vacation continues

So the vacation where we are sharing a condo with my parents continues. I'm not sure how I feel about the situation. On one hand, it is not as bad as I thought it would be, but on the other I find myself feeling a bit uncomfortable. I think that since I've been married to Carl, I am much more into the "low key" vacation (with the exception of going to Disney World). My parents and I have a much different idea of what a vacation should be...they like to go to places to constantly be doing something, which is fine...for them. At this point in time, I just need to relax and spend time with my family. Carl and I have been relaxing in the condo and spending some time at the beach. When we get back to the condo after dinner, we put the girls to bed and snuggle up to watch tv or play UNO. I think that ocean city is not the vacation location for us anymore. It was a wonderful place to come as a child, and it was fun for Carl and I when we were dating, but now I feel it is less family friendly and getting quite expensive. Even during the week where most students in MD have gone back to school, it is fairly busy. I think next summer we will head to NC for the week. Hopefully we will be able to spend our days on the beaches or swimming and our evenings grilling and spending time with each other and whoever else we decide to go down with.
On a brighter note (as I feel as though this blog is un-necessarily bitter sounding), I am having a wonderful time hanging out with Carl and the girls. The girls sometimes seem to have a good time at the beach, and other times are anti beach. Alie has her first tooth. The whole tooth popped through her gums two days ago, so that's exiciting!

Dinner 1

Tonight was the first night of dinner with my parents on our Ocean City vacation. The first priceless conversation was held between my mom and dad.
Mom: Bob, what is that women's group that is going to be at Seacrets?
Dad: I can't remember....
Mom: The Angry Femmes was it?
Haley: Do you mean the violent Femmes?
Mom and Dad: Yes! That's it!
Carl: Did Bob really think that was some sort of feminist organization?
Mom: No he didn't...
Dad: Umm....

Oh this should be an intersting vacation

Weight Loss

Post-baby weight loss is the most frustrating thing ever! I have been working out most days of the week and the scale is still saying that I weigh anywhere from 139 to 143lbs. To me, its not so much about the weight, but the way I feel, and I feel FAT!! My legs are looking more toned (they better be with all the squats and stair steps I've been doing) and my arms are starting to look a bit better as well, but my stomach is still looking the way it did when I was about 2 or 3 months pregnant. I do tons of sit ups in a variety of different styles. I try to work on those core muscles that everyone who knows anything about post-pregnancy weight loss talks about. None of these things seem to be making a dent in my stomach and I'm gettting really annoyed. Everyone always comments.."you look great for having twins 8 months ago" or "i wish i could look that good after having kids". What they are secretly saying is, you are still overweight, but you can still used the baby excuse. I don't feel that I have ever been fat, and I have never felt as uncomfortable in my body as I do now. Dont' get me wrong, I am completely in love with my daughters, and I would have them all over again (possibly minus the morning sickness from hell)...but I want my old body back!!!!!!

dream cheating

Last night I dream cheated. My dream was very odd. Carl and I were in Key West with some people that we are friends with and some people that we know, but are not friends with. The girls and I were staying in one room and Carl was staying with some males in another room (included in this other room was his dad). We started the night out together and then split off for dinner. At dinner I ran into Pat McGee. At first we weren't really friends, but as the night went on we continued to talk. All of my female friends were off dancing and left Pat and I alone. We kissed each other. It was a kiss that wasn't necessarily initiated by either one of us; it was one of those movie- both lean in at the same time kisses. It was a real kiss, the kind with tongue, and it was strange. It was so strange because I was very upset in my dream and headed home from the bar alone. Well, Pat decided to tell my father in law that we had shared a kiss. My father in law in turn told my husband, and Carl refused to talk to me. I went back to the bar to try to win him back, but he refused to even look at me. I was still very upset when I woke up, and even apologized to Carl for dream cheating. He told me that its ok to dream cheat with famous people. I'm wondering what spurred this dream cheat to begin with....

girls weekend!

This past weekend was an excellent girls weekend! Friday night I met the SPSG crew for some dinner at TGIFridays, one of our old high school hangouts. It was great to see everyone since Ciara and Holly are leaving for grad school soon and Lara is very busy with med school and her wedding.
Saturday was so much fun. I drove to Philly to visit Cirucci. Her apartment is so cute and comfy looking...I'm so glad that she's happy with it! We had lunch at Panera and caught up. Then we headed to Viv Pickle to design purses. The drive there was easy but the parking was somewhat adventurous, but that is what makes memories all the more fun. We had some extreme difficulty in choosing both shape and fabric for our purses (and got a good laugh out of why we were each choosing what we did). Cirucci went with a very pretty black fabric with cranberry and green polka dots. I decided on a bold black and white design. I can't wait to see what our purses look like when they are finished...also the pick up gives me another excuse to spend a fun weekend with Cirucci! Next we visited Brian at his apartment. Bri's apartment was cute too...much more guy friendly. It was fun to talk baseball and look forward to the upcoming tour and game. Ciruc and I then headed out to get some Starbucks and chat a little longer. It was perfect weather and the perfect day to just relax with one of my best friends. It was the perfect much needed time with a good friend! The visit was so awesome that the traffic there and back didn't even spoil the mood :) I am quite lucky to have such an amazing friend.

strange feelings

I just finshed looking at some of my friend's (who is a few years younger than I am) online photo albums (slightly bored at work). She has pictures of her senior year at the 'burg in there and it made me think; same place, different people. The fraternity houses and dorm rooms don't change, everything is exactly the same as when I left it. There are still huge parties in the basements of all the frats that we used to mix with. There are still ADPis throwing the same parties, making the same memories. Its strange to see pics of places that I used to hang out, but I don't recognize anyone in them. I have been giving this concept a lot of thought recently; the idea that a lot of the things in my life I can never go back to. The building are all the same, but all the people have moved on. Ok. That's my indepth thought of the day (although not so indepth)

yucky day

Do you ever have a day when you just feel yucky. Today is that day for me. I think it stems from the fact that I didn't take a shower this morning. I'm not the hugest fan of taking showers, but I do acknowledge that throughout the day, if you've taken one, you feel MUCH better. Then there's the issue of not putting on make-up today. I did wash my face last night, taking off yesterday's make up, but I didn't reapply this morning. My skin feels like it looks shiny and greasy. Then I'm wearing my easy-dress. I call it my easy dress because I put it on when I don't feel like picking out an outfit to wear. I feel fat today because my alarm didn't go off, so I didn't exercise. My butt and stomach seem to be sticking way out in the easy dress. To make matters worse I feel a little tired and my skin seems to be breaking out. I don' t think that I'm being successful at work today because I'm so pre-occupied with my attractiveness...
What have I learned from this yucky day? Take a shower in the morning and make the effort to get dressed, you will feel better in the long run!

This weekend....

This past Saturday, we went to visit my grandmother (the girls' great-grandmother). It was a nice visit...Delaney was quite shy (as she always is around people she's not familiar with) and Alie was her usual very excited self. Afterwards we went to lunch with my mom and then bummed around for the rest of the day. Sunday morning Carl and I had our usual breakfast on the front porch, but no dancing as we both felt like bumming around all day. I went outback and gardened a bit and then cleaned the bathtub. I had a wonderful bubble bath Sunday afternoon and read a lot farther in the "Devil Wears Prada". Since I most likely will not see the movie in the theater, I 'm not in a rush. I do need to start the book for book club soon though!
Yesterday, I was able to spend a wonderful day with the girls. My father in law was sick and so I stayed home. Delaney, Alison and I headed out to White Marsh Mall to buy some pjs. We picked up two blanket sleepers (the really warm footed pjs), two regular pairs of footed pjs, and a shirt with Thumper on it. We then stopped by the office for a little bit to say hi to everyone. The girls have grown so much since their last visit to the office, so I was excited for everyone to see how big they have gotten. We spend the rest of the day both napping and playing. I love having the long weekends when I get to spend a little extra time with my girls. They are both so funny but have such different personalities.