Where's Maria?!

Sorry again to my vast and loyal followers - it's been a while! What have I been up to, I'm sure you've been staying up nights asking yourself? Work, wedding, wee ones and...wunning (you know I mean running but the marketing freak in me had to go with consistent alliteration :). I do actually have a paying job and sometimes I actually have stuff to do there, when I really, really set my mind to it...and get off of wedding planning and shopping ;). Wedding planning (and shopping) is moving right along - according to the trusty wedding countdown widget on my phone, "45 days until we say 'I do'"!

The next big task is getting LOML to go get fitted for his tux! I don't know if I've mentioned this but he is NOT a very good planner-aheader and as an overwhelmingly anal type-A personality, this drives me INSANE! Not only does he have to get himself fitted, but also his 16-year-old/Best Man and his 2 groomsmen. My girls are good-to-go, of course. I go for my second fitting tomorrow. I've lost 3 more pounds (10.5 total!!!) since my first fitting with 9.5 to go...hopefully that won't be too dramatic?? If it gets too loose, I'll just have to cinch up the corset in the back a little tighter than planned.

The "wee ones" a.k.a. "the kids" were here this past weekend (all except my 2 girls which still left us with 8 under one roof ;). The best way to sum up a weekend with the kiddos is "whirlwind"! We do so much with so many in such a short amount of time! I'm still exhausted days later!

That's my Ethan jumping off a bridge, sort of, at the beach on Sunday

I'm still cruising right along with my calories, running and water. As I think I mentioned above, I've lost 10.5 pounds so far :). I'm up to (easily) running 30 minutes straight (big, big smile)...that's as long as I'm running after dark when I can actually breathe. The weather is getting slightly cooler so I may not have to wait until after dark to run for much longer. Tonight is supposed to be a 45-minute run - fingers crossed but no promises!

Bought these stickers for my car since I now feel like a legit runner :) Just one wasn't good enough ;)

I'm thinking of running a 5K on the 29th of this month...but it starts at 8am - I don't know if I am not, not lazy enough to get up that early on a Saturday. Usually, my precious Aidan-angel has me up (begrudgingly...until I see his beautiful smiling face) anywhere between 7:30-9a on Saturdays but getting up and dragging myself to a race to start running at 8a might be too big a challenge for me. Ah, we'll see...I have about 2 more weeks to shame myself into it. Anyone want to run with??

OMG, he's so stinkin' cute!! Oh! and he's walking now :/

Oh, and I know our boys are not starting off too good this year but War Eagle anyway!