For REALS this time!

So my little sister is getting married! :O Say what?!?!?! Yep- Anisa Marie is getting married this summer my friends. But as much as I love my sister this post is not about her :D hehe This post is about how in 4 months I am going to have to be in a dress (I'm more a skirt and shirt gal) and there will be photographic documentation of this event! These two factors together have made me decide that I am doing it for REALS this time! Doing what you may ask? Oh you knooowwww! The big loose the weight battle! I am hoping that this time I can get it done because I now have an event that would be great if I lost some weight for AND a deadline! So here is the deal. I am going to find the time to blog every week and keep a sort of accountability record here for all to see....crap :) I don't like to disappoint people (unless it is me! That's ok!) so maybe if I feel like I have people rooting/counting onme I'll actually make this happen.

SO- the plan! I'm not going to be telling you my weight because I'm not quite there LoL Instead I will tell you the amount I am thinking I can loose in 4 months... 15-20lbs. And this I would be happy with in a 4 month period! And every week I will give you a running total of how many lbs I am down- not up! I plan on exercising M-F to my Just Dance game, to eat out way less and cook more at home, I have a food intake and exercise app on my phone that I will be utalizing, and for now Dr. Pepper is restricted to Friday and Saturday- I am going to try and work it out all together, but I think it is going to be a weaning thing.

If anyone has any tips of loving/harsh advice to give me I am ready! Let's go!!

wiggle wiggle

Hi there!!! So I know it happened almost 2 weeks ago, but guess who lost a tooth!? Hard guess huh? Daae Daae!!! She woke up one Sunday morning with a way wiggly tooth, and I swear it was firmly in there one minute and hanging on for dear life another minute! So after a week of checking the tooth every morning, one Friday I just popped that sucker out! She was jazzed! I totally forgot how much a tooth whole can bleed though! Thankfully it didn't freak Daae out. So we put the tooth in a cute little tooth bag I made, and the tooth fairy visited and left $.50 and a pack of bubble gun ( you know- to rot out the rest of the teeth :) Greedy freaking fairy!) I think I was just as excited as Daaelynn when her tooth was wiggly! The next tooth over is now loose too so we will be getting a visit again soon I am thinking! And let's hope her mouth gets bigger- her big kid tooth is kinda growing in behind her other teeth because it has no room! I have had a few veteran moms reassure me so I think we'll be alright. We will see!!!

WILL IT NEVER END!?!?!?

So guess what I've been doing today! No...not taking the kids to payless like I wanted to. Guess again! No no...not enjoying Jaxon's nap while Daae is off enjoying kindergarten. OK you give up right? I was preforming one of the lowly things of motherhood....cleaning up pukie. Oh yah! Miss Daae Daae woke up this morning and off we went with puking and what we call "squirty poops"...I am not fond of the clinical word that rhymes with mama mia :D And the poor thing has thrown up ALL DAY! Literally! There has been no breaks! If anything went into that little tummy it was back out within the hour. I am actually kinda worried about dehydration. We've been giving her pedialyte and she keeps asking for a drink but KABAM! Up it comes....DAH! So let up hope that in the morning she is feeling like keeping some food down. And back to my title...we have been sick for a month and a half- oh my! I seriously hope that we are packing it all into the beginning of the year just to feel wonderful the last 10 months! Cross your fingers for me and wish on a star!!!!

Sniff Sniff Cough Cough

Ah the melodic sounds of the Keele house! LoL my poor little blog has suffered and I am blaming illness- yep! The first 2 weeks of January I was knocked flat by the cold from hadies!!! It started with chills and shakes on a Monday and increased through the week to a lovely dazed and drugged up stooper on Saturday and Sunday- thank you crappy equate! And THEN attack of the killer sinus infection!!! Fortunately I got to take my kids to the Dr's on Friday ( Daae-cold and Jax- pink eye!) and my awesome pediatrician took care of the kiddos and gave me a sample of Dimeatapp to shake the infection- love that stuff and it didn't knock me flat!!! And although it shook THAT sickness Monday morning rolled around and so did a new cold! GEEPERS! So now my whole family still it all stuffy and sniffy and boogery....again/still! Fortunately Riley and I seem to be getting the brunt of it right now- I hate it when our kids are the really sick ones :p We sound like happily married froggies lol So hopefully this sickness works itself out quickly and we can get back to life and blogging! Wish us luck!!!!!

The Magic Christmas Mice!

Have you heard of Elf on the Shelf? Weeelllll I kinda thought a little person watching us was creepy! So when I came upon a post on a blog I follow about a family tradition with a mouse that watches the kids, I thought that sounded right for us! In the other person's tradition they had an advent calender with little pockets and the mouse moved from pocket to pocket as the countdown till Christmas, and if the kids were good the mouse would leave a treat from Santa! Well I kinda took the 2 traditions and combined them to get our Magical Christmas mice! We had once mouse originally, but my daughter found the other 2 mice that came in the packet and decided they must be the lil white mouse's parents LoL So we had to put them in there too. Anyhow- all I did was take an old jean pocket and sew it to a piece of Christmas-like cloth leaving a place for the wire to go through- push the wire through and twist it off and WA LA!!! They move around from here to there in the living room and watch the family! Sometimes there is a note form Santa and sometimes a treat. It have been way fun and hey! The mouse is so cute! BONUS! Check out the Christmas countdown blocks in the background!

Lucky #7

Riley and I have been married 7 years today! WoW! :D I know it isn't a long time compared to some, but 7 years is nothing to sniff about! And we sure have accomplished much in 7 years! We've moved from Utah to Vegas to Utah again, had a beautiful daughter, and a handsome son, we've learned A LOT about eachother and have grown together through some tough times. There have been aurguments, and making ups. But for every one of those there have been 10 wonderful fun times together! Riley still makes me laugh and loves me like nobody ever would! I think I still make him laugh too even though I know he thinks I'm a dork! In short I would never trade him for ANYTHING!!! I love him and can't wait to celebrate many many more wonderful years together!

Jaxie Bug is One!

My little boy is one!!!! We celebrated yesterday with many rounds of "Happy Birthday", cake. ice cream and presents! But first- Pictures! My sister- Anisa- came down a few weekends ago and was kind enough to take some pics of Jaxie for me :D
What a grown up little man! Smiles!

I know everyone thinks their kids are the cutest, but SERIOUSLY! this kid is SO FREAKING CUTR I COULD EAT HIM!!! We have so much fun with him everyday! He is always passing out the smiles! There is never a time he isn't flirting up a storm with the ladies- grocery store, church, resturant- you name it!!! He also loves his family! He is always hugging on me, Riley , and Daae. He sure loves it when Riley gets home from work. Riley will walk in and go downstairs to put his stuff away and Jaxie just cries!!! He also loves playing with his sister; they will crawl around on the floor chasing eachother adn laughing up a storm. He'll even get her down and start "tickeling" her!! He also is a big foodie! Daaelynn was my light eater so this is a real change! He'll try anything you give him! He also is a little game player- peakaboo, high fives, race Mom to the bathroom door! I could really go on and on about how awesome I think my lil guy is. He has brough SO MUCH love, fun, and joy into this family. I would never ever trade him for anything, adn I only hope I can help him become the most awesome person because I know it is in him to be amazing!

MMMM Frosting!
Present time!!!

Yeah for the train! He LOVES IT!

Cake face!
" This cake is so NUM!!!!"