Catching Up After Easter

Hi everyone! Sorry I have not written a blog in forever!! I guess I've just been lazy and not had too much to write about anyways!:) My apologies!

So let's see... what have I been up to? Well, I worked Wednesday and Thursday. Boring. Friday was Charlie and I's 6 month anniversary of being married! Yay!:) I know it's not that big of a deal, but we decided to splurge a little bit and go to Outback for dinner!

I really wanted the steak, so I planned ahead. The night before, I figured out how many calories was in everything and added it before even going. I also did Jillian Michael's No More Trouble Zones that day because it burns a ton of calories!! That way I could have some bread too:)

Saturday was rainy and cloudy out in the morning, but I still managed to do Couch to 5 k, Week 8, Day 3! It was really tough, but I made it! I tried to take a little nap when I finished, but I couldn't fall asleep:(

Around 1pm my sisters came over to my house and we went to Columbia for some Sushi and shopping! I took them to Sushi Sono for the first time. I think they enjoyed it:) It was nice outside by then, so we got some glamour shots in front of the lake! lol:)

After lunch, we went to Columbia mall. We went to Forever 21 which was PACKED, but I really wanted to see if I could fit into their clothes yet! I grabbed like 10 things to try on. Everything was totally different than my usual style. Rayna even made me try some shirt that I hated! lol

Once I started trying things on it was amazing!! EVERYTHING fit!! And by the way, forever 21 doesn't even have XL in their store!! Only Large!! :):):):):) I was so happy! It definitely made my day!:) And the shirt Rayna picked out... I ended up liking it!! Hahaha! It was so different, but looked good surprisingly!:) I ended up getting 3 shirts! Yayyyyyyyyy!:)

After the mall we headed over to Babies R' Us to see if we could find some cute Easter stuff for Maddie!:)

Unfortunately, because I'm a procrastinator, they were out of everything!!! We ended up going over to Target where they had way more stuff! Lots of cute outfits and Easter stuff. Although they were sold out of baskets, but we improvised in a cute way... I think. lol:) In the end her Easter basket turned out great!:)

All in all it was a great day with my sisters!! We had lots of laughs and tons of fun!!

Sunday was Easter! We went over to Charlie's parents house. But first, we made green bean casserole with those French's onion crisp things. It was our first time making it, but I think it turned out good!:)

I was going to try to log everything I ate into MFP, but I just couldn't keep up! I had so many different things, it would've taken forever! I know I definitely went over, but hopefully not by much.

I tried to keep my portions at a decent size and I only snacked on a few Easter egg M&M's!! lol

Here's a picture of Madison wearing her "My First Easter" outfit that I put in her basket! She's so adorable!!:)

While we were at Charlie's parents house, my Dad called last minute and said that we were having everyone over for dinner! Uh oh... lol. Man, I was stuffed already and now I had to eat again?! AHhH!
Oh well, I had a little break in between the two families. Plus, we didn't even eat dessert at Charlie's parents house:)

Dinner at my parent's house was good:) I only ate a little bit since I was still stuffed. We had fat free frozen yogurt for dessert! Thanks for thinking of me Mom!:) It was yummy!
We hung out for awhile there just chatting with everyone. Good quality family time!:)

So the whole day I never logged anything. I didn't work out either! I felt pretty guilty at the end of the day, but I'm making up for it today!:)

Earlier today, around noon, my sisters and Mom came over to my house and we went to Katie's house so they could meet Maddie for the first time!:)

She was wearing this cute little yellow outfit that I had put in her Easter basket. She's so precious!! She got lots of attention and then took her first trip to Chipotle with us!!:) She's such a good baby! Barely cries and is so alert and interactive! Love her!

When I got back home I decided to take Chief for a walk at Laurel Lake. He's never been before!:) He liked it, but after only 1 time around he was panting up a storm and really dragging. Usually he walks way faster than me, but today I was practically pulling him! lol! Once we got in the car he was drooling everywhere!! The whole car was shaking from him panting. I did give him some water, but it didn't help much.

Once we got home I gave him more water and made him lay down in the basement where it's really cold. Now he's fine, sleeping on the bed next to me:)

Well, I can't think of much else to write about! I'm just waiting for Charlie to get home from the shooting range so we can go for a run. I'm going to attempt C25k Week 9, Day 1 and Charlie will maybe do Week 1, day 1! I hope so!:) He's already lost 6 pounds!! Woo hoo!:O

I weigh in on Wednesday because that's the first day I go back this week, so I will update then!

Bye bye!

Anna