~I'm Back~

Well, well, well.

Its about freakin' time I came back to this place to do an actual journal entry, huh?

Hmm, lets see.

What has the Pickle Gal been up to?

Not a whole lot.  Trying to recover from my sinus infection and take care of my sickies that I claim as my children :)  Mr. Zachary is finally doing better.  He is back to being his Happy-Go-Lucky Self and his gums are looking so much better too.  There is still a little reddness and he does cry out if something happens to get him there too hard, but overall, he is doing 100% better.

Rowan has been better for a while now.  She is back to school and her normal activities of gymnastics and dance.  And she is back to being her good ol' bratty self :)   

Gotta love her...  

Speaking of Miss Rowan... We will be celebrating her 4th Birthday on Sunday.  Her actual birthday isn't until Monday the 23rd, but because of Derek's schedule and the rest of the family, it will be held the day before. We are going to do a brunch and have her "Tinker Bell" party.  Yes, that is the theme that was picked out this year.  She is very excited about having a "Tinker Bell" cake and what not. 

I've also promised her that I'll take her to the mall on Friday to the Disney store to get a "Tinker Bell" outfit- if they have one!- and then to Build-a-Bear to build her 4th birthday bear that will, of course, be dressed as ta-da... "Tinker Bell".

What she doesn't know is what else she'll be getting for her birthday. 

Mommy and Daddy are getting a Turtle.  Yes, that is right, a Turtle.  She is also getting a Barbie Princess DVD (not sure of the title) and a video game (not sure of the brand at the moment) thing that plugs straight into the TV and allows you to play 4 different video games... and of course, it is Disney Princess.  I'm sure she'll be plenty suprised all around with the presents she is getting.  

Oh yeah!  

She is also getting a Disney snow globe that we purchased originally as a Christmas gift but decided not to give her until her birthday because it is "Tinker Bell" flying around the Castle at Disneyland.  I'm sure she's going to LOVE IT.  

I've just gotta get the "Tinker Bell" party stuff from the local party store and then order the cake too.  I am hoping they can do something real cute with the whole "Tinker Bell" theme.  I'm pretty sure they will be able to.  Not to mention get all the food for the party too. Thankfully some people are going to bring stuff too.  Its a brunch so we'll have both breakfast type foods and lunch snacky foods.  You know, Coscto Muffins, fruit plates, waffles, egg plates... yum yum yum.  

There goes my diet...  

OH yeah, forgot to tell you about that too!! I've started counting points again.  Yes, I'm unofficially doing Weight Watchers.  I haven't gone into WW to sign up with them, but because I have all the goodies and know how to count points... I've started it up.  I have done that to get my life/body in control.  I hope to drop 25lbs in the next 4months and then go from there.   I am also going to start excersising.  Which will be awfully helpful with my metabolism.  I've been told, because I'm still pretty young, that if I excersise, I should be able to loose weight like I want.  So, wish me luck on my attempt to drop some pounds!!  

Hmm...   I've been a pretty happy mama lately.  Derek has been off the last few days so we've been able to spend the evenings with him.  Its nice to have him home more with this new schedule of his.  He is on 4 days and then off for 4 days... So unless he has to or chooses to work OT on his days off... He is all ours for 4 days!!!  lol...  

Well, I need to run.  Gotta get Ro off for dance class and then when I get home from that, I need to clean and make dinner.... eeeek..  

Have a great evening Friends,
~Jenn~