Over the Weekend

Lucius and Maggie

The weather was great this weekend. On Saturday Tom and I headed out to Wal-mart to buy a new kiddie pool for this kids. We think that the one from last year was taken to the lake. We looked all over for it before finally deciding to break down and buy a new one. While we were there, I wanted to get some boats and play things for the kids. I talked Tom out of getting one of those pools with a slide, so I felt bad. I wanted them to have something to play with. Do you know how hard it is to find boats for a pool?
After spending twenty minutes looking at all the different kinds of pools, we then tried to find a couple of boats for Maggie and Lucius. The only one's that we found were included in a bag of sand toys. And of course, we couldn't just buy one bag...that would start world war III if we came home with only one boat. So we had to spend $10 on two small plastic boats. That's what happens when you don't take the time to shop around at other stores first. We have such a problem with needing instant gratification.

Of course the kids LOVED being able to play in the pool. I think that it might have been a tad to early..but they aren't showing signs of getting sick, YET. When I noticed Maggie's mouth turning purple, I decided that it was time to head inside. Abbie Grace got a little outside time as well, however, she slept through it all.


Sunday was soccer day. Lucius is actually doing pretty well for his first year. This week there were only four kids on his team there. So they pretty much all stayed out on the field the entire time. We have the youngest team! Three three year-olds and a two & 1/2 year old. None of them have long attention spans!!! So they were constantly running over to the side lines to sit with their parents.
Lucius scored a goal in each of the games that our team played. I was so proud. Of course the camera was shut off and I didn't get any film. I guess next week I will have to bring the video camera instead of my regular camera.

Maggie is VERY ready to get out there with Lucius to play soccer. I let her get out of her stroller during the break between games. She chased Lucius around the field and tried to kick the soccer ball too!! I'm not who is more excited about soccer, Maggie or her Daddy! He can't wait to be able to coach her as well.


Tomorrow is weigh in day....so we will see how well I have done over the past week. I've gotten out and walked almost everyday. My meals have been decent...with only a couple of slips. The major thing is that I have cut back drastically on my soft drink intake. This is usually the easiest and quickest way that I lose weight at the beginning of my 'diet'. I'll check in with you about that tomorrow, and also have pictures of Abbie Grace in her newest baby toy!! I broke down today and bought a sling to carry her in! It's just too cute.

School Program

Thursday we had our first experience of a spring program at school. Lucius performed with his classmates from preschool. They had a very cute little program that included poems from the four years olds, and singing from both the three and four year old classes. I wasn't really sure if Lucius would stay up for the entire performance.....but he did. We made it until the last poem and you could hear Lucius's little voice saying 'Daddy I gotta potty."


So as soon as the last song was sung, I was THAT mommy that motioned for her child to run off the stage. I didn't want his first on stage performance to end with a giant wet spot on the floor! We were able to catch the event on video. I actually remembered to plug the thing in to charge the battery yesterday morning. The pictures that I took during the play didn't turn out, but I got a couple of cute ones of Lucius, Maggie, and some of Lucius's friends. ALSO, we took Abbie Grace out in public for the first time. She slept the entire program.....that was great!!!

Evan, Maddox and Lucius

Tomorrow we have plans to pull out the kiddy pool! The weather talk Tom into visiting the storage unit tomorrow. Last weekend I picked up some scrapbooking stuff so that I could work on some pages for Abbie Grace's arrival, but my markers, scissors, pages, etc....are boxed up. Here is a preview of some of the background pages that I will be working with.

I love pink and green. If I had a nursery for the girls, it would be pink and green!

If I am able to get some pages done this weekend, I'll post them on Monday.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

A good dose of vitamin D

What a beautiful day today was!!! Abbie Grace and I decided it was time to head outside for a little walk. We made it two doors down before the first neighbor stuck their head out to see us. We stood and spoke with them for a little bit. They are heading up to Virginia to see their first grandchild. Who was actually born two days after Abbie Grace.

Then we took off up the street again. We made it about three houses this time before I noticed another neighbor out in his drive. I stood there talking to this neighbor about his grandchild and the two that he has on the way. Then we headed off again. So our little outing lasted about an hour and a half......and only about twenty minutes were spent walking. Abbie Grace enjoyed it......she slept the entire time.


A little later that afternoon I took Lucius and Abbie Grace out. But after fifteen minutes of Abbie Grace crying non stop, I decided to head on back in.

Tomorrow the carpet guys are coming to replace the den carpet. We have been living with our den totally in disarray ever since the 'flood' a couple of weeks ago.

Can you believe that I actually got this bow to stay in? Abbie Grace has just enough to keep it there, but only if she's not moving.

Maternity Leave??? among other things....

Someone forgot to tell all the dentists and orthodontist that they needed to slow down for the next couple of weeks. My brother has been working all hours of the day trying to catch up with work. I have felt helpless watching him drag in at 2am only to get up again at 5am to head back to the office.

We have however found a way for me to do the office manager part of my job. I am able to tie into the computer at work from my house and input our invoices and pay bills...etc. It's not helping him out as far as lab work goes, but at least these things are not piling up.

As you can see below, my secretary is fast asleep on the job. This is actually a GOOD thing!!! She has been asleep for the past two hours and that is a record for her in the past two days. Abbie Grace has wanted someone to be holding her.....already a high maintenance girl like her mom!!!
We had her 2 week check up today. Looks like Abbie Grace is progressing great! She has made it back to her birth weight, which was the goal by two weeks. Our next check up will be in June for her two month appointment.

Uncle Brent and Lucius

This past weekend my brother, Brent, came home from Auburn. Poor thing now has to share a room with Abbie Grace. Tom and I had already taken over his original room, so he was relocated to the dining room when we moved into my parents house. Now Abbie Grace has her stuff in the dining room. It's no wonder he prefers to stay in Auburn.....(just kidding!)

Uncle Brent and Maggie.

One of the reasons that Brent came home this weekend was to meet his newest niece for the first time. He was unable to come the day that Abbie Grace was born....darn those college classes....

Uncle Brent and Abbie Grace.

I know that this seems to be a marathon post, but I'm almost done.....

The last thing that I wanted to let you know about is that I am officially starting my pre-pregnancy diet!!! I had lost over forty pounds before I got pregnant with Abbie Grace and managed to gain it all back plus 5 extra pounds. YUP...45 pounds. I have already lost 25 of those pounds (nursing helps out a lot girls!!!). But, I've gotta work hard to lose those other 20. The reason I'm telling you this is that I hope that my friends out in blog world will help hold me accountable. Just check in with me to make sure I am sticking to it. The 'diet' that I follow is actually called Body for Life and it is more of a life style diet instead of 'starving' yourself. Eat healthy, exercise, and the weight falls of. I should know...I've lost lots of weight doing this...I just keeping getting pregnant and gaining it all back!!!

Lucius and Me

This was the best 'current' picture I could find of myself. Wish me luck...........