Great ending to a Great weekend....

Well let me first off say Happy Mothers Day to all the Mommies out there!!  I hope you had a wonderful day with your families!  I know I sure did, thanks for asking (hehe).  I got home from my busy day to see that I had won a contest! Yeah ain't that a great way to end a mothers day?  I sure think so! I won a cute flower necklace from the blog Sassy Sippy Cups & Sticky Sarcasam, you can check out her blog and while you are at it if you like the necklace that I just won, then you can go head over to her Etsy shop 

Pretty Lil Pieces and check out her other selection of necklaces. 

So what a great end to a great weekend. 

I'm only going to say that the diet was out the window still, but tomorrow I promise I'm back at it!  I am hating myself right now for letting myself go lately and I am not longer going to allow!  Remember No More Excuses!

Saturday we had a great day over at the in laws and finished off the day playing Hide & Seek!  Everyone had a great time.  If you were wondering there were my 4 kiddo's (if you can really count Carly since she had no choice anyways) and 7 adults playing.  We all had so much fun and probably would have not stopped playing if the kids hadn't gotten so warn out.  If only they would have been so warn out that they would have slept in this morning but nope they were up bright and early!  I was so exhausted this morning but like I said it was great!

We've got two teething babies in the house right now.  Kara is getting her two year molars, if you have kids who have gone through this you know how stinking crabby, cranky and painful this can be.  Carly is getting her top two teeth, one has already broke through but the other one will be in any day now. So again you know how cranky a teething child can be.  We had a visit with Brooke's Pediatrician the other day to go through her Asthma action plan.  I really do not understand why her previous doctors never went through this stuff with us before.  We now know the signs of her asthma acting up and what we should do.  She does not have attacks like most people with asthma, she coughs A LOT when she is having an asthma attack.   I never really realized until now, how often she was probably having asthma problems and didn't even know about it!  While we were playing hid & seek last night she began coughing, normally I would have chocked it up to it getting colder outside and maybe her starting to get sick.  But we checked her air flow and sure enough she was starting to have an attack, and we were able to give her a treatment from her inhaler.  I'm just glad we can finally take care of this matter and she won't have to suffer.  Unfortunately Carly is beginning to (as my neighbor calls it) purring, she is congested and it does sound as though she is purring like a kitty.  My grandma said it seems like her chest was rattling which I hope is not the case.  I really don't want to have to deal with her getting pneumonia again!  So for now we sit back and watch (and listen) and see if its just a cold or something worse.

But for now its time for me to go as I am very tired!

Have an Oh So Wonderful Night!

Catrina

A Chance to Win Nutrisystem? I'm all over that!

I've been wanting to try Nutrisystem for so long, but having 4 kids to care for we really don't have the extra spending money to do so.  But today I came across a blog that is having a giving away involving Nutrisystem and of course I HAD to enter!  Heidi  The Bragging Mommy  Is giving a lucky reader to try Nutrisystems Select10 which is 10 days of Nutrisystems fresh- frozen foods!  How amazing is that!  So of course I am not passing up the chance to enter this awesome give away!  And if you are trying to loose weight, you should pass up this opportunity either! So head on over to The Bragging Mommy and enter for a chance to win some yummy foods!   But hurry the contest ends 4/5!

Have an Oh So Wonderful Day!
Catrina

And the Winner Is....

Yes here it is the announcement of our winner of the Yummy Mummy Transformation kit! Your excited aren't? We didn't have very many people enter so I took the names and put them on a piece of paper and let my eldest Daughter Devin select the name out of a bag!



Are you getting anxious? I wonder if I should make you wait some more.......



And the Winner is....

Nicole (comment #3)

Congratulations Nicole! Of you could please contact Holly at Yummy Mummy at Holly@FitYummyMummy.com with your contact information, you'll be on your way to a fit Yummy Mummy Body!

Have an Oh So Wonderful Day!

Catrina

I'm ready for the New Year!

This was me and carly last night as I played on the computer talking to my cousin.

So I really didn't realize that the end of the year was coming so quickly and look here it is the last day of 2010 wow this is crazy, well not totally crazy I guess I just didn't realize that I would be starting my diet and exercise so soon and hear it is tomorrow will begin the new year! So 1 tomorrow I will be beginning the transformation to a new me! and 2 I will be announcing the winner of "A New Year A New Me" Contest.

I want to share with ya'll what exactly my goal is for the new year.... (if you don't mind)

Part of the Transformation kit (that one of you will be winning) is to write or post some goals for your success. So here are my question/goals:

What do you Want? & Why?

Well most of you should know this because I complain of it so often... I want to loose weight, I want to be healthier and set a better example for my children. I can force them to eat healthier then I do since I am thier mother but what kind of example is it when I am telling them to eat a healthy snack and I am munching on unhealthy junk?

I'd also like to add that, This year for me is not going to be all about loosing weight and getting healthier. I've said before I am not very proud of being lazy and that is another goal that I am going to be aiming for as well, I want to be more active. I hope that getting into shape and being healthier will help towards that goal.

I'm glad that I am not gaining anymore weight just mainly maintaining the weight that I have been at since I had Carly but I'm not happy with being were I am at, right now the scale is my enemy! Also part of the transformation success is to take a before and after pictures and to take you measurements. I will be taking a before picture and my measurements tomorrow, so look forward for that post along with the announcement of the winner of the contest tomorrow!

So Until tomorrow! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Have an Oh So Wonderful Day!

Catrina

Jeremyplaysguitar.com

I recieved an email from the folks at Jeremyplaysguitar.com and they have chosen thier winner... Here are some pieces of the email I got....

I hope you are enjoying the holiday season! We have chosen our Holiday Song Contest Winner and the holiday song that we wrote for her! Just go to this link:

http://jeremyplaysguitar.com/songofthemonth

We write a personalized song every month for our fans that write in!


So if you are still looking to get a personalized song for your kiddo then send them a message as they do new personalized songs every month!

A New Year, A New Me! (Contest!)

I know that I have already wrote two post today but I just couldn't help I was so excited to let you all know about this that I had to post it tonight!!!

The New Year is fastly approaching, for some that means that its time to start thinking about New Years resolutions. For a lot of women this means trying to loose weight because I know for me that is the one thing that irritates me the most and I just want to change that every year and I do always attempt it but I usually quit out of frustration because it doesn't happen fast enough, or I hit a platue.
I was recently contacting by Holly Rigsby from http://transformationkit.com/ she is a Mommy who after her first child struggled, just like a lot of Mommy's to loose the stubborn baby fat that for a lot of women comes with having kids. But she has found the fat burning secrets to loosing that stubborn baby fat.

She is going to offer one of you, a chance to become a Yummy Mummy for the new year! By offering for free The Fit Yummy Mummy Transformation Kit (valued at $247)! How great would that be?
I myself am going to be starting my Transformation the first of the year hence the name of this post A New Year, A New Me! I have already began to look through everything so that I can be prepared for my transformation! Now some of you may be thinking I just don't have time to start exercising, I'm a very busy person but guess what? All you need is 15 minutes a day! Unbelievable right? Almost sounds to good to be true but with having 4 kiddos to take care of its hard for me to get away for long periods of time to exercise, so 15 minutes is great! She also shows you what foods will help you maximize your transformation!

So first go ahead and head on over to her website fityummymummy.com and check out what the program has to offer! Next come on back here and why you believe you should win the Transformation Kit, whether you have struggled with weight your entire life or just gained a lot during your pregnancy/s. 1 comment per person please. One Lucky winner will be announced on January 1, 2011. Remember to leave your email address so that we can contact you if you are our winner! Contest ends December 31, 2010.

So get your comment in now!

Have an Oh So Wonderful Day!
Catrina

Jeremy Plays Guitar CD Review

So a few weeks ago you may remember this post about a contest/give-a-way that was going on at the website JEREMY PLAYS GUITAR, Jeremy plays guitar is a childrens music band that play's well duh childrens music. Well they were nice enough to send me a CD to review and share with you all. Well I did and I also had my kiddo's listen to it as well I can say they loved "House Rules" they thought it was fun and silly! I like thier music because not only is it fun music for the kids to listen to but it also teaches them about following rules, sharing and other such things that we obviously as parents would like our children to learn. So why don't you head over to Jeremyplaysguitar.com, you can preview their song house rules right on the website and purchase a cd for your kiddos to enjoy.

Have an Oh So Wonderul Day!

Catrina

Free HP Touch Screen Computer!!

OMG you totally have to go over HERE and check out Mckmama's page they are giving away a HP Touch Screen Computer! I so want to win this contest!!!