MAY!!!

Its been a while I know! May is always such a crazy month full of fun! Gio turned 29 on May 7th we had a pretty easy going fun day together. We went to Rodizio Grill for lunch with his mom and sister, then we spent the rest of the afternoon as the family together. His birthday present this year was 2 boxes of Mexican bottled coke, the J-LO cd and an I OWE YOU for his new Iphone... he has to wait till our upgrade first! ;)

 The next day was Mothers day and so we were able to celebrate his birthday with our family that day too.

Gio's "Mexican" cake... it tasted much better than it looked!

Mothers day turned into one big Celebration! I graduated UVU!!! Yeah!! Gio had a birthday, My niece Adri had her birthday on the 4th, my brother Ryan passed his third year of pharmacy school, my sister shyann had lasik surgery and no longer needs her glasses! My Mom got a new job, and of course it was Mothers day! I love any chance I have to spend time with my family so the more celebrations the better! I truely have the greatest Mother! I love her so much and becoming a mother myself I understand her and appreciate her even more.

My Mom and her Grandbabies!

Gabi Helping Grandma Scott open her gift for Mothers day

My mom and my mother-in-law are always putting others needs before their own, they both use their day off of work to babysit Gabi! How selfless is that! Being a working Mom I know that must be a huge sacrifice at times, even though i know how much they love her, I Really do appreciate them and all they do. It makes leaving Gabi that much eaiser knowing she is with the ones that love her most.

For Mothers day Gio bought me pots and plants to have a patio garden on our deck we are attempting (i say attempting because i have never tried to grow anything in my life) to grow tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, jalapenos, and strawberries. I love fresh garden veggies so Im keeping my fingers crossed that they grow well! so far so good, We have only had one cucumber plant die so we are doing alright for now! haha. Gabi Loves the plants and if the door is open she is out it as fast as she can... she has only had one mouthful of dirt so far!

I turned 27 on the 19th of May. I had the best birthday!!! i met my mom and sister Brittany for lunch at Mimis Cafe and then we spent the rest of the day together shopping! I needed a girls day out so bad and it was perfect! Later that night we met up with the rest of the family at Brick Oven for dinner.I felt so spoiled just having everyone come out to dinner and then Gio made me open my gift....He bought me an IPAD!!! and I Love it! Im still getting to know how everything works and we play solitare and angry birds way more than we should but I know it will be a great thing to have. Gabi Loves it too! she is totally into technology its pretty funny.

Gabi even turned around for the picture! what a good girl!

Memorial day weekend ended up being a little disappointing because of the weather, I really wanted to go to the cemetary but didnt want to take Gabi out in the rain so we didnt make it, Ive been meaning to go anyway because my Grandpa has his headstone up and its been awhile since ive seen my other grandparents graves. We did have a nice family dinner on sunday and we were able to go to a movie that saturday. We used to see every new movie we wanted on opening weekend, since Gabi came along that is something we rarely do any more, even though she is an angel when we take her, its one of the only times I can get her to fall asleep in my arms!

So far June is treating us well. The weather is warming up and I am so ready for it to be summer. I am not a huge fan of the heat but I know Gabi will be so much fun this year. I cant wait to take her swimming, go to the zoo, i plan on lots of walks to the park, popsicles, flip flops, and summer clothes are always so bright and cheery!

I also started doing Weight Watchers again and I have really enjoyed it so far. its only been 1 1/2 weeks but I have stuck to it, havent had any major craving for junk, and ive had more energy and felt better already. Im ready for the change and I am determined to loose weight before Brittany gets married in august! I want to feel better, be more active, and have more confidence all around.

I know that sometimes I have justified being overweight like I am fine with it, I am to a degree, I know Gio loves me the way I am and I feel comfortable with myself but I want to be able to be active and healthy with my kids and the way i have been going that was not going to happen so heres to change!!! Wish me Luck!!!