Ready for vacation...

...so I know it has been quiet a while since I have posted anything but I have been pretty busy!!  I feel like we are constantly on the go...

It is only a week until we leave for Disney and I am super excited not only to be going to Disney but just to be getting away from work!!  I literally only have 5 more days to work before we leave!!!  Unfortunately, the shifts I have to work are some pretty crappy shifts...I have to go in at midnight til 9am tomorrow and then close Thursday and Friday.

People think that it is expensive going to Disney but truth be told it is more expensive getting outfits together (especially when it is a girl)!!

I have pretty much got all of Wilkins' clothes together and your jaw will drop when I tell you how many pairs of shoes I am taking for her...wait for it...

17 PAIRS!!

Not that I owe anyone an explanation but I will give one anyway.  She has a different pair of shoes for every outfit, almost (different colors/styles).  She has two outfits for everyday (cause who knows what could happen)!  You just wait she will be the cutest little DIVA at Disney World and you will see the importance of the numerous pairs of shoes with matching bracelets, earrings, and hair bows.

Now if only I could get my own stuff packed and ready!!  I have a feeling that I will be packing at the last minute.  

I will try to post the fun filled days while we are there...

Well, I am still losing weight which is good. It's only the second week and I was hoping for a huge weight loss but it hasn't happened yet.  I am pretty steady losing the same amount two weeks in a row!! 

Truth be told I have been paying real close attention to what I eat (I do have MINOR meltdowns from time to time and need some chocolate!!) and just started working out!!  Jillian Michael's 30 day Shred is kicking my butt!!  I am aching all over!!  NO PAIN NO GAIN!!

I am more determined more now than I ever have been to not only lose weight but to tone up too.  I am ready to be back down to the size I was before I got pregnant.  I am thinking about going ahead and joining a gym cause I think I would get more motivation to lose it. 

Anyway, the hardest part is when I am at home.  I am so busy at work that I am not bothered by food but when I am home it TAUNTS me!!! 

Oh well the count down is on to Disney World and hopefully by then I will have lost at least 20 or more pounds.  Thats five weeks so I am thinking it is very possible...

So funny...

...I just had to share what my goofy neice said to her momma!!

"Momma when did I get my left hand?" 

LeAnne responded:  "You were born with it just like your legs, arms, etc."

"But Will said I was born right-handed."  Addy said.

HILARIOUS!!  She is so her momma's child!! 

On another note...I lost 4lbs my first week of doing Weight Watchers.  ONLY 36lbs to go but at least I made some progress!! 

Weight Watchers...

...I can honestly say that I NEVER EVER thought those two words would come out of my mouth much less be joining it!!  WHY?!  WHY?! WHY?!  Don't get me wrong I love my little "attitude throwing" Wilkins to death but I absolutely hate the fact that I have never lost the weight she made me gain!! 

I am having a really hard time with this whole Weight Watchers thing because I am not a big fruit and veggie eater...I am more of a CHOCOLATE eater!! 

We started this on Tuesday and I think that the cards are seriously stacked against me!!  Thursday one of my employees brought me a whole container of NO BAKE COOKIES...MY FAV!!  Then today my gm's daughter brought in a dozen cupcakes from GIGI'S!!  I tried to resist but I couldn't!!  The cupcake was like 14 points!!  I have given up my precious DR PEPPER  and I really don't know how I am surviving to be honest!! 
My goal is to lose 40lbs and I will be back down to the size I was before Wilkins was born...probably not all before Disney but hopefully I can stick this out and start seeing some real results!! 

Everyone pray for me to have LOTS AND LOTS of WILL POWER!!

Christmas Highlights...

Breakfast with Ms Claus at Chick-fil-a

and Santa Claus

Pooped after breakfast with the Claus' and a long
day of Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve.

Showing off her new Christmas panties

New pjs...

Decorating Santa's cookies...

Santa came...

in total shock...

Crying because she hates wearing long sleeves!  And I made her
wear long sleeves, her coat, and a blanket around her ears.
Mean ol' mommy!!  lol

Mom's house before our presents were added...

mine and Haley's presents added...

Now with LeAnne's presents...barely walking room!

Addy and Lucas

Logan and Wilkins

All seven...

Yep...not only does Haley encourage her 6 yr old to walk home...
she buries her 10 mth old with presents!!!  lol!!  Now that's
a mean ol' mommy!!

Remind you of a scary movie?! 
Can we say Freddie Kruger?! (spelling??)

The beginning of the Christmas season...

...means BUSY! BUSY! BUSY!

RECAP:

Saturday: Lucas' first basketball game

Sunday:  the Cardin Xmas
We had a pretty good time...we ate, did gifts, and then Haley, Bradley, Amy, Kyle, LeAnne, Michael, me, and Kaylen played a game that was hilarious.  I am so mad right now that I can't remember the name of it though!!! 

Never realized until this picture that Blake and Wilkins look alike

I don't know what this dork is doing!!

Then today I woke up at 4am to get ready for a work with a really bad headache.  I took Wilkins to mom's then went on to work.  As time went by I started feeling worse.  I started getting dizzy and sick to my stomach.  I realized I was having the same symptons I had in January when I was diagnosed with vertigo.  I tried to make it go away and ignore it but it just kept getting worse so I ended up going home and taking the prescription I was suppose to be taking for the past months.  I ended up sleeping until about 1pm and then Wilkins got home, ate lunch, and then we went back to sleep.  When she woke up to get ready for play practice she said her tummy was hurting.  She felt warm and her cheeks were flushed so I took her temperature which ended up being 99.6 so her and I have just been laying on the couch watching Charlie Brown Christmas and other shows.  We are a pitiful pair!!  I hope we both get to feeling better real soon...

Stupid momma...

...yes you read it right, "stupid momma"!!  This sweet little face actually said those two words!! 

Tuesday night I told Wilkins to pick up all her toys and get ready for bed and I am guessing that isn't what she wanted to hear.  She started whining and walking down the hall to her bedroom.  I am assuming she didn't realize I was behind her because as soon as she walked in her bedroom she was crying and said "stupid momma"!!  I thought for sure that my ears were deceiving me (total shock) so I said "did you just call me stupid" and that sweet little child you see in this picture said "yes"!!  I absolutely could not believe it?!  I was completely dumbfounded and I am still a little in shock right now righting about it.  I then did the mommy thing and got down to her level and explained that she should never call anyone stupid ESPECIALLY her momma.  And then I did what my mom done to me I spanked her little legs.  It was hard to do...she is normally a pretty good kid.  I mean she has a big attitude and all but normally nothing like this.  She cried very little and I made her apologize and I thought for sure she will NEVER say that again!

WRONG!!  She did it again last night!  Can you believe it?!  So we did the whole cycle again...really a 3 year old?!  I thought for sure I had a couple more years before I had to start dealing with stuff like this!!  Oh please pray for me cause I have a feeling I am gonna need lots over the next 15 years!!!