First post in October...sad.

I can't believe I haven't posted once in October yet. So here comes yet another scrambled post that updates a little bit of a lot.

Joe has been biking lately and loving it, which I am glad to see. It's nice to see him so pumped about something that's even healthy for you. Of course that means that now he is shopping for a bike (like we don't already have enough hobbies) rather than continuing to ride mine. It should be fun though because we want to get a kid trailer and drag Austin along, she would love that. Joe just rode in a 23.5 mile ride for charity to prevent suicide and placed 9th, not sure out of how many but I know there were a lot of riders. Yahoo Joe, not bad for just picking this whole thing up.

Our friends were in town and we had a blast running around with them, even made it down to the lake (pictures below).

We have more friends coming into town this weekend and are all headed up to the Broncos game on Sunday. Should be awesome!

Joe continues to complain about parts of the diet but he has cheated several times which has led to him feeling sick so he is starting to see how much better his body feels without all the grease.

It's snowing right now which of course makes me miss summer a little but also makes me excited for snowboarding season, my Mom aka our only babysitter is on the way to the mountains so we will be using her a lot this winter. :-)

I am taking some classes in body self image specifically for girls hopefully I will be able to incorporate the information I learn into courses I can teach or at least help Austin to feel amazing about herself when she gets a little bit older.

I was in class the other day and Joe was feeding her so he set her down on the ground and gave her the bottle, she laid on her back and fed herself. I was heartbroken when I heard that I had missed it she grows so fast. I cannot even begin to express how glad I am that she doesn't have to be in daycare, I would miss everything just like so many of our friends do with their kids. They are always talking about more layoffs in my company, boy would that change Joe and I's lives if I had to go into the office at another job probably in Denver since there aren't that many good paying jobs in Colorado Springs. Hopefully we won't have to deal with that but at least if it does happen Joe can stay home with Austin so one of us doesn't miss everything.

Here's some pictures at the lake and of Joe's bike ride. :-)

It's Friday

Ahhhh, another week come and gone. We have seen snow several times this week but now it looks like it will be warming up. We have friends in town this weekend so I am very excited to hear that the weather should be nicer. I think the only problem with Austin becoming more observant is that now she knows who's holding her. We took her with us to the chiropractor and he picked her up and she looked so scared and started to cry. It seems like just yesterday that she wouldn't have really been able to tell who was holding her in the first place. The rest of the day if she was sitting on your lap she would keep on looking up at your face just to make sure it was really you and not some stranger. Oh yeah and did I mention that it snowed on us last night while playing volleyball...outdoor, sand volleyball. I am pretty fortunate to still have all my toes. Here's a cute picture of Austin standing up on the chair, she kept leaning over to one side so we had to snap it quick with my phone but we still thought it was cute.

The weekend.

Ok so I finally took pictures this weekend so I can post them.

One of my close friends came into town this weekend so we all went out for sushi on Friday night followed by Joe babysitting so I could go out with them for a little bit.

Saturday morning we went out to a skeet shooting charity event, of course they get me at the word charity and they got Joe at the word shooting so we're both happy. I thought Joe did well, but of course he thought he could do better. That night we had a birthday dinner for my brother in law followed by a girl's night out for me. I can't imagine how intimidating we must have looked 13 girls downtown all laughing and joking, needless to say the single girls in our group didn't get approached all evening.

And then on Sunday Joe and I tried to bring Austin to her first Broncos game, she was fine with everything until the Broncos scored and when everyone jumped up and started cheering it scared her. So we felt bad and chalked it up to a bad parenting mistake and left after the first quarter. We stopped and had lunch on the way home where she proceeded to fall asleep on Dad's lap, now that's a tired baby. When Joe was carrying her back to the car she kept tasting the air with her tongue like a lizard and then laughing. And I loved the picture of her with the ear plugs in, looks just like a baby Shrek to me.

Joe the pouter

Joe has to be the best pouter I have ever met. I always feel so bad for him. Last night I made yet another (what I thought was) very inventive meal that he couldn't stand. Baked chili rellenos, grilled quesadillas and corn. I ate all of mine without hesitation, after all I have been a dieter all my life and a meal like this rather than just tuna out of the can is absolutely amazing. I even treated myself with a weight watchers ice cream cone but Joe couldn't stomach one. I wonder if his taste buds will change or if I will have to look at his poor pouty face until Christmas. He stomps around everywhere but the good news is that he is like living with a stand up comedian right now because I just can't stop laughing. Poor tortured Joe.

Tonight's Dinner Plans

You may ask...what's for tonight's dinner? Turkey burger chili. I'll make it extra spicy in hopes to camouflage the fact that there is very little fat in it. Let's see if poor Joe can finish this meal.

Biggest Loser

Ok so first off the Biggest Loser starts again tonight...it is by far my favorite TV show. I have pretty much struggled with my weight my entire life so to watch these people break down and then build themselves back up is truly inspiring. I bet my gym sees as many people joining for Biggest Loser season as they do for New Year's Eve resolutions.

Secondly (not to give away too much just in case people don't want it out there) Joe and I are dieting...at Joe's request. I know I almost fell out of my chair when he asked too. So last night after I went grocery shopping for healthy stuff, I made our first diet meal. I laughed so hard at Joe, who has never dieted before. He called it rice, veggies and plastic sausage (aka turkey sausage). Ahhhh, it's going to be a long road for him.

And third and final I still can't find our passports, social security cards, or birth certificates...wow is it hard to obtain any of these without one of them. I am keeping my fingers crossed that they don't just deport us.

More pictures of Austin

Here's a couple more pictures for those of you not looking at Facebook. I stole these from my Mom. :-)