Saturday, February 26, 2011

Sickness has struck again..

Well.... the cold\flu\bad bug etc has struck our home again. Nicole was suffering immensely last night, at times it reduced her to tears. We were finally able to break her fever last night with the proper combination of Aleve and Tylenol coupled with some Delsym for her dry, yet productive, cough. I swear she has slept for like 24 hours in the last 30! But I'm very glad about that; she clearly needs the rest. Let’s hope she recovers from this one quickly and without antibiotics so it doesn’t weaken her again.

This morning I woke up with a really sore throat, but so far Throat Coat tea and my coffee is mostly soothing it. Please Lord, I don’t want to get sick! 

Nicole didn’t cough very much throughout the night at least if I’m recalling correctly. Her fever is down a little this morning, but she is just exhausted and her skin still hurts from the higher temp. She woke up for like 15 mins twice and is going back to sleep again after taking some more meds. I miss her beautiful blue eyes already! 

I hate feeling helpless and I just hope this passes quickly so we can get on with life as we know it.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Here's the scoop!

My birthday was spectacular, definitely one of the best! Everyone made it so special for me and I'm so grateful for all everyone did for me on my birthday. My lovely wife got me a hybrid bike, something I'd been wanting for some time, and I have to say she mostly pulled it off. ;) Unfortunately for her, I was watching her every move. I even noticed a spatula that made it from the trunk of the TL to the passenger seat to which I bombarded her with questions she had a hard time answering. haha she did a nice job, it's not easy having this Jen on her back! :) I love love love my new bike. It was such a tease getting it on Thursday night where leaving town the following day for 4 days! I couldn't wait to get home to it. You know, the first thing I did when we got home was go for a ride. We had to take it in for a minor adjustment @ Sports Chalet so I rode it home (ok so I stopped @ Starbucks on the way, who cares, so what, what do you want from me?!) haha I crack me up! Anyway, that was day 1; roughly 1-2 miles. Day 2 I rode up to our gym on Sunset\Park then back home; approx 5.5 miles. Today was the best though, Day 3 I rode to work then back home; approx 7.4 miles round trip. It's such a great workout and man is my booty sore! (TWSS) I can't wait for the weather to get better so I can ride to and from work. Right now, it's too cold @ 530am. Anyway, I love the heck outta my bike and I need to get all of my cool accessories on it so I can really use it to it's full potential. Thanks again everyone!

For the weekend we went to the Marina's house! It was SO much fun. We enjoyed our time with all of them and little Ethan is growing and learning new things every single day. Even while we were there he sat up from laying down on his own for the first time. He had some proud cheerleaders around him! Little gym was pretty dang cute! He smiles so much, it's just priceless. He is a happy boy! All 4 of us went in the spa 2 of the 3 nights and really enjoyed ourselves. We also played Settlers (I know right?) TWICE! Loved that game. Another special thing was watching our rehearsal and wedding videos, we got to watch them while we were down there and relive the whole special event. We loved them and B did such a good job. We can't wait to have a copy so we can share them with our families up here! We also ate tons of yummy food. From Tri-trip sandwiches @ the Langs to Salmon and Shrimp @ Marina's all the way to In&Out after us girls got massages to rainbow chip cake. Not to mention a FABULOUS trip to Ruth's Chris that was ah-mazing, to saw the least, we ate well! That brings me to the next paragraph!

WW - Even though we literally weren't "on plan" (didn't track or exercise at all) we did surprisingly well @ yesterday's meeting. Nicole was just barely up .6lbs and I was down .2. We can live with that! This week is a new week and hey, it was fun while it lasted and apparently we didn't do as bad as we thought. I really think WW has given us the tools for the lifestyle change and therefore it was easy not to "over eat" all the bad things if you will. Portion control is one of the biggest things (hehe) and I think we've mostly got that down.

Total Combined Weight Loss = 44.8lbs
Jen - 24.8 *I plan on getting 25 this next week! ;)
Nicole - 20

Well that's the scoop on our weekend and my birthday. Again, thank you everyone for making it as special as you did. I was surrounded by my friends and family and showered with gifts and I couldn't be any more grateful to have each of you in my life.

Friday, February 18, 2011

This Moment - 2/18/2011


{this moment}

A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.


 

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Onward and DOWNWARD!


And we are still moving in the DOWNWARD direction ladies and gentlemen!!!

Tuesday was our latest weigh in and I am happy to report that I, Nicole, lost 2.2 pounds and have hit the 20 pound mark!! And the 10% weight lost mark!! Woo Hoo

I am very excited about it and proud of myself. I worked really hard and sacrificed alot to get here and I am LOVIN being here. I am also 2 pants sizes down from when we started! Hello Shopping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Jen also kicked booty this week and was down 2.2 as well putting her just below 25 pounds! Are we awesome or what!?!

This Friday is Jen's birthday (Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you...ok I'm early) and we are having a little get together at our house tonight so our familes can celebrate her birthday before we head out of town! I made a healthy (er) version of Jen's newest favorite dessert, Red Velvet Cupcakes. Hopefully they are as good, or similar to the full fat ones. But for 4 points (instead of 12) they should be worth it!

We are leaving tomorrow to go to Clovis to hang out with Bogdan, Christie and baby Ethan for the long weekend, we are so excited to see them and to spend some time with them. The last time we drove to their house we drove right back to welcome little Blair into the world! Marina's here we come!!

Another exciting development in our world is Jen's Schedule. Starting next month and rotating every 4 weeks she will have WEEKENDS OFF!!!!! I am soooo excited about this and I know she is too!

I won't blog about it just yet but Jen has an exciting change to share, hopefully she does soon!!!

Friday, February 11, 2011

This Moment

{this moment}

A Friday ritual. A single photo no words capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.