Summer so far

We leave for vacation in just a few days to hit up the beach for a while.  Very excited about it and ready to just be lazy and soak up any last ounces of summer we can before things get just plain crazy. 

This summer has been a good one so far.  Lots of time spent together and going to the pool and just hanging out with friends and family.  Still a lot I would like to do before Miss H heads back to school but hopefully we will have time to get it all in before hand. 

Hailey started soccer this past Monday and I cannot believe that it's ready for that to start already.  Can it really be August next week?  Only 4 weeks left until school starts and Hailey will be a 1st grader!  yikes!  Just the thought of her being in school all day and old enough to be doing that makes me pretty emotional.  Time really does fly by way too fast. 

Hailey is really growing up and as much as I would love to keep her my baby, this summer we have been working on making her more independent.  With her being my only child it's so easy for me to just do things for her because it's just easier.  No fights of "Come Hailey for the 100th time, get dressed" or "yes you can do that, your a big girl"....however, as much as I don't want her to we've been working on it. 

One of the big things that we've done is Hailey learning to shower on her own and this is one that I actually enjoy.  She gets in the shower and I can clean up the house while she's doing that.  Kind of a nice break.  Also making her get dressed on her own.  This one she's been doing but it's my fault that I still help her with it and I've needed to stop myself from helping her.  Also have made her more responsible with making her bed and feeding her fish and Toby. 

Amazing how you view your kids still as a little kid and in reality, they are a little person and much more capable of more than we realize they can. 

Here's to 4 more weeks of summer and living it up the entire time! 

4th Tooth OUT!!

This past Friday Hailey finally lost her 4th tooth, the other one on the top!  She's been working at it hard for a few weeks now. 

So looks so cute with it gone! 

I have a feeling we will definitely be wanting our 2 front teeth for Christmas this year!

Being silly showing off her new smile!

Happy 4th of July!

This is probably one of my top favorite holidays to spend with Hailey, just because of the traditions that we have. 

This morning we went for a run/bike ride out at the park with Kristina and Zoey and then went to the pool in the afternoon.  It was HOT!  Only stayed for 2 hours because it was so crowded and if you stepped out of the water you were instantly sweating because of how hot it was.  Got home and rested some and then I grilled out for dinner.  Afterwards we ran to the store to get some snacks for fireworks later that night. 

This year Matthew, Kristina and Zoey came with us to watch Fireworks in Troy.  We always sit on the levee along the river and watch the fireworks and its just always a good time. 

Just one of my many reasons I love summer!

Happy 4th of July!

Sparklers!

First year Hailey didn't call them sprinklers  :(

Swim Lessons

Hailey's been taking swim lessons for the past week.  She's been doing great.  Hailey has always been a fish in the water.  Definitely enjoy taking her and watching her swim AND she is exhausted and ready for bed by the time we are home! 

One more week of them...let's home she graduates! 

Young's Dairy Farm

A few weekends ago we had went up to Young's Dairy Farm for the first time and Hailey really enjoyed it.  I haven't been in years and really had forgotten how cool it was.  Here are a few pictures from our day there.

I did it...hope you come follow

I started a new blog to record my weightloss journey...hope you come check it out and follow it!  You'll help keep me accountable! 

http://mamasara26.blogspot.com/

Major Accomplishment...for me!

For the past week or 2 we have been so rediculously busy that our evenings are so packed that we haven't been able to get outside for our bike ride/run with Hailey.  I think the last time I got Hailey to go out with me on a walk was Monday and before that I have no idea.  Last night Hailey was staying overnight at Chad's and so I was able to go out after I got everything done around 8:30 at night.  Monday when with the little bit that I was able to run I was surprised how good I felt and so last night I wanted to see how long that "I'm feeling good while running" would last. 

So I started out walking a few blocks, I always have to walk some to get everything warmed up, especially with my bad feet (remember I have plantar fiaciatis) and then I started running/jogging.  I just kept going, keeping my mind off what I was actually doing and just looking around in the area I was running in and I was surprised how good I was doing and I knew I had gone further than I had ever gone before.  I'm going for a while and I keep thinking...oh my gosh, I think I've gone a mile but I keep going just to make sure!  It got harder and I had to stop but knew I had gone further than I had ever been able to before and was so proud of myself!!!!  I walked the rest of the way home, it was getting dark! And then jumped in the car and reset my speedometer and went the course I ran, I so wanted to know how far I actually went!  Where I had stopped....was exactly 1 MILE!!!!!!!!   I cried!  Pure tears of happiness and pride!  That may not be very far to some of you, but to me, someone who has never been a runner and the thought of running 4 laps around the track during volleyball would nearly make me throw up in high school and I was in better shape then!  lol  It was a sign that I am actually getting somewhere!  Did the scale go down this morning...no! ER!  But I am slowly becoming a runner and I love it! 

Things I have learned about me and running:

1.  I can't do a program where I know how long I have to run or for how long...I just gotta run.  Otherwise all I'm doing it watching my stop watch waiting for the last minute to end and then I crash. 

2.  I need to look around when I'm running....Oh look at her pretty flowers, I am so gonna do that next  year....whoa, his car is dirty inside!  lol 

3.  Need AWESOME music...I still need to work on my running playlist...some songs in there are just NOT meant to listen to when running. 

4.  I need to take breaks inbetween the days that I work out.  I can't run every day, as much as I would love to, I am not there yet.  This used to bother me and now I realize that my body does need a day to heal.  Running one day and walking the other is OK!

5.  Just run and go with it and who cares how far you go...enjoy it!!!  Running is a total mind game and I have to play tricks on myself so that my mind doesn't tell my body that it's tired when it's really not! 

Now to work at getting better at the 1 mile and work up to 2 miles!   5k here we come!!!