Joshua turned 3 on Feb 20 2009! It is hard to believe he is so big already!
As you can see the theme for this birthday was Cars. He has been really into the cars movie lately and pretty much all his presents were cars related :) All the kids have been really enjoying playing with Joshua’s new cars toys..
I cant believe that my baby is 3! It is so sad :(

( Joshua’s 3rd Birthday )

( Phoebe )

The twins turned 2 on Feb 7..
Here are some photos



( Twin’s 2nd birthday )

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Christmas was good this year. We went to Toledo as we always do and the kids got way too much stuff as always

( Christmas 2008 )

These are old. Rayna and Phoenix’s school pics (finally got around to get them up)
Rayna had a big special night at school right before Thanksgiving. It was colonial night. The kids redid the room and all the kids present what they learned about colonial life. Then the whole third grade did a concert of thanksgiving type songs. She did a really good job. They had been working on it for a long time and she had a lot of fun learning about colonial night. The social studies teacher in me loved the whole idea and program. Great way to get kids to appreciate history!


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Joshua has been bad about taking naps lately.. Funny thing is when he does not take a nap he will fall asleep where he is around 4 or so.. Here are some examples


( Joshua nap time )

Well I hit my goal right before xmas (well my original goal was over 20 lbs ago!). I am now about 136 lbs.. I have lost about 59 lbs all together. I have been exercising 6 days a week doing aerobics and weight classes at the YMCA plus I have also being doing weights 2 days a week. I still continue to do my Pilates a few days as week as well..

Well all of this until last Monday. I managed to pull a muscle in my back/neck (it is the muscle that comes down from my right side of my neck to my back. It is still hurting me pretty bad. I asked Jobe if I should go to see the doc but he said there is not much you can do for this type of injury but wait it out. It is really frustrating for me thou. I cannot do weights on my arms or my Pilates because it puts too much strain on my neck. I think it is getting better, yesterday was a good day it hardly hurt at all but today it is worse again.. I know it will get better and it will take time. For the meantime I have been doing the elliptical and running/walking on the treadmill. I am just paranoid if I do nothing I will end up gaining weight and losing the muscle mass that I have gained. For the first time in my life I am really proud of the way I look.

That being said. I am sure it will work out. Here are some new pictures I took (and some of the old ones too for reference..)

( Weight Loss pictures )

The kids are at my parents house and I am still up at the crack of dawn!
Oh well I guess that is to be expected! I hope everyone has a great 2009!

Phoebe Pics


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