San Diego

4 of the Crandell 8 went to San Diego for a few days. Such a great time...relaxing, no...fun, yes!!

The park across the street from our hotel on Shelter Island

Carousel at Seaport Village

Elmo's Flying Fish ride at Seaworld

Oscar's Rockin' Eel ride

Abby's Spinning Starfish ride

Esther petting a stingray

The eels seem to be attracted to our little girl.

The biggest lobster I think I have EVER seen.

Our chilled out little man.

The most active I think I have ever seen the sea turtles.

Esther enjoying some water fun at the Bay of Play area.

The kids enjoying watching the commerson's dolphins

That's one big walrus!!

Esther and her daddy walking into the Shark exhibit

That's one good looking family, if I do say so myself. :)

Self-portrait

Family Pics

My friend Breann is such a talented photographer (http://www.unforgettableportraits.com/) and she took some pictures around the end of April for us. It was such a relaxed and fun time. The kids did pretty good, well Gideon did. Esther had a meltdown, but hey, she's 2 right?
I went ahead and posted my favs.

My boys.

Don't you just love the candid shots??

Still losing....

Well, I know many of you are wondering how my weight loss is going. Well I am still losing. I have currenting lost...drum roll please........43.8 lbs!!! I still can't believe it!! I have about 13lbs more to lose until I reach my goal. Then because I am doing Weight Watchers, I can eventually be a life time member and attend meetings for FREE!! I honestly never imagined I would be able to lose this weight. You know when you first think about losing weight and you see ALL the weight you have to lose, it seems daunting and undoable. I remember when I first weighed in at WW, I thought this is impossible, but if I don't do it now when it's a bit easier because I'm nursing and I'm under 40, then it's only going to be harder. I feel like being an "older" parent (most of my friends that have kids my kids' ages are younger than me) of 2 little ones, I am already at a disadvantage because I DON'T have the energy I had when I was in my 20s. And I want to have all the energy I can...I mean HELLO, have you met Esther? She takes some keeping up with.

Anyway, I am still going strong and carrying around Gideon also helps tremendously. Did I mention at 6 months he weighs in at almost 20lbs and is 28.5 inches long??? Maybe I will have "Linda Hamiliton in Terminator" arms...hey a girl can dream right??? :)

Silly Munchkin

We've got a roller