He was very excited when Auntie Tee Tee came over and told him she was taking him to Toys R Us to get a bike!!!  He picked out a red and black one that looks like a motocross dirt bike!!  It's very cool!!  He even makes the motorcycle (homercycle as marcus calls them) sound when he rides it!!  He's not great at riding it yet but he's getting the hang of it!!  Thanks Auntie Tee Tee!!!
That's pretty much it just being as cute as can be as usual!!  He makes me check his teeth everyday too!!  And is sooo sad that he can't have a loose tooth like his sister:(

JR and I-  Not a whole lot new here!!  2 weeks ago when I weighed in last I was down 38.6 lbs!!  which is awesome but the non-routine and vacations of summer have really slowed down my loosing:(  I just seem to be having trouble keeping my momentum going!!  I think it's because I feel better, I look a little better and my clothes are not uncomfortable anymore that I'm starting to get lazy!!  I'm going to "Face the music" and weigh in on Wednesday and get my lazy butt back on track!!!  I'm tempted to throw away all my loose clothes but then I would literally have only 3 pairs of pants and like 5 shirts!!  That could be a problem!!!  So until i have enough money to buy some new clothes I'm stuck with what I've got even though some of it is 3 sizes too big now!!!  The downfall of being a stay at home mom!!!
On that not having any extra $ note I am actually going to start watching a little girl from 7:30 am to 3 pm during the week.  She's 2 1/2 years old.  She's one of Bonnie's classroom aides daughter.  She's really cute and sweet!!  She came over for 3 hours on Wednesday and she and marcus played really well together and she was really well behaved.  I'm not making a whole lot of $, I'm doing it more as a favor to help out her parents, but a little extra cash every week will be really nice!!!  So maybe in a month or so I might have enough put aside to afford a few new shirts!!!
We celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary this year on August 14th!!  It feels like soo much longer than that but I'm sure that's because in December we will have been together for 10 years!!!  More than 1/3 of my lifetime!!!  WOW!!!  We went out to a very nice dinner at Ruth's Chris in Anaheim with our good friends Matt and Arlyn on the actual day 8/14.  We then did a kid-free cruise the next weekend!!  It was very relaxing and of course always nice to get away from it all for a weekend and relax and let other take care of you!!  I ate ALOT!!!(see above complaint about vacays messing with my weight loss)  we saw 3 pretty funny comedy shows and hung out by the pool!!  we got lucky and were seated with a really cool couple who were our age for dinner, so we had a good time!!  I even had a MARGARITA at Papas and beer in Ensenada!!  I know please try not to pass out from the shock of me drinking!!!!  I guess just knowing that we were going to Mexico and I didn't have anything to be responsible for made me start craving a margarita about 3 days before we left!  I'm SUCH a lite weight that about 1/2 way through my margarita I was already starting to get tipsy!!  That's what happens when you drink about 1 drink a year!!!!

Anyhooo.....  I think that pretty much catches you all up!!  Sorry it's soo long!!!  I'm going to post a few pics in another blog right now before bed!!  Thanks for taking the time to get all caught up!!  I'll try to be better!!!  Love you all!!
NAT