What a fun weekend we had :)







Saturday we went to the flea market, I love the flea market! There are so many different types of treasures you can find. It was a very hot day Saturday the hottest it has been all year, after about an hour at the flea market I was miserable so we left and stopped at baskin robins for some ice cream to cool us down.










We got home about 530, And Dylan was still just ready to go go go! He sat in his room and talked and talked as he played with his toys










I was in the kitchen getting all the stuff ready for dinner, Nick was using his new grill that he got for fathers day we were having hot dogs :) I realized how quiet it was and went to check on my little dilly bop.. And there he was asleep on the floor in the middle of all his toys, haha too cute!














Sunday we went over to Nick's dads house for a BBQ. He just bought 2 lab puppies.. The yellow lab is a girl and her name is sierra, and the black lap is a boy and his name is riley. They both just love Dylan, And I don't think Dylan really knows what to think of them! These 2 puppies follow him around everywhere. Sierra is a little wild and very playful. Riley is pretty calm and likes to sit next to dylan in the grass and catch the grass that dylan throws at him. Sierra likes to chew on dylan and he didn't like that one bit.. As soon as she started to chew on his hand he got up to walk away and she would jump up and grab his shirt and he'd fall to the ground and they thoought he was just playing with them so they'd jump on him, After that he had had enough, So we pulled out the kiddie pool for him to play in until after dinner.







Great grandma Joann came over around 3 and brought Dylan this cute little doodle thing, and a sand bucket and a shovel. He loved it.



We had dinner, hamburgers and hotdogs. And I made a macaroni salad. After dinner Nicks dad was going to take Dylan in the big pool..
While we waited we put him in the little one, He really likes when we turn the shower head on over his pool like its raining on him.






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Dylan has alot of fun in the big pool, But because he LOVES to splash water... in the tube and on the floater thing he is very limited on how much he can splash, So he wanted out after about 30 minutes and wanted back into his own pool where he could splash as much as he'd like.







He made me laugh. He likes to try to catch those drops of water on his tongue, He did this so much, it was just so cute.



Overall we had a really great and fun Fathers Day weekend :)

This heat is starting to be a little to much for me! Last night at around 10 pm it was still in the 90's.. Ahh! And this is just the beginning.

Friday Nick had the day off! But I had him running all over the place for me, I sold my gazelle, I just felt that I wasn't getting that great of a work out with it, and after 2 weeks and loosing only 3 pounds I was starting to get a little bit discouraged. So I put my gazelle up for sell on craigslist and it sold in a week, And now I got a cute little treadmill. We have a smaller apartment with no room for anything big, So when I saw this I had to have it. It is very small and folds up flat and i can just push it under the bed when im finished. It is a manual treadmill but I like this a whole lot better than the gazelle, It just feels more natural to be walking instead of swinging my legs back and fourth.

We got back home around 430 and had nothing else to do so it was time to just relax. around 730 we had pizza for dinner, That is Dylans favorite food he can eat 2 peices now! and he just sits and says mmmm the whole time he is eating it.

Look at that messy face!





I was just about to start reading when Nick came in the room and said "lets re arrange Dylans room" I have been on him for weeks wanting to re arrange he always says no he is too tired. But I guess when you have the whole day off and 9 pm rolls around and there is nothing to do you start to find things to do to pass the time. So thats what we did. I think it looks a whole lot better than before! Now I just gotta get him to throw away this brown recliner!

It's been awhile since I've updated with some pictures of Dylan.. I just haven't really been taking pictures, I have been slacking.

Friday we just kind of had a lazy day and didn't do much.. We bought Dylan this book a few weeks ago and he loves it, He is always carrying it around and going through each page pointing and saying whats that. He says whats that to everything lately..




Saturday we went over to Nick's dad's house to take Dylan swimming, He loves the water! After he was done we turned on the shower on to rinse him off, He just wanted to play in it so we let him for awhile.




Today I went shopping for Nick's Fathers Day gift, I have the hardest time shopping for him these past few years. I decided to get him a grill because he loves to BBQ. So i went I got his grill and everything that goes along with it, I know he is going to love it! Let's see if it makes it to Fathers day before he gets to open it.. But I am having some pretty high doubts about it going that long :)

I got my dad a Card, And a Florida Gator Tshirt lol.. Just as a kind of funny gift. But he better wear it ;)

It's 90 degrees today, I really don't think I can ever get used to this kind of heat! Me and Dylan went for a walk today but it was so hot I was miserable the entire time, But he sure didn't seem to mind :) And that is really all that matters.

I decided to put off the whole quitting smoking thing, I started a diet and wanted to stop smoking all at once.. Not realizing quitting made me want to eat more ha.. So my goal is October to be done with smoking.

I'm really suprised with myself, I have not slacked on exercising and it has now been 1 week!! :) Nick bought me a gazelle Sunday so I have been using that everyday. I learned how to jog on it and today I jogged a mile and a half I was aiming for 2 miles but when my legs start to burn and feel like jello I can't keep going.

While I exercise I always crank up the radio, And a song came on that made me miss home so much. I look back and I can remember when I was younger I hated where I lived, I always wanted to live somewhere else. And now that I am somewhere else I can't wait to come back. Utah will always be home to me. And I can't wait until I can move back. I just get a knot in my throat when I think about being home.. I come from a family that is extremly close, and now I am here around a family that isn't close at all. It gets hard sometimes.. I guess not everyone is lucky enough to have a family as close as mine.. BBQ's, Family reunions, And get togethers.. I never knew how much i'd miss these things.. I guess people that grew up in big cities just have different ways of life. I am soo thankful for a family like mine and not just my Parents and Sisters- But my Aunts,Uncles and Cousins too. :)

I'm super exhausted today! I took Dylan to the park today, He definatly keeps me going, He didn't care about all the slides and toys, He just wanted to walk and walk and walk.. chasing him wore me out and fast, But he had a good time and it was nice to take him out were he could just go.. When we got home I fed him his lunch and then it was off for my walk. It's been suprisingly easy keeping up with these walks. I haven't slacked off or missed a day yet, However I am only 3 days into it. But I actually really enjoy walking. Nick went with me yesterday for my walk, It was nice to have him go with me and we ventured out a little further that time. As for the smoking.. I cheated today I had a stressful day and all I wanted was to just relax outside and have a smoke.. So I did.. I'm trying not to be so hard on myself- slip ups happen.. And to quit smoking is definatly something that is hard to do.

Today is my first official day of no smoking, I've been procrastinating quitting for a week now.. I quit in July of 2007 when I was pregnant with Dylan.. And for whatever reason I started again Thanksgiving day 2008 BIG MISTAKE that I really wish I hadn't made, I felt so much better health wise when I was not smoking, I could actually breath. I could walk with out running out of breath. Which is why I am quitting again..


I've decided to start walking, It will be good for me and Dylan both to get out of the house and venture out. Today was the first day and I feel really good after my walk. I walked about a mile and a half.

I really just want to become healthier I think it will help alot with my anxiety and panic.

November of 2006 I started a diet I had read about on the internet about a 600 calories a day diet, It also said you need to be seeing a doctor if you go on that low of a calorie diet also.. But I just figured it wasn't a big deal and I would just try it out and see if it worked. And it did, I became totally obsessed with counting calories. And pretty quick I found a good combination to use when eating I ate a yogurt for breakfast, a lean cuisine for lunch and a yogurt for dinner, And I was taking trimspa pills and I exercised as much as I had time for, I was then working 12 hour shifts.

Somewhere along the line I believe that this diet caused my gal bladder problem so I decided to quit doing this diet after I had my surgery.. That pain from my galbladder was horrible.. I didn't want to risk more problems from this diet. I lost alot of weight on this diet in a very short period of time 3 months, I went from 246 to 195 and for the first time in a long time I felt really good I was on my way to being where I wanted to be And just seein the results on the scale that would give me the drive to keep doing what I was doing until I started to have problems, I had surgery for my galbladder March 2007 then I got pregnant in April.. So all that weight I had lost, I was gaining it back during my pregnancy I gained about 28 pounds... And I have not been able to loose it not that I have been trying or anything either.. And obviously it doesn't just come off. haha wish it did though.

I haven't stepped on a scale since August of last year, Nick bought me one because if I am doing a diet I have to be able to see how I am doing.. I was actually terrified to step on the scale I honestly for some reason knew I was going to weigh over 300 pounds or be close to it.. And what a relief standing on that scale I am no where near that much lol, I haven't lost all my baby weigh but I am definatly going to work towards this with everything I have and succeed. I've just never really had the drive to do it, But once I start and get serious about something I have the drive to acheive whatever Im working for.

My goal is to loose 50 pounds by the beginning of Septemeber.. :) So I really hope that I can make it :)