3 year stats!!

I can not believe my baby is 3!! We had our well check today, she did great and didn't have to have any shots :)! Here are our stats!

37 inches tall!! 48-50th percentile ( I can't remember what she said)
27 lbs!!! I mean... a few ounces shy of 28lbs!... 20th percentile, which is 5% better than last year!

She's growing!  No concerns other than her EXTREME pickiness and getting enough protein. Her asthma is really under control too!

Happy Birthday GAMMY!

We celebrated Gammy's birthday this week and got some cute pictures :)

Grace LOVES her Gammy and PawPaw, We are really luck that she gets to spend so much time with them :) She asks we multiple times a week if Gammy is getting her :) Happy Birthday to our GAMMY :)

First time for everything!!

This is the first week I have EVER had an intense work out everyday!!!! Sunday I went to Zumba, then did a circuit around the neighborhood. Monday Zumba! Tuesday Double Zumba!!!! Wednesday Zumba! Thursday neighborhood circuit! Friday 5:30am boot camp! Woo hoo! I had originally set a goal of burning 400 calories a week, this week I have burned 1800! I am pretty darned proud of myself, so I am tooting my horn! Bikini bod here I come! Hahaha.... Eventually

Summer, so far, so good!

For fathers day we took Grace to San Antonio for a long weekend of riverwalk, shopping, seaworld, and family! It was lots of fun and we got great picures and memories. Last week Mike took vacation and we were so lazy.. It was fabulous. We were the family of couch potatoes. We did do a day trip to ikea and Galveston on Tuesday. We will go back to Galveston soon, Grace had so much fun and she found a huge shell (not kidding it really is big for Galveston). I found lots of neat stuff at ikea for my classroom too, + a big bookshelf! Healthy summer goals are still on track, we've eaten a little bad here and there, but nothing outrageous. And the girls and I are still making it to Zumba 3+ times a week, we are addicted. I really love being sore, it feels good to know that I'm finally working hard at toning up. Sara and I started doing a little circuit workout around the neighborhood at nights and it's a booty kicker! I could barely walk today. Not seeing a lot of weight come off (I'm down three pounds) but I'm definitely seeing results in my legs butt and tummy, I can't tell if my arms look better or if they are just more tanned!! Ha. I'm going to try to do a couple 2 a days this week to step it up!! Goal by next time this year: Bikini worthy!!!! Stretch marks and all! My family just booked a big Maui trip for this time next year. Oh boy! We got Grace signed up for a kinder cheer class in town and she loves it! It is so funny watching her with the bigger girls, she looks like a shrimp!!! But she followed great instructions to the best of her ability, listened great, and only stole 2 stickers.... Ha. She said "I growed up cuz I get to go to cheerleadering". My sweet boo! She turns 3 August 4th, we've got a small party planned for the evening of her birthday, just cousins and neighborhood kiddos. Momma is going all out with the decor, very pinterest! We will be celebrating in style with a pink lemonade theme. I might have gone a little over board. Oh well, why not spoil her. She'll only turn 3 once.;) Mike will leave Sunday to head back to Austin, again. He'll be gone the whole week. When he gets back, I'll leave the following Sunday and be gone until Wednesday for our leadership conference in San Antonio. So Grace should have an interesting couple of weeks.:)

ZUMBA!

My favorite friends and I have joined Piranha fitness Studio in town and are LOVING it! We are going every other day, carpooling and having so much fun! We are breaking a killer sweat and starting to figure out what instructors we enjoy and what parts of our body hurt after each instructor. MONDAYS are killer.. we are barely walking the next day and sitting is a chore, but her class is AWESOME.. WEDNESDAYs the instructor really works our abs and arms and overall we REALLY enjoy her. THURSDAY is toning, lord help us. It's Zumba with weights, there are no words. SATURDAY/SUNDAY- we haven't quite figured out.. its a little low key (which is good) but it also maybe because its in the middle of the day and not evening, and usually as different instructor each time. Overall I have never worked out so hard in my life! Hopefully my booty will start to show it!

Love our Daddy!!

Sooo Grace woke up relatively early this morning and wanted to "put on make up". I took advantage of her willingness to get dressed up and we went outside and snapped some pictures for Daddy for fathers day. I had every intention of wrapping up the photos and "gifting" them for Sunday. WELL little miss blabber mouth spilled the beans the minute he walked in the door. "HEY DAD, I TOOK PICTURES FOR YOU TODAY! THEY'RE ON THE COUNTER!!" Wow.. thanks so much Gracie :).  She is such a little ham! She loved this today. She was posing and being twelve kinds of sassy:) I think they turned out pretty cute.. It helps to have such a cute little model :).

 This is her new "kiss and wave" move.. um she might be watching too much toddlers and tiaras..:)

I love the progression of these photos!

1. HEY this is FUN!

2. Ok this is not so fun, but I'll smile anyway

3. Ok this stinks.. and I'm done participating

She had lots of fun with these!

I LOVE this one!

And Grace absolutely loved taking the pictures with Daddy's hat :)

**** While I've been posting this, Grace is next to me telling Mike "Hey Dad.. your pictures are on mom's computer come see, but I can't tell you ok? its a surprise." :)

Day one!

Did good on calories today, and worked out a little! Had right under 1000 calories, drank 4 big tumblers of water,and worked out for 45 minutes! Gonna keep it up, and try hard to get tiny! I have probably lost and gained 100 lbs in the last year with this last ten pounds that I yoyo!! Tired of it that's for sure... :)

Starlight music fest at the park!

Gotta love a free concert! Grace had a blast :)

Lazy Sunday

our day was lazy..grocery store, Barbies, lifetime, long recliner nap, then finished the day with a snow cone and Mac n cheese for dinner. :)

Make better choices!

Ok, starting Monday I am going full speed into a healthy summer. I'm going to eat very similarly everyday and cut back to 1000-1200 calories a day. I really need to focus on drinking way more water too. 10lbs to go by the end of July. Week day eating: Special k with soy milk and half a banana or a breakfast smoothie for breakfast Balsamic vinegar spinach salad with either a 1/2 turkey whole wheat sandwich, nuts , or grilled chicken, and a big piece of fruit, for lunch 400 or less calorie dinner... Whatever I want :) Snacks: special k bars, crisps, cracker chips, raw fruits and veggies, dried fruits, Quaker rice snacks, popcorn, pickles, Gonna join a gym when this arm quits hurting too :)