I'm such a bad blogger

I think the title says it all, I'm not good at blogging but I love looking at everyone else's! But here is a weight loss update. I have lost 8 pounds since January and since May of last year I have lost 17 pounds, still have lots to go, but I am running 3 days a week and about 2 1/4 miles each time! I signed up for a 5K in July (am I crazy or what?!?)

Isaac and Lilly are very active 2 year olds (sounds weird to say that). They have found all sorts of ways to scale our furniture making us rearrange our furniture numerous times!

Isaac is finally starting to speak more words. His new ones lately are Doggy (sounds like daddy) and Wow! He's such a lover of food. Just about everytime it's time to eat, when he sits down and sees the food his reaction either, wow, wow! or M..M..M!!! It's so funny! He's also finally learned the word NO also. He quite forcefully used it on me the other day while hitting me. Nice, huh?

Lilly had her feeding evaluation a week and a half ago and it's determined that she has oral sensory aversion. Basically meaning she doesn't like anything to be put near her mouth. Not sure when therapy for her will start, but once it does she will be seen by an occupational therapist 2-3 times a week, a speech therapist to work on her feeding 2-3 times a week, and a psychologist once a week to learn new behaviors when it comes to eating. Her amount of eating is like a roller coaster for us. Some days she eats good (even though it's still not a lot, but good for her) and then there are days where she eats maybe 2 bites. So now she's having nights where she wakes up twice a night for milk. But you would never know looking at her that she's got this feeding issue. She's a quite healthy VERY active little girl. She is on the go all day long. Her favorite words are puppy, or "what is that?" She likes to carry a purse around with her too!She loves ELMO.

I think it's funny that Isaac says doggy and Lilly says puppy....they're so different in just about every way possible. Here's some recent pics of the kiddos.

Lilly's skirt

Had to post a pic of Lilly's skirt I made yesterday. I am quite proud of it! It was super easy to make too! I was supposed to put pockets on it, but I made one and it was too big, so I ditched the idea. Maybe i'll add them later! Here's the link to where I got the idea. I would make a bow to match but she likes to pull them out, so one day she'll wear those bows!

Lilly modeling the new skirt!

She's already accessorising.

Next Top Model?

Lilly got into Isaac's pj drawer and came out wearing them like a fur. I think she's got a future in modeling!


Isaac came out maybe 5 minutes later or so and was modeling Lilly's green pjs! He's got the face of a future model. Don't ya think?




in weight loss news, I can now fit into 2 pairs of my pre pregnancy pants! 5 pounds lost so far!

Stuff

So last week I lost 2 pounds! Wahoo!!! That's how much I lost in January. I am super excited about that. I honestly didn't think I would lose that much because of all the yummy goodness at the super bowl party, but I did. I was able to do my 3 runs and my 2 shape workouts. I might be changing my shape workouts a tad. I've done my first run of the week and can I say it completely kicked my butt. The run is: 5 min. warm up walk, run 3 min, walk 90 sec, run 5 minutes, walk 2 1/2 minutes and repeat. I ran about 97% of it. The last 5 minute section I had to stand on the side rails for about 10 seconds twice, but other than that I did it all. Jeremy and I have made a pretty good schedule that works for us, so we are both able to hit the gym. Oh and here is the website I get some healthy recipes from. Some favorites of ours is the garlic roasted chicken and bourbon chicken.

On Isaac and Lilly, they are super active and busy! I'll leave you with some recent pictures of
them.

Notice the white basket? He used that to climb onto the chair! He's a climbing machine these days! He uses that white basket A LOT!

Getting into the wipes warmer! Isaac climbed onto the rocker and knocked down the wipes warmer and fun ensued! Lilly is probably the one mainly responsible for tearing them into little tiny pieces!

weight loss progress/ February goals

So I started out January 2010 weighing 188 and am starting February 2010 186. I lost 2 pounds this month.....not a whole lot, but it's progress. I honestly thought I would've lost more since I went from basically not exercising to exercising 3 times a week. Maybe my metabolism is super slow, but I do feel better and feel a bit more toned. My jeans are fitting better, so it's going. Actually the first week of January when I started exercising i lost 2 pounds right off. But then my Aggie girls from college had our annual reunion in the middle of January. I had tons of fun! But my 2 pounds came back on. So I started back at it and have lost 1 pound a week the past 2 weeks.

Jeremy and I have been trying to eat better at home. We have "The Best Life" cookbook so use some of those recipes and my good friend Kristin gave me a lowfat cooking website she uses and have found lots of recipes there that are good.

I started the from couch to 5k that Jill Le told me about. I did the first two weeks and then on week 3, I got sick, so I didn't exercise only once last week. I am starting back on week 3 and hope to ready to run for our Lifegroup 5K in March.

My goals for January were to exercise 4 times a week and read the book of Romans. I actually met those goals!

So February goals are to run/walk 3 times a week, do my "Shape" magazine workout twice a week at home, read 1&2 Timothy, and memorize 2 bible verses.

Monthly goals have been good for me. I always get overwhelmed by super long term goals, so setting short term goals work much better for me. I like even more that I'm not putting an amount of pounds that I want to lose in a month. I like the goals of what I'm going to do to lose the weight or to get healthy. Its easier for me to track that honestly.....I would get discouraged when I wouldn't lose weight in the amount of time I gave myself.

I'm trying to be better at updating the blog so hopefully I'll update about this again soon and not at the beginning of March.

Drawer Time Fun

A few weeks ago, I was going through Isaac and Lilly's clothes. I had a drawer out on the floor completely empty, so Lilly decided to get in it. Those are the most fun toys at our house these days! But then Isaac decided to join her. These two are so fun together! Isaac loves to sit in a container if Lilly is in it!

Lilly is chewing on the knob to the drawer.

Alright Lilly are you ready to go?

They look like big kids here! No more baby faces. So sad!

I have absolutely no idea what Lilly is doing here, or neither does Isaac for that matter.

Hi Mom!

Here goes nothing

So normally at the beginning of a new year I start to think about resolutions. I never make them really because who keeps them anyway? I try to set goals only to always fail. They're always goals that are achievable and realistic, so why are they never met? After thinking about this over the past month or so I've come to realize that I am apathetic. Which to me is a very dangerous place to be. So my friend Lisa from college and I have decided to have monthly goals and to keep each other accountable and for real this time. We've done this before but kinda forgot about the accountable part and then lost the motivation to keep the goal. So my big goal for 2010 is to lose 40-45 lbs. Now I always get inspired by watching The Biggest Loser. I always think I nowhere near as big as these people and if they can do so can I. Well this last season, there was one girl, who was bigger than me, but not much. My gosh, I think I could be big enough to get on that show! How embarrasing! So to keep myself accountable even more so I will use this blog to share my journey. But I want to do even more, I have a sick to my stomach feeling now just typing this, but I am going to share my weight...AHHH!!! Now that's even more embarrasing to me! So here goes.....(deep sigh). I weigh 188. There I said it (acutally typed, but who cares). Yes I weigh more than some men do. I weighed so much more after the babies were born. Those cute little humans have completely rearranged body parts in ways that are NOT normal. Add on not taking care of myself or watching what I've eaten (because I never cared, due to the apathy), so my goals for January are to exercise 4 times a week and to read the book of Romans (another area I am apathetic). I think of Paul, when talking about beating your body into submission and that is what I'm going to have to do. So friends who read my blog, I am asking for encouragement and prayers. I am tired of being the "fat girl" and would like to do a 5K soon. Not to neccesarily run one yet, but that would be nice! But that would be a great goal is to run a 5K without stopping by the beginning of summer! My ramblings have taken on enough and I'm sure my spazzed out thoughts are not very cohesive but this is what's going on with me and now I have to be even more accountable!

Mod Podge Fun!

So lately I have been looking at all sorts of crafty blogs. On Make it and Love it, there was a blog where you can mod podge some fun shoes. Here's the blog. I stole the idea and tried it one some of mine. Mine didn't turn out as good. My exacto knife didn't seem to want to work so the edges are not straight, but I could totally wear these with a pair of jeans and no one would know the difference. I think I'm in love with mod podge! Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!!

Before (honestly ugly shoes, but they were 70% off at DSW when I bought them. Couldn't pass up a deal!)

After! Much more versatile and go with so many things!!

Beauty Shop!

So today I decided that Lilly's hair was long enough to put in a ponytail. We had lots of fun playing beauty shop. But I think she was more interested in the brush than the ponytail.

I then had to add a bow! Isn't she cute?

Isaac wasn't as interested in it as we girls were! But I still think he's pretty handsome!

You mean I have to use this to brush my hair?

Kleenex Fun

I left the room for a few minutes and this is what I came back to!

Lilly is very proud and Isaac is eating the kleenex!! Oh goodness.

Catching up

So it's been awhile since my last post. The kids are keeping me super busy.

Some new happenings with them is Lilly is babbling more. She is saying mama and dada and a bunch of other gibber gabber, but she knows that Jeremy andI are mama and dada, so that's kinda fun for us. She has also been eating much better. She's had several feeding issues due to reflux and being a premie. But she has started eating her pureed baby food much better. She actually finishes a whole jar at a time...Big step for her. She also is eating cheerios and baby puffs and NOT throwing up....an even bigger step for her. We are so excited about this!!!

Isaac is all over the place. He is nothing but B-O-Y!!! He is into everything. He is starting to stand alone for a few seconds at a time. He'll be walking before we know. Scary!!! He loves to climb onto the fireplace....along with Lilly also. He's starting to mimic Lilly's strange little crawl for those of you who know what that looks like. He took his diaper off today in his crib. He's also been getting lots of little booboos. It's kinda sad. He's busted his lip twice and today, I had a bad mommy moment and left the camera strap dangling where he could reach it and the camera came down right on his eye. So sad. I felt HORRIBLE!! If we take him out, people will think we beat our child...oh goodness. I'll leave you with some pictures over the past month or so. Enjoy!

playing with the dirty clothes!!!

Don't you just love sleeping babies??

She's quite animated!

What?!?!

His booboo from the camera. So sad!

Summer Fun!

My friend Amy and her little girl Sage came over to swim with Isaac and Lilly. Lilly and Sage loved the pools. Isaac is still unsure about all this water business. But he loves bathtime. Boys are weird. The girls were crawling from pool to pool and sometimes towards the alley or the plants. They were little explorers. Isaac on the other hand stayed in his one spot the entire time in the pool. Eventually, I put him in the swing and he was MUCH happier there!

Mermaid or Penguin?

I think Lilly is telling us what she wants to be for Halloween. Mermaid or Penguin? Anyways, this is how she woke up yesterday morning. Isn't that funny!

Vacation

Jeremy and I went to Playa del Carmen on vacation this past week. It was so nice! We stayed at an all inclusive resort and did absolutely nothing. The only thing we did was go into Playa one day to buy soveniers for our family. It was nice to get away and be able to sleep in and hang out at the pool or beach and drink our fruity slushy drinks. They were super yummy. We have a pool/ocean view from our room. We didn't expect that at all. We can't wait to go back!!! Here are a few pics, you can go to our picasa link to see all of the pictures.

Jeremy and I going to dinner at the resort

We took a walk on a pier that goes out into the ocean. This was the beautiful water!

Us on our balcony

The view from our room. The pool was awesome!

These were the margaritas at the mexican restaurant.
I'm not a big margarita fan but these were yummy!

Birthday Month

It's birthday month here in the Goss household. Yes all 4 of us have birthday's this month. Lilly and Isaac celebrated thier 1st birthday over the weekend! We had so much fun! We are so thankful for our babies! We couldn't imagine our lives without them. There are a few pictures below from the party. You can go to our picasa sight for more pictures.

I turn, I don't even wanna say it, 30 today. How did that happen? I thought I would always be in my 20s. Guess I have to grow up at some point. Jeremy's birthday will be the 24th of this month. On his birthday, we are supposed to be in Mexico. We'll see though with all this swine flu!
I hope we make it because we both need a vacation so bad!!

Movers and Shakers

So the last few days have seen a lot of new developments with Isaac and Lilly. More with Isaac than anything. Over the last few days, he has figured out how to pull up in his crib, on some big toys in the house, and he has started to crawl! Yikes. He pulls up in his crib all the time, so it's starting to make naptime difficult. It took him an hour to finally fall asleep for his nap today. Oh goodness! I think my hands are really going to be full soon! Isaac's also trying to feed himself with finger foods but not very successful with it yet. He hasn't really learned how to hold the food just right yet.

Lilly has started sitting on her own in her bed and when we go in there, she's so proud of herself to be sitting there. She's starting to crawl a little bit. She'll do a few crawls and then fall on her tummy, so next week I think she'll be right along with big brother!

Such a big boy!

I can pull up ALL by myself! He loves the monkey on this toy.

Look at me, Mom!

I can pull up too!