Benjamin very sick with stomach virus

Hello everyone. I am requesting prayers for Benjamin. He woke up Tuesday morning at 7:30 a.m. with a stomach virus. It got worse as the day went on. He had vomiting and diarreah non stop all day long. By 10:00 that night, Keith and I felt that he was dehydrated and decided that he needed medical attention. We took him to Children's Hospital ER. It was packed, and it took us forever to get called back. When we first got there, they assessed him and gave him some anti-nausea medication by mouth. He vomited that medicine up within 15 minutes. They finally got him in a room and hooked him up to an IV of fluids and gave him some more anti-nausea medicine by the IV so he couldn't throw it up. Benjamin was so sick when he got his IV that he did not even cry when they put it in his hand. I couldn't believe that. He didn't protest anything they did to him. About halfway through his bag of fluids he started feeling a bit better. One of the ways I could tell that he was feeling better was that he started complaining about the cartoons we had turned on for him to watch on the TV. LOL! You know Benjamin is himself when he is complaining about something. LOL! After everything was all said and done, we finally made it home around 3:45 a.m.
Anyway, he has only drank sips of Gatorade today up until now. He just ate a cracker and a popsicle. I hope it sits well on his stomach. I hate it when my babies are sick. Please keep us in your prayers. We love you all!

Weigh In Results (Week 5)

I have great news! I lost 3.4 pounds this week!! Yippee!! This makes a grand total of 10.6 pounds! I am so excited! I did exactly what my counselor told me last week to do with my foods and it worked! Wow! Who would have thought that your body could be so picky about the combinations of food you eat and at what times you eat them. So complex!

Thank you to all of my cheerleaders out there. Your encouragement helps so much. I have 14.4 more pounds to go. I can do this!

Weigh In Results (Week 4)

Another pound gone! I am stuck in a "one pound a week" rut right now. I am pretty discouraged by it because I would like to see at least two pounds a week or more. That is also what my counselors would like to see me lose too. The counselor I had today showed me where I could tweak my eating to help give my metabolism a good kick in the butt. I am discouraged because I have stuck exactly to my plan this week. One thing I did wrong is I ate out almost everyday. Even though I chose foods from my restraunt guide, she said that eating out often is not good because of all the sodium in restraunt food. So I am going to back off of that and try to get this weightloss off the ground. Even though I am discouraged, I am not giving up! It may possibly take me 25 weeks to lose 25 pounds, but so be it.....I am going to lose this 25 pounds one way or the other.

I am at a grand total now of 7.2 pounds lost. I have to keep telling myself that 7.2 pounds lost is good because it could very well be 7.2 pounds gained.

Until next time.......................................

Weigh In Results (Week 3)

I lost 1 pound this week for a total weight loss of 6.2 pounds. That's all I have to say.

Kids Say The Darndest Things

I saw this questionnaire while I was blog stalking and thought I would do it too. It's so cute. You are supposed to ask your child these questions and write down exactly what their answer is. Jacob's answers were sweet and I wanted to share them with you all.

By: Jacob age 5


1. What is something mom always says to you? She loves me
2. What makes mom happy? Loving me
3. What makes mom sad? Me telling lies
4. How does your mom make you laugh? Tell funny jokes
5. What was your mom like as a child? Shared her toys
6. How old is your mom? 10
7. How tall is your mom? big
8. What is her favorite thing to do? Play with us
9. What does your mom do when you're not around? cleans
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? What does famous mean?
11. What is your mom really good at? Playing with me
12. What is your mom not very good at? I don’t like it when she hurts my feelings sometimes.
13. What does your mom do for a job? Work at my school
14.What is your mom's favorite food? Vegetables (ha!)
15.What makes you proud of your mom? Giving me hugs and kisses
16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? Shaggy
17. What do you and your mom do together? play
18. How are you and your mom the same? We love each other
19. How are you and your mom different? Not the same skin color
20. How do you know your mom loves you? Because she loves me and she is happy about me when I do good things.
21. What does your mom like most about your dad? He helps clean up the house
22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? LA Weightloss ..LOL!!!!!!!!!

After the questions were over, he said: “I also love Mommy…now type that in”

My Bat"men"

I couldn't resist getting my camera out to get a picture of my Batmen saving the day. They were so serious while playing with their masks on in the living room. They weren't very thrilled about me stopping them for yet another picture....but I couldn't resist. They looked so cute. Benjamin insists on calling his mask an Iron Man mask, no matter how many times I correct him. I just go along with it now. Benji is making his silly face in the second picture. He's a mess. Jacob is making his "you better not mess with the Batman" face in the first picture.

Gotta love em'!

Jacob and Benjamin the Artists

Hard at work

Benjamin's Masterpiece

Jacob's Masterpiece

I got the paints out for the boys this morning to break up the monotony of the day. They were so excited when I told them they were going to paint dinosaurs. They had alot of fun....and believe it or not.....they did not make a huge mess!!