thursday

Did it again=) i'm on track i woke up did hip hop abs, then ran a mile before dinner and did lots of ab exericises.... i ate healthy and didn't snack too much... i sure hope this works... other than that i took the kids to "old richmond town" for story time with taylor's friend Kiera and her mom then they came over for a lil bit ... after they left i met some of taylor's other friends and their moms at a park near by for some more play time then came home and ran and OHHH how could i forget to write this... i ate ONE small piece of chicken tonight..... i am fed up with eating veggie burgers filled with salt every day so i'm going to make myself eat chicken and turkey.... i think that will help my life a lot as far as eating healthy and eating when we go out.

I don't need a 6 pack i just want to slim down

So i did it! i woke up and did hip hop abs (this is what i always SAY i'm going to do but NEVER actually do it) I ate really healthy all day long, cleaned the house all day bc we showed it tonight, then i went out for a jog from 8:45-9:10 then did sit ups! It was about 90 degree's today so i sweat like a PIG and it felt great =) i took some before pictures because i am determined to take the AFTER picture soon. hopefully i can keep this up.... i really wasn't too hard i need to keep it up though, i usually go good for about a week or 2 then something happends and i stop but this time i have a goal. We are going to SC around une 20th and i want to wear a bikini we'll see! i'm going to try and write every day.... other than that it was a boring day of cleaning and i took the kids to school then i took some old stuff that i had around the house to "once upon a child" and got 20 bucks for it, (oh wait i got 20 bucks but then i found a really cute Gymboree bathing suit for taylor so i bought that for 5.50) so i ended up with $14.50 but hey its better than nothing and i got rid of some crap in the process! Its about 10pm and i'm ready to shower and hit the hay soon, dominick is already sleeping and taylor is prob ready to go to bed soon too... chris took a nap so i have to get his tired again! Josh is down stairs working his 2nd job, he played bball after work then mowed the lawn so i think we'll all sleep well tonight! TTYL

I CAN SMELL SUMMER!

Well we made it through the winter.... just barley but we made it! The kids were sick every 5 seconds so I am glad that its over with! It seems as if mother nature has decided to skip spring this year because it already feels like summer! Tomorrow is June 1st (well technically its midnight so today is june 1st) and i have big plans for June... i have set a work out routine for myself and i hope it actually works this time.... i need to loose this baby weight around my waist because it drives me nuts EVERY day when i put on clothes and I was thinking about how much better it would feel to just get in shape again! Our 5th wedding anniversary is in 22 days and i hope to drop 7lbs by then so I can be the weight i was when we first got married!!! (i know 7 lbs sounds like a little but when your not even 5 foot its a LOT) besides that.... Christopher is almost walking, he is getting his 3rd tooth (front top) He's finally starting to sleep all through the night....(only took him 9 1/2 months to figure out he doesn't NEED a bottle half way through his sleep) and he is usually a happy lil boy crawling around but sometimes he gets in these moods where he wants to be held All day! Dominick is hilarious, he is either the cutest boy in the world, digging for worms or the biggest brat in the world, screaming his head off! Taylor just won at her 2nd beauty pageant (Grand Ambassador) so she is sooo exicted about that and is already planning her 5th birthday party (she comes up with a different themed party she wants to have every day!), and Josh had his 2nd foot surgery and is now all cleared to play ball again so we went to his 1st game tonight. (he played pretty crappy) LOL We are being send town to Washington D.C but still have not sold our house so its hard to plan for the future when we have no idea where we will be living! we need to sell this house ASAP! actually we have people looking at it tomorrow so hopefully fingers crossed they like it (everyone says they like it but we never got an offer) I'm going to go do some cleaning before i sleep since everyone else is already asleep and i can get a lot done! TTYLS!

Is it Summer Yet?

I can't take the winter anymore... being stuck inside with 3 kids, 2 dogs, 3 fish, and a gimpy husband is driving me a little crazy... okay A LOT crazy.... Its amazing how the change of season can affect my attitude! Josh had his foot surgery last week and is in a cast up to his knee... so he's home with us for the next 3 weeks! And in that time we should be finding out where we are being sent to! SHEESH thats another reason why this winter feels like forever.. bc our fate is going to be determined by a simple email or phone call. ANYWHO enough of the complaining.... The kids are all big, Christopher is already doing the army crawl and i swear he waves HELLO when i wave to him! i have yet to get that on video though so nobody believes me haha.... Everyone is getting big way too fast... Taylor is like a little shopping partner for me lol except she isn't ALLL the way there yet... maybe in a few years. Dominick has been seriously testing my patients, his temper tantrums are awful! He can be the sweetest little thing and then as soon as he doesn't get his way its like he turns into a different child! I am working on it though bc i refuse to let him grow up to be the crazy kid that nobody wants to have at their house. Josh is home with his foot like i said, but he's also working a lot from home with Western Govenors, he grades papers at the masters level, its a pretty sweet side job to have! I wish i could but in order to get the job you have to be working towards your doctorate. I just got my bachelor degree in september 2010 right after i had Christopher.... and now the big decision is if i should start going back to school again for my masters in teaching bc i think thats my ultimate goal. I can work when i know i have the summers off to be with the kids! Other then that Jessica is in Hawaii with Rusty seeing his parents for the first time since they were engaged... oh yea jess and rusty got engaged on her birthday (january 29th) this year! He had "WILL YOU MARRY ME" written on 2 giant cupcakes at this cute little cupcake shop in the city! And besides all that...... we just welcomed in little Christina Francesca last week! February 18th 2011!! she was 19" and 6lbs 10oz! Soooo cute and looks just like Despina. So far from what i've heard she's doing great but has her days and nights mixed up so poor mike and eva aren't sleeping much, but i think no matter how good the baby is, they don't sleep much in the beginning! Right now the kids are upstairs getting pj's on (by themselves ahh) and christopher is in his high chair listening to josh talk to his mom on the phone, (she's waiting to pick Toby up at the airport from China.) We have Bella here visiting bc mom and dad went to Atlantic City for their 39th anniversary! Alright the kiddies are down here with their pj's in hand and needing a help! NIGHT!

Time fly's its 2011!!!!

Well its feb 3, 2011... where does the time disappear too? Taylor is now 4, Dominick 2, and christopher will be 6 months old in a week! Thanksgiving was in Ny at moms, and Christmas & New Years was in SC with Josh's family.... WOW that trip is getting longer and longer with each new kid! LOL We did the kids birthday party on jan 15th Dominick's real birthday, we waited on doing Taylors until then bc DEC is such a crazy time of the year! It worked out great though and all their friends came during the day for a kiddie party with blow up bouncers and at night my family came... needless to say the kids got WAYYYY too many presents! Lately the weather has been crazy, its been snowing every week A LOT so we've been stuck inside a lot... at least there is school for the kids or i think we'd go stir crazy sitting inside everyday.... Its only a matter of time before we find out where we are going to next with the Coast Guard. We hope to stay in the house we are at but nothing is for sure until we get our orders but no matter where we get around here, josh's commute is going to be a LOT longer so that may be interesting. I just don't want to go THAT far from family & friends, there are so many weddings and babies now that i dont' want to miss! Jess just got engaged this past weekend on her birthday =0) rusty took her to the city to this place called CRUMBS and had it written on these 2 cupcakes and when she read them and turned to Rusty he was down on his knee... how freaking cute! This weekend coming up is Michael's girlfriends baby shower on sat so i'll be on long island on sat... and her shower is at the place that jess wants to look at for her wedding so we get to try the food and see the place without having an apt so that works out! I'm going to try and add some pix!