My 32nd Lap Around the Sun



Landry

Ahhhhh Birthdays, I used to love them and as I get older, they seem like just another day. However, with the evoluation of Facebook, they also give you the chance to feel really popular and special. Last Monday was my special day, and I felt super special to be home and spending it with my boys. I took them to the park so I could watch them enjoy themselves (well, actually Landry, at 6-weeks old had no clue where he was, but we'll pretend he had fun!). Zander is a hoot when he is having fun, and he wanted me to do everything with him, so for my birthday, I played on the swings, went down slides, even stuck my hands in the sand box for a bit. It was wonderful, I felt so young and happy, not 32! When I was a kid, I thought 32 was old, but shoot, I don't feel old, I was also blessed with a baby face, so I still get questioned about my age, so I have to believe I don't look tooooooo old.





Zander

However, my weight has gotten the best of me with un-healthy eating while I enjoyed creating my two little boys, etc.... It is time for me to now get back into my old self so that I can continue to play and have fun with these two, so that means it's time to lose weight. I haven't had a whole lot of motivation to do this before, but I am kind of sick of being un-happy with myself in that area. I feel happy and controlled in most of my life, but not this one. When I got married at 25, I was glowing. I feel like I am glowing now in my happiness, but not anymore in my looks. To take it one step further, my Dad just gave me the diabetes "heads-up" about two weeks ago. Just great....since he has become over-weight (sorry Dad), he now has it, his Dad had it....yada yada. Not fun, so now there are health reasons that I need to get into better shape....oh and did I mention I am going to be raising two little boys that need to learn how to eat healthy?!! I was a bit shocked when my Dad shared with me that he just learned what a carb was. I want my family to know how to eat healthy, and I hope that I can help them learn how to do this by my example.

So for this year, this time that I spend on my 32nd lap around the sun, I am going to get healthy and lose weight so I can continue swinging and sliding through the remainder of this wonderful life!