Body by Baby?

So it's about time!! How long can I keep telling myself my big hips, booty and belly are all due to having a baby???? Well...For quite sometime now we've been yearning to lose weight and get back into shape. We all know how easy it is to say, "okay I'll start tomorrow" but today while I was at the Dr.'s office I read an article on Type 2 diabetes and who is likely to be at high risk. Let me just say I'm a huge candidate for the disease. I want to prolong it for as long as I can and maybe just maybe escape the cruel and nondiscriminatory disease. My father died from complications of the disease and just recently we found out that my mother was diagnosed as a diabetic.

Well today was the day. I picked Ryley up from school and made a U-turn and headed for the gym. With both girls in tow I entered the fitness center and signed us up!! The first thing I asked about was the kids club for the girls. They offer a kids aerobic class on Saturday mornings for kids Ryley's age which is great because Ry kept asking if she could exercise. Ryley thinks exercising is like playing a game. I hope she feels this way later in life:) I wasn't able to exercise right there and then because I didn't have gym clothes and the kids were tired and hungry.

When David came home both of the girls were napping so guess where I went? Yuppers...the gym! It felt so good to exercise and sweat!!! I'm really looking forward to losing some weight. Our family walks just isn't enough for me to lose weight, plus my foot really hurts after I walk on concrete:(

I must say...at the beginning of my workout I was pretty intimidated by all the other people working out. What I mean by this is...these people had fabo bodies...and here I am. UGH! I asked myself...how did this happen? How did I get so fat? How could I allow this to happen? I told myself that some of the people in the gym were probably in my shoes at some point. (Gotta love your self talk...) Then I told myself I really don't care or give a hoot about these people. I don't know them and more then likely I never will. I probably won't ever see them again (trust me if I did I wouldn't recognize them anyways...I have no long term or for that matter even short term memory lately) so that being said, I told myself I'm doing this for me not for anyone else (okay maybe for my family too, I want to stick around for a while).

I realized that I've made the first step towards getting fit. The best part is that I get "me" time when I workout which made it truly enjoyable.

Thanks to my husband who loves me no matter what...chunky, chubby, el flabo grand', or just right...healthier.

Chow

The Splash Cafe in Pismo is a MUST! The best darn chowder EVER!Waiting in line...yes WAITING on a weekday, the line was out the door.

Clam Chowder in a bread bowl...mmm

Her first taste of the chowder, she loved it!

Can you believe she likes pickles? She takes after her Tia's! You can really see her two front teeth! So SWEET! So in LOVE!

Sunset

Totally gorgeous incredible sunsets! Who doesn't love a beautiful sunset?

Pismo Pier

Sun going down...

The ULTIMATE favorite...Dave watching the sunset!

Tanner soaking it all in.
Amazing! The pier just makes it!

Ryley watching "the sun go to sleep".

Ryley chasing the birds.

Pismo

We were fortunate enough to be able to visit Pismo Beach in the evening and go for a walk on the pier and down onto the beach itself. Pismo is such a great place! We have so many fond memories of Pismo. The first time David and I met we went to Pismo Beach. We had our engagement photos taken at Shell Beach (right next to Pismo). We also spent our wedding night in Pismo Beach and then had brunch with the family and friends the following morning in Pismo. After brunch we walked along the shore looking at the incredible scenery and saw dolphins in the distance. Such sweet memories!Ryley's love of the sand!

Aunt Aimee' and Cousin Tanner looking over the pier.

Auntie Mee Mee giving Ry a piggy back ride.

Ryley and her cousin Chance drawing on the sand.

Uncle Dave and Tanner looking for sand dollars.

Ryley was so excited looking for shells.

Chance and Tanner

Blogging

At the cabin for the rest of the weekend. David went fishing for about three hours on his own earlier this evening. I was able to catch up on some blogging, e-mails, etc. Were looking forward to a calm and relaxing weekend. It was beautiful up here today and it's suppose to be much more of the same for the remainder of the weekend. Ryley is looking forward to some fishing time with Dad. Mom and Kai are looking forward to a couple of long naps. Hope you all have a good weekend!

Angelina Ballerina

Here are a couple of pictures of Ryley's ballet class. She is really enjoying her lessons. They practice to music; one of the songs they play is the sleeping beauty song. Ryley gets so excited she always turns around and yells out to me..."that's the sleeping beauty song mom". Kai sits on my lap and we watch Ryley together. The girls look adorable in their tutu's.

Ryley and Grace

Ryley doing a Plie'

Ryley dancing on pointe.

Ryley trying to do a Pique'

Look at this move...

Cutie

That's all folks!

Anything but NoRmAl

The frustrations of parenthood! Ryley has been getting into soooo much and Kai is right behind her...crawling and slithering herself into every nook and cranny as she puts everything into her mouth; so...the last thing we need is our 4 year old adding to our non-stop chaotic days. Ryley continues to teach us that we need to pick and choose our battles. The best thing is that we know she is learning by exploration...ya that's what we tell ourselves.

After putting her jams on Ryley went outside to play...UGH not with your jams!

Ryley making mud cookies at Grammies house.

Ryley got into the bag of cookies during dads watch...she opened and licked the frosting off but didn't eat the cookies.

Ryley using tongs to eat her pizza?????

The Boy

My big brother Tyler..."The Boy" (that's his nickname since he was little). It was nice seeing and spending time with Tyler while we were in Santa Maria. We hope to see you soon son. We miss you! Can you see the resemblance...Hmmmm?

So happy together...

Hey...what's that on your face?
Oops...got it!

It's time to "crash"

We love our kids but we must say, we really love them when they're sleeping!Ryley brought her things downstairs...all by herself without saying a word to us. She dragged her princess rug, pillows, blankets, and friends...all so she could take a nap somewhere else other then in her room and in her bed...Whatever works right?

Ryley fell asleep reading a book to her friend.

Silence at last!

Wiped out at the cabin after a long day of fishing...oh that piggy!

("The must have" everywhere we go)!

Kai getting a choke hug by her big sis...
So Sweet!

I love MaRkErS

Well...this is what happens when the Big Sister leaves her markers on her table and Kai walks over in her walker and grabs as many as she can before mom walks back into the room. Kai loves to put EVERYTHING into her mouth! Hey...WUZZ UP?

This is FUN!

XO and a Lot More

I want to go tooooo!!!!!

My two front teeth!


Kai loves to give big wet kisses!

I'm not ready to let go of you Ryley!

Let me see how this tastes?

Come here! To be continued...

Ryley reading Kai a book:()

Weekend Getaway!!

We went up to the cabin in Big Bear this weekend. We did lots of fishing, lounging, eating, and more fishing. David got a float tube for his birthday which is used for fishing (it's kind of like a little boat with a built in seat. It has a place for his fishing pole, his tackle box, and a place for all the fish he catches). All he has to do is put the fins on and kick his way out to the middle of the lake cast and catch. David and Ryley were true fishing partners this weekend. Dave did get to go out on his own, but we didn't dare tell Ryley daddy was going fishing. Dave and Ryley would get up early and go fishing, come back and go back out again. Kai and I went with them in the evenings. I love to fish too, but with the baby it's just easier for us to watch at this point. There were so many down pours with lots of lighting and thunder while we were there. Ryley was really afraid of the loud thunder. Her daddy told her that the clouds are just talking to one another! It was pretty cute!Kai's must have! She couldn't stop touching the fireplace utensils.
Ryley always climbing, picking, and getting right down dirty!

Ryley loves the swing in the backyard of the cabin! Thank goodness she can do it all by herself.

Ryley's other love.

Ryley caught a small catfish :)

The "catfish"

Ryley playing with the worms before Daddy put them on the hook.

Dave caught a craw daddy! We took it back to the cabin and cooked and ate it! It was sweet just like lobster... He also caught lots of small fish he released...to be caught at a later time!!!