I met my five pound milestone!

Mondays are my "weigh in" days for Weight Watchers and after last week, I met my first milestone. I have lost 5.5 pounds!

I'm very excited as I have been a little discouraged the past few days. Since I've been working out, I've gained weight instead of losing it. I know its developing muscle mass but it is still discouraging. I'm proud of myself for sticking with this and continuing to work out. My inspiration is looking great for bikini weather during our family vaca in August!

Snow Day!

What is this stuff?

Little Brian and Carter enjoying their first snow!

It's cold!

I want to say thanks to Catherine for taking these pictures. We got to Sylvia's (the boys' grandmother who they stay with) at the same time today and Catherine decided to take pictures. I was so happy for that as I was regretting not taking some of Little Brian in the snow as I was driving to Sylvia's house. Hope everyone else's snow day is great!

Catching Up and New Year's Resolutions

I know I'm way behind on blogging! I'm going to try to post Little Brian's Christmas pictures soon. We had a great holiday this year. So great in fact that next year we're going to try to limit the gifts. I swear there are more toys in our living room than in Toys R US and Walmart combined.

Anyway, now that the holidays are over, my next two things to look forward to (and plan) are Little Brian's 2nd birthday and our family vacation. After checking around , we're going to try Gymboree Play and Music or Jump Zone for the birthday party. I know Little Brian loves to be active so I'm guessing most 2 year olds will too and I'd love for them to be active someplace else other than my house. :)

As for the vaca, the only week we can go is August 17th - 24th due to my hubby's hobby/job. I know its late in the year but we have no choice. I'd rather go later than in mid season as most of the crowds have gone due to school starting back. Our annual destination is Myrtle Beach, SC. They have a lot of family activities and things for the kids plus its where my family went when I was little so we've stayed loyal! My only concern is that hopefully Little Brian will be starting preschool at Blackshear for the upcoming school year and they begin August 13. (I want to get him into the 3 day class but apparently its very popular and up in the air right now. We'll know more in mid-Feb.) He go for a week, be gone a week for vacation and then return. That seems like it would be a confusing time for him. I want him to be on a regular schedule as he will be staring at a new place, with new children and teachers. I don't want it to be traumatic for him to go then be off and then go back. I'm not sure what to do about that.

As for the New Year's resolutions, I need to lose some weight. I didn't lose enough of what I had gained while I was pregnant with Little Brian. So I've joined WeightWatchers. I'm excited by this POINTs plan. I had done it before Brian and I got married with good results so I'm hoping that I lose a significant amount before we go to the beach! Pray for me as I go through this journey.

I'll post pictures soon.