A little bit of this and that!

I have always leased cars. I like the security of leasing. The idea that if your car breaks down you can just bring it in and have it fixed appeals to me. I am not a fan of shelling out tons of money and time to have my car "fixed" only to find out that it is not actually fixed. Anyway, we did not lease the car that I have now and guess what...it's broken! The brakes have been acting up which is not a good thing. We have taken it to our mechanic twice and he determined that it had something to do with a recall that had "supposedly" been fixed by the dealership. So, to make a long story short my car has been at the dealership since Thursday and I finally was able to pick up a rental car on Monday. Keep in mind that Rob has a pickup truck without a backseat so my car is the only one that we can put a carseat in. What a logistical nightmare it has been. Thank Goodness my mom has been letting us use her car.

Lily Bee is very used to going everywhere with us and this didn't change once we got the rental. Here she is "sharing" the backseat with Payson:

We went out for sushi yesterday and payson slept right through it!

On another note...PAyson hasn't really been enjoying the Baby Bjorn like she used to. This was making me a little bit upset because I like being able to carry her around "hands free". We finally figured out that she just wanted to see the world. I didn't think that she was big enough to turn around yet...but I was wrong. She is loving her new view of the world.

Rob took her down to his "man room" in the basement. I could hear him playing his keyboard so I went down and this is what I found...

She actually fell asleep while he was playing. It could be our new getting her to sleep trick!

And now for the big news...We started our new "healthy way of living" on Monday. We are working out on the elliptical and eating healthier. I would like to lose 25 lbs by the beginning of June. We are thinking about heading down to Florida for Rob's big 30 this year on June 6th and we would both like to look and feel better. Rob just wants to replace some fat with some muscle. He'll probably be able to accomplish his goal in about 2 weeks while I will need right up until the 6th of June to accomplish mine. Well, now I have put it out there so I guess I have to do it. You will all hold me accountable right? I was thinking that I would start posting belly pictures each week like I did with my pregnancy. It would be a shrinking belly instead of a ballooning one. But, there is not a chance in hell that I am putting belly shots up so don't even get your hopes up ;0) Did you notice how I put "healthy way of living" instead of the word DIET. I hate the word diet because a diet eventually ends...we want to STAY healthy. So, I am assuming that if you eat healthy you will lose weight, right? But, here is my question...Should I buy the low-cal bread with 40 calories per slice or the whole grain bread that has 100 calories per slice but has lots of grains and fiber. Do I buy things with artificial sweetener and zero calories or things with more calories that are more natural? I am totally confused...Help!

Okay, I think that I have written enough random stuff on this post today. If you made it to the end, thank you for reading!

Happy Wednesday!