Out of the mouths of babes...

Bruce, Emily and I were playing with 13 of her pretty ponies and I corralled them all up and made like they were running and shouted "Stampede!!!" Then, Emily copied my actions and yelled "Stam-poop too!"

OMG, I thought we were going to die laughing! Out of the mouths of 2 year olds, huh?

Emily took this picture, but Jill is in the background








Jill, Daniel, Dawn and Emily










Dawn, Aiden and Jillybean :)



Daniel and Emily (below)

Hey IVF buddies! (Sue, Marci, Julie, Monica, Shawna N Margot, & everyone)...

Guess what? Jill and I are going to meet in real life! Jillybean and I, her son Daniel and my kiddos are going to finally get together at the Children's Museum here in Mpls! I am so excited, I can't wait!

I wish all the rest of you guys could be there too! What a reunion that would be!!! We'll have to take pictures and I'll post them.

Woooo hoooo!

More pictures of the kids...

Woooo hooooo! Today, after a long plateau, I am finally down a total of 25 pounds, since the first of the year (50 since I had Aiden).

Awww, finally. It feels so good, but I still have 33 more to go...208.5/183.5/150

I now weigh less than I did before I got pregnant with Emily, so no more baby weight excuses, LOL. It's all me now.

A friend of mine sent this to me and I thought it was so true...

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

Thank you, Julie B. :)

Emily pulls a "Homer Simpson"...

I don't know how many of you are familiar with The Simpsons episode where they find out why Homer is dumb (crayon put up his nose as a child), but Emily just did the same thing this morning.

She comes to me saying "Write-write up my nose, Mommy". WHAT? She has her finger up there pushing it up further. So I close one nostril and tell her to blow. After about 3 blows, out pops a piece of yellow crayon.

When does the drama end? LOL...

So, all of last week, last weekend, and all of this week I have been so good. Calories were in check, I was drinking about 80 oz of water a day, and exercizing all this week. I was so good it was sad. So, where the heck is the weight loss?? Not one fricken pound has come off! What the heck? I am so frustrated, I'm working so hard, doing so well, stayed away from pizza and ice cream, and many other things, so where is my reward?

I am getting ready to just say "screw it" and throw in the towel. It's just so frustrating! I am the kind of person who NEEDS to see the scale move to keep me motivated, and when it doesn't, it cheeses me off!

What more can I do? I'm just at a loss...208.5/185.5/150 as of this morning. :(