6 years ago today...

I became a Mom. Gavin Mitchell was born at 11:59pm on February 18th, 2003. Here's to his big day!

Can you guess who his buddy is...that's RJ! He is 3 months older than Gavin.

Gavin hauling Rascal on his 4-wheeler. We miss you Rascal! The first of MANY goose eggs!

I think this boy looks up to his Dad a LITTLE too much! What do you think?

I love you!

Happy Birthday Gavin! We love you soooooooooo much and are very proud of you! Mom, Dad and Maddox

Party time!

Actually, I just got home from weighing in and I was so excited I had to post immediately. I needed this so badly!!! I was down 3.6 lbs. It seems I have been moving at a snail's pace here lately. This is just what I needed to hear. My scales at home wasn't showing anything good...so I was shocked!

Mom called me earlier and she weighed in at Noon today. She was up .2 lbs. It seems that we simply switched places from last week. Hang in there Mom, I did and it showed up this week. It's crazy how so many things can effect our weigh-ins and we get so worked up over one number. I do too, just don't let it get to you.

Our totals: ME 10.2 lbs.
MOM 7.0 lbs.

Party time!
Anyone want to help us celebrate?? I mentioned a Party earlier...Here's the scoop. My sister, Cindy, asked me if it'd be ok to celebrate somehow once both my Mom and I reach our "first" 20 lb. goal. Of course we were all for that...definitely gives us something to look forward to. I'm not sure what it's going to consist of. It'll probably be at my house or Cindy's. Maybe some wine, snacks (healthy ones) and who knows what else. Those details haven't been decided yet. We have a little time. Although I am halfway there and Mom is close to the halfway point. There are a lot of you that have been very supportive of us, whether it's through leaving comments, emailing, encouraging words, etc. Everyone is welcome, just let me know if you want to help us to celebrate. You can leave a comment letting me know, or email me at ldgdorn@hotmail.com

Until next week!

I am up, Mom's Down!

Yes, I gained weight this week...I will admit it. I am not proud of it, but it's true and that's just life. I did really good this week too. You're probably wandering how it is possible that I gained if I did good. I didn't do as good Saturday afternoon...through early Sunday morning. I went to St. Louis with some good friends of mine and had a great time. It was completely worth it. We ate at The Melting Pot (So much fun...and delicious too) and I had several drinks and even pizza at 4am. I think that even though I did REALLY good throughout the week that I overdid it in that 12 hour period. I also haven't been getting to bed very early. Excuses, excuses!

Since I did gain, I'm thinking this is the amount I would like to gain. (.2 lbs) for a total of 6.6 lbs now.

So, here's to another week...hopefully a better one as far as losses go. It seems that my 6.6 is so measly now that I've been at this for a month. But hey, it's 6.6 lbs. lighter than I was a month ago. I just wish it was as easy to take off as it is to put it on.I almost forgot to mention....ON THE POSITIVE SIDE...I was measured again yesterday at the gym. I've lost 10 1/2 inches altogether in my arm, chest, tummy, hip, and thigh area. Not bad for 3 1/2 weeks! I guess I have to look at the bright side!

Can't wait to hear how everyone else did this week too.

UPDATE: MOM WEIGHED IN.....SHE LOST 3.4 LBS THIS WEEK FOR A TOTAL OF 7.2LBS! SHE'S PASSED ME UP! So proud of her though. That's a lot!

(Mom, is that print large enough??? She told me to put it in BOLD black letters!)

Siamese brothers!

Thursday nights are "special" for the boys because Larry bowls every Thursday and one of the perks when he's gone is that the boys get to sleep in our bed. I'm not sure how that got started...but it did. It's kind of fun...I usually fall asleep with them, but I stayed awake last night. When Larry got home he thought we needed to snap a photo of them. They started out on separate sides of the bed, each on their own pillow. This is how they ended up a couple hours later. I thought it was pretty cute! Larry thought they looked like Siamese twins. You would never know that just a couple hours earlier they were at each other's throats, huh?

Mallory's 2 months old today!

and the boys are already teaching her onery things...like sticking out her tongue! Just kidding...she's figured that all on her own. Gavin just can't get enough of this little girl. Sweet dreams baby girl!

All snuggled up in her new blankie...we made her another lighter weight blankie with the leftover material from the first one. I say we, but Mom you did an awesome job! I can't claim anything on this one...other than taking it to be embroidered. I think she likes it! Happy 2 month birthday Little Miss Mallory! We Love you!

Down again! (updated)

Well, I weighed in again tonight. It's been two weeks. Last week was cancelled due to the snow and I was actually looking forward to weighing in. I was confident that I would be down (last week that is). Maddox was in the hospital and I had done well. I even exercised when I came home on Tuesday and spent some time with Gavin and Grandma Kocher. Then, after my weigh-in was cancelled and the next day came...we had free meal tickets for 3 meals a day for each of us, Larry and I. It's something they offer to parents with pediatric patients...very nice. Nice if you're not on a diet. Just kidding, I did so-so Wednesday and then I ate many more points worth of food...and it was good! I sat around the hospital a lot...not a lot of exercising going on there...and to top it all off I had Joe's Pizza and Bosco sticks on Saturday night. Sunday I got back on track. So either this 1 lb. loss is due to my efforts starting Sunday, OR it'll catch up with me next week. We'll see!

I lost 1 lb. for a total of 6.8lbs. It seems things have slowed down a little...at least I was down 1 and not up 1.

Update: Mom weighed in today and was also down 1 lb. She's now at a total of 3.8 lbs.

Until next week...

100th Day!

Gavin's school celebrated their 100th Day of school today...very exciting! I remember him coming home after his very first day of Kindergarten and saying "Mom, we get to have a party for our 100th Day of School!" not completely understanding that 100 school days was quite a long way away. It was supposed to be last Tuesday, but due to the snow days it ended up being today. Gavin came home from school wearing these cool shades. I know you want a pair!

It was so nice out yesterday...and poor Maddox hadn't been out in the snow at all, so he finally got a chance to go out and tromp aorund in it. I think it might have made his day...look at that oneriness!

Giving me the ole two thumbs up!