5.6.11

Man, It's been so long since I've last posted I'm a whole year older!!! Haha...3 days ago I turned 22 and celebrated with a large group of family over dinner for the actual day and the weekend before I had a girls weekend without any kiddos! Woohoo!

Haylie-Bug is so excited for her birthday she can hardly stand herself...poor girl! LOL. All I hear about is "her birthday party next weekend." She also has no concept of time..lol. Eric and I are going to redo her bedroom with a full size bed, new dresser, nightstand, etc in time for her actual birthday and then her party will be a week after her birthday due to Eric's work schedule he works on her birthday weekend. So far I've been able to keep her gifts for the actual party hidden and a surprise....the bed isn't so much of a surprise, but she is excited for it. I have 4 of the big Furreal Friends animals hiding in our closet she will be so excited for. I've always bought the newborn and medium sized ones to see how she would take care of them and keep up with them before I spent about 50 bucks each on one. I still see them all regularly and have even had to change the batteries in them for her so I guess she really does enjoy them. So far she has also asked for teacup piggies, a sandbox, new cowboy boots, jewelry/make up and the go go walkin pup...I intend on her getting everything like that from us except the make up, because she will use the lipgloss all in one day and be sticky and the sandbox is kind of an iffy one between Eric and I, but still possible or maybe a compromise of a sand/water table. My Dad may end up getting the go-go walkin pup for her, but other than that I think her list is pretty do-able and I already have clothes/pjs/shoes and pajamas hiding in our closet, too. I think it is time for her to have a jewelry box, because she tends to keep her jewelry in the droor of this plastic vanity she has, but sometimes forgets to put it back, because it is in the playroom/storage room. She can keep her jewelry she only uses at home in there still, but her stuff from compass and such needs a special place so it doesn't get lost. I scheduled her 4 year visit which entails like 5 pokes or so for shots the day before her party so I can outweigh the bad with good the next day, LOL.

Chase is FULLY WALKING! My last post he was just taking a few steps here and there, but now the boy is fully walking/running/turning/etc. Luckily, he listens very well when I tell him stuff and understand when I tell him to do something or not to do something so it's not a tedious task to keep up with him. However, when in public I will hold his hand and he will walk next to me, but he has the attention span of a fly. If he sees a leaf of a different color, a bright colored object or even a clear plastic lid from a drink someone threw out he will stop and stare at it and want it...and he is still the ladies man. We went to eat at the Rainforest Cafe and afterwards we rode the train around the mall and once we got off I put him down to walk and he stopped and pulled me back and back...and back, because he was looking at the lady conductor we had. I let his hand go and he walked right over to her and wouldn't leave. Eric came over to see what was wrong and I told him the ladies man found a new woman and wasn't leaving without her, lol. Finally, we had to pick him up and carry him off till she was out of sight so he could be put down again, but after a couple of stores he sat outside with Daddy, his uncles and Aunt Leslie and the little turkey wandered off into the store across from where they were sitting which was Abercrombie...lol. He didn't want the clothes...just the ladies, haha. He's eating anything that won't eat him first, drinking from a straw and regular cup (he doesn't get the regular cup on his own, though...not ready for that disaster) talking, pointing and saying when he wants something, walking, running and generally just too darn grown and into everything!

Eric is currently at work busting his butt on his days off. They're moving the rig from Ponder to Sunset and depending on the exact location he may be staying off a couple nights a week on his week on, because about time he drives home and has to drive back he won't be getting nearly enough sleep and not to mention gas around here is getting out of hand. He works 2 weeks a month and I don't really do too much driving just grocery shopping, random shopping and appointments, but so far we're at $700 this month alone in gas. Luckily, he got a promotion/raise then another raise a couple weeks later during all of this. So far, gas hasn't hit us like it has others and it hasn't changed our habits really besides I try to better plan my outings so I don't back track constantly, but sometimes I have the spur of the moment back track. However, once it hits close to 6 bucks a gallon I see us buckling down on extra trips and piddling around just for the sake of it. Luckily, with it being spring/summer we will have lots of options of playing outside at home and there are places to swim/picnic/etc close by plus the mall play area when it's just too hot/sunny. Winter time is when it gets a bit harder to stay close to home. Hopefully, tomorrow's half day is the last he is working on his week off then Tuesday he has a driller's meeting, but it shouldn't be anything more than a few hours.

I'm still on the weightloss train kinda...just gotta get my butt back in gear. I was doing so fabulous on it and then for the past week or so I've been eating things I shouldn't plus having some soda, but just 1 every day or 2 and I haven't been exercising as I was. Last night I made it a goal to at least get out there and do something with the tiny amount of time I had before dinner was finished...however, I ran a half mile...did ya read that?! RAN!! I ran a half mile!! Now, it about took the life out of me, but I did it! I have a bum left ankle right now and I dunno how I did it, but I ran and didn't give up...my ankle was numb afterwards and didn't hurt, but a few hours later it hurt again. I'm still just on my Phentermine once a day and I take anywhere from 25-50mg of HCTZ with it along with my other pill not related to weight loss. Doc said he wouldn't up it, because I was making progress with 1 and it was great progress not just a little. I haven't done anything with the HCG yet nor will I...I am starting my bulk cooking diet where I eat fresh/steamed veggies, fresh fruit, 93% lean beef (only once or twice a week though and a tiny portion) and chicken breasts and have it packaged where it is easy to grab...snacks will be fruit/veggies, greek yogurt and beef jerky...couldn't find any turkey jerky when I was shopping. I will still have special cheat days, but I am being conscious about it and the fruits/veggies I am eating are low carb and low sugar...even though it is a natural sugar I want to keep it low. So, I will update on the weight after a couple of weeks on the new diet and see where I am. I don't go to the doc until October for anything so I have to track myself and watch my own blood pressure. So until next time............:)