Busy Weekend

I had one of the best weekends I have had in a long time. Our nephew, Jacob, came to spend the night with us Friday night for the first time and we had the best time with him. We spent Friday night playing at McDonald's and watchingthe Cars DVD over and over again. He is the sweetest, most loving little boy that I know, Saturday morning I was woken up at 7am to him rubbing my cheek and asking me to open my eyes so we could go to Wal-Mart and get a new truck. After we took him home Saturday afternoon we spend some time with my parents since my mother had surgery the other day. As I get older I learn to appreciate my mom and dad a little more everyday. My dad, though he looks tough on the outside, is the biggest goofball I know. We had a good time visiting and cutting up with him. I got to spend sometime with my always busy friend Kelly Saturday night when we got back home, I love sitting and talking to her, our talks are always interesting and usually pretty funny, she has a way of always making me feel better.

The diet seems to be going pretty well, I have done better than I ever thought I would and I have even lost 5lbs in a week, which to me is pretty dad gum good! I even quit smoking this week, which I know has made my mother proud, but it has been harder than anything I have ever done, especially living with a smoker, but I know I can get through it too!

Friends Helping Friends

My week has gone by so fast, but has been pretty good in Kayla standards. I love being able to help friends, well at least friends who deserve it and my friend Amber deserves it. She is the mother of 2 of my favorite kids and marrried to one of Wade's friends, Andy. Recently she paid someone to paint her kids room in Princess and Alabama themes, which cost $450.00. She paid this woman upfront in good faith (its a shame you can't do that anymore), this woman started on Anna Kate's room, got halfway done and never showed back up and would not answer her phones calls, so here was my friend, out $450.00 and one half done room and no Alabama room for Aiden. She finished Anna Kate's room by herself but with work, 2 kids (3 if you count her husband), she needed some help. It made feel good as a friend to help her paint and get his room done, because I know she really appreciated it. That's one thing that seems to fall short these days, people appreciating the things their friends do for them, instead of always expecting it. Since I have moved to Sylacauga I have made two of the best friends I could ever ask for and it feels like I have known them my whole life. The other night my friend Kelly said something to me that I had never really thought about before (granted she had a few beers), she told me she thought we were meant to find each other (as friends of course!!!) and that she knew we would be friends forever. Its always nice to hear when someone says something like to you, I truly love these two girls like we have been friends are whole lives and I know that we will be friends for the rest of our lives. Saying that I also want to say that I still love all of the friends I have had my whole life and I hate not seeing them as much as I used to, they have helped make me who I am today and I am grateful for that, even to the ones who are no longer my friends anymore, because these people helped me to see the mistakes I had made in my friendships over the years and those are not mistakes I plan to repeat. I guess the old saying is true, everyone is put in your life for a reason, some stay and some go, but they all have a purpose to serve.

Just wanted to post some pictures of my new, wonderful friends and their beautiful babies.......

Kelly's youngest son Brayden (she always has a 9 year old Shawn)

Kelly and Me

Aiden and Anna Kate (Amber won't let me post any pictures I have of her)

Day One

So this whole blogging thing is new to me, but I thought this would help me stay motivated in the goals I have set for 2010. I don't have any kids to blog about, but I do have a husband, 3 dogs and a huge family that I may talk about from time to time. I am mainly going to use this to document the weight loss goal I have set for myself. I am giving myself until this time next year to loose 100lbs or more. I have been overweight my whole life, but never this bad, and I have lost weight before, only to gain it back plus some. My wonderful husband has always been supportive of anything I tried, but now it has come to the point that my doctor is telling me that unless I lose weight ( AT LEAST 30% OF MY CURRENT WEIGHT) I may not be able to have a baby. I have always wanted and baby and Wade is so good with them, and I know that the Good Lord will bless us with a child in some way when the time is right, but I do not want to have anything standing in the way, plus its too the point where now I do not even really like to look in the mirror or be in photos with people. I am hoping this blog will keep me motivated in my eating habits and exercise routine. If you decide to read this and you have any tips or words of wisdom for me I would really appreciate it. I hope you enjoy the photos I posted below of my wonderful family......they truly make my world go round.