Team In Training!

Along with my some girlfriends I have decided to take on a new venture!
With the help of Teamin Training we are all going to run a 1/2 marathon and on top of that save money to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives.

I am so excited about this process! I have always wanted to be someone that can run in marathons. It really has been a dream of mine and now one of my dreams will come true. I start training on Feb.8th and my race is on May 18th here in Dallas! I will be posting updates and my progress throughout my training... and hopefully some pictures as well!

Raising money for blood cancers is something different entirely. I am thankful that I have never been closely impacted by blood cancers. I have known a few people who have been affected and done sites for families that have children who have cancer or have beat it! This is where I want to step in, there is not one mother, father, wife, husband, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, friend, that should have to feel the pain of seeing a loved one suffer... or suffer themselves!
We can make a difference!

Please help me raise some money for a cure!
Here is a link to my site for Team in Training.

Every little bit helps!

xoxoxo

Talkin' Trash...

Cans, that is!
All of Travis' toys are now upstairs in the game room turned play room and all the kiddo wants to play with is a trash can... SHEESH!

This last Picture CRACKS me up! What a little dude!

~Some Updates~

Today was the first day I taught a full Strollerfit class by myself! I have to teach a few more before I am certified. (and take a test) I am pumped. I loved teaching class today, I felt confident and totally prepared. I went over my work out last night and had some note cards with me just in case. It was a blast!

I am getting my hair chopped today, thank goodness! I swear I have hair that grows super fast, I just got it cut and it is already back to my bra line. Whats up with that? I will post some pictures of the new do!

Tonight is a Strollerfit Moms Night Out party...80's movie extravaganza!
I am so excited to watch Girls Just Wanna Have fun, wear PJ's and hang out with my favorite mommas! These get togethers are one reason why I love Strollerfit so much. It is great to be able to hang out with a ton of women that just understand exactly what it is like to be a mom!

I have added some pre-made templates on Splat if anyone is interested in a quick change!
If anyone wants to host a contest on their site I will give one of these templates away for free... just let me know and we can get the contest up and running and I will make you a banner to post on other blogs!

Oh and we are having a HUGE garage sale next weekend! THANK GOODNESS!
Anyone have pointers?

xoxox

Ice,boys and airplanes ... OH MY!

Today we drop the little guy off at Gigi and Paps' house and gathered some friends and went to the Stars game (hockey). It was great! We won!!!! WOOOHOOO! It was so fun and we had amazing seats and our own waiter! We were spoiled at the American Airlines Center. I had forgotten how much I love Hockey!!!!

Now I am hanging out for the rest of the evening with all boys! AHHHH!
They are already having Mike Tyson Punch out competitions on the old Nintendo and I am hearing that we are about to Bowl on the Wii! Sheesh! That is why I am upstairs posting something on my blog! One last girly moment before I hang with the guys!

A little update:

Gavin and I have been working really hard to finish up the house rearranging and get it all set up to move the little guy upstairs. Travis is going to have his own floor in our house!!! The playroom being upstairs is awesome! My office is up too so I can return emails and finish up some work while he is playing or napping! Not much though, he is at the age where he will come up to me and say "mommy play" I love it! Now that we have Travis' toys all laid out I have noticed that we have a ton of stuff that needs to be put up or donated to a younger kiddo!!! He still LOVES all of his old toys, but they really are not 2 year old survivable! I have picked out the bedding for his room and I am so pumped! Wanna see? Click Here! He loves airplanes so I really wanted to do them in his new room! Of course I will always be in love with the Western since it was his first bedding but I cant wait to decorate a room for him again! I ordered some planes to go on the wall (wallies) and want to paint clouds and stuff around the top of the walls. I still cant decide if I want to immediately move Travis upstairs in his new room into a big boy bed or give him some time to get use to his room and then switch him over? Any opinions? I had picked out some airplane bedding at Pottery barn kids but it has a ton of light brown in it and his furniture is black and dark brown, so this works better! Plus I love the primary colors . I cant wait to show you all pictures of the process of fixing up his new room!

I am being yelled at to box on the Wii with the guys!
You know since they want to get their butts beat by this gal!

A little of this and a little of that!

Woooosh, it is so close to Christmas I feel like my head is going to spin off! I have almost all of my shopping finished but a few more things... toys, and they are super fun to shop for :)
I guess thats the big kid in me coming out! I don't know what it is when it gets close to the end of the year but things seem to go all wacky in all sorts of ways. My poor hubby has not had a break from work in who knows how long, he worked until like midnight last night and I still heard his phone beeping with emails in the middle of the night.
I am in training still to be a Strollerfit instructor and LOVE LOVE LOVE it, It is a big rush when i get to teach little segments of the class. All the girls have been so supportive and complimentary to me after I teach something. Makes it all worth while! I thought it would be hard teaching the classes that I usually go to just because I am friends with so many of the moms there... and you know when you have friends around and you have to be serious, you look at them and get the giggles! Victoria the head instructor has made it so fun and easy for me (and I know you are reading this... hahahahaaa! you deserve props!) She is supportive and easy going even when I have to miss a bit of training because of family junk! Gotta LOVE that about your new boss.. HAHAH!Love ya girly!
During the holidays it is sooo much fun to hear and see all the different ways people celebrate. Be is birthdays... (Holly- Hope your day is amazing!) You guys have to go check out her blog and see what her BFF left in her front yard this morning . Click HERE to check it out. I love looking at different decorations, Christmas trees ect... I guess it my inner designer coming out. Last year one of the blogs I read did a home show of sort where you take a video or pictures of your holiday decor and submit your post... anyone doing that this year?
On a side note of my ramblings, Stanley the PC is still MIA. I have had the hardest time with him being gone. I finally let myself cry about it the other night. I tried to hard to be optimistic and believe that he would show up one night, but now that it has been a week and a half, my heart is starting to really break. I have called and searched on all the pet finder sites and shelters constantly every day since. I even posted an add on Pet Finder and all I got in return was a bunch of DUMB companies emailing me saying they are pet detectives and will find my cat for a small fee... WHAT? I responded to one of these crazy emails telling them that this type of service may be useful but the way they had their email worded was sarcastic and hurtful to someone that is grieving. Yeah, I am just a bit sensitive about the subject. Sasha and Stella have been grieving also. On my nightly excursion outside to see if he is somewhere.. they both sit by the door and wait to see if I have him. Stella has been sleeping at the back window and Sasha at the back door. That kills me even more. Thankfully Travis doesn't realize what has happened and I try not to be upset or make comments about Stan around him, he seems to pick up on so much these days that I am afraid he may start to understand.
On the other hand, I have been so excited about getting the mail every day, we have gotten so may Holiday cards its unreal! My card wreath is so full its being tripled up! Makes me feel so bad that I have been a procrastinator about cards. Speaking of... I was making Cards for some Splat customers and having them sent to Snapfish. Before this season I have made so many cards for friends and family and never had one turn out bad... this year I have had 4 sets come out ikky. Thankfully these people were all friends, but it makes me nervous about the other customers. What the HECK happened to Snapfish and their printing??? I did not one thing different then before and there quality just is not good anymore. So, I will be dumping Snapfish and heading to Kodak or Shutterfly... anyone have an opinion?
I will end my blabbling on this... I have 13 family members coming in on Friday to celebrate Christmas this weekend... that makes a total of 18 of us. WOW! My parents house is gonna be nutty! I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday season.. traveling or not, BE SAFE and don't stress!
Stress.... HAHAHAHAAAA!

Cute Pics & News

I have always thought it was precious to see pictures of kiddos in their parents shoes.
Travis was dead set determined to get my running shoes on before we left for Strollerfit the other day!

For trying so hard, he did have them on the correct feet! I gotta give him that!

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On a side note.
PC (Stanley) has not come home yet.
I have been so devastated and have continually looked out the front and back doors praying one time he will just be sitting there. It is just so cold here and has been raining for days.
I just want to know he is safe, if he does not want to be a house cat, FINE... but I wish he could just let me know he is ok!
I added a post on my HOA website. I wanted to put out flyer's but I am afraid that with all this rain no one would see them plus they would get soggy. I plain on getting some up the second this weather clears up!

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Today was my first day to teach a segment of Strollerfit.
I was a bit nervous and it seemed like more people showed up today then have been in class in a week or so... Just my luck, right?
I know I was loud enough, I FOR SURE have the vocal ability to talk over anyone :)
I also thought I (at least) acted confident! My girlfriends all said I did good, but who would tell me otherwise? HA.. LOVE YOU GIRLS!
I cant wait to get my feedback!
I teach a segment tomorrow and Friday and maybe some next week!
Sheesh, the first one is over! I am golden now!

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Travis got the "A-OK" super healthy baby comment from his ENT today for our check up!
I cant begin to tell you how wonderful hearing those words were!
Travis had changed so much, he is talking ALL THE TIME, NEVER STOPS EVER, but he is awesome at saying new words!
I love having my healthy boy back!
Thank the LORD for letting this happen and being so easy and wonderful!

Addictions & Ears

So, I have this new obsession with Greek food...
I know it doesn't sound like a bad food addiction but let me tell yah I CRAVE everything they have at this restaurant!
After Strollerfit today Travis was just about DONE being confined to his stroller so there was really no easy way to go to lunch and eat without a fight so we headed home.
I just could not get the thought of having hummus and cauliflower I did a search online and found a site that delivers all the BEST food in my city.
Yep, I am sitting here waiting for the super yummy hummus, cauliflower and green beans to be delivered to my door!
The good thing about it all is that it is all good for yah. They use olive oil and hummus is on my list of foods I should eat daily!

You jealous? Ha, you should be :)

Yesterday Travis and I went to the doc because we both have been coughing, not feeling sick or anything but I have been coughing constantly for 4 days and since we are traveling for Turkey day i wanted to make sure neither one of us were ikky sick. The doc checked us both out and said it was either a viral infection or allergies so of course we are fine and just have to brave it... BUT, the doc looked in Travis' ears and his infections have not cleared up on the antibiotic he took that is suppose to be in his system until Thursday. NOT GOOD! He actually said they are worse now then before... JUST DANDY! So, I right after the appointment I called the ENT we had been going to and they just were not helpful at all. They cant see us for like another week and a half. Why are they so busy all the darn time? ARGH! So, I got the name of another ENT that is also an Allergist. YAY we go see him a week from Thursday. I am so excited, now we do not have to go see 2 different doctors
for T's ear and allergies. Since I am sure they are related some way, this doc seems like a God-send!
I have a feeling the little guy is going to have to get tubes but at least we can talk about his allergies also and see if it may have anything related to the cats or dog fur that is all over our house.

We are leaving tomorrow mid-morning to head to Austin to be with G's family for Turkey Day. I have been praying that Trav's ears do not get worse while we are there, that would STINK!
But, they don't have cats so it may prove to us that the cats are a bit responsible for Mr. T's ears adn colds all the time.

Fingers crossed!

UPDATES!!!!

Wow, I have been slacking on posts lately...

You are gonna laugh at why... I got my nails done (fake ones put on) about 3 weeks ago and they have grown out so long that I have trouble typing.! I am already a HORRIBLE typer ( thank goodness for spell check!) I HAVE TO get them done this week, they have grown so long I feel like a goober doing stuff!
I wrote a quick post after my race on Saturday, It was fun. One of my friend and I were filmed for a news broadcast getting a banana before the race.. they made us wait and walk up to the table to be handed a banana by 6 people, it was pretty silly!
I raised the most money for the strollerfit team....
THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT HELPED ME OUT!!!!

Here are a few updates!

This past weekend my aunt, uncle, baby cousin and my grandfather (Travis Great grandfather, Poppa) came to visit. They stayed with my mom and S-dad... and we visited all 3 days they were here! Trav fell in LOVE with my grandfather, he was my favorite person growing up so it meant the world to me to see him holding and loving on Travis. Here is a picture of them walking around after the rain... Travis would point to something and Poppa would walk over and show him whatever he wanted to see... it was precious!Sunday afternoon, gavin put together this little wheel barrow he got for Travis.. They both worked really hard screwing all the screws( yes, Travis HAD to help!) Then we all went and played in the front yard.. I got some precious pictures of my 2 guys!Travis had his first BAD boo boo today... he tripped on a pillow and fell into the arm of the couch. He busted his bottom lip open and was bleeding and screaming. Oh my goodness, I was about to cry with him. Poor Little guy!
I wanted to take a picture of it, but forgot :(

Also... today was Travis' first swim lesson... He was scared at first, but not of the water so much but the noise that the swim class on the other side of the pool, the big kids splash a LOT!
He was too cute in his swim suit, swim shirt and water shoes... he is such a stud muffin!Our swim lesson are Monday-Thursday at 430pm., for 2 weeks! WOW huh?
Hopefully this intense training will help out a little!
The instructor told us that Trav is a natural sinker... hahahaaa, bottom heavy !
To fix that we have to help him arch his back... Ummm, okay how do you do that with a 15 month old??

Now for a silly question... Do any of ya'll watch the Backyardigans with your kiddos?
What in the world is Uniqua?
There is a Moose, a Penguin, a Kangaroo, and a Hippo!
But I can not figure out what the other character is.. Uniqua the pink spotted one?