Long weekend recap

I am still exhausted from this weekend. Taking Monday off was just not enough. So here is some randomness from what has been my long weekend. 

My mom, sister, niece and nephew all flew in from Arizona on Wednesday to celebrate Amelia's 2nd Birthday with us. There was a Marlins afternoon game that day so they got to see the new stadium. The Marlins blew a 3 run lead and lost. So we headed out to the Bobblehead display with these two crazies!

Anthony (7) and Abby (10)

Amelia had a great time hanging with her cousins and being spoiled by Nana and Auntie. By Thursday the excitement of seeing everybody had gotten to Liam and he was in the nurses office by 930am with a "stomach" ache. Cant blame the kid!

Sunday we had a Luau pool party for Amelia's 2nd Birthday. Two things I learned from this party:
1 - we have awesome friends and are incredibly humbled by their generosity and friendships
2 - Bacardi Limon is the most delicious little kick in an ice cold bottle of corona

The product of #2 above. ha!

Amelia and her man cruising. See his hand on her leg!?

We call this their "honeymoon" photo. Colin is the sweetest!

Even though we have a huge pool, the kiddie pool was a hit!

My big 2 year old!

Amelia's new Minnie shopping cart, definitely a favorite from her day

These past 2 years have flown by and I cant wait to see what the years ahead have in store for us. Amelia starts preschool on Monday and I feel like I am going to puke every single day I think about it... For any of you working moms out there, how do you do it? My husband has been a stay at home dad for the last 2 years so this is new territory for us. How did you get through your first day of dropping your baby off for the first time with a stranger?

What's in a year?

At 10:55am 2 years ago Amelia Elaine Hunter was brought into this world without too much of a fuss... from her that is... I always wonder what she must think on a daily basis and how much my little 2 year old really grasps. When you are 2, I guess you don't really realize what is in a year. Do you just wake up everyday and think "the big guy is going to give me cereal" and "that lady that always wants kisses is going to someplace she calls work"? Do you think it just seems like Ground hog's Day everyday to her? She wakes up and the same song is playing on the alarm clock, she has the same thing for breakfast and so her day begins... Again! I am so thankful that every day I get to see her sweet face and can not believe all of the things that she has learned over the last year alone.

So here is a picture montage of her start in this world and then over the last year:

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

Happy Birthday Amelia! You are by far my best creation. Momma loves you!

Everybody has one

To say I have been busy would be an understatement. But we all know what they say about excuses and assholes... So for Fat to Fit Fridays you are gonna get an update on bootcamp and a little before and progress picture action. 

I have been going to boot camp pretty consistently since 4/1. I need to work on getting up in the AM and getting my workout on. Gotta get these last 20lbs off. This boot camp is awesome and I am burning between 520 and 620 calories each 1 hour class. I will take that any day! I like to go run before if I can make the time and that usually helps my burn. 

*** Warning *** I am about to post a picture of me in a bikini, so beware.. It is not pretty at all and I am okay with that. The progress I see in the two pictures is awesome to me and keeps me motivated. 

Left is 4/6 and right is 4/20 just a 2 week difference

Can I just tell you that I have basically been losing and gaining the same 2lbs (because of shitty eating) but the inches and progress speak for itself. 

I originally purchased a deal for 1 month unlimited bootcamp for $19 (a freakin bargain)! May 1st I am signing back up and going every single chance I get. I will take new before pictures and measurements for the month of May. I am super excited to see these results. I have to keep on meal planning and continue to stay away from fast food and the scale will start to show results as well. 

So if you are still here after all of that, what are your favorite inner thigh and ab workouts. Mama needs help. I want to wear one of these bathing suits out in public this summer. 

So What!!!

This week I have a lot of "So Whats" so lets get to it...

*So what if I took an unplanned half day yesterday and went swimming with the kids for about 4 hours, 

  the pool is now permanently open for business!

*So what if  I set my alarm for 5am everyday to get up and work out with Jillian or Bob and NEVER do  

  it.

*So what if my stepson told me today that his mom's pass code for her phone is the same as mine 

  (which is a significant number to my husband) its been 4 YEARS and you have another kid and a 

  fiance.. move on!

*So what if I am in full on Luau mode for Amelia's 2nd Birthday, she is going to love it

*So what if she doesn't

*So what if I just feel like it would be easier on me and my meal planning if I could just eat egg whites 

  and hot sauce for every meal...

*So what if  I am still on the fence about adding another Devonport to the mix... I will make up my mind 

  soon

*So what if only rinsed after boot camp last night, I was going to get up at 5am and work out this 

  morning!

*So what if after the pool Amelia walks around naked the rest of the day, at least she pees in the potty 

  most of the time

*So what if I have gotten Liam used to talking his swim trunks off outside before coming in the house, 

  Ross' face yesterday was priceless when he realized Liam was buck naked!

*So what if Liam also loves to pee in the grass when we swim as well... ain't nobody got time for the  

  bathroom!

What's on your so what list!?

Weekend recap and things to look forward to!

I have just been so crazy busy the last few weeks that I haven't written a post. Must get better about that!

Hopefully this face helps you forgive me!

If you follow me on Instagram andreadevo then you get to experience my whole weekend in real time, exciting shit right!? Moving on, I'm sure you want to know what I have been up to and what we are getting ourselves into this summer, right!? Bueller!?

So Thursday was take your kid to work day since our State testing is happening on the "actual" day our school district moved it. My kid has been to my work, its not that exciting, so instead we went to see Jurassic Park in 3D at the Ipic theater... If you are lucky enough to have an Ipic in your city, go see a movie there. On second thought maybe don't, you might not go to another theater again. Reclining seats, blankets, pillows, free popcorn and drink service will get me every time... Liam was pretty impressed as well!

The band nerd in me was loving the movie score and it took me way back to Taylor Junior High days

On Saturday I was feeling like I wanted to sign up for my next half marathon, but most of the 1/2's in Florida stop next weekend until September, so I either need to travel to another state, or just wait it out until the fall. I can wait I guess... But in the meantime I found a 5k next Sunday that is very near to my heart. It's the Florida Brain Tumor Association Sprint for the Cure. My stepsister was diagnosed with a nasty (treatable) bitch of a brain tumor in May 2008. She fought a hard battle, but that bitch had friends and they came back with a vengeance for her in September 2010. She lost her struggle on December 22, 2010. These runs for me give me hope that some day no family will ever have to get that devastating news or experience the bull shit of the whole situation. I am working on a play list to honor her and listen to while I run. It's a ton of fun remembering all the good times we had to those songs! Next Monday I will have a follow up to the 5k along with some good stories that come up from that play list!

Really looking forward to this run!

Saturday momma had a crazy sexy time dream about a handsome basketball player from my favorite times of the NBA.... (if you were following me on Instagram you would already know this)

BEAUTIFUL! Sir Charles is the one and only on my '"list"

So for the upcoming festivities for me. This weekend is a double date with my girl Brit and her fiance to go see a funny ass British comedian down at the South Beach Comedy Festival. Next weekend...well next weekend, what happens when you drink around the world at Epcot, might just have to stay at Epcot. Bachelorette party for Brit! My baby girl is turning 2 in less than 3 weeks, coincidentally so is my marriage. My mom, sister, niece and nephew will be here for a week for that. Liam will be 6 this summer. Then we have a crazy few months of 7's rugby all ending in July at Fort Myers for Beerfoot, read about last year here. Such a good time! This year I may even make it to all the bars on the pub crawl, but I am not making any promises. September we finally get to see Mumford and Sons up in St Augustine and then we will be headed over the pond to England for a Devonport Family reunion. Phew! Lots of good posts to come, I'm sure.

And if any of you know Sir Charles, send him my way... I wont disappoint!

Easter recap

Easter weekend was pretty awesome. Never mind my stress induced cold sore thing taking over my entire face, just be glad I'm not posting a photo for you all to enjoy. I am very much a mind over matter person and I can typically feel if I am getting sick and I literally talk myself out of it. Haven't taken a sick day for actually being sick in at least 5-6 years... probably more. So the same goes for stress and cold sores. I can feel them coming on and I can usually talk myself out of them. But with hosting Easter Brunch there was no convincing OCD, control freak Andrea that it was all going to be all right. So now I might actually have to take a sick day or two until this thing clears up... It's NASTY! Now that you all know how disgusting I look... Let's get onto the weekend.

On Saturday, the city we just moved from had an Easter Egg "hunt" at the park. The kids enjoyed themselves and I got to see my daughter enjoy Easter for the 1st time.. Yes I know she is 2, don't ask, its a sensitive subject...

I had to tell her this was a bow from Minnie's Bowtique to get her to wear it.

Loving the pink ears

see all my eggs

oooh! There is candy in these?!

Sunday was a mostly good day (you really don't want to hear about the non good) with friends and family at our new house. We had mimosas and bloody mary's with our breakfast and then I made lunch. Most of my items were Pinterest inspired.

These were a big hit! Bacon, egg and cheese ring recipe

These breakfast muffins were super easy! Breakfast Muffins recipe

For lunch I was not interested in doing a ham in the oven so I opted for some super awesome and super easy Ham and Cheese Sliders, recipe here. 

These cheesy bacon oven chips were amazing! recipe here

As with everyone else, I am now back to boot camp, running, yoga and eating better after a wild weekend of stuffing my face! My husband even ran 2.5 miles with me this morning!

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend as well.

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