Thursday, March 26, 2009
Bunny class
Hadley went to bunny class with daddy at the zoo on tuesday. They made bunny ears and a bunny tail for one of their art projects. Here is Hadley running around with her ears and tail on!
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Dora Live
We took a family outing to see Dora live this past weekend. It was once again a thrill for us to watch Hadley's face light up when she saw all her friends from the TV live on stage in front of her. We had a great time! These were the only pictures I got before the "no pictures" announcement was made!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Cedarburg High class of 1993
Last weekend we hosted a party at our house for Mike's good friend Mike before he left for the Marshall Islands for three years on assignment. He had just returned from Iraq for six months. Everyone was thrilled to see each other. Here is a pick of the friends from the Cedarburg High class of 1993....
Dress up
Hadley has gotten into dressing up lately. Here are some pictures of the princess from last weekend.
QT with Mike and Jen
Hadley got to spend some quality time this weekend with her godparents before they head off to the Marshall Islands for three years. Hadley loved getting to spend time with them and keeps asking where Uncle Mike and Aunt Jen are...
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Everyone should have friends like this.
So, I have been extremely blessed throughout my entire life to have some wonderful friends. One of those friends is my friend Becky from college. Becky is now married to Kevin, who has also become a dear friend. Today at work I got called down to the office and when I arrived, the above was waiting for me. I was completely taken aback, I had no idea who it was from.
I opened the card to see, "we are so proud of you, love becky, kevin and orion". I immediately started to cry. What an extremely thoughtful thing to do. I couldn't believe that they had sent such a wonderful (and yummy) edible bouquet to me. I called Becky up and thanked them profusely and she told me that they were so proud of me for making my goal at weight watchers, they wanted to celebrate it. Then she proceeded, after we hung up, to send me an email that said, "there is truly no way that we can tell you how much we love you".
Truth be told I feel the same about them, thank you my dear friends, I don't think you'll ever know how much that meant to me or how truly touched I was by that token. I love you.
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Goal #1, done.
August of 2008 brought about lots of experiences in my life. One of the choices I made that month was to go to Weight Watchers. Before I write about that I want to clarify one thing.
I made the choice for myself.
I didn’t feel like I needed to prove anything. I didn’t feel like I had to be skinny. I didn’t feel like I needed to impress my husband or anyone else for that matter. I didn’t feel like my weight defined me. I didn’t feel like I wasn’t a good enough person already. None of those things were an issue, I wanted to be healthy, for myself, plain and simple.
I made the choice because the lack of control I had over the lump in my neck made me realize that if there were things I could control that would make me healthier so I could stick around longer I wanted to do that.
I have joined weight watchers several times in the past and would often be successful, but would never ever let myself, for whatever reason, reach my goal in the end. I just never did it. I always ended up stopping for one reason or the other.
Last night, I made my goal weight.
My goal weight was also nothing that was unattainable. I won’t be wearing a bikini this summer, don’t have a flat stomach, and never will. I chose a weight that was within the healthy guidelines, but was something I felt I could maintain.
I can’t explain how good I feel. I am running, feel healthy, and feel great about the way I look. While I never needed that to feel complete, it feels pretty darn good. I am lucky because I have a husband that tells me every day, without fail, that I am beautiful. He has never missed a day and it didn’t matter what I looked like.
The feeling that I had when my weight watchers leader looked at me and gave me a high five was awesome. I had done it, I finally let myself achieve it.
Now onto goal #2 to be completed in July….
I made the choice for myself.
I didn’t feel like I needed to prove anything. I didn’t feel like I had to be skinny. I didn’t feel like I needed to impress my husband or anyone else for that matter. I didn’t feel like my weight defined me. I didn’t feel like I wasn’t a good enough person already. None of those things were an issue, I wanted to be healthy, for myself, plain and simple.
I made the choice because the lack of control I had over the lump in my neck made me realize that if there were things I could control that would make me healthier so I could stick around longer I wanted to do that.
I have joined weight watchers several times in the past and would often be successful, but would never ever let myself, for whatever reason, reach my goal in the end. I just never did it. I always ended up stopping for one reason or the other.
Last night, I made my goal weight.
My goal weight was also nothing that was unattainable. I won’t be wearing a bikini this summer, don’t have a flat stomach, and never will. I chose a weight that was within the healthy guidelines, but was something I felt I could maintain.
I can’t explain how good I feel. I am running, feel healthy, and feel great about the way I look. While I never needed that to feel complete, it feels pretty darn good. I am lucky because I have a husband that tells me every day, without fail, that I am beautiful. He has never missed a day and it didn’t matter what I looked like.
The feeling that I had when my weight watchers leader looked at me and gave me a high five was awesome. I had done it, I finally let myself achieve it.
Now onto goal #2 to be completed in July….
Sunday, March 01, 2009
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