CUTEST THING EVER!!

Growing up I was a HUGE NKOTB fan.. Anyone else think this maybe NKOTB future generation?!?! hehe they are all so cute

Left to right: Jude, River, Alexander, Everett, Noah

My boy and his best buddies <3 they are an amazing bunch of boys with an awesome bunch of mommys!

I did ok today on the eating thing. No chips no pop.. had some ice cream I shared with Alexander and some chocolate chip cookies. I did not get any exercise in as I was busy with errands.

Here is a small rant regarding the vet.

We're going camping in 2 weeks and it will be in southern Nova Scotia where there is a large infest of ticks. We want to protect our dog Penny against ticks so we want to get the treatment for her. I called our usual money grubbing   vet and they said I needed to take her in to have the vet check her and give her the perscription. Vet visit 63$ perscription 20$ total cost 83$ plus tax. So I went to look for Advantex or front line at local stores, no luck so I stopped into another vet clinic in the area. Again was told vet visit (55$) and perscription (20$). So I spoke with my friend Tracey to where she gets her flea/tick medication. She said she's never needed a perscription. So I called the vet place she goes to.. Nope no vet visit needed, just needed to take her in to get weighed and they will give me the EXACT SAME medication I was told we needed a perscription for.. Seriously.. No wonder there is not proper pet care, some of the vets are just money grabbers. Had I not had a friend who I could ask her advise it'd cost us almost 100 bucks (after tax) now it's going to cost 20$. I now have a new vet and know two places I will not recommend to people.

life got in the away again

Well it would appear that life got in the way again of the blogging. I am determined to be a blogger. It may take a few months for me to get on a roll but I really need to do this for me. I need this to be my outlet, my "me time" my diarrhea of the mouth area.
For the next  while not a lot of things will be in order until I find my groove, but I'm really REALLY ready to get my life in order. My baby boy turned 1 on Sunday, we had a great party for him! He had so much fun. I start vacation at the end of the week (there will be no posts from Aug 3rd to Aug 9th for sure) During our vacation I plan to recharge and restart.
I'm 255 lbs as of today. Today is an end point and a starting point. The end of me gaining weight and the start of me being the best mom and wife I can be. This means doing things for myself. Giving myself time to exercise and eat right.
I seen pictures of myself from Alexander's 1st bday and I gotta say.. I'm not impressed lol. I tried the Jillian Michaels "online plan" it didnt work. I could not follow it well enough. I was not motivated well enough. Well I am now. I'm tired of gaining 10 lbs every 3 months. I'm tired of the scales slowly creeping up. I'm tired of being in pain and being exhausted all the time. Yes part of it is because I have a pup and a 1 year old and work until 1:30 in the morning. But part of it is also because I'm out of shape and do not eat right. I'm going to find a good weight loss blog and support group.
I will still have lots of stuff about Alexander on my blog and our adventures but this will also be about weight loss.
If you're out there and reading this PLEASE comment as often as possible. Please encourage, please help motivate, please rip apart, PLEASE help keep me accountable. You'll be helping a little boy keep his mom around for a very long time.

A first haircut

My baby boy got his first haircut today... Neither of us cried. When Jessica was done cutting his hair she was taking his cape off and he put his arms out for her to pick him up and he cuddled into her :)

Saturday June 1st

Little boy wakes up

We have a bottle

Then he gets in his exersaucer and watches cartoons while mommy eats breakfast

Then we get some baby cereal 

This is how he tells me he is done.. Standing up

Try to leave the house, and the cat decides she needs to go outside

All packed in the SUV.

Quick stop for coffee

Stop at Ride for Dad

See daddy

Stop by to see Pepper (we love pepper)

I love peppers CAV vest

Got my Ride for Dad magnet.. Just an FYI the back bumper and back door of a Dodge Journey is ALL plastic.

Stop at Consignsment sale

We love shopping

Best find of the sale!

All pooped after shopping

Packed for Amherst

Reception flowers

Reception hall

Grampie entertaining the grand kids

Centre pieces

Photo Table

Trying to get Alexander to take a nap

After this I went and got my dress on and went to the hall for our reception. It was awesome and I had a blast! My day was much easier then my husbands who had to lift a motorcycle onto the back of a pick up due to a rider collapsing and being stuck in terential downpour of rain. This down pour made his front wheel come off the ground while driving!!

Busy weekend ahead

I have a super busy weekend ahead of me. We were suppose to go to a meet and greet with Ryan Hurst (Opie from SOA) however due to a delay on set of his new show he was not able to make a flight in time to get into Moncton for the start of the meet and greet :( This is sad cause I was really looking forward to a night out representing the Ride For Dad. However we still have a sitter so the hubby and I will still be going out on a date. We need to go out to our buddy's house and pick up his bike for Saturday morning because its Ride For Dad day! I love ride for dad day, it's such a great fundraiser. It touches very closely to our hearts this year as a family member is currently undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.
Jon started going to it last year and had so much fun, I was 8 months preggo so I was not a passenger, this year I have a 10 month old so I will also not be a passenger. I will go to the morning breakfast to see the CAV family then hit up a local consignment sale for baby gear. Alexander needs clothes. I thought he had a ton of 6-9 months stuff however went through the box and its all older (9-12 or 12+) or its all winter stuff. Alexander did not grow as fast as most babies.
Then after the consignment sale we need to pack up and head to Amherst for our reception! I am going in the afternoon to decorate the hall.
Here are our centre pieces! I loooove how they turned out:

And our fancy little favor boxes:

We also have the grooms tux I just don't have pics of it.
In our wine bottles we will be putting crazy daisies. I wanted to put in Daisy's as a way to honor our dear daisy doo :( We miss her so much. I seen these at the super store and HAD to get them. It's very fitting as she most certainly was a crazy beagle!.

Then after a night of partying with family and friends we will be spending the night at Jon's parents (so they can play with Alexander) then boot it home Sunday for a fantastic little boy's first birthday party! I hope the sun stays out for it because we're going to set up my kiddy pool at his place for a baby pool party. I can't wait for the pics from that! I'm sure I'll have a post FULL of pictures from this weekend sometime next week. I'm really looking forward to it. Plus it's the end of our never ending wedding HAHA! Seriously we got married in November!
It's been a busy work week with trying to get everything set for the reception and a bunch of other running around. Alexander has been going through something that's made him a bit whiney, I think it's either teething or growing pains. Tylenol usually fixes him for a bit last night he was up every 4 hours :( Mama is very tired today. Dad was also very tired as he now gets up to take Alexander to me when he wakes in the middle of the night. I know last night was not because he wanted to nurse because he was just happy to lay on my chest so something else was going on.
I hope he does well with his baby sitter tomorrow night. We left him with Jon's parents lasts week but he's semi use to them so I'm hoping if Amy comes over early before our "date" he'll warm up and be fine with her too.
Tomorrow I need to pick up pictures, put a few more pictures on our wine bottles and put another coat of paint on or guest books. Plus we have a play date. I'm hoping my wedding dress still fits me cause I've put on 5 lbs somewhere since November, hopefully its my thighs lol they wont change the fit of the dress. We'll find out tomorrow Kim and I are going to try it on! She also gets a final fitting of her dress for her reception. We really need to have someone to take a pic of both of us in our dresses!
On the weight side of things.. everything is pretty much the same. This week my diet has been mediocre. Most meals were really good but the snacks were not.. Packing favor boxes with chocolates meant lots of chocolates for the packer lol. Oopsie! Maybe next week will be better.