WOW!

Ok, a month is way too long for me to go without blogging! I have been too busy lately to take time to download and edit pictures to blog about.

The Princess turned 23 months on on the 6th! Wow, 23 months!!! That means I have been a stay at home mom for 23 months now. I can't believe how much she has grown!!

So, what have we been doing the past month? Staying very busy!! The Princess has learned the sounds to the letters of the Alphabet! I am not real keen on her watching alot of television but I don't feel as bad sometimes when it is an educational video. So, thanks to THIS video we can now say our sounds.  We are working on our numbers now.  She has the number 2 down really good.

I have joined a fitness challenge that one of my MOPS friends started.  We weigh in on Wednesday mornings.  Last week was our first weigh in and this past week I lost 1/2 pound.  I lost 3.5 pounds the first week.  I had started walking about 6 miles a day.  One day I walked 9 miles.  My goal is two pounds per week so that would be my average over the past two weeks.  I have not been able to walk for exercise the past week though...more on that below.

I have not been able to run lately because I have been having a knee problem.  I went back to my follow up visit and had to get a cortisone shot.  I am really hoping that fixes my knee.  It has been a week now and it still hurts sometimes - nothing that is not bearable - it just hurts if I stretch it out.  I have not been able to do my walking this past week because of the cortisone shot.  He told me that I can start back with leg exercises this coming Monday...I know the walking really helps with my weight loss and not being able to walk last week is probably part of the reason I only lost a 1/2 pound.  I am thinking that I may be taking up biking.  I liked how many calories I could burn in a 3 mile run - I can't burn that many walking three miles - although I do burn more when I am pushing the Princess in her stroller than on the days when I get to walk without her.

Last Saturday Hubby and his friend put the Princess big girl bed together.  That was a very emotional time for me....I will do a separate post on this.

This past week the Princess started swim lessons.  That has been quite an experience.  I will do a post just on that this week too.  Hubby downloaded the pictures from our first day on his computer so I will have to get those from him tomorrow.

This evening a friend of ours little girl had her 2nd birthday. It was a Fiesta/Senorita Party.  The Princess had so much fun!  She had it at a dance studio and the kids just played and ran and danced a little too.  I took pictures of the party and that is what the pictures in this post are from.  I really like taking Birthday Party Pictures!  The birthday girls mommy took a picture of The Princess with me and Hubby.  As you can see, the Princess did not really want to cooperate with getting her picture made...

 
Hubby also had a birthday this month.  That can be another post this coming week too!  I did take a few pictures with my phone when we went out for his birthday dinner.

Have a great Sunday everyone!!!