Bring on SPRING...

If we get more snow, I don't know what I am going to do! I am tired of it! We are supposed to get a few inches tonight and we got a few inches last week and the week before too! It is exhausting... one day we get snow, the next three days it is 40 degrees and it melts and then boom - MORE SNOW... like i said, exhausting and frustrating!

Ok so there's my rant on snow... now for the fun stuff. Grandma Jan sent over these swimsuits for the girls for summer and they couldn't be any cuter! I think these two are going to be great friends! Emma is more of a stinker than I imagined though - people talk about how laid back she is but I think she is demanding in her own way. She prefers to be held all the time... wants to eat whatever we do and yells if she doesn't get her way... and not to mention, she still likes to get up from time to time in the night and just TALK AND TALK AND TALK... She wears me out in the night more than Anna ever did!

Well before I get to the pics, I will share my news... I lost 5 pounds at my weigh in today at WW. I was pretty excited because I have now lost 10% of my total body weight when i joined WW back in September and reached over 25 pounds now... I am averaging 5 pounds a month which is healthy... slow but healthy. I actually think I can do this! I am on my way to losing 12 more pounds by Mid-May... I am not sure I can get the whole 12 but I am going to give it my all! Then I have 12 more pounds to get back to my wedding day and then another 30 to get to my WW goal... sounds like a lot huh? But since I break up my goals into a few pounds at a time and don't think about the lofty goal overall, I make it more manageable in my mind.

I also took a new job at work. I am getting into management and I am excited about the opportunity! My new position is going to demand a lot from me but I am up for the challenge...

Ok now the part everyone prefers... the pics of the sweetie pies!

Ahh... relaxation has come and gone...

Well let me just say that the Caribbean is a great place to go in the dead of winter... especially when it is about 4 degrees when you leave and minus 9 when you get back... yes the Caribbean was nearly 90 degrees every day and I have never enjoyed sweating more!

Adam and I sent the girls to relatives and hopped a cruise ship in Miami after getting to see Ryan, JC and the cutie pie Maya! We spent 5 days in the Caribbean. It was lovely. Lovely to just be together and lovely to not change a poopy diaper for a good 7 days. Now that's a vacation. But you know what as the week went by I found myself missing my girls more and looking forward to returning to the cold just to see them... yes that's right I said LOOK FORWARD TOO...

Well time has flown since I last blogged. I didn't even realize it had been a month! Shame on me but I have been busy. Adam went to LA for a week before our trip for work so I was single mommy for a week and in the midst of that trying to pack for the girls. Man oh Man packing an infant and a toddler for a week is a real challenge. Luckily nothing was forgotten except the load of laundry I left in the wash the whole week we were gone... man that stunk when we got home!

Well here is some pics from the trip...

Oh yeah and WW - I am back on the wagon after taking a week off on the cruise. I was down a total of 50.4 pounds when we left and I am probably up another two since the trip... back on the wagon though... I want another 10-15 by mid-May when we go to Texas for my cousin's wedding.


ok now for the pictures...

Anna is really into being the big helper these days. Thank goodness the two girls adore eachother although I am sure the bickering isn't far off..


Eating at La Cucina Italian Restaurant on our cruise ship - the Norweigan Pearl...


Hanging with my friend Jeanne and her husband Bob in Cozumel: Jeanne, my coworker at ACS and her husband were vacationing the same week as us and they have a great place in Cozumel. They showed us the island and it was a fabulous day! Can't wait to go back there!


Couldn't complete this post without a picture of the view from the ship... lovely I know...