Disneyland Half Marathon

 I am proud to announce that will be running the Disneyland Dumbo Double Dare race on Labor day weekend this year! I am so excited that I have been talking about this for months!!! In order to actually run the race I need to raise $1000 dollars for a charity of my choice. I have chosen "Run for Our Sons" benefiting research on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Which is the most common fatal genetic disorder among children. I have another $670 to raise before I get to race. Please help me and the children that have been born with Duchenne MD. Any amount helps and I will forever be in your debt! Here is my personal donation page...

http://www.parentprojectmd.org/site/TR/Events/RunforourSons2010Design?px=1519514&pg=personal&fr_id=2740

Thanks Again!!!!

PS- What is a Dumbo Double Dare you ask? It is a 10k on Saturday followed by the Disneyland half marathon on Sunday!

****Thanks to everyone who donated so far!!! I met my goal in less than 3 weeks! Much faster than I EVER expected. I will still be collecting donations until August if you want to donate to this great charity! Thanks again you guys are the best!****

WW!

Wordless Wednesday 2013!

Happy New Year again!

It is the last day of 2012!

We had a great Christmas with our families but unfortunately it was the Christmas that just kept on giving. Savannah's latest gift? A stomach bug that she probably caught from one of her cousins. After a day of vomiting Savannah is doing MUCH better. She has never puked before and was very upset and confused each time she had to vomit. I felt so bad for her! She did have a great Christmas playing with cousins and getting all of her new gifts. Her favorites are definitely Legos and a Cabbage Patch baby. 

Cardboard box wins every time over an expensive gift!

Gifts from Santa, Mom and Dad.

Just woke up and impatiently waiting for her castle to be assembled.

Always in motion! This is the reason why I still haven't finished her 2yr portraits!!!

Daddy did such a great job on the balcony this year!

An awesome Christmas Day Sunset! (taken while Dad was driving!)

 Now on to those pesky New Years Resolutions again. My resolution last year were to get more exercise and hopefully lose more weight. Well I am happy to say that I started Medifast in September and lost 40lbs by Thanksgiving. Right before Thanksgiving I started an program of jogging and have come to absolutely love it. I have been able to maintain my weight loss with no problem and haven't had to watch what I eat that closely. I have never ever been a runner but it has been awesome. When people say it is like free therapy it is so true! To keep up the motivation this year I plan to run a 10k in Feb, 5k in March, and then the Disneyland Dumbo double dare (10k Saturday and half marathon on Sunday!) in September. Congrats also to my hubby who lost 45lbs on the Medifast system!

Hope you and your family had a great Holiday and that you have a happy (and relatively healthy!) New Year in 2013! Cheers!!!

Now Size 8/10 and before at my heaviest at size 16!

Blood draw time

Savannah's insurance finally approved our request for genetic testing, so today we headed to Children's hospital for the much dreaded blood draw. As we arrived we checked in at the front desk staffed by volunteers. They let Savannah pick out a beanie baby as a gift and after reviewing the selection she picked out a cute little cat. Then we headed to the lab were we given a pager and a forty minute wait time. Since we were all hungry we headed to the McDonalds in the lobby and had a snack while we waited. As soon as we had finished eating the pager went off and we went back to the lab.

We met with our phlebotomist (blood tech) who escorted us back to a quiet room with hysterically screaming children right outside the door! Savannah was quiet as she watched the woman gather the needed supplies. Then I held Savannah while the tech drew the blood. Savannah just quietly watched while the blood was being drawn. Not even a peep or whimper. She was such an amazing, brave little girl. I was in awe. It was so different than any other blood draw so far!

 On the way out we had to stop by the volunteer greeters desk again to get our parking stub validated. The volunteer then insisted that Savannah take another stuffed teddy bear as a present. It was really sweet and Sav was thrilled to have the new toys. Overall it was the best trip to Children's hospital that we have ever had!!!

 

Hopefully in a couple weeks we will get the results back. Today's testing will be looking for Stickler and Marshall Syndromes. Stay Tuned!

Just another wordless Wednesday!

Merry Wordless Wednesday!