Long weekend fun!

Yay long weekends! This long weekend was jammed packed with fun events! 

The piles of laundry prove it ha!

Friday my sister took the day off work and we took the kids to the Zoo!

I fit another car seat in my car so we could travel together! The kids loved this! 

It was a hot day! So after walking around seeing the animals we went to the splash pad they had there.

Baby Mikey loved seeing the animals. He was so good, and even took a nice long nap! 

Both kids napped on the way home and we waited for daddy to come home. We then headed back out for a movie night! 

A drive in movie that is! 

We watched the secret life of pets. Ha! Really cute movie.

We got popcorn and snacks! Mr K also enjoyed the playground they had there.

And we got all cozy to watch the movie! 

Blankets, chairs.. We forgot our pillows tho. I changed the kids to their pj's when the movie started and we snuggled up in the trunk of the car to watch. 

We've been many times with the kids and we love this little tradition we've made. 

Saturday night was a night out for this mama! My cousins stagette!

See that purse- That's my new Kate spade, early birthday gift :) I love it!

Ok back to the night out. We had a blast celebrating my cousins stagette. 

We had way to much fun driving to dinner blasting Drake. 

We played stagette games, had a great dinner and danced danced danced! 

Daddy was just fine home with the kiddies. Baby Mikey even took more steps! Much more than he did with me! I'll post on that later! 

I was on just 4 hours of sleep and we had plans for Sunday! 

Yesterday we spent the whole day at a water park!

We rented the cabana to have our own private space. Which came in handy when baby M napped. We had lunch and relaxed too. 

We had so much fun going on water slides and the lazy river. Both kids loved it! We spent the whole day there! 

Today we had more water fun at my uncles annual pool party! 

Always a great time with family. 

Mr K spent the whole time in the water! Even when it rained for 45mins he was still in there! 

We are all pooped! My house is upside down from all the in and out this weekend. But I wouldn't change any of it! We made some amazing memories this weekend. 

It's time for bed! All my boys are sound asleep! Good night! 

Baby steps!

Baby boy took his first steps today!!!

Oh my heart! This little was on the fast track since he was born. Zooming through milestones. 

I feel like I just gave birth to him. My baby boy! 

Now today as I was vacuuming he got excited and took about 4 steps towards me!

I took a picture then slid over to video and little k came running to tackle his brother in all the excitement, ha! 

He didn't do it again tonight! But he was practicing with his toys pushing them around. 

I'll get that video! 

Big brother was so excited to see his little brother walk. We laughed and laughed and baby M's serious face and fists up and wide leg stance heehee

These kiddos melt my heart!

I changed some of my frames around the house to put their pictures in every room. We will be doing professional pics soon. I can't wait for that!

This week flew by. We had play dates and swimming and enjoyed the hot summer days! 

We had our Weekly sushi for little k, he loves sushi and he's always asking for it! 

We had ice cream with family 

So much more planned for this long weekend! 

Have a great weekend friends! 

11 months old!

Baby boy is 11 months! 

Already!! I know! 

So baby M, what are you up to! 

You have 8 teeth! 4 top 4 bottom.

You weigh 21lbs and in 12-18 month clothing. 

You are sooo sweet! A calm happy baby but you fight for what you want, ha! 

You are learning from big brother everyday and it's truly the most amazing thing to watch.

You are still nursing a lot! You do not want to give that up at all! 

You eat a variety of foods except dairy because of your allergy. You love love to eat! 

You are trying to walk! You balance and try to take a step. You are practicing daily!

You are my little butterball and you get 1 million kisses from all of us. 

Your big brother loves teaching you new things. 

You guys are best buds.

You come along everywhere with us of course, and you love being out an about.

Although you aren't to crazy about your car seat these days. :/ hope that passes quick! 

We are over the moon for you baby M! We love you Sooo much! 

The big 1 is coming up! Birthday planning is on full force! 

Entertaining the kiddies over the summer

I'm so grateful to be on maternity leave during the summer. We've had a jammed packed summer so far and I'm happy to be home spending all this special time with the kids. 

We hit the park or playlands pretty much daily! These kiddies have so much energy! 

And many play dates! Lots of fun with friends! 

We try and go to the beach every other weekend too! The beach is a perfect place to let the kids burn energy but also relax and soak up the sun. 

Yesterday we went to the Honda INDY! 

I was nervous about bringing the kids there, but it was great! The kids loved it! 

We found a perfect spot under trees and parked ourselves there. The kids ran around and we were close to a curve where the race cars zoomed by. Little K was excited! We saw a few crashes too on that bend which had the kids super interested. 

The main race was pretty loud! Good thing these muffs helped!

Hamburgers, French fries, ice cream! We had a lot of sports food this weekend! 

We slowed it down today and little K asked for a sushi lunch today. Yum! 

Summer fun! Happy Monday friends! 

My take on 21 Day fix!

My sister and I kept on talking about dropping that extra baby weight. She had friends that tried the 21 day fix and saw amazing results! I was skeptical at first but my sister convinced me to get it! 

So we began our little journey. 

We pinned the heck outta the 21 day fix recipes ha! Pinterest has everything you need for this program.

We did our first 21 days! (Without shakeology) 

First week I found pretty easy... Second week was hard. I had cravings, may have caved a bit ha! I noticed that I ate way too many carbs and not enough protein. This program was the opposite, ha! I had to limit carbs and up the protein. 

Eating clean was easy, just as long as I planned my meals. Weekends were tough because hey, it's summer and there's a lot of bbq's and a whole lotta wine around. 

But the first 3 weeks I stuck to it with only a few tweaks and cheats. 

My meals were very yummy and satisfying.

I had the whole family on it and everyone was on board and loved their meals.

The workouts are pretty good. Easy to follow.

I actually ordered the extreme by accident but the regular program dvd's were shipped quick! 

I felt great! I had more energy. And in total lost 12lbs. 

Finally breaking the plateau I had for months! I lost all the baby weight I gained from baby M. I'm down a total of 45lbs from giving birth to my little guy, in 10 months! I think chasing 2 kiddies helped speed this up. 

My goal is to lose another 10-15lbs to get me to pre-preg little K! Ha! 

What I like best about the 21 day fix is the mindful eating. I'm paying attention to what I eat now. Even when I cheat, I take note. Before this program, I did a lot of mindless eating. Grazing, eating kids left overs or snacking all day. I wasn't drinking enough water either. 

I wanted a lifestyle change. This program is perfect in helping me achieve that.

Working out to dvd's daily, is not my thing. Busy days and 2 kids. That's impossible right now. However getting in a workout 2-3x a week I can totally make time for. 

That's my take on the 21 day fix :) 

I always say that ALL diets/programs work as long as you follow it. That's why I'm taking all that I've learned from 21 day fix and making it work for me and my lifestyle - with treats included.