Favorite Guy + Favorite City + Favorite Band =

A PERFECT Saturday!  :)

 

While Lyla was spending quality time with her Grandma and Pappy and playing in the country, Gary and I got to have a nice date day/evening.

 

We had tickets to see The Clarks at Stage AE in the evening, but we decided to head down early and just hang out on the North Shore. 

 

I love Pittsburgh!  And I kind of tend to forget how much I love it until I go and spend some time down in the heart of the city.  I always love going to other cities (like NYC) for vacations and I forget that I have just as much fun and spend a lot less many going and exploring my own city!

We had lunch at McFaddens.  Then we walked along the river and checked out the Fred Rogers statue and the WWII Memorial.  Then we went to Rivertowne and sat at the outside bar and cheered on the Pirates. 

Then we went down to the concert.  I love The Clarks.  You can't get much more Pittsburgh than The Clarks!  Something about them gives me peace.  I love to watch them live, especially at an outdoor venue.  When I get to see The Clarks it feels like going home.  Like I just sat and had dinner with old friends or something.  Its hard to explain - but its a very good feeling and I always feel refreshed and alive afterwards.

 

WLW - Week #21

Starting Weight:  155 lbs
Today’s Weight:  134.0 lbs
Total Loss:   21.0 lbs

I predicted I would gain over Lyla's birthday weekend and sure enough I did!  That's ok though, I'm still under 135 and that's my goal now.  As long as I stay between 130 and 135 I'm happy.

I had my first day where I did over 10,000 steps on Friday so that was exciting!  This week I'm making my goal to do at least 6,000 steps every day.  Next week I'm going to try to do 7,000 and keep building up to 10,000.  Its hard to do!

Lyla's 5th Birthday Party

For Lyla's 5th birthday we had a Frozen birthday party. She was so excited to finally get to wear her special Elsa dress!

This was the first time we invited friends to her party. I really didn't know what I was in for!  It all went well for the most part. I had the party from noon to 4:00 which was way too long. Two hours would have been enough but live & learn!

We had Hanna, Lyla, Abby, Becca, Izzy and Lena. Payton also came but missed the pictures. 

We all had pizza then they played pin the carrot nose on Olaf then the piñata. Pinatas are really lame now... No more bats... You pull strings...

The kids loved it though so that's all that matters!

After that we did presents!

All the girls wanted to sit with Lyla while she opened them!

The princess Barbie house was a big hit!

Then it was time to sing happy birthday & have cake & ice cream. 

Lyla decided to take pictures as a "unicorn"....

We were so excited to have baby Carter here!

End of the season

Last night was Lyla's last night of soccer for the season. They had a pizza party & they each got a trophy. Lyla scored the last goal of the game!  In her own teams net.... But who cares!  ;)

I'm so glad we signed her up to play & we are looking forward to playing again in the fall. 

In case you missed it - Lyla is 5 now

And she made sure to let everyone know it!

Yesterday was Lyla's 5th birthday. This one feels like a major milestone & has had me feeling very sentimental.  Maybe it's because when I sit and think about all of the things (good & bad) that have happened in the last year.... It's been a roller coaster of a year!  But we survived it and I for one am really looking forward to the next year!

Before we went to work we did our annual  photo shoot for her album. It's always so hard to pick which picture to actually print for the album!

 

We picked her up after work and took her to dinner. Birthday girl picked Red Robin. When we walked in she told the hostess "it's my birthday. I'm five. My name is Lyla!"  Hahahaha & she continued to inform all kinds of strangers of the information all evening!

When we got to our table she slid into one side of the booth & I asked her who she wanted to sit beside her and she informed me that she will be sitting on the side by herself "because she is five now". 

All thru dinner she kept wanting to know why they hadn't sang happy birthday to her yet... When they finally did she just stared. She was all talk until they came then totally shy!  

She had her heart set on ice cream at Sweet Frog so I ate her ice cream from Red Robin. Then we went to Sweet Frog where she got the grossest combination of candy & ice cream you could imagine but she was happy!

While we were sitting outside a family came in that recognized her as the birthday girl from Red Robin which she thought was just so cool!

All she would tell me she wanted for her birthday this year was "a box of ring pops" so I got her one!  Of course she had to have one after we got home....  It's a wonder she didn't puke after all the junk she ate yesterday!

By about 8:30 she completely crashed on the couch!

The three of us were off work today & are off again tomorrow. We went to her five year wellness appointment this morning then we went shopping for everything you could think of for her party on Saturday. She is so excited to have her friends here for a Frozen party!