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!

WLW - Week #20

Starting Weight:  155 lbs
Today’s Weight:  132.4 lbs
Total Loss:   22.6 lbs

This is the lowest weight I have been so far.  I'm still seeing if I can get to 130 then just maintain.  I anticipate gaining some weight back this weekend while we celebrate Lyla's birthday!

What a lovely day

We started the morning visiting Erin, Andy & Hendrick. Hendrick is getting so big all of a sudden. I love watching him grow up!  The six of us had a nice lunch together & a nice visit before we headed out to Em's house. 

When we got to Em's Gary FINALLY got to hold Carter!

Lyla couldn't wait to her hands on him too!  She was so good with him & I was very proud of her!

Grandma & Pappy couldn't be happier!

No worries - I got in plenty of cuddles too!  ;)

Welcome to this Crazy World Carter Bennett

Today I got to meet my nephew, Carter Bennett Jones and I couldn't be anymore smitten with him!

Em was induced at 7:00 this morning and Carter arrived at 3:22 this afternoon weighing in at 7 pounds 9 ounces (exactly the same as Lyla) and 20 inches long. 

Lyla has already taken on the role as his protective older cousin. She was standing right by his side as the nurses were checking him out!

I'm so in love & so relieved & happy for Em & G!  Little Carter is an absolute blessing to our family!  I can't wait to see him again in a couple days!

WLW - Week #19

Starting Weight:  155 lbs
Today’s Weight:  133.8 lbs
Total Loss:   21.2 lbs

Let's be honest here, I'm just checking in with my weight today.... Em is getting induced this morning and the ONLY thing I can focus on is that!  ;)  So there is my check in, look for more next week.

Heard Around the House #34

Texting with Gerald (because he is the car man). I finally send him pictures of the new cars. This is what follows:

Just more proof that Lyla is a mini Em!