Perfect day!!

What a great day! we got to spend it with ALL KINDS of family! We celebrated the twins 3rd birthday and then had a great supper with the other side!! Feeling really grateful this weekend for so much fun!!! Started with A GREAT hockey date night, where my incredible hockey playing husband kept feeding me the puck allowing me to score 5 goals!! WTF!!! Hubby points for sure!!! then today lots of family time and tomorrow a whole day of cooking for our Nonno who is about to start a very brave fight!

Here are some highlights!!

Hugs your kiddos people, never know what is around the corner!

All Anthony, all the time!

So our cutie HUMUNGOUS baby is just a riot! after a rough start to the week in cluding a trip to the ER he is doing great! He just LOVES his mobile! best thing we ever got! LOL! he can stare at it forever and he laughs the whole time! we just love him!

So funny how our two children are so very different, opposites really but both make us laugh! Isn't that the best!

Lots planned over the next few weeks, back at work and that is certainly a challenge, we are both working now and lucky for us we both are able to balance the buddha between us. My father in law is about to begin his treatment for radiation and chemo so that is what we are focusing on right now as a family and are looking forward to getting to the other side!

Birthday parties and celebrations this month, more babies born and just keeps on ricking and rolling here ...and I wouldn't have it any other way!

Well that does it!

ok so Anthony is 11 weeks old and doing great. He is ENORMOUS LOL! he wear six month clothing. A happy chubby baby makes a happy Momma, but PHEW does he eat! which brings me to tonights topic/rant.

Ugh people I am discouraged with how long it is taking me to get back into it! I am SOOOOOOOOO out of shape, and my body hurts so much more this time. Ok truth be told i let myself go during the pregnancy, ate whatever i wanted. Boy am I paying the price now. I find getting back into 100% healthy eating so HARD! I will eat a totally great breakfast and then an good lunch, yummy healthy snacks, but by the time 5 comes i just don't have it in me to cook! ARGH! add to that that I am a VERY picky eater, in that i will not eat reheated meat, don't do slow cooker or anytime of sauce cover stew etc, no mashed potatoes, red meat ( you see where this is going) I rarely eat pasta and I try to stay away form anything fried. Needless to say right now food situation ICK! God bless an amazing husband, but he can't cook for bean meaning that i have to cook 3 meals a day for everyone and shop for it and think of it. Mothers of boys...do not fail the next generation of women, teach your sons to cook for goodness sake! If something happened to me all the kids would get is mini wheats and hamburgers. There had got to be a way that working Mom's can eat healthy , lose weight and not lose their minds in the process! Anyone with suggestions , I am listening!!

As for my body..WTF?!?!? talk about not bouncing back!! I thought i would be able to get right back into it, but after so long not doing any activity it is much harder to stay active. I have no stamina and my knees are so F#@$ed-up!! going to see an osteopath , but still! What is even worse is the winter has just made it POOPY! with Layla Rose I could walk everyday because it was summer but here I can't because of the bitter cold. Hopefully this will change soon so i can walk my buddha around the neighborhood. so to remedy this I go to the studio or play hockey. But while I am there i feel like crap, a. because i am so not the person i was and b. because i have left my kids alone. Is there any part of parent hood that is guilt free??? So tonight i was driving home thinking how nice it would be to go to the spa for the day soon, and then in pops the though..."without the kids..." FOR REAL!  Between wanting to get back in shape, healing ( still super sore in the abdomen which is annoying) wanting some down time and life,,,it is no wonder the amount of women in the looney bin is triple that of men.

Ahhh parenthood...a guilt filled, sleepless, thankless, messy slice of paradise none of us would trade for anything! I thank the universe everyday for my 2 miracles and for my INCREDIBLE husband who seriously deserves a medal ( except in cooking)

Of course here a few delightful shot of our very own disaster!

Happy birthday to me!

Yay one year older..how fun. My body aches, i get cold now and don't even get me started on wrinkles!! So as we get older funny how our celebrations change, instead of a wild night at the bar it has come don to Frozen and cake!! LOL! Thank you universe for letting me see just how truly fun it is to be saying such a thing. Here are a few pics of our afternoon cake ( made by Jen, if anyone wants more info she is AMAZING)

Oh what a night!

PHEW!!!!! they are not kidding when they say  having a 2nd child is a lot! But it is A lot of everything, the good and the more challenging! I can't believe it is six weeks this week, it goes much too fast, everything that is except the baby weight! LOL! it is still there!! I am starting hockey tomorrow night and I won't lie I am CRAZY nervous to get back on the ice, I was feeling so good about myself before the pregnancy, I was on a roll lets say. How will I be now? Here is hoping I will not embarrass myself or feel badly! ( Thank god I am not a goalie)

My birthday is co9ming up soon and that to is a mental challenge! I swore by 35 I would be physically where I wanted to be, so I won't make that goal, but I am better than where I started off...I have given myself a new target! My cousins wedding ( date yet undeclared) LOL! By then I want to be where I am happy and in a dress! BY GOD people I am going to wear a nice dress for my beautiful cousins wedding and feel good about it! ( Vanessa, no rush to get married please!)

Went out for diner with some old friends, haven't seen in YEARS and it truly made me realise that first of all...we all look a tad older...looking good...just more seasoned! HAHA! Also, our topics of conversation have somewhat changed...we all talked about our kids/dogs/wives etc But more than that I realised that if friends are really a good match, then time is really  not an issue...but at the same time more effort to stay in touch with those quality guys I will definitely make! Amazing time with my guys from Mcdonalds! LOL

So much more to say but the Buddha is waking ( probably still hungry!!) here are some more our our great adventure pictures!!

A busy January indeed...

Well needless to say blogging has become a little more difficult but here I am!!

We have been incredibly blessed with our two little angels! Of course we are not without the challenges of balancing now 2 worlds and 2 kiddies. but we are up for the challenge! ( we hope)

I have once again began training and I am going to say...holy crap I am out of shape! I find the hardest thing eating right, since I was not very careful during the pregnancy. I have to convince myself to make the healthy choice, whereas before it was not only my instinct but my desire...so here's hoping that comes back :) I also am hoping this is the LAST time I need to do this in depth training and weight loss, I would really just like for once to be a healthy version of myself and ultimately my best me. I find the constant battle tedious and sometimes discouraging but yet I trudge on..ugh

So until my next post here are some of the cutest kids ever...no bias at all

Little model

What a wonderful surprise! A friend of ours who is a photographer asked to use our little Anthony as a model for an outfit. Thinking I would get a cute photo out of this and of course bragging rights LOL! I said yes and to our delight and to the talent of our friend Josee Ann Moisan we ended up with a ton a beautiful pictures! I recommend her for any of your photo needs! WOW!! Here are just a few!