Our Family & Our Life

Dear Diary, My baby is happy... .... because she is officially a toddler now..... ... she's a walker!! She's been taking 3 steps and then falling down for the last week or so but tonight she REALLY wanted her teddy and went for it and took 8 steps in the process..... We kept on practicing and she took up to 20 steps to get to her favourite toys. If I knew a Fisher Price telephone was going to get her walking, I would've used it months ago!!!! To say the least, Colin and I are proud of her and she just beams from ear to ear as she toddles along. She's even standing up and walking from the crawling position but crawling is still the quicker way to chase the cats! This is her new favourite thing to do - wash her hands in the sink - Daddy is so much more fun than Mommy! .... but it wore her out. A cuddle with Daddy before bedtime.... Tomorrow, more walking!

Dear Diary, As you may or may not have noticed, I have fallen off the weight loss wagon.... ... but I have crawled my way back up. I was at the gym at 7 this morning since apparently my body has to move in order to shed the pounds. What a novel idea, eh? For one reason or another, none of which are good, I have stopped going to the gym and pretty much since then, I stopped losing weight. Enough is enough, I have to lose at least 10 lbs. by the end of June. Anything less is unacceptable to me and anything more is woohoo!!! My original goal was to reach my ideal weight by May 22. That is not going to happen but I'm OK with it as long as I continue to lose. I am proud of the 17 lbs. I have lost and my clothes that were tight last summer are fitting much better now but I don't want to become complacent. Colin has orders to push me out of bed at least 3 mornings a week at 6:45, just enough time for me to get to the gym for at least a 30 minute walk/run or do 2 mil

Dear Diary, This afternoon Isla and I finally broke in the red wagon by going for a walk in the sunny, 65 degree Colorado weather! To say the least, she LOVES her wagon. I'm so glad we bought it for her, I know we'll get some really good use out of it. Sorry, I couldn't decide which photos to post so I uploaded all three! I think she's finally adapting to the sun. Until recently, she HATED the sun - I called her the vampire baby!

Dear Diary, On Monday we drove into the mountains to visit Estes Park and the Rocky Mountain National Park . I can't help but sing to myself "Home, Home on the Range, where the deer and the antelope play.." No antelope, just deer and a lot of elk. It is a beautiful park and we have plans to bring a blanket, a bottle of wine and sandwiches with us this summer.