Goodbye July?!

Where the heck did July go???
In one short week we'll be traveling over to Eastern Washington to watch two of our very best friends, Justin & Marah, get married and of course celebrate our own anniversary. And there went July!

We've been so busy though. It seems Adam is loving his new job over here {minus the drive of course - 80 miles per day?!}, he's taken up an old hobby of his - golfing! So he's been doing that once a week or so. Also, he's found a different sort of fishing love... I guess you can consider it fishing - for crabs?! :) So that's adding a little variety to our dinners!

As for me, I started my photography class early in the month and am enjoying that - I've learned a lot already! I've also been trying to have either lunch or drinks with my sister at least once a week. I've been horrible at planning meals this month but things should get back on track next week as we're headed out tonight for a "big" grocery trip. I've also found a new love - since my parents have a treadmill - running jogging :) I call it jogging because I can't seem to go any faster than 5mph lol. But I'm up to 3 miles - not consistently but I can reach that on most days. I haven't lost any weight but I'm feeling better and I guess that's all that matters right? {I just keep telling myself that.}

And then there's my little busy Landon... and by busy, I mean everywhere. Seriously. He's got his 15 month 16 month {oops} appt next week so we'll see just how much he's grown! And we get to meet his new pediatrician as well. He's got 6 teeth now - the last two popped in and we didn't even notice! I think they took literally like a couple of hours each, it's kind of crazy. He's still sleeping great. We desperately need to find a replacement "blankie" for his prescious green one that grandma got him. He threw it in the toilet the other day and about had a meltdown when I went to wash it - thank god it wasn't right before naptime! Which brought us to the toilet lock. What a PITA! for Adam and I... but, it's doing it's purpose for Landon's sake so we just have to deal. He's still only saying one word... Ball. And everything - I mean everything - is a ball. It's amazing though, he points at birds and planes and everything in the sky. He loves things that fly. He's still eating everything in sight too - and still hates oranges :)

Hopefully I've updated well enough - it seems to have been a while since I posted a real update on us. I'll do better {don't I always say that?}

I almost forgot! :) Here's a little love from our 4th of July! Hope everyone had a happy one!

Adam getting ready for the "big" show!

Our visitors for the weekend! Pepper & Chase :)

New Me.

I'm in a bit of a funk lately. I don't like to admit that either. Now that I'm home, I have a lot of one on one with Landon of course (that I love so very much, don't get me wrong!) and not so much me time, unless he's napping. I use that time though to shower and clean so it's not really considered "me" time. So I decided some things need to change.

It started though with these new eating habits we've taken up - fresh foods and limit preservatives and JUNK as much as possible. I don't know if I've mentioned but Adam's been doing it hard core for about 4 months now, maybe too hard core, cause he's down about 30 lbs! It's been a month now that I've been going at it and I've lost a few pounds and I'm really learning how to read my labels but I have to admit, I haven't been very diligent about it. Mostly the boxed dinners and easy to prepare foods are out of our house but I'm not really eating balanced meals. I snack while Landon eats his healthy meals balanced with protein, whole grains, fruits and veggies. My "main meal" which is dinner, is generally my most healthy meal of the day. So I'm going to start meal planning. I found this site that offers some simple templates that I'm going to start with but the more research I do on tips to meal planning, the more I find. I follow the blog Meal Planning Mayhem and I absolutely am inspired by her dedication - maybe I'll do a weekly post about my menu... hrm, there's an idea! :)

Next, I need to work on my body. This goes hand in hand with eating right but I keep blaming the weather for why I'm not getting some exercise in which is NO excuse. I have Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred... which I failed at in these posts. I starting again this morning - and even if I don't do it every day, I need to get motivated and do something! I also bought the Wii Fit program - but it's pretty boring. So basically, it's my scale cause it weighs you and tracks your BMI. Maybe there's other games or something that work with it, I have no idea but I'll check that out in the future. I plan on getting Zumba for Wii - I'm SO stoked about this one but I just can't afford it right now. **tear** And last but not least, a little motivation, I registered for Bloomsday. A 12k and I plan to be at least jogging it. So I have 58 days to figure out how to not die while jogging more than a mile or two. Please weather cooperate because the only way to do this is get outside!!!

Ok, moving on, I need adult interaction and Landon needs some socialization. So what do I do? Trusty Mr. Google lead me to Mom and Munchkin Adventures. I haven't gone to any meetups yet but the girl I talked to when I was signing up was super nice and I'm so excited to go to my first one. They do morning walks at the mall a few times a week, they have play dates two or three times a month and it sounds like they are trying to do a Mom's Night In/Out once a month or something like that. Once the weather gets nice I assume they do other things at the parks and stuff too. I think I'd like our first time to be one of the play dates since it'll be easier to meet and talk to the girls, so our first one will be March 14th! :)

In one short week I'll be attending the Rocky Mountain School of Photography's workshop - I'm SO freakin excited that I cannot contain myself. From the itinerary they gave me it looks like it will be a lot of information rather than hands on stuff but I'm ok with that. You have to start somewhere! I always remember really enjoying my photography class in high school and I'm not sure why I didn't pursue it more?! Anyway, better late than never right?? 

So to recap... my goals to the new me:

1. Focusing more on healthy eating
2. Exercise more
3. Don't sit at home all day - get out, meet people
4. Work toward better photography skills

Now, for my Landon lovers... my smiley boy after his 2 hr nap this morning!!! Cheers!

30 Day Shred

Alright everyone... I tried doing this on my maternity leave but I think between juggling a new baby, housework, and just plain being a lazy ass, I didn't make it the 30 days. Honestly, I didn't even make it 2 weeks. 

The fact that I've gained ALL the weight I lost after I had Landon plus officially now 1 lb has pushed me to the point of disgust with my body. I was down 9 lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight and I was REALLY proud of myself as I was only within 5 lbs of my goal weight... and now to be 15lbs to that goal weight is really depressing. 

Why am I blogging about this??? One word...

ACCOUNTABILITY.

If you haven't heard about 30 Day Shred, here's some info.

"Jillian Michaels, winning trainer on NBC's "The Biggest Loser," helps you lose big - up to 20 pounds in 30 days! Her "30-Day Shred" DVD includes three 20-minute circuit-training workouts that burn mega calories and build strong, lean muscle. Each workout is progressively harder, so start with the Level 1 and when you are ready, progress to Level 2 and then Level 3. Each level contains a 20-minute workout based on Jillian's exclusive 3-2-1 Strength/Cardio/Ab training circuit: 3 minutes of strength, 2 minutes of cardio and 1 minute of ab work. There's also a brief warm-up session and a cool-down stretch. Follow Jillian's program for 30 days and you will see amazing results." - Content provided by the publisher 

We'll see.... Today was Day 1 - Day 30 = October 8th... stay tuned.