Love these kids. every part of them, their good amazing traits, personality, individuality, knowledge and everyday, every moment with them!
Happy Mothers Day ~ Love & Memories!
Happy Mothers Day!
I am a mom to two of the most amazing children I have ever met and I am so very blessed to have them call me Mom, Mommy, Mama and yes at times they like to sneak in Pam. ;) Each and every day they make life so much more fulfilling, fun and simple. Not only have I learned so much from becoming a mom, our kids have taught me to be the person I’ve always wanted to be.
But today isn’t just my day…
Its a day to celebrate our own mom’s, celebrate the beautiful women who gave us life. Unfortunately, for my amazing mother-in-law she is not here for us to show or tell her how much we do love her, and how proud she would be. We are so thankful for having my mom in our life and appreciate all of the amazing things she does and the time we spend with her. There truly is not a day that goes by that we do not think of both of our moms and think of all we have learned from them, what they have taught us by being the amazing mom’s that they both are!
We not only celebrate our beautiful mom’s today, we celebrate all the wonderful women in our life, my grandmothers we are so very blessed to have in our life, Grama M & Grandma G, remembering hubby’s grandmother’s who both were amazing women, and our aunts, aunts who some have children of their own, but have always been like a mother figure to us and now our children. And to one woman who isn’t family, but always will be family and a very important mother-figure in my our life!
Its very true, as much as we each have always loved our own mom’s, you do not truly appreciate all that they are until you have children of your own! I wouldn’t be the mom I am today without the amazing role model of my own mom and my mother in law, Diane.
“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.” ~Linda Wooten
And now as I was instructed by my kids… I must get back to my bed to relax ;)
Beach Babes!
Loving the water in May! I love that they love getting in the water as soon as they could :)
Remind Me…
Remind Me…
This song holds a lot of meaning for my husband and I. Last year when it came out, he heard it and immediately related it to us, we’ve always loved each other, always been in love, however with the stresses of day to day life from the time we tried to grow our family, dealth, illness in our family, being blessed with two babes 18mths apart after TTC for 16mths and my own health issues, we have never had the chance or opportunity to truly reconnect.
After moving into our new home last July, hubby brought this CD home – said it was “our” new song for our new beginning in our new home. Many nights we danced to this song in our living room. The words are so very true and since then we began growing back together as a couple, not just as husband and wife and mom and dad, but as individuals and two people coming together, together to walk hand in hand towards our goals and dreams.
Our love continues to grow stronger each and everyday <3 Loving that he is the one I am going to grow old with! We’ve always been a perfect fit, sharing a love that is perfect for each other, we fit, we get each other, we share the same hopes and dreams, we truly have everything we have been working so hard for and have always wanted… thankfully we took the time to take that step back to remind ourselves this and fall even deeper in love! <3
The mama-razzi strikes again!
I just love letting these two be themselves and capture their true moments!!!
Sitting back and just observing, giving them subtle hints and slight direction of what would be soooo fun… and of course perfect for a photo ;)
Thankfully these two are used to mommy’s camera and will continue about their playing while essentially ignoring me at times lol.
Endometriosis, PCOS, Hypothyroidism and VMAX
Two weeks ago I finally took the plunge and went and tried out the new VMAX Fitness centre in town… I really didn’t know what to expect but did have high hopes as I had been told it is excellent for pain. So Friday after picking up the kids and hubby coming home from work I thought to myself – you’ve got the opportunity… GO.
I went back the next morning and signed up for their 2 month package.
I have been going everyday, except Sunday’s and this past Saturday, I didn’t want to push myself after the 2 classes I went to Thursday and Friday plus doing a couple sessions on my own both days.
I am not shy, now, about the health issues I have. I have also always had pain when exercising… when I had my hysterectomy I knew it probably wouldn’t take away all the pain, but its made a huge difference. However I’ve always had pain if I’ve tried to do abdominal exercises – in my pelvis and lower back. In the 4 1/2 months since my surgery I have thankfully had a lot less pain and been a lot more comfortable, however the pelvic pain when I have tried to do exercises for my belly it hasn’t been very comfortable, for my lower back especially. Which has been the bitter sweet part, yes I’ve had a lot less pain and I’m thankful for that, heck my hubby and kids are too, but I was feeling extremely frustrated knowing I needed to begin doing more exercising but physically not being able to. Damned if I do, damned if I don’t. I would never go back and not have had the hysterectomy though. My quality of life is so much better… and getting much more better!
The first week and a half at vmax I used the Trio and did the programs Tasha recommended. I honestly began to feel my core beginning to strengthen, and without pain! I actually could feel my muscles working and I felt good! One of the reasons I was hesitant in going was I wasn’t yet a believer, it had to be too good to be true, you stand on a vibration plate and lose weight… but no you don’t just stand there.
I googled to see if I could find anything on the health issues I have and vibration training, but nothing, nothing at all current or local. I am not getting my hopes up for anything too spectacular to happen, however I certainly have noticed I am feeling better, my core is stronger, I do have more energy and lucky me, hubby said he has noticed I am toning up!
In just over 2 weeks I have gone from someone wishing I could be into fitness to someone who looks forward to going to the VMAX Fitmess Centre to work out.
As someone who once was a non-believer, I am loving grabbing the exercise mat and feeling the sweat drip off me – the class I went to I learned some awesome core exercises!!! And even after doing the core exercises doing another 10 minute set on the machine doing squats and ab exercises. What’s even better is I can go wearing my work clothes, I can go at any time that’s convenient to me and it doesn’t take much time. The energy I am feeling now is great, I feel so wonderful after and look forward to everyday I go back.
For anyone living with either, or all like me, PCOS, Endometriosis or Hypothyroidism should give it a shot! I certainly am glad I did, I thought I had my life back before, but I didn’t have this energy. I’m looking forward to when I do my measurements again. ;)
Water babies in May!
Love this photo for the obvious, its our kids, but also for the scenic landscape view of the sand, sky and water.
The cottage is a favourite place of mine and always will be. First a fav of mine, then my husband’s, our children, our family and this year Becker will get a taste of the cottage love ;)
One of the first
This photo of us was one of our firsts together… ;)
US, 11 years ago!
This photo was taken a few months after we met. I love it!
11 years ago… the first day of the rest of our life together!
In a way it doesn’t feel like its been “so” long and yet in another way it feels like its been forever that we’ve know each other. I remember the weekend we met like it did happen yesterday, I never would have thought going to see my cousins car race in Conneticuit would end up being the place I would meet my husband to be. The girls and I joked about who could pick up or get some free drinks. Given I had just gotten out of a crap relationship a few months prior I certainly was not looking, but fate was on my side and had different plans for me ;)
We have had our share of stresses since becoming a couple, many of which not many would survive. In our time together, actually up until our son was born we went through every stress imaginable including illness, death, marriage, home ownership, infertility, running a business, family issues… and the list could go on.
Going through our infertility battles took a true hit on us, especially on me which affected us, my husband did not know how to fix it or make it better. However no matter any crap we may have went through we always said I love you, and always kept reaching for our dreams – together.
In 11 years so much has changed, we have grown as individuals, as a couple and as parents. On November 30th of last year I had a surgery which we had been putting off for a while, knowing that it would be my next option for my own comfort and quality of life but also putting my husband and children first. After 11 years of dealing with ongoing pain, then my own body fighting against a dream of mine, for years I have felt broken. After having this surgery, it has not “fixed” me but its finally given me the opportunity to feel better, for my quality of life to improve and most of all my life with my husband and children.
Finally having relief from the pain and discomfort I had been dealing with for more than 11 years, I was given back a part of my life. The most importamt part of my life, the quality time with my family. The opportunity to reconnect with my husband on a very deep level during my healing and strengthen our love, the love we have shared for 11 years but since having kids and health issues had become mundane. Being in pain everyday made it very hard for me to function with the day to day and stressors.
Our 11 year anniversary will always be special. I know I will never live entirely pain free, however I have been able to get my life back. The biggest thing I have learned this year is to stop putting myself and my needs aside, to be proud of myself and not let anyone bring me down, most of all that with love and hard work… its amazing what you can accomplish!
I love my husband and the life we have created together and everyday appreciate our time and look forward to our future to one day grow old together… lol unless you ask our kids and according to them we already are ;)
Here’s to many more years together and many more anniversary celebrations of the dah we met and our wedding anniversary. Love you baby!
