Help!!!

Help and no I am not talking about the Beatles!

I wish I could get my family to help me out even a little, it seems like they all think I am their MAID and just for the record I'm not! I am not too sure how to get everyone to pick up after them selves. Here is a list of things I would like to see all of them help out with....

Zachary - Clean his room at the end of every day
  - do his own laundry and put it away
  - help out with dishes
  - clean the litter box
  - do his homework without being asked
  - take a shower at least every second day
  - Make lunch for the next day
  - Put items away in the pantry
  - help with max

Brodie -  set and clear the table
 - clean bedroom every night
 - do homework and reading with out being asked
 - make lunch for the next day
 - help with dishes
- help to put pantry items away
- help with max

Lucas - help to clean bedroom at the end of every day
  - help with dishes
  - help to put everything back in the pantry
  - help with max

TJ - help clean up after dinner
  - be responsible for his own clothes (Put them away after I wash, dry and fold them so they don't end up back on the floor)
  - pick up after himself
  - cook once a week
  - and many more things that I can't think of right now....

I am just getting so frustrated and I could really use a day off from real life, having 4 wait 5 messy boys is just too much to handle.

Making Progress!

12.5 LBS 

That is how much I have lost in the past 2 weeks, My husband and I have each lost over 12 pounds and I am so excited to have the scale moving in the right direction we have been eating very healthy and exercising every day. Making sure to do 10000 steps every day and working on strength training. I am starting to look and feel different! 

I am loving this new beginning, my husband is feeling better about himself and is truly enjoying having people congratulate him for a step in the right direction! Thanks for checking in with us! 

Lose the weight

Good Morning, so in past few weeks I have stopped nursing little max (He now has 4 almost 5 teeth) due to his biting. I had just been going along as I had eating what ever and not really gaining but since he is no longer taking my fun calories I have started gaining. This past weekend we had some family photo's taken and I really noticed that I had been gaining so I am back on the healthy living and way more exercise. I have already lost 6 pounds and I am hoping to lose 30 all together That will take me from 180.2 to 150. It has been a long time since I was that low but I deserve to be that low. I am hoping by christmas I can get down to my goal weight. I know halloween and thanksgiving will be really hard this year but it is all going to be worth it when I am 3 full sizes smaller! I can't wait! Tj is joining me on the journey so I am excited to see how he is going to do as well. He seems committed to the process as well we went for a 90 minute walk yesterday and it was awesome to get the blood flowing and enjoy the warm weather. It got rather chilly hear for a couple of weeks and has now warmed up a lot. I will post more in a few days on my progress!
Cheers!

Back to school

      We are almost done with our summer vacation, the kids will be going back to school soon and I am not looking forward to that day. This week the boys Zachary and Brodie have been enrolled in a soccer/swimming camp and it just made me realize how soon they will be gone to school all day. This is Brodie's first year of full day school he is going into grade 1 and Zachary is going into grade 5 where has the time gone.  Lucas and Max are sure going to miss them.

I will be shopping for all the school supplies later today when the kids get home, I can't get over the list of supplies they require even little Brodie's list is huge. Thank goodness for back to school sales. I have so much to do before they go back. We have spent most of our summer at the lake so I feel like our house and yard have been seriously neglected.  I have spent all morning cleaning and doing laundry since only the bare minimum has been being done!

Maxwell has started crawling and pulling himself up on the furniture it is so exciting to see him grow and change every day, yet at the same time he is growing up so fast. I have had to ween him off of the breast cause he was biting all the time so he is now on the bottle full time, it is a little sad but at the same time it is a happy day, I am enjoying having my body back, I am free to go out on my own again with out feeling like I am leaving them helpless. it only took me 2 weeks to get him fully off but it was the longest two weeks I would say every time I nursed him he was biting. He also has 3 teeth now. The two bottom ones and his top front tooth on his left side.

It is almost my birthday, this year I will be turning 31 and I have no idea where the time went, I think I feel 31 but I don't really know what 31 feels like, Last year was my 30th and I was not really able to go out and party it up cause I was pregnant with Max so we are going out and partying it up really good this year. Mary Lee my Mother-in-Law has planned to watch the kids over night and I am so excited to have someone I trust so much watch them it has been so long since we had a night away from the kids.

I have been doing some scrapbooking this summer, thank god cause it had been way too long, I just love doing it but I never make time for the things I love any more, I need to make more time for myself.  

Habits

Habits are formed by doing something over and over again or not doing something over and over again. I have worked very hard for the past few months getting my Newest son Max on a schedule, I have watched his cues and taught him cues so that I know when he is hungry, tired, poopy, or just wants to be held. With summer approaching things have become very hectic around our house. Baseball is in full swing, we have begun our summer line up of events, usually beginning with mother's day and this year was no different, Mother's day was spent in the mountains this year so that meant we were in the van a lot touring around and enjoying the sights and scenery, then we had a wonderful long weekend at the lake, last weekend was spent at a ball tournament for Zachary and his team, next weekend we will be at our Pitmaster competition, the weekend after we will be back at the lake, and all the while the kids have 25 school days left in the year and I know it will just fly by!! Anyway the past few weeks have been a little rough on Max he is still sleeping good and in good spirits but I am not sure how next weekend will go lets hope he still wants to spend lots of time being held. I think we will have to bring the kiddo some toys and such not being home for a few days is always more difficult.

Birthdays

SO this week is my husbands birthday and I am really struggling on what to do for him this year, we have plans to be a part of a BBQ competition this weekend so it is limiting our options I was thinking that it would be great if I could make a cake and present it to him during the day but I am not sure I can manage that large of a cake I think it would need to feed about 100 people. I guess we will see how it goes!

Busy Busy busy!

Lately we have been so busy 4 kids are a huge time commitment we have had our 3 older boys in swimming lessons and now the 2 older boys have started baseball. This weekend we are in a tournament for the oldest boy Z and I am sure it will be a huge success! His team is the youngest in the league so they will probably not win but I know they will be having fun!I will be very busy chasing the 2 middle boys all day! Lest Hope they win!