5 years Ago...

So I have this weird ability...

I can remember random things from years ago and to this day every time the day or time appears I always think back to that memory. I can also remember all of my phone numbers from my childhood... Call me weird but I think it's easier to remember my old numbers because I didn't have a cell phone to hold the number for me. Back then couldn't ask Siri to "call mom" hahaha

Anyways back to my remembering. Five years ago today I got the biggest shock of my life. Why am I telling you this? Probably because this day (next to my engagement day and wedding day) was probably the greatest day of my life.

March 18...2009. I found out I was expecting my first child. It's now 3/18/14 and I have this little boy sitting in the front room practicing his letters for school. I call him Cash. My first born child - whom I found I was pregnant with on March 18...five years ago. I can't help but smile every time this date pops up on the calendar. The feelings - the excitement - being scared...all the emotions rolled into one as I stopped by the store after going to the gym at 5:30 in the morning to get a pregnancy test. Only to get home - go pee and see two little pink lines pop up. I will never forget that. It makes me cry because that feeling will probably never happen again - but to be able to think back on that morning every year at the same time...how can you not smile.

I now have this stubborn little boy who is going to be 5 in October. I'm so happy he is growing into this little man but so sad he is no longer my little bug. He is becoming a big bug. It's amazing how fast time flies. It was like yesterday I was getting the shock of my life and now this little boy is almost done with his first year of preschool. Can I cry?

You're probably thinking - well what about Colt. That date was March 8. 3/8/10 when I found out I was pregnant with Colt. Now that is a different story. Having a 3.5 month old and then finding out you are expecting again brings about all new crazy emotions hahaha I still smile on that day - but I also cry on that date as well. It was also the date that I fully miscarried a 10 week old fetus that was another boy. So that date has high points and low points for me.

Either way... my ability to remember random dates and every year bring back the memory is nuts. Jeff thinks I am crazy and says "why don't you just forget about stuff like that". You can't. I can't. For some reason they happened and I will never forget random dates. Or like the time on 4/22/06 when I went on this date with a crazy sexy man whom I now call my husband. I still remember that date and he doesn't hate me for it hahaha

So five years ago today I found out Cash was coming.

Best day of my life.

I like the number 5!

Health Update

Well I went to the doctor the other day and the surgery worked for the most part. I ended up having only 20% scarring come back so the other 80% is an open uterus!!! :D I was able to final have a normal period which made me so happy. So basically I have been stressing that the operation I had in October never worked and it actually did. He said if we every wanted to try to have another baby (which is a looooooong shot) I would have to have another quick surgery to clear the 20% of the scar tissue is still there. I have chosen not remove it right now because it's not giving me problems. Should it give me problems down the road - then I will think about removing it. Basically I just want to stay out of the hospital and away from surgeries this year (knock on wood).  And I'm also on a workout kick right now trying to get my best body ever and I don't know want to do anything stupid and make a decision I could regret later. I am also thinking about getting my certification to become a personal trainer so I am excited about that one! :D

Correction...

Hey Guys...

Someone pointed out that my website link wasn't working. If you want to keep up on my transformation - you can follow me at http://transformingsnortney2013.blogspot.com/ :D

That link should work. I think the one I posted had the "www" and you don't need it :D

Smile Always!

New Challenge!

Hey Everyone...

Just wanted to give an update on what's been going on. Now that the holiday's are over (thank goodness) we can look forward to a new year. I need this year to run smoothly and even though it has started with a few obstacle's I think we can overcome them. I don't need to mention them but it's something I need to deal with and will.

In the mean time the boys got completely spoiled for Christmas and had a blast. They had Marine the Elf visit them each night throughout the month of December and it was fun seeing their reactions. I think we are going to keep this up. I also might be adding another elf next year too. The reason for this is due to the fact that I had to finally find a way to get rid of Colt's sippy cup. He was so attached to it and wouldn't drink out of anything else. He went to my parents for the weekend while Jeff and I went to Oakland (I will blog about that soon) and when he got home I told him Marine took it to feed a baby elf. I want to incorporate that somehow into Colt seeing that his cup helped this elf grow. So that should be interesting.

My health is on the up and hopefully my doctor's appointment on Friday is a positive one. I was on a series of hormones and birth control after my surgery for two months and when I stopped my pills I was supposed to have a period. I never did and frankly I was devastated thinking the surgery didn't work at all. Now flash forward a month and I finally got a period!!! A normal one I haven't had since November 2012. I called and they want to see me - so we will see how my uterus looks on Friday. I doubt I will ever have kids again but hey - if my uterus is rid of the scarring I will just be happy with that! I will keep you guys updated on that as well.

Because of all the medical stuff I had to go through last year I have decided to sign up for a new challenge in my life. I have joined bodybuilding.com's transformation challenge that will take me through the next 3 months. I needed something to help push me into dropping the weight I have gained (because of the hormones) and I signed up and it starts today. I started a program two weeks ago but the contest starts today. The reason I tell you this is because I have started another blog to track my journey. I figured if I put myself out there then I will stay motivated and it will push me to actually stay on track. Those who would like to follow my fitness/healthy journey can go to www.transformingsnortney2013.blogpsot.com. You don't have to follow if it you don't want to but hey I am throwing it out there. I also will be posting weekly and will try to throw in a few extra blogs here and there during the week when I am not so busy. I am also posting on Instagram (snortney2013) if you want to follow there as well. If I could have a second account on Instagram to post my transformation I would set that up but I haven't figured that out quite yet! haha

But I do have a few things to blog about so stay tuned. Between the boys - school - working out and Jeff's schedule and the holiday's - life has been busy!!!

Hope everyone has a great new year and I'm excited to see what 2014 brings!