3 lbs lighter?

I had 2 teeth pulled today. The orthodontist thought the baby teeth should come out so they don't mess up the $6,000 worth of work he has done and will do. I agree with him, but boy does it hurt! The numbness is starting to wear off, but the bleeding has stopped, so that's good. Buddy Ro was walking around saying, "you're bleeeeeeeeeeeeding" and "blooooooooooooody". He has such a sweet little voice.

I weighed when I got home from the dentist and I swear I am 3 lbs. lighter than I was on Monday and let me tell you... my eating has not been that good and my exercise has been even worse. With Buddy Ro being sick, it makes it hard to exercise after getting home in the afternoon. I exercised on Monday morning and I liked doing that, I just can't make myself do it every day. I need to start working on that!! Maybe my teeth weighed that much?? hahaha

I'm waiting on Hubby to get home with my Vicodin. I really didn't think I would need it, but my mouth is starting to hurt pretty bad. At least I will sleep good tonight, right?

Valentines Day recap

Our day started out kind of pukey... literally. BuddyRo was feeling bad on Thursday night, so I stayed home with him on Friday. He started feeling better on Friday night and we thought it was just a 24 hour thing. He threw up on Friday morning and didn't throw up again until Saturday morning. We thought the day was shot, but after a few hours, he started feeling better.

We had breakfast with Dora at a local restaurant and BuddyRo was scared to death! He did not like her at all. Makes me glad that we haven't gone to Disney yet. Hopefully by Christmas all of his fears about costumed characters will be gone!

Basketball was fun, but I am so thankful we have this coming Saturday off AND after that we only have 2 more games!! I am more than excited. I think Buddy and I will start spending some time on Saturday mornings at the tennis courts. I think his hand eye coordination is much better now since the last time we went.

After basketball, we left for LaGrange. We got to visit with my nephew and I took some pictures of him. Hubby and I went to Olive Garden in Columbus with everyone else in town. We thought by going early we would beat the crowd... no chance. We waiting for about 45 minutes, but it was totally worth it. After OG, we went to Target and then to see Confessions of a Shopaholic. It was a great movie. We laughed a lot. He also filled me in on our anniversary plans and I am way excited!

We picked up the youngest and an hour later, we were home. It was a long day, but so worth it.

PS: BuddyRo is sick again... not sure what is going on.

SATURDAY!!

Thank goodness! We have had a super busy week at work and had some big changes as far as our next application roll out. It's okay, we handled it and now we will roll with what happens next.

I started my weight loss journey on Monday and I have to say, I'm doing pretty well. I've lost weight already and it has been fun. I have a few friends that are real encouragement and they've started their own weight loss blogs too. I have one that I will share if you want the link.

Today is basketball day and Buddy has been doing great. He scored twice last week!

I've had my braces now for 2 full weeks now. I'm just now starting to eat somewhat regularly now. That may not be such a good thing since we are starting a Biggest Loser type contest at work at the beginning of February. Thank goodness someone else is in charge of all of those numbers and percentages :-)

The braces make me look younger. A check out girl asked if Buddy was my little brother the other day. That was pretty funny.

Buddy has had 3 basketball games and has done so well! He didn't score the first game, but he has scored in every game since (once the 2nd game, twice the 3rd game!). The first and second game, he received the sportsmanship star and last week, he got best offense star! He seems to really be enjoying himself. We have talked about soccer, but we haven't decided anything yet. The fee for soccer and uniform is just $20 more than Upward. I have another week to sign him up... we will see.

It's time for bed! Have a great week :-)

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Since my post last Friday, we went back to our normal, every day routine. We did change one thing and it has been the best thing we have done in a long time. We have started doing devotions every night with Buddy. He has his own Bible now (a real one ;-)) and devotion book. Yall, I have gotten something out of the devotions every night. The other night, the devotion was talking about the Book of Life and he asked if his name was in it. See, I know that his Royal Ranger teachers said he said the prayer a few months ago, but I just didn't know for sure if he understood what he did, so I explained everything to him and he said he wanted to ask Jesus in his heart, so he did! It was so sweet to lead my little boy to the Lord. After all these years of praying with other kids, it was my turn to do it with my own! He seems to enjoy the family time every night and tonight he even read the scriptures from his Bible!

I can't believe my little boy is getting so big and grown up! His first basketball game is this weekend! Maybe I will be able to share some video next week :-)

Wednesday, I went to an orthodontist appointment for what I thought was going to be just a consult. I walked away with spacers and an appointment to get braces next Thursday! To say I was in shock was an understatement. This is something I have wanted for SO LONG! I think it is going to make a major change in my life. I will finally start smiling for pictures! Shoot, after I get through paying for my smile, that's probably all you are ever going to see me do! The spacers have been painful, but I know the reward will come in the end.

Have a great weekend!

I am finally home from the road trip to Daytona Beach. I had a blast with Cheryl and I enjoyed meeting Stephanie! She is so sweet and her family is just adorable! I tried to bring Jackson home with me :-) It was nice to meet someone that I have gotten to know online over the years, in person. We (Cheryl and I) also got to meet Rhonda on our way to Florida. We stayed in a 1/2 star motel ;-) and that was enough for a whole journal entry on its own. Rhonda has such a sweet spirit and she loves Southern Gospel music too! We went to church with her on Sunday and it was so nice to worship again in a Church of God church... old school CoG!

We didn't have any set plans for our trip and that was nice. We did a lot of driving and found some nice spots to just soak in the beauty of God's creation. Cheryl talked me into Sea World on New Years Eve and it was so much fun! I'm glad she talked me in to it :-) We left there around 9:15 (we stayed about 6 hours) and went to Stephanie's house to ring in the new year!

So, I'm home now... tired and ready for the new year. Bring it on! I feel like God is ready to do some awesome things this year and I just have to get ready for it!!