Pics from lately

I haven't posted any pics of the kids lately so I thought I better do that!

Levi thought his little fort was pretty cool! He sat in there and watched cartoons for a little while. 

This first one of Paige just cracks me up! What a ham! She likes helping with the dishwasher, just like Levi did. After these pics, she was up on the door.

Paul is finally going to finish the wall in the kitchen where we put the new window. (Where the patio door used to be.) He tore off the old wainscoting and Levi thought he better help daddy, so he went and got the bin that has all his tools in it so he could help. "My jus' helping daddy!"

Paige is walking behind things now, mostly her lion push toy because Levi won't let her near his little car unless he is riding it and she is walking behind him. He thinks it's pretty funny. We keep reminding him that he needs to go very slow. It's so cute, if she falls, he'll stop and wait for her to get back up and hang on again.

Paige also figured out how to climb up the front of her push toy. Before I snapped this pic she had both feet up on it and her butt in the air. Of course when I got my camera she wouldn't do it again. Never fails! :)

And just one last one of my handsome little man.

What I ate

I have seen other bloggers out there do this, so I thought every so often I would share some of the things I've been eating lately. Especially since I'm trying to eat a little healthier! These are just the things I remembered to snap a photo of the past week.

While getting groceries this week, portobello mushrooms were on sale so I grabbed a package, not having any plans as to what I would make with them. When I decided to make them for lunch I searched a little online for a recipe and came across this one. It was a win-win because I had a bag of spinach that needed to be used up too! I didn't follow the directions exactly, I used the pre-packaged bacon because I didn't have any real bacon. But they turned out great! I would definitely make these again.

I was in the mood for eggs, and for some odd reason, this is what sounded good to use them for. Scrambled eggs with cottage cheese, in a whole wheat tortilla, with a few good shakes of Frank's Red Hot. It hit the spot.

Keeping on trend with the Frank's/buffalo theme, this is a creation of my own. It doesn't sound like it would be good together, but it actually is! I threw together a couple handfuls of coleslaw mix, tossed a leftover chicken breast with some Frank's (as much or as little as you like), and drizzled it with some Ranch dressing. Easy peasy. I've had this a few times in the past couple weeks. And yes, I do use one of my big tupperware bowls for salads! Fits more than the little cereal bowls and easier than a plate.  :)

I thought I would link up with Jenn @ Peas and Crayons, too. Be sure to check out the other links! And if that's you are coming from, thanks for visiting!

Weekly Weigh-In | 3

I have a few minutes before Paige wakes up from her nap so I thought I would get this typed out quick! This week was kind of a bust. I didn't put a whole lot of effort in, so I was surprised I was actually down a little. I guess it helped that I wore the lightest clothing I could to weigh-in... So in other words, this week I need to be a bit more careful if I want to keep the numbers going in the right direction.

Tuesday, January 28, 2013
Today's weight: 158.2
+/- from last week: -1.2
Total loss: -5

What I did well this week
- Not a whole lot.

What I did not do well this week
- Pizza. Burger. Lack of portion control. The worst part is that I felt crappy afterwards, like why the heck did I just eat that stinkin' much?
- Still no exercising.

 Goals for the coming week
- Work on portion control.
- Healthy snacks, try to cut out the granola bars..
- Again, hope to get a workout in.

Right Now Challenge | 7

I have sort of been neglecting to do these posts for the past couple months. For awhile I was still writing things down, just kept putting off typing them up. But I just looked and now the last thing I wrote in my notebook was on December 31st...whoops! Ha. So I thought I would back-track a bit and try to get caught up. From now on, I'm just going to do an update whenever, instead of weekly. Here goes!

11/18/13-11/24/13

- Me: "Levi, what's it doing outside?"
  Levi: "Snowing! It snowing. It help make me so happy!"
  (He was excited to go sledding.)

- Paige is army crawling all over.

- Coversation about tummies with Levi:
  "Paige jus' have her small tummy. My have my wittle tummy. You jus' have your big tummy. Daddy jus' have his hairy tummy." Bahaha OMG I about died.

11/25/13-12/1/13

- Levi's latest saying: "Oh Gosh!"

- Levi was being whiney and was saying "Mommy! Mommy!" so I said "What-ey? What-ey?" He got mad and I heard him say "That make me cry!" I asked him "What makes you cry?" "Your silly words make me cry." Oh boy, we sure have a dramatic one!

- Levi: "You join me read this book? You join me!"

12/2/13-12/8/13

- Vacuuming today: Levi gets into his usual corner on the couch and covers himself with pillows. Any time I stop the vacuum (turn it off), he says "Shew! My safe. Shew!"

- Eating breakfast at the table, Paige is crawling around on the floor next to us. She starts to scoot under the table, Levi tells her, "No, Paigey, you can't go unner there." I asked him, "Why can't she go under the table, you go under there all the time?" He replied, "It dangerous. Don't go unner there Paigey, it dangerous."

- As I try to take Levi's plate away from him after he takes the last bite of his hotdog, he pulls it back.
  Levi: "No, don't take it."
  Me: "Why not? Your hotdog is all gone."
  Levi: "There still ketchup on it."
  Me: "But your hotdog is gone, so you don't need it anymore."
  Levi: "That why I need to use my finger."

- Whining for one reason or another. Out of desperation to stop said whining, I offer Levi a fruit snack. His response: "Yeah. That going calm me down."

12/18/13

-Latest phrase that makes us laugh: "My got idea!" or "My got a plan!"

- After saying prayers at bedtime, Levi looks at me and says: "Sometimes my daddy pee outside." Umm. Ok. He is the king of random...

- "Don't 'get about me!" (Don't forget about me!)

12/20/13

- While driving around town looking at Christmas lights, Levi says, "My wish we got Cwistmas wights on our house."

12/31/13

- At the grocery store, Levi wanted to push a little cart. When we got to the aisle with the fruit snacks, he runs over to them, puts his arms out like he is pretending to hug them, and says, "Muh! Muh! My wuv you fwuit snacks! Muh! Muh!" (kissing sounds).

- After getting done at the grocery store, I asked Levi if he wanted to go to McDonalds for lunch to get some chicken nuggets. His response was, "Yeah! My do hawn (want) go Old MacDonald's!" Lol.

That's all until next time!

Paige's 6 month pics

FINALLY remembering to share these! Paige's 6 month pictures with Stephanie turned out SO cute! She did pretty well most of the time, but she was not impressed with the little romper I put on her. She's just like her brother and didn't want to just sit still! :)

These are just a few of my favorites!

Gotta admit, I had fun finding outfits for her! I already have ideas for her one year pics! (hint: lace leggings!!!)

Weekly Weigh In | 2

This week didn't go too bad. I still haven't had a chance to get in a work-out. I can give you plenty of excuses, but I'll spare you. Ha. Overall I was happy with my eating habits, except for yesterday when I couldn't resist the other half of the Twix bar that I bribed Levi with. Anyhoo..

I do not like tracking calories. I stink at it. I get breakfast, lunch and snacks in, then I am sick of it. It takes so much time to sit and put in recipes that we make for supper, which aren't complicated but it's time-consuming to try and enter it all. So I need to work on that.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Today's weight: 159.4
+/- from last week: -3.8
Total loss: -3.8

What I did well this week
- Watched what I ate pretty well. Avoided as much sugar as possible and tried not to over-do it with bread and carbs.
- Tried to drink plenty of water.

What I did not do well this week
- Still no working out.
- The Twix incident mentioned above.

Goals for the coming week
- Get a workout in at least once or twice.
- Track calories.
- Drink lots of water.

7 months!

Already a week late, but here is Paige's 7 month update!

Paige, at 7 months::

- Weighs right around 16 pounds.

- Still about 27 inches tall.

- Wearing size 4 dipes.

- Size 6-9 month clothing.

- Still waking up at night a couple times. Usually around 11 pm and then again around 3:30 or 4:00.

- I made a really tough decision to stop nursing. I had my heart set on nursing her until she was a year, but it just wasn't meant to be. I think I will just leave it at that. I started giving her bottles yesterday afternoon. I will probably nurse her a little bit at night for a few nights, but hopefully she will be totally on the bottle in a week or so. I sort of forgot how painful this was for me, both mentally and physically. OUCH.

- She is a picky eater. She doesn't want much of anything on a spoon. Some days she eats pretty good, and other days she won't want anything I put on her tray. Part of me wonders if she just doesn't like the high chair. Who knows. I am not going to worry too much, because if she was hungry she would eat.

- Just started climbing the stairs. All the way up. And makes a bee-line whenever it catches her eye. So I had to put the gate back up yesterday. She does the same thing Levi used to do and climbs up those first two stairs and stands up hanging on to the gate.

- She clicks her tongue now. Not really clicks I guess, but the same sort of motion. She makes that sound a lot now.

- No teeth yet. I think she is working on one, but nothing has popped through yet. I have a feeling that teething is going to be a whole new ballgame with her than it was with Levi.