A new routine! :)

Well guys, I'm finally getting myself a pretty good routine started. It rained last week and I didn't get to get out as much as I wanted, but I did start getting my body used to eating less & eating smaller healthy snacks. Potato chips and ice cream are officially off of my list and just on Amberleigh's! (We went grocery shopping yesterday and bought all sorts of good-for-you foods.) But we had a yard sale Friday and Saturday with one of my good friends, who happens to also be starting over with her new lifestyle, and she made me do jumping jacks. Let me just say I haven't done jumping jacks since gym class in high school.
Anyways, the hubby is trying to be super supportive, and even though he walks a ton at work, he still got out with me yesterday and we walked (pushing Asher in the stroller) for almost 3 miles. I also got to weat my Reeboks that I haven't worn since clinicals for nursing school. If it wouldn't have been SO HOT, we could've done more.
I also made Amberleigh a new hairbow holder last night. I'm pretty excited about it. I'm not sure if my excitement stems more from the actual cuteness of it or from the fact that we will have somewhere to contain them now. I also made her a few new bows while I was feeling crafty :)

Well, this morning, I got Amberleigh up and to school and decided I wanted to head out and get a light walk in while it was still cooler outside (not hot & not raining!). Using my "mapmyrun" app that Rita recommended, I walked 1.16 miles. When I got back to the house, Asher was still sleeping so I told Jacob I was gonna go for another lap. I grabbed my earbuds, turned on my Slacker Radio, and I ended up going another lap, plus another half mile. My light walk ended up as almost 3 miles, and let me say it felt great.
Now, although my legs may cave in, I'm going to go walk with Rita at the track around the park tonight. The track is 3/4 of a mile, so who knows how long we will go. I am just so determined to get back in shape. It has been SO long since I've felt good about myself and I hate the way I feel about myself. I weigh in tomorrow, so maybe the scale will be nice to me :)

Amberleigh has a field trip to the Birmingham Zoo on Thursday (3 days from now) and I'm SO excited for it. hoping the weather is great! It will also be Asher's first trip anywhere like this. We have taken Amberleigh to several aquariums and zoos before, but I'm ready for my little man to start having his outings with us too! I hope I get some great pictures of the two of them. But she is almost done with first grade and I can NOT believe she is this old. She only has until the 24th & then no more first grade.I REFUSE to admit that she will be a second grader!

Asher learned to wave :) You tell him 'hey' or 'bye' and he will sometimes throw his hand up and wiggle his fingers. I know soon, he's going to be the one starting second grade :/ But he is getting SO good at leaning to crawl! He will get up on his hands and knees and rock, sometimes pulling his knees farther up under himself or he will just get up on his hands and feet, like he's going to bear crawl, but he never goes forward. He is really good at going backwards, though. It's enough to let me know that he is going to be my little troublemaker. He is always into something.

Now, I must clean my house. There are floors to be vacuumed and calories to be burned! Wish me luck!