Sickness, Insanity, and Connor

I just finished my insanely intense workout for the day, so my creative juices are pretty much depleted right now, ergo the title of this post. Regardless, this is my only down time to write anything so I'm going to tackle this post head-on and address each of the title-mentioned subjects in respective order.

Sickness. I have been sick for a week and a half. It started with a sore throat and achy muscles and turned into a terrible cough, voice loss, and pink eye. Thankfully, through time, great advice from my sister, no help from the doctor, and lots of prayer, I am starting to get better. There is a light at the end of this dark tunnel.

Insanity. Yes, even through this illness that has plagued me, we have continued on our insane journey of intense workouts and a complete nutrition overhaul. We have cut out all sugar and caffeine from our diets. If you know me, you know this is really hard for me. I have a HUGE sweet tooth! But, it's been worth it. In one and a half weeks, I've lost 2 pounds and Keith has lost 4! Even better, I can see my abs again! Here's the run down of how it has been so far:

First couple workouts - felt like I wanted to throw up...and quite possibly did (just a little).

Meals - healthy, yet surprisingly delicious. Eating 5 times a day. This, in turn, requires 2 hours of my time (while Keith is working hard in the yard) in the evenings to prepare his meals for the next day.

What I miss the most - morning coffee, chocolate, ice cream, anything sweet and delicious.

Last, but certainly number one in my world, my sweet precious baby boy. The last few weeks I have been taking every advantage to call him "baby" as much as possible. Why? Well, he's almost one and after that, no longer a baby. This is exciting, but sad at the same time. He's growing so fast!

As his first birthday quickly approaches, people continue to ask me what we're doing for such an event. The question is completely understandable since the people asking me know how I feel about birthdays. I think they are a HUGE deal! And, since I am an event planner, I LOVE to plan these things! Although, now as a mom, I'm starting to think that we should celebrate our mothers on our day of birth. If you've never given birth, then you wouldn't understand.

Although Connor's first birthday is a great milestone, I don't see the point in spending a lot of money for a person who will NEVER remember such an event. We are opting for an intimate family affair. Yes, there will be cake for the little guy and we will make a HUGE deal about him, but we are not going all out with decorations, gifts, invitations, etc. I'm sure as he gets older the parties will get more elaborate.

 But, for now, we like to keep things simple.