...and so little time to do it in. Ugh...I feel like I am running around like a chicken with my head cut off. I have our little get-a-way this weekend, then I have to take care of Eli's tuition next week for school, then we have to go register him on my birthday, then we have VBS later that week. July is going to be a VERY BUSY month for us. In a way I hate that because it just means that it will pass by that much quicker and I just don't want to rush my baby starting school. I really am not sure how I am going to handle this one. I don't want to cry and make a fool of myself but it is just SO emotional. I will tell you just how hard it is, Josh is even struggling with it. He just can't wrap his mind around the fact that Eli is no longer a "baby". He is such a big boy. Like last night he went in the kitchen and poured all of us a glass of tea. He does chores...like making his bed, folding clothes, loading/unloading the dishwasher. It's aweful...and there is absolutely NOTHING I can do about it.
Anyway...enough about that before I cry sitting here at the computer!!! LOL! Work is beginning to pick up so I have been pretty busy there. I love having a job that is full-time but I only work 4dys a week. It is so great to still get those 3dys a week with the kids and still get a full-time paycheck. I sometimes think I would like to go back to being a stay-at-home mom but then I remember how BORED I used to get sitting in the house looking at those same walls day in and day out. My 3dys a week are plenty for me! Sure I could clean...but come on, you can only clean SO much! Trust me I know...lol. That's why I feel I have the best of both worlds...I am still a working mom that gets to spend almost 1/2 the week with my kids. It's great!
My next project is to lose weight!!! Haha...yeah I know I have tried that SO many times before. However this time, for health reasons, I HAVE to be successful. My health is OUT OF CONTROL. I am only 26 (nope not quite 27 yet) and some days I feel like I am 40 something. Not that 40 something is old it's just older than I should feel. Anyway, I am going to start walking in the evenings and eating MUCH healthier. So instead of a New Year's Resolution, I am making a Birthday Resolution since my birthday is less than 3wks away. I am going to lose back down to AT LEAST the size I was when I got married, if not the size I was in highschool. I AM DETERMINED!!! I want to be able to keep up with my kids and at this rate there is no way that is happening.
Well until next time, have a blessed and awesome day!
Tanner Jace Stroup
Tanner Jace-Our New Addition!
Eli & Connor-Summer 2009
Josh and I-2009
Who Are We?
- The Stroup Group!
- Coffeeville, MS, United States
- We are the Stroups...Josh(26) and Tonya(27) and we have been deliriously happily married for 8 years now. We have 2 great little boys, Eli(7) and Connor(5) and one more boy on the way (due July 7th, 2010). They are so great...a handful but so much fun! We have a Westie named Pyper...she is our only little girl! We are very excited about what God has done and is continuing to do in our lives! God is Good!
That's a good thing, lol...Eli doing some chores already...a great way for him to learn responsibility! But I know it breaks your heart to see them growing up so fast...just know that I'm right there with ya!
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking...do you want a weight-loss buddy? I've lost 15 lbs so far this year! I lost 5 more last month, but started eating junk again and not walking as much so I gained it back...so aggravating. I'd like to lose 20 more lbs this year, but I don't know if I can do it. Maybe we could email each other about our eating habits, exercising, goals, and weekyl weigh-ins, etc...that way we're held accountable to each other...know what I mean? Whatcha think?
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