Raiden hits the big 2!

I've decided that no one follows my blog, so I could write pretty much anything and no one would know. In fact, for the past week I've debated on just deleting it. Oh well, maybe there is SOMEONE out there that follows along. Hopefully not a stalker.

Anyway, Raiden turns two in just a few days. We celebrated his birthday today. We just had cake and ice cream at the park, and of course we had presents. Every birthday I debate whether or not we should be buying the other son a present even though it's not really his birthday, but I always come to the conclusion that since the birthday boy gets so many new toys that he will not want to share, it's just easier to get the other one a present. I don't know how much longer that makes sense, but we'll see.

It was a blast! We had a very low key crowd and the party consisted more of just Raiden running around avoiding opening presents. He really liked the ball he got first, and just wanted to play with that. But he was so wound up by the end of the night it took him FOREVER to fall asleep. Oh well, you only get to celebrate once a year right? (Or maybe twice for my kids.)

Weigh-In...It's been a while

Yes, I know it's been awhile. Tim and I have kind of postponed our competition due to financial circumstances. We have to fork out a big chunk of change in order to shore up the house and its inheritance, so we haven't the money to do the whole gym thing for Tim. I'm sure this is just a postponement and we will get back on track in the next few months.

In the meantime, we have been sticking with our no soft drinks rule. It has now been 2 months since we've had a mountain dew, dr. pepper, or any glorious soft drink, but I have to admit that if I had just one, that wouldn't be all I'd want. So I'll continue my fasting of soft drinks and pray that December 6th gets here soon, and that I have the will power to drink only one, but who knows? Maybe I'll just keep fasting when we get there.

It's been a really busy couple of weeks with school starting and volleyball, but both of those give me less time for eating junk food and more activity which I think is what has amounted to my recent weight loss. I am happy to announce my new weight and say that the 140s are in sight!!!

Starting weight (7/5/08): 160 lbs.
1st weigh in (7/20/08): 158 lbs.
2nd weigh in (8/3/08): 156 lbs.
3rd weigh in (9/8/08): 152 lbs. WOOO HOOO!!!!!

Tropical Storm Hanna, not a problem

Well, no power outages, no falling trees, no problems. God blessed us with a problem-free storm. We missed most of it. It went to the west of us. We did get a good bit of wind, which showed us the trees that really need to be cut down before next storm season. There are a few that are too close to the house.

We live VERY close to the ocean, in case you didn't know. If Ike turns North, we'll be heading out for the storm. We aren't staying for Category 3 above storms. It's just too dangerous.

WWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

I'm sorry that it's been so long. It was a LOONNNNGGGG week. I don't think it's fair to start school on a Monday. Teachers and the kids are worn out by Wednesday and the rest of the week just drags.

Funny story, per the title of the post. Roman was so exhausted yesterday afternoon that he fell asleep in our chair in the living room. He slept through his Grandma sawing and banging and all the other noises in the house, but by far the funniest, was Raiden's idea. Raiden decided that is would be fun to spin Roman around in the chair he was sitting in. I look over and there is Raiden just a giggling saying, "WWWEEEEEE!!!!" And there's Roman spinning around, still sound asleep.

We finally decided to put Roman to bed when dinner was ready, and he slept until 9:30. Sleepy boy!