What a week!

Is it terrible that I cannot even remember all that has happened since I last posted? I THINK SO! :) Here I go as I try to remember.

Last weekend..... Friday night. I visited a couple of friends with Cooper. First was Marriann, I have worked with Marriann at a couple of places, Kohl's and Sallie Mae. She had been in the hospital on and off the last couple of weeks and I wanted to visit her. She has now been back to work for a couple of half days, she's recovering and I'm so glad! Our second visit was to my good friend Shannon. Joni also visited so it was pizza for dinner, YUM! Then we visited and let Jackson (Shannon's son, who is 4 months older than Coop) and Cooper play together. They had a good time. Tim went to the Pike Football game and had a good time. That night I went over my caloric intake by about 200 calories (BOO). But, the night was planned befoe we even started the diet, so I wasn't about to change my plans.

Saturday, my mom and her husband, my brother and his family visited and we ate and went swimming! It was a great time. We overloaded on food, we considered that meal our guilt free meal for the week. My mom made her wonderful chocolate chip cookies, we had bbq sandwhiches, Tim's homemade french fries, corn on the cob, coleslaw and other stuff that I cannot remember right now. Anywho, it was DELISH! Larissa loved swimming in the pool, Layne was a bit hesitant, but he finally got used to it and I think had a bit of fun. It was a good time, and we ALL went swimming. Casey held Layne and we passed Cooper all over the place. Craig was a goof as usual and Mom got splashed a lot by Coop. (being splashed is not her favorite thing.....) I loved having them up and hope we can do it more next year.

Sunday, we hung around the house most of the day. I did go over to Shannon's house again for her 31 gifts open house. I ordered a bag, and I cannot wait to get it. I'm excited about it. Cooper decided he would take his first step last Sunday night. It was so cute, he is growing up so fast!

The rest of the week flew by too. We have been following our diets really well, and I am so proud of us. We are getting more creative with our foods, and eating a lot of fruit and veggies. It's amazing how much food we can eat, it's just the types of foods that we are eating that is so different. Not many carbohydrates in our diets these days. When we eat bread, we're eating the Arnolds sandwhich thins. They are super yummy and only 100 calories - they work well as hamburger buns and also for sandwhiches. We've found that the light Progresso soups are wonderful and filling.

What else..... Cooper says 'THANK YOU'! He's been saying it a lot this week. He's saying it in the right context and everything. He turned 11 months old this week. I just cannot believe that he's 11 months old.

Andrew has been back and forth from IU, and this weekend he's been home and to Ball State to visit his girlfriend Sami.

Stephanie has been going to classes and working and spending time with her boyfriend Ryan. Tonight she's on a date with Ryan. They went to PF Changs and to a movie. FUN!

This weekend, we're not doing much. The only plans we have are for dinner tomorrow night with Erica, Mel, and Joni. We're having Taco Salads. I LOVE tacos and haven't had them since this diet started so I'm looking forward to that too.

I'm planning on writing a post on typical meals on our diet so that you can see what you can do.
Because Tim and I both have iPhones, we are using an app on there to help track our calories. We use Calorie Count.com (http://www.caloriecount.com/) It's a great tool. You can even enter your own recipes in and it will calculate how many calories it has, so that you can see if your own creations work with your diet.

Happy Labor Day Everyone!