Weekly Recap #19

With work and everything else that I've got going on, these weekly recap posts are quickly going to become more of a "my life in pictures" series. I'll add some color if something unusual or special goes on, but mostly you can just enjoy pics of the kids!

Monday - Early morning pics as I leave for work. Could you leave this cuteness behind???

Tuesday - Representin' dem Bears! (For a few days as you'll see in the pics. Don't judge!)

Wednesday

Happy hour after work. Ok, not really after work. Left work early so, technically, during work. There was a work event planned that got cancelled but we participated anyway. Love this Bub City place. Country music - which I love - and they have live acts sometimes, although not while I was there unfortunately. Aside from the cocktails I enjoyed, I also had their Pulled Pork Mac 'N Cheese which was surprisingly really good.

Thursday

Thursday was a long-awaited night out with my girl, Kristen. My, my, my did we have some FUN. We had no clue that Porter's Pub has Karaoke Nights on Thursday and we got to see some very interesting folks, to say the least. I also finally tried my first Porter's Pub giant pretzel - that they got right on the SECOND try. Super yummy when it's done right.

Friday - Today I put away the twins' 0-3 month clothes. I can't believe how fast they got so big! I know I usually have GIANT babies, but with the twins being born so small, I naively thought they'd be smaller a lot longer. There goes some 3-6 month summer outfits I bought at resale! There's no way it will be warm enough for them to ever wear them. Luckily I'm still planning on going to TWO more resales this season so I've got to pick out some bigger summer items.

I had some fun taking pics of them in some 3-6 month outfits!

Saturday 

Look at how close Lauryn is to turning over. Everyday I think "Today is the day she's gonna do it!" and she gets so stinkin' close. I'm thinking within the next two weeks.

The happiest boy!

Want to see just how happy little Peytie is? He was LAUGHING on Saturday! For the first time. We caught some of it on video.

On Saturday, Brayden and I also stopped by The Dogfather Hot Dogs in Bartlett to support a fellow twin mom and her son, Jayden, who is battling leukemia. The restaurant was donating 20% of all sales that day to Jayden and his family. Sweet, right? I also picked up a bunch of bracelets to show my support. I loved sharing that moment with Brayden. It was a good way to start a conversation with him about kids that are sick, and how we should try do do whatever we can to help. We talked about lots of ways you could help someone that was sick and had an awesome dialogue about it.

Sunday

Chillin' in our favorite spot by the window.

I made this week's recipe on Sunday, Garlic Parmesan Roasted Broccoli, to go with some Honey Dijon Chicken Breasts. It was a big hit - and so easy!

Not very fitness-focused this week, but I had a conversation with my husband and realize that I need to start thinking about me a little more and making my health a priority. I think I've been so relaxed about it because, even though I am at my heaviest, this big ol' belly gave me a total of FOUR beautiful babies, so forgive me for embracing all of me at the moment.

Weekly Workouts:

None this week. :(

Weekly Goals:

• Goal #1: Log calories everyday this week. I tried, but only logged in half of the week.
• Goal #2: Work out 3 times this week. Sadly, no.
• Goal #3: Drink at least 6 cups of water every day. Probably not.

Week two back at the office has exhausted me. So much for that reset. I need to figure out a plan that works with my life.

Keeping the same goals. I don't want to change them until I can hit them consecutively for 4 weeks.

Goal #1: Log calories everyday this week. Not only do I need to login, but I need to stay under my calorie goals.

Goal #2: Work out 3 times this week. My ultimate goal is to work out five days a week, but I'm starting off slow with just three times for a few weeks.

Goal #3: Drink at least 6 cups of water every day. I basically drink coffee all day long (I have to keep up with these twins!) Water is so important so I need to make sure I meet my daily goals.

I'll let you know if I completed any next week!

Weekly Recap #18

I am so, so tired at the end of this week. It was emotional with my return to work on Monday, then exhausting with my twin club's resale that I volunteered for TWO days in a row! I just want to go to sleep, so I'm going to try to write as little as possible and just provide pics this week.

I welcomed Monday morning with a train ride to the city for my first day back to the office. It was an emotional day, and I couldn't wait to get back home. I was grateful that the day passed quickly and I was busy enough that the time flew. I'm not gonna lie though - it was really hard to get back into the headspace of day-to-day office activities when something far more important was waiting for me back at home. But, I have to pay for those super-important things though, so off to the office I go.

I was SO happy when I got home and the babies were awake.

Tuesday was such a nice day that I "forced" Brayden to get out of the house and we took a looooong walk to the park. He complained the whole way, but was glad once we got there. We had a good time, just him and I.

Oh, and of course there were these cuties chillin' at home too.

On Wednesday the babies turned three months old! I already wrote a post on it (you can read it here), but here's some extra pics I didn't include.

Thursday I got to work from home (which I am so grateful for) so I got to see the little ones throughout the morning.

Then at night I went to volunteer at my twin club's resale event. Thursday night was set-up so it was cool to see the space transform from a plain ol' gym to a super-sale venue. This here was just the beginning. I should have taken a pic when the gym was totally empty.

Friday was the busiest day of the week for me. I worked from home in the AM, then it was off to volunteer for the rest of the day. I didn't finish volunteering (& SHOPPING) until 10pm so it was a really long and exhausting day. I purchased a lot of great items though so it was totally worth it!

It was tough to leave the babies for so many hours for something other than work. I mean, seriously, it's too hard to leave this face!

Saturday was a fun day. As tired as I was from working the resale for two days straight, my crazy self committed to hosting a Spring Party. Yes, it was after Easter and we had the Easter Bunny show up, but the kids couldn't have cared less. It was a really fun time!

Sunday was a gorgeous day. We went to church and then hung out outside for a long while. Brayden rode his bike and I took the twins (both of them this time) for a walk, we played soccer, we ran races, and just had a great time. For as much as Brayden fought me on going out, he sure as heck didn't want to come back IN!

I made this week's recipe too - Hot Italian Sandwiches. It was such an easy recipe - and I was glad because I needed to chill after such a busy week.

Sunday was also the LAST day that Peytie wore a Size 1 diaper. **SNIFF SNIFF** They are both growing way too fast for me!

Next week I only have ONE thing on my calendar and it's something I'm looking forward to - dinner with one of my really good friends. Can't wait!

Weekly Workouts:

Monday: Treadmill, 30 minutes

Tuesday: Treadmill, 35 minutes

Wednesday: Treadmill, 40 minutes

Weekly Goals:

• Goal #1: Log calories everyday this week. YES!
• Goal #2: Work out 3 times this week. YES!
• Goal #3: Drink at least 6 cups of water every day. YES!

I think returning to work was like hitting the reset button for me. I was so focused on hitting these goals. Now if only the weight would start coming off.

Keeping the same goals. I don't want to change them until I can hit them consecutively for 4 weeks.

Goal #1: Log calories everyday this week. Not only do I need to login, but I need to stay under my calorie goals.

Goal #2: Work out 3 times this week. My ultimate goal is to work out five days a week, but I'm starting off slow with just three times for a few weeks.

Goal #3: Drink at least 6 cups of water every day. I basically drink coffee all day long (I have to keep up with these twins!) Water is so important so I need to make sure I meet my daily goals.

I'll let you know if I completed then for two weeks in a row next week!