workout wednesday

ok. i will officially start posting every week now, bc i need the accountability! I did SO well when you first started this and lately i am a complete disaster!
Last week I finished off a new tub of ice cream in 3 days sitting down with the tub, not even in a bowl and watching disney channel while the kids napped! I know...pathetic. I have been eating anything and everything in sight bc for some reason i feel sorry for myself!! i can't even pinpoint what it is?! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....
my goals for this week:
Get to the gym at least 3 times.
One sweet snack a day
Be outdoors walking or at the park at least an hour everyday. (i know that doesn't seem like much, but once i am out of the house for the day I seem to accomplish 10xs more for the rest of it.)
Michelle, please keep posting verses! they are want actually break through my "who really cares attitude!" and to everyone else...thanks for keeping your posts up, there is no way i will be able to do this myself!
(does anyone else think this food addiction is just insane?! why can't i just say no?)

april

HOW DID THE 13th GET HERE ALREADY!?!?!

Not a whole lot is new since the last post that i wrote a month ago and published...today!:) oops.

Bathroom is still a work in progress as all projects seem to be at the geelhoed house. I will be very thankful when it is finished bc our upstairs is total chaos.....and when one part of my life is chaos, it seems i can't think straight until it is fixed.

We have lots of plans for the summer. Hoping to get to MN for Julia's graduation party, for sure going camping for a week at Pickeral Lake with Alison.....we will be testing out the campground on the other side of the lake from the rest of the Feyen's, but will be over to bother you all during the day. The week after that we will hopefully be out at Holland with my friend Suzi and her family. Should be crazy and fun all at the same time. :)

MEANWHILE i am wondering if my second child will ever sleep through the night....and if i should just bite the bullet and let him cry it out. I have been saying i am going to do this for the past 4 weeks, so i suppose it is time. I guess i was waiting for a miracle. I give props to all women who have done this before me. It is not an easy job trying to be a good mom and wife and person of society when you are not getting enough sleep!

That's about all that most of you will enjoy reading.

To Lisa, Rachel and Michelle. I have failed miserably the past two days in my eating healthier quest. Usually when someone just starts something don't they brag about their progress for a few weeks before failing? well, i am trying a different approach....i am doing bad right off the bat. Tommorow is another day....and it helps that i have to 'fess up about it.

To Rachel: I LOVE YOUR BLOGS! all of them because they usually make me smile, but especially the recent ones. I am trying so hard to live on less and your latest comparison chart was awesome. I LOVE staying home with my kids, but i definitly need to learn how to shop the deals in order to not be stressed about money all the time.

pics tommorow. i am going to bed!:)

growing up

so much is happening at the Geelhoed's this month!

we are putting a bathroom upstairs, so the house is a constant disaster area.



I have still been doing hair at least one day a week. That is going great so far. I love being home with the boys and i love the day they are grandmas.:)



Steve started working on a new job this week. he will be working four 10 hour days and so he will be home Fridays! yay!

WE just had Jared's 2 month check up. He was off the charts, just like Timmy was. Another big kid:) He is already 16 1/2lbs! (my back knew that before i even put him on the scale!)

Tim just started sleeping in his "big boy bed" and is doing great. Although I went to check on him last night and the only part of him on the bed was his head and he was somehow sound asleep standing up!!

Tim has also started his singing career! "the bunny" is his favorite one to sing right now..

***********************************posting this bc i wrote it, so i must, but sadly it is from a whole month ago.***********************************

Not everyone is as lucky as i am. I have a mother in law who takes amazing pictures and even edits them to make my children look perfect!!! (well, i mean she doesn't do much editing bc they already are, but you know)

These are a few.

Aren't my kids cute:) I love them!

for my mom:) SOMEONE really didn't want his pic taken today!

the boys:)

tim showing affection! amazing!

aunt lois came to visit!:) jared was all smiles....they bonded.

playing with cars at grandma's house. THANK YOU, LORD for Grandmas! amen

hmm...i feel like i have to put this one up, just for the future.

someone found mommy's glasses

We ALL love Saturdays!

jared with the awesome green hat ellen made him!:)

jared with Great Grandma Feyen

Jared and Grandpa Boone

Tim's feelings toward the begining of the month

the other side of tim:)

going home from the hospital in the cute outfit uncle scott and aunt lisa bought

Great Grandpa Smith and Jared

It's been too long once again. Lots has changed in the Geelhoed family! We added another little boy. Jared Scott....after uncle Scott:) Did I ever mention that my brother Scott is the greatest?! We have had so many awesome times together and he means so much to me that I couldn't imagine a better person to name my son after!:)

Tim has, in 4 weeks, come a VERY long way in regards to his little brother. I was thinking the first week Jared was home that i was going to have to give one of them away or our family just wasn't going to work anymore. :) Well, it is all starting to work out just fine..... just a little bit busier than before.

My once love for winter is wavering this year. I feel very very stuck at home with a newborn and an almost 2 year old. Spring is coming and I will be so very greatful for walks, and parks, and flowers blooming this year!

THANK YOU THANK YOU to all of you who made us dinner, sent us cards/gifts, stayed over so i could take a nap or a shower, called and listened to me cry and whine, made me cute gifts to keep me sane, made me laugh, etc. this past month! I couldn't have done it without you!

Tommorow is Feb. and this week I will be starting to do hair again! Crazy. It went WAY too fast. I honestly don't think I am ready to drop of Jared for 10 hours on Weds. I thought it would be easier with the second....but it's not at all. I will be looking forward to some adult conversation though! Bring it on. Please, if you are coming Weds. talk my ear off! I will love every minute of it!

Here's a few pics that i have accumilated over the last month.:) I think that's the way this blog is going to go....once a month. Let me know if I am slacking worse than that!