Night out

Having my mom living with us is a blessing that allowed us do things that we couldn't do unless we could afford a 24/7 babysitter. Thank you Mommy

Last saturday we went to a mistery play @ the Higley center, David is a member of the board so we got the tickets for free & who can say no when you have a babysitter & free tickets? I know I can't ...


The play name was Who shot the sheriff? and everyone was encouraged to wear western attire, of course I have nothing western in my closet but with the help of my wonderful friends I got some hats & boots for me & David. Thank you wonderful friends.



David's boss & some of his coworkers were there as well.



We had so much fun, mostly when they had to play the robbers and David forgot to steal the money from the bank owner, that was hilarious!




My handsome robber

Dinner was great, company was great, spending time together just the 2 of us, priceless!!!

Is anybody there?

My google analytics says that I had CERO, NONE, ZERO visits to my blog in the last month & that made me sad, I mean I know my mom lives with us & she would be my fan # 1 but still, really? No one?

So I have a favor to ask if you happen to visit can you please leave a message (you don't have to sign in if you don't want to)& let me know I'm not alone in the whole blogging thing? That would be very sweet, thank you a bunch.

I do want to do a giveaway if that motivates you ... I'm working on that. Am I begging? uhmmm yeah, kinda, sort of ... Do I want to be like The Pioneer Woman that has like 3,234,567 comments everyday? Well I know that won't happen but a girl can dream, right?

The lack of sleeping is making me crazy by the way

Much love,

Me

Climb to conquer cancer

Yesterday David, Gracie & I went to American Cancer Society 5k walk at South Mountain.

We had a blast!!!

David is a graduate of the University of Colorado & the Alumni Association here in Arizona organized a group to do the walk.

The morning was very cold and windy but all of us were in such a good spirits that we didn't care. Even Gracie was really happy to be outside looking around and playing with the dogs and waving a the other people that came to the walk.

We wore proudly our Buffaloes shirts!!!

We made it to the top!!!

We did this as a tribute to David's mom, my grandma Manuela, my friend Susan's mom & Karen W.!

We had a wonderful day making new friends & walking for such a great cause.

I'm so proud of us!

Happy Weekend

My sister in law Marsha came from Colorado to visit for the weekend, we have a full filled days with fun & food & workouts & Zumba classes & much much more.

The weather in Arizona is GORGEOUS this time of the year!

Saturday

We went to get haircuts & after that evening I went by myself to met some friends at the 5K Skirt Chaser run, when I got home David cooked a delicious steaks on the grill, we had dinner and then I went to my friend Beth's house to watch a movie (Whip it - Excellent, 100% recomendable)

I love my new haircut!

My good friends Lori & Beth

Sunday

We spent Valentine's day at the Peach Blossom Celebration @ Schnepff Farms. They had tours to the orchards where you can see the blossoms, a petting zoo, train rides & off course peach pie ( We didn't get to eat it since we had brownies, cookies, cheesecake, etc ...) but it looked delicious. :)

I took some pictures, Gracie fed the animals at the petting zoo & after that we went home to take naps to get ready to go to the gym, David & Marsha to play tennis, Gracie to play at the childcare center and me to get some very much needed exercise.

# Fail, what keeps you motivated? :: Mcfatty Monday week 5 #

This resume my week!!!

We were sick, David's birthday was on saturday, we went to the Chocolate festival so I ate like pig (pizza, wings, cake, ice cream, an entire HUGE turkey leg, taco, chocolate, pancakes), I didn't do ANY exercise and now I feel guilty and unmotivated!

I'm afraid to get on the scale or take my measurements because I know better.

I would love to know, what keeps you motivated?

I don't want to give up but sometimes is just too hard keep going.

Happy week, see you next monday!

# Sunday Funday #

We were busy busy this weekend, yesterday was David's birthday so we went to have dinner on friday night to one of his favorite places in town called Native New Yorker, we came home to put Gracie on bed & then we watched our favorite show Entourage.

Yesterday we had breakfast & after that he went to play golf as my surprise birthday present, he loved it! After his daughter, his wife (of course) & his dog he loves golf more than anything so I was happy that he got to spend his birthday doing something he loves.

Speaking about birthdays, it was Jr's birthday as well, he is now 4 years old or 28 doggy years.

Happy Birthday to my boys!!!

While David was golfing, Gracie & I went to the park with our friends Jenni, Jer & their adorable little girl Evie, we played on the sand, on the swings, running on the grass, we had a blast!!

Gracie was so exhausted after all that playing that she went to bed at 6pm and woke up this morning at 8am!!!

Today we went to the Chocolate Festival, I would say it was OK even though I would have loved to get more free samples.

Gracie & I share a gigantic Turkey leg, it was yummy!!!

After the festival we came home to take a nap and get ready to watch the Superbowl. I really wanted the Colts to win just because the Saints beat the Cardinals!

The Saints won the Superbowl but I would care less!!!

Blah! I'm just documenting. ha ha

Overall we had a great weekend!!! Looking forward to the next weekend when my sister in law is coming to visit. It's always fun when she is here.

#Mcfatty monday :: Scale or tape measure? #

Here we go again, another week and all I have to say is WTF?!?!?!?! I have been working my butt off and cuting calories like if my life depends on that & yet I just lose ONE pound this week.

Not that I don't like to lose at least 1lb because adding the other 8 I already lost that is a gran total of 9 lbs in a month and that makes me very happy but I can't stop feeling dissapointed.

We live in Arizona for God's sake so 2/3 of the year I have to wear shorts, tank tops and sandals and the other 1/3 is not that cold so I can't hide my fluffy self with a lot of winter clothes.

So there is my motivation to keep going, I'm visualizing how good I will look on my new bathing suit for the summer or how comfortable I will feel for spring training wearing shorts and sleevless shirts not to worrying about my super fat arms.

Which makes me think about this, what do you trust more the scale or the tape measure?

The other day I weighed myself on that freaking, ugly, devil scale of mine and I weigh more than before I started to working out so I was in shock and about to go and eat all the chocolate I could find on my way because I was sad and dissapointed, I mean if you are working your butt off the less you are expecting is to see some results, right? Well I asked my friends on facebook and most of them agreed that the tape measure is better than the scale or the way your clothes fits you.

I definitely can feel a difference but it would be great to SEE a change on the numbers on the scale.

This week I kinda going to start over and not to pay attention to the number on the scale but the numbers on the tape measure so (please don't laugh) my numbers are as follows:

Waist: 34"
Breast: 38.5"
Tight: 22.5"
Arms: 11.5"
Hips: 39.5"

We will see if I can see a difference next week.

Overall I'm happy so far and as my husband says it's always better something than nothing or "pian pianito" as my grandma used to say (That its a say in spanish that means little by little).

So what do you do, scale or tape measure? Any feedback would be greatly appreciate.

Happy week and see you next monday!!!

#Mcfatty monday :: week 4#

As I'm eating a full bag of popcorn I'm very happy to announce that I lost 1.8 more pounds this week!!!

I have been very good at counting calories so I don't end up eating more that I should and I really think is not that complicated and the best part is that I can still eat whatever I want just being careful about the serving sizes.

I haven't drink anything but water and I feel good about it, I don't miss soda at all.

Now let's talk about exercise, I'm lazy and I don't like it but I realize that if I want to reach my goal in less time I need to get up and work my butt off.

I found a very cool gadget on my phone call cardio trainer where you can setup everything about your weight loss program, how many lbs you want to loose, how many calories you are eating everyday, your BMI, everything about your work out, it tells you if you are wlaking or running, for how long, how many calories you burned, it also has a GPS !!! I'm in love with this application but I found it yesterday so I didnt do to much exercise this week, I just walked 5 miles yesterday and I'm planning on doing this everyday, 3 miles with my baby on her stroller and 2 more miles with my dog at the dog park!

(Note for myself: Get a jogging stroller)

This is the longest that I have ever follow a plan to lose weight and I'm happy, energized and motivated to keep going.

I want to thank to my wonderful husband for all of his support because I couldn't do this without him cheering me on!!! Love you babe!

My goal for this week is to lose at least 2 more pounds and start walking faster everytime so I might be able to start jogging in no time.

Until next monday

#Mcfatty Monday Week 3 #

Yes, y'all!!! (As Blair, the creator of Mcfatty monday would say) I already lost *EIGHT* lbs and I'm so very happy and proud of myself.

I have to say that it haven't been easy to count calories and restricted the amount of food that goes to my tummy everyday or drink just plain water mostly because 1. I do like to eat like a pig and 2. because I love soda and sugary drinks.


But the results oh! the results are wonderful, 6 lbs this week and my skin looks much more hydrated.

Love it!

The bad:

I haven't done exercise AT ALL! Not even 10 minutes
I'm obsessed with the scale and weighed myself every single day which some day made me so frustrated as I wasn't seeing any changes.

The good:

I drank lots of water

I didn't have ANY soda not even diet.

I scrumptiosly counted my calories every day

Goals for this week

Do some exercise (I don't promise I will but at least I will try)

Keep counting calories (5 days - 1500, 1 day - 1700, 1 day - 2200)

Hide the scale until next monday

So yeah! I still have a long way to go but I can feel this time I will do it!!!

Until next monday

#Mcfatty monday# Week 2

Today is Monday Mcfatty and I have to say I didn't do anything to acomplish my goal.

Shame on me!

I know but I just love food so much and I'm lazy (Wow! I say it loud).

Somehow I managed to lose 2lbs which is great I guess!

My goal for this week is NOT to drink soda at all. Just water, hopefully 64oz a day!

Exercise? uhmmm I have like 500 excuses. so we can discuss that another time.

Until next week!

#Dentist visit#

First of all let me tell you that I don't like dentists AT ALL!  I didn't have pleasant experiences when I was a child and I still feel like I can't breathe everytime I have to go.

Fortunately we found the BEST DENTIST OFFICE ever!!! Seriously I just love it!! The doctor is super nice & very proffesional, I mean the whole staff is awesome, very nice and kind. The office is beautiful, the chairs are super comfy next to a waterfall!!!!  Yes! that is very soothing and relaxing. They even have warm blankets and you can pick between listening music or watch a movie while they are working on your mouth! If that wasn't enough is less than half a mile away from our house!!!

I have a follow up appointmet to check on the surgery I had last month and everything looks pretty good, unfortunately I still have to go to get done some other things but I definitely not scared anymore.

The star of the show was of course Grace, I brought her along because I wanted them to check on her baby teeth just to be sure that everything is fine.

All I have to say is WOW! she amazed me everyday. She was calm and cool during the whole time she was on the chair, she let Debbie to take a peek on her mouth without a fuss. I sure hope that this attitude will continue forever.

She was happy "playing" with the toothbrush!!!

Overall it was a great experience and it's so nice to know that all is good.

If you live in Arizona and need a dentist don't hesitate to give Dr. Smallwood and his staff a call, I guarantee you won't be dissapointed.

just a thougth

Gracie:

i'm so honored to be your mommy.

you have blessed my life in so many ways, you are such a gift!

thank you for making me a better person everyday!

te amo mi amor

love,

your mom

Happy 1st Mother's Day!

David and Gracie surprised me taking me to brunch at Gold Canyon Golf Resort, the food was delicious and I couldn't ask for better company than my family on this day!!!



Gracie as usual was such a good baby, smiling at everybody and flirting with the Chef!

I just have to say that I feel so blessed to have my family together and for having my mom that even if she lives so far away she is always in my heart. Te amo mamita!!!

Great Weekend

We had a great weekend!!!
On Saturday we went to Cortney's home for a BBQ, we meet new friends and we had delicious food.
Gracie was mesmerized looking at the ceiling fan, that was so cute!!!

On Sunday we went to have lunch with some of our friends, they love Gracie! we really had a good time, eating, drinking mimosas and talking. They were passing Grace from one to another and she just love it!

Amie, Beth, Lori, Sonya & Brie

Christina & Bobbie

One of the moms of one of my groups asked me if i can watch her kid on sundays from 6 to 10 and I said yes. Jareth is 3 years old and is just adorable! He is such a good kid, he was chasing Jr and playing with his toys the whole time. When his mom came to pick him up, he had this huge smile and say,So cute! I'm looking forward to see him next sunday.

Mama, you are back!!!!