Weight Watchers & Misc.

A very quick post that as of last Thursday (March 24) I have lost 7.5lbs!!! Yay me. I would love to lose another 8lbs. Which I'm sure would come off a little quicker if I could get my butt in gear and start working out!

I was really bad this week and skipped my Thursday meeting but I didn't skip just because I thought I gained weight or had a bad week. I actually had a pretty good week and maybe thought I lost another pound. But I skipped the meeting to go shopping (not even for me) for a baby shower i'm going to next Sunday, April 10th for a friend that is having TWINS! Boy/Girl Twins!!!

and if I remember correctly this almost what the invitation looks like:

Me and few other friends chipped in some money to be able to get other 1 big gift or few smaller gift (more bang for the buck, kind of deal). Anyways, Meghan and I were on a mission. We pulled into Babies R Us. went down one aisle and we in and out within 10 - 15minutes with some great stuff. Can't wait for the mommy to-be to open them.

I love baby gifts and I loved looking and shopping for all the little things again.

On a side-note: Meghan and I had are very first taste of a chicken shawarma at the west gate mall (near work) yesterday! Very good and alot of garlic!!
 I've never been to this mall before. And as we were looking for a parking lot Meghan stated that it was an 'old people' mall and oh boy! was she ever right. The was an old-timers fair going on. Needless, to say the both us were definitely the youngest people walking pass all the booths.

Busy Weekend

My weekend is going to fly by, and I'm excited for it but I hope I can find a moment of relaxation.

Tonight - I'm going to my friends salon and getting my hair done. I'm more excited about hanging out with a good friend and chit-chatting then I am about getting my hair done. I'm not going crazy with my hair, just getting it dyed and cut. Pretty simple stuff.


Saturday - I'm going to my cousin girlfriend baby shower - she is expecting a baby girl on May 6th -exactly 2 years and 1 day from my due date with Piper. So there is a very good chance that Piper and the new baby can share the same birthday!!! Which could be kind of neat!

Saturday night, I'm going down to a friends place after she is done work and we are planning on watching Paranormal Activity 2 - we watched the first movie together and we literally shared the same couch cushion we were that close together. I'm excited for our movie night - we haven't had one in ages - the last movie night was when we watched 'Frozen' - not a great movie, actually pretty horrible but we made the best out of it.

Sunday afternoon, my nephew Jayden who was born on Jan 27th is being baptised. And his parents have chosen Chris and I to be godparents. I feel very honored that they ask me to be the god-mother. And I think it's great that Chris and I get to be god-parents together to the same child. I'm not the most religious person by far, but I love the title of godmother and I'm very blessed that Jayden with be my 3rd god-child. And thankfully, Chris did his confirmation back in the day because if he hadn't the priest from Bryson would not have  accepted me as a god-mother because I am not catholic. Kind thought that was interesting....

Tuesday

What am I going to do tonight without Piper around!? My Mother in-law is alone tonight while her hubby is away and she asked if she could have Piper for the night...and I agreed! But now, I'm thinking about our quiet and lonely our home will be tonight!

Piper has most definitely spent the night away from us but it's always been when we've had plans or parties to go to and once when I was horribly sick, but never just some random day during the week.

101 List Updated

The Day Project Zero website has been down since right before Christmas so I haven't been able to keep track of my list.... which I've know learnt that I should keep a hard copy. I was able to email the creator and they have sent me a copy of my list - Thank God.

Looking back at my list I've been able to scratch a few more things off my list! Yahoooo Me!

9 - Make home gifts for Piper's daycare friends:
Completed for Christmas time - Piper and I sat down with pipecleaners and made each child a homemade Christmas tree ornament - It was fun but I little more difficult to keep Piper's attention on what we were doing. I'm considering this task complate but plan on continuing making gifts for her friends.

35 - Go an entire weekend (Fri-Sun) without ordering take-out:
This task is a little harder when leaving with Chris. Chris likes to think that Sundays our Pizza Sundays! But since Christmas we have actually probably done 3 weekends without ordering anything. This past weekend was one of them. My wallet sure does like this task!

57 - Become a indeterminate AS-02:
I officially became an AS02 as of January 10, 2011!! I'm very proud of myself and it didn't take as long as I thought it would. I applied for the competition back in May 2009, aced the exam and interview. A previous Director that I worked for, heard I was in a PHAC pool and she was able to do a non-advertised appointment process to bring me in at Health Canada. I'm very forturnate she went through the hard work to get me in here. I'm currently still in the PHAC pool and have been getting phone calls for interviews for the last 3 weeks!

60. Invite family over for brunch:
As you know, I'm not the best cook and I really do not enjoy cooking. So it is rare that we invite family over, espicially Chris' side of the family. I'm pretty lucky when I invite my side of the family over, Jean-Claude ends up doing the all the cooking. Christmas morning, we invited Chris' parents over for brunch - they are alone Christmas morning. I think it was a huge success... we had the usual, eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, juice/milk/coffee. I think we might make it a new tradition! who knows...

71. Join Weight Watchers:
I just signed up yesterday and my first week starts next Thursday, February 10th! I'm very eager to start it but still a little worried that I might fall of the wagon! I've joined through work, so I will be able to go to the meetings during lunch hour! Very excited! I'm hoping this will help me with task # 13 and lose 15lbs! Good Luck to me!

76. Finish Christmas shopping before December 24th:
This year I was done shopping way before the 24th but of course I still purchased a few items on December 23rd! It was very non-stressful time of year, and i'm hoping I will be able to do the same for x-mas 2011, I've already bought and put away one present for next year alrighty...

Wow 6 tasks completed in only a couple of months! I think i'm doing good!

Jayden

It's not the best picture but this all I have for right now (well with me at work - sorry)

Piper, big brother Owen and new baby Jayden

I should mention that there is a tiny little baby named Hailey (one of our friends daughters) that goes to Piper's daycare - so everytime someone mentions a baby - Piper automatically says baby Hailey!
So poor Jayden, is being called Hailey by Piper! 

This morning, for some apparent reason Piper woke-up and found me in the bathroom. She stood quietly at the bathroom door as I put on my make-up... she watched me closely and as soon as I was done applying my fondation... I heard a little voice say 'Me too, Mommy' - she walked over to me and stood on her little stool and I pretended to put fondation on her.
Then I applied some blush on my cheeks while she watched and when I went to put away the blush the little voice said again 'Me too, Mommy' - so I took out the little brush and swept the blush on her cheeks. This time I got a little 'Thank you, Mommy' when I was done.
I went on to put masacra and I knew she was going to ask, so before she had the chance I asked her if she would like some masacra, she of course said yes! I closed the masacra and pretended to put some on her eyelashes - she stayed very still!

I said all done, and she looked so happy and proud that she was wearing make-up.

Even though, I'm so proud of Piper. She's talking to so much, she's becoming little miss independent! I'm really sad that my baby girl is growing so fast!
But moments like this morning make me sit back and think about how great it's going to be when she's a bit older so we will be able to enjoy shopping trips and just enjoy the mother-daughter bonding moments!

New Baby

**** Just a quick update, that they decided to name the new baby Jayden and the best part is that Chris and I were asked to be godparents ****
*** Also, I'm still waiting for the new parents to upload there pictures so I can share one of my pictures, I promise if they don't upload any pictures by the end of the weekend, I WILL ***

I'm a brand new auntie to a healthy baby boy!

That's right my sister-in law and hubby had there 3rd son lastnight January 27th just before 7pm.

I have yet to see him and anxiously waiting for work to be done - so I can go visit the wee little man.

As far as I know he currently still does not have a name - but i'm sure his parents are trying to find the most suitable name for him or maybe waiting for Owen and Bradly to go the hospital and help with the final decision?!?!?

Baby Lance weighed a healthy 9lbs 15oz and 22.5 inches long! He might be built like his daddy for sure!

I'm update once I have a name and picutre!!