The first of many~

trips to the park was made today. We had fun even though it was a bit chilly. It was supposed to be like 64 but I don't know if it quite made it to that. Devin got to swing for the first time (other than her baby swing of course) and she had a good-ole time. She also got to kind of slide but we couldn't capture it with a picture. I can't wait for warmer weather so we can do this more often.

It has begun

The quest to get back in shape and lose some baby weight has officially begun. Today I went to my first session at the gym. I went to this great cardio sculpt class that kicked my butt! It felt so good to work out~even if I was exhausted after the first 15 minutes. The instructor (the wife of Dave's class leader) was super encouraging and gave me some pointers for diet too. My goal is to lose 10 pounds by the 6th of June. Here's to sore muscles and jeans that will fit soon. =)

What's that?

After I put Devin to bed tonight I took Maylie out back to do her thing. While I waited on her I began to look around my yard and freak out. Now keep in mind it was that dusky time of night. As I looked around I thought "What is wrong with my yard? What am I going to do? Why are there all these discolored spots?" Then I realized...it's just green grass. Hahahaha!!! Yep, we have the beginning spots of green grass! Yay! That must mean that spring is truly starting to peak it's beautiful sunshiny head. I can't believe it's been winter so long that green grass had me freaking out.

My creative juices

are definitely flowing. The last couple of days I just want to quit doing household chores and make something. I want to make some birthday cards, scrapbook, and make Devin's rug all at once. BUT I haven't let myself since I have about a million other things to be doing right now...which, of course, includes clearing off my scrapbooking space.

I was watching this household Do It Yourself type show the other day and they sewed four bath rugs into a big square to make a rug for the living room. For those of you who don't know I've been looking for a rug for Devin's room for months. The ones I find are either too expensive, too big, or the wrong colors. I think I'm going to go and buy a few bath rugs and sew them together. That way I get the colors I want, the price I can live with, and rubber backing for when she spills stuff. =) Boy, I can't wait to get started!!

Spring anyone?

So yesterday we got up with big plans to head out and do something fun. We weren't sure what, but we were looking for a day outing for the family. We had a couple of ideas including the zoo, aquarium, or science center. BUT we took one look outside and changed our minds. Grrr, we went from gorgeous weather to this..
As far as I know it is officially spring now...when will the weather catch up?

Fear

It's amazing how fear works. I don't have alot of insightful thoughts on this one, just a short story about Devin's fear. In order for you to understand why I found this amusing I have to give you some background information on our girl Maylie.

For those of you who don't know our family rescued Maylie (a black lab/border collie mix) when she was 14 weeks old last December. She was such a cutie pie. Well a little over a year later she weighs about 80 pounds and is just the sweetest girl. We never worried one minute about her being around Devin (other than just being big and not always so mindful of her big ole paws).

Devin just thinks she is the greatest thing. Devin giggles at her and plays with her and pets her~and Maylie loves her right back of course. Maylie is always on the floor next to her when she's playing and always follows me when I'm putting Devin in bed. (There's also licking going on that mommy does not always approve of) Devin doesn't get scared when Maylie barks, or jumps up at her when she's being held...she usually just giggles at her.

Here's where the fear comes in. While we were out doing some shopping yesterday we decided to go into a pet store. They had the cutest little puppies in the center of the store in a little cubicle. While Dave wandered, Devin and I stopped and looked at them, then moved on the birds (which caught her attention big time), then moved on to the rabbits, more birds, then back to the first set of puppies. She just took it all in...until we got back to the little 4 pound puppies. I bent down so we could be eye level with the cuties and then it happened...A puppy had the nerve to stand up against the glass on two legs! Boy did Devin jump. She turned away grabbed on to mommy and let out a whimper. Needless to say I found it hilarious that our 5 month old who has no fear of her 80 pound Maylie was scared to death of a little 4 pound puppy in the store. BUT have NO FEAR~~I gave our girl a hug, stood up away from the puppies, and moved on to meet Daddy at the fish tanks. Daddy took her and she was just fine to stare at the brightly colored fish.

Growing, growing, gone...

Devin is such a busy girl now! Before we know it she's going to be sitting up and crawling. She rolls all over the place and somehow manages to turn herself in different directions. Today while I made a snack she rolled almost all the way across the living room and ended up under her swing. It probably didn't feel so good rolling over the base of the swing but she didn't complain~I actually think she was proud of herself. When I called to her and asked her how she got there she just grinned from ear to ear.