Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Is it April yet?

It seems like March has gone by so slow. I am ready to move on to the next month. April brings lots of fun.

First there is Easter and Mr. Tankersley will have a 4 day weekend. YAY!!!
Then the following week we have a trip planned to meet some e-friends and go to a body building competition. That is another 4 day weekend.
Then Mr. Tankersley has a business trip the following week and I hope that trip holds some good news being announced.

It's M's first Easter and I can't wait to take many photos. P is old enough this year that I think he will have a blast hunting eggs. I am looking forward to when both boys can hunt them together like my sister and I did.

I have been a member of www.whattoexpect.com since January 2007 and I have formed many friendships along the way. On April 10th I get the chance to meet some of the other Texas moms who had babies around the same time I had M. It is going to be so much fun and yes there will be pictures of that too. After that is over we are meeting my grandma to drop the boys off with her so we can enjoy a child free night. Something we haven't had since P was born (well maybe once we did). Mr. Tankersley bought VIP seats to the Ronnie Coleman Classic. Branch Warren will be there doing a guest posing.
Now I know the last part sounded like gibberish to those who don't know bodybuilding.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch_Warren

After the show we will both get a full night's sleep and then drive to pick up the boys on Sunday.

Mr. Tankersley is mostly looking forward to the show. I, on the other hand, am most looking forward to a full night's sleep.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Saying goodbye

When we first moved to the area, we hated it here (okay so we still do, but that's not the point). The only people we knew were co-workers. We moved a couple of times before we found a "decent" place to live. We settled on a small trailer (it's hard to get an apartment or a house when you don't know how long to sign a lease. It's just part of the business) in a nice little community with some wonderful people.---Winter Texans.

Every year retired folks from the Northern States embark on a journey. They bring their RVs to Texas to escape the Winter weather back home. They are seriously some of the greatest people we've met down here. With a few exceptions of course.

Now some communities don't allow children because the Winter Texans want a stress free noiseless place to relax. The one we chose though opened up their community and their hearts to my boys. They were here for the last part of my pregnancy, asking every day if there were any signs of baby. Telling me they think I was having triplets because I was so huge. They offered to watch P when it was time for M to grace us with his presence. We had gift exchanges and community meals, music jams and birthday parties, bingo night and card games. Christmas dinner and New Years too was spent with this wonderful group of people.

Slowly over time the number started to thin out. It was time to go back to their Summer homes and see their grandkids and tend to the important things in life. It's just part of the cycle.

But this morning as I see one leaving, I sit here and cry. This man treated my son like his own grandson. Every morning P wanted to go say hi to Mr. Clay. He'd run over there and walk right in the RV. Clay and his wife didn't care, they love P. From the very beginning P took to Mr. Clay and when everyone was oohing and awing over M, P found solace in Mr. Clay's arms. He wouldn't talk to anyone else, and sometimes he wouldn't even talk to Mr. Clay if someone else was there.

P doesn't realize he won't see Mr. Clay again as we won't be here next year when they roll into town. Still I woke him up this morning, bundled him up in his blanket and walked him across the street to see Mr. Clay before he pulled out. Fighting back the tears (who cries over people she hardly knows?) we head back to the house. P stands at the door for a bit and just watches. Mr. Clay gives a couple honks and a wave from the RV and off he goes. P goes back to playing with his toys, but I will forever remember the "friendship" that was formed between my son and his buddy Mr. Clay.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

A Sunday morning photo for you

Here is a photo I took with the new camera this morning. It's a flower we have growing outside our front windows.
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

New camera

My wonderfully amazing husband, Mr. Tankersley bought me a new toy today. It's a Nikon D5000. I am excited about it and I can't wait to learn all the ins and outs. Here are some of the first photos I took.
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Skeeber bite
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My chili pepper plant
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Boo

Friday, March 26, 2010

It's Friday!!!!

For the last two days my mind has been in a haze due to some possible news we could get in the coming weeks. Finally it's Friday and I can concentrate on the weekend. Not that our weekends are anything exciting right now. The usually look a little like this...

Friday night-gym, dinner, bed
Saturday morning-drop laundry off, gym, lunch, grocery shopping
Sunday-cook meals for the week, take food to Mr. Tankersley's office, gym

Exciting isn't it? I know what a boring blog post for a Friday. I am hoping I have big news to share with you all next week, but for now I guess just because it's Friday doesn't mean I can turn my mind off. It's all I can think about.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Half way there

Before I got pregnant with M I decided Mr. Tankersley and I needed to get healthy and drop some pounds. He jumped right into it and started making changes right away. I got pregnant so my changes were put on hold. I continued to eat healthy though and actually lost weight during my pregnancy, even though you wouldn't be able to tell my looking at me back then. Well as soon as I gave birth I started exercising as soon as it was safe. My ultimate goal is 100 pounds by December 29th, 2010.

As of this morning I am down 50 of that 100. I have taken nearly 10% off my body fat, 6 inches or so off my waist, dropped 3 pants sizes, 2 shirt sizes, and believe it or not like 3 shoe sizes.

So how do I do it?

D-E-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N

I don't want my boys to grow up thinking fast food is the way to go. I want them to be healthy and live long lives.
I go to the gym an hour a day for 5 days a week. I watch what I eat very closely. I was following a strict macro plan, but I stepped away from that for a while because it was driving me crazy. Anyway, I'll update again at my next milestone.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

We survived...barely

So M decided he wanted to sleep all day so when 10 and 11 pm came around he was wide awake cooing in his swing. P however passed out on the couch pretty early. We all moved to the bedroom about midnight and M was not a happy camper. He like sleeping in the living room because it's so much "drier" than the rest of the house. The bedroom stays pretty damp and cool. At one point in the middle of the night P fell off the bed and got stuck between the bed and the wall. Scared the crap out of me.

M was up every hour until I finally decided to let him sleep in the living room by himself. I mean I am in the next room and I can hear him so why not. By then he was beyond pissed and would just scream. Didn't want to eat, clean diaper, tried every trick in the book before I had to just walk away for a minute. He was out like a light in 2 minutes. Guess he just needed a break from me as much as I needed one from him.

P decided 6:30 am would be a fantastic time to wake up this morning, and now he wants to go back to bed. Thanks honey, mommy can't go back to bed.

I am so glad Mr. Tankersley will be back home tonight. I don't know how single moms do it. I was ready to pull my hair out by the end of one day. Props to the single mommies out there.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Our first night without daddy

Well Mr. Tankersley had to go out of town on business today. That means I get to be alone with the boys all day. It didn't go as bad as I thought it would. P and I made pizza together for dinner. He kept trying to eat the sauce and cheese before it was cooked and then was too full to eat when it was done. It wasn't anywhere close to as healthy as I normally eat, but I figure it was much healthier than the crap you get at chain pizza places. Not that one delivers out here to us anyway.

M slept most of the day, so I think I'll be in for a long night. Oh well I guess it won't be too bad since I hate sleeping alone.

Mr. Tankersley will be home tomorrow evening. Maybe with some good news about his job. We'll just have to wait and see. We did find out that he is getting a new truck though so that's awesome.

Allow me to introduce

I am Mrs. Tankersley, mom of two spoiled little boys and wife to an amazing man. I am 26 and currently reside in the wonderful state of Texas. I enjoy traveling, cooking, lifting weights, scrapbooking, jewelry design, and floral design. My family is my life and I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world.

Mr. Tankersley is 43 and is in Construction Upper Management. He is a wonderful father and an amazing husband. His hobbies are working and lifting weights. He is very knowledgeable and easily the smartest man I know.

Son number 1, we'll call him P is two. He was born in September 2007 in Illinois. He is my little blonde hair blue eyed wonder. He is very smart for his age and will talk your ear off if you let him. He's mommy and daddy's "boo".

Son number 2, we'll call him M will be three months old in a couple of days. He was born in December 2009 in Texas. He has mommy's dark skin and hair, but his eyes change from blue to green to brown. He is mommy and daddy's "skeeber bite", but his big brother likes to call him "Sushi"