90lbs down....15-20 more to go!!

I hesitated to post these pictures but than I decided that these were the past. Wow..its hard to believe how big I was. Life has its ups and downs and I sure let it get to me, but not now I am working hard and I feel great.  I still have a lot of work to do. Thanks to my family and friends for all your love and support through all the big times (literally) you loved me know matter what!

Me in 2009. This is the heaviest I have been



                                               2010 25lbs down after twins

 April 2011 90lbs down from heaviest I've been. Alot of hard work but so worht it I feel great!!! 20lbs more to go....I can do it.



Tj and I 4/2011

St patty's Day!

Better late than never!
I love St pattys day. Gage learned about leperchauns at school and was bound and dertermined he was going to catch them. Well we woke up to green milk, green toilet water, green waffles, our house was a mess. Cupboard doors open chairs all over and candy with a little treat at the end of te trail for the kids.

Cold & Snow go away!

We have had a rough go around our house lately! Everyone has been sick with coughs, colds and the pukes. Gracee and Gage have had a terrible cough. They checked Gracee for the whooping cough a couple weeks ago but luckily it came back negative. She just has bad asthma and it is finally clearing up. Gage still has a little cough. He is such a trooper and hardly ever gets sick. Hadlee and Mylee have had a cough for quite awhile. I took them to their pediatrician two weeks ago and he said they both have asthma. AHHH! two with asthma this is going to be quite interesting. Gracee has had terrible asthma ever since she was there age and man has it been rough. I hope and pray that they will not have it as bad as she does. It is so miserable for them, and I feel so bad.
On Thurs, March 2 I decided that I would call the clinic and see if they could check the twins ears and o2 levels. They were able to get them in on friday. The Dr said that Mylee was wheezing really bad  and Hadlee was a little. She said she thought they had RSV and wanted me to take them to the hospital for testing. Tj and I took them over to the hospital and they had to deep suction them to get the test. It was so sad holding them down. Mylee's came back positive right away and Hadlee's we weren't sure about until 24 hrs. (It ended up being negative) We got a suction machine to take home and the Dr said I should suction them as often as they needed it and do there nebulizer treatments. Since their 02 levels were ok we could go home and come back for a deep suction if needed.
Saturday they seemed ok but Mylee sounded yucky. Hadlee not as bad but she had a yucky nose.
Sunday when I got them up Mylee just wasn't acting herself. She was lethargic and wheezing and retracting really bad. I called my mom and she thought we should take her in to the ER and at least get there o2 levels checked. Well we got their and her 02 level was about 84 and she was wheezing and retracting so bad. They gave her some 02 and suctioned her out. She hated the 02 around her face at first but finally got use to it. They wanted to admit her so I had them call her pediatrician and he agreed. After we got settled in my mom went home and watched the 3 others so Tj could come and visit for awhile. He left around 6:30pm. My poor little Mylee had the hardest time. They had to keep suctioning her and giving her treatments and she was so exhausted and worn out. It was so weird to have just Mylee and no Hadlee. This was the first time they were actually apart from each other. Mylee didn't sleep very well and had a rough night. She started to perk up this morning and the Dr came in and said she would stay another night. They kinda forgot about her I think! I would have to ask them to come in and suction her and do her treatments. That's when I decided that I could do this at home. I told the nurse that I really wanted to go home and that I had a suction machine, oxygen, and her nebulizer at home. She said she would run it by the Dr. He came in about 1:30p and said as long as I felt comfortable with it he was fine. I said heck yes discharge us now! LOL....Tj  and Hadlee came and got us and we are so glad to be home. It was so good to see Hadlee and Gracee and Gage. It felt like forever and it was only 24 hours. Hadlee and Mylee were so cute with each other. I know they were glad to see each other.
They both got a beautiful blessing tonight from Tj with the help of our friend Tyler. I hope Mylee can get better fast and Hadlee will stay clear of RSV!
We just need the cold and snow to stay away and the warm weather fast!


Mylee and I hanging out at the hospital

Nana entertaining Mylee. Look at her sad face!

Daddy and Mylee hanging out

Hadlee and I



Happy Valentines Day!

We started our day with heart shaped pancakes that were pink. Gracee had already left for school, we were sad she missed them

Tj got home from work and gave me a dozen roses and a nice card.

One of the roses my dad gave to me for Vday too!

I finished making treats for the kids teachers and friends the night before so we just had to deliver them.

We had a nice Valentines Day dinner, coconut shrimp (yuck i didn't touch it) cornbread, salad, potatoes and heart shaped brownies. Than we had fun taking pictures and just being together

Gracee and Gage think they are quite the little photographers and love to use my nice camera to take pictures. As you can tell Tj and I were the models. They still have alot of practice they were kinda blurry.

More pictures they took of each other

Love this one! Gracee's face says it all.
Than Papa came over to eat some dinner and visit.

It was a great day!

Twins are 9 months old!

I can't believe that my twins are 9 months old! Just seems like yesterday we were up in the hospital waiting for them to get healthy enough to being home. I am so greatful that they are so healthy today and besides the normal colds, coughs, earaches, asthma etc, they have been doing great.

                                               These are some recent pictures of them.

Hadlee:::

Oh my Hadlee girl you are such your brother! You look like him, act like him it is crazy. You are pretty stubborn and want to do things when you are ready! You have layed around for nine months and grown teeth. You know have 7. You got your first one at almost 5 months and they just kept on coming. You always have what "papa" calls your pumpkin smile on. Sometimes you are a real whinner but if we just make faces at you or pick you up then it all better. You rolled over twice!!! YEAH!! Once a few weeks ago and the other just last week. Like i said you just lay around and grow teeth. You loved to be held and have a poor certain whine when someone walks bye and doesnt pick you up. You love to hear your voice and you shout it out and let us all hear it too. You can say dada and mamma and you love your jumper. You have finally been sitting up better this past week and we are so proud of you and love you very much!

Mylee::::

You are such a tenderhearted little girl! Reminds me of myself. We have to be so careful and not be to rough with you. You pretty much want to do things your way, and if you dont do it or get your way watch out! If your tired and mom is busy youll just fall asleep pretty much where you are. You rolled over at 5 months old and havent stopped. You are like rollie pollie all over the floor. You finally got your first tooth at 8 months and a second one right after. Aa few weeks ago you figured out your walker and you go all over the house. I had to finally get a gate for the stairs. You just started getting up on your knees it wont be long before youll be crawling. You can say dadda and mamma and love the jumper but now your walker is your favorite.  You have been sitting up so good and we are so proud of you and love you!