By Nicole

This has been a glorious break.  Forget the sick kid, the sleepless nights filled with phlegm and seal barks, my frazzled, pj'd attempts to work from home, and the fact that my house has remained in an eternal state of disarray. It's been glorious because I have been able to - be home with my kids for a couple days, forget about "having" to blog daily, have Jason pick up a take n' bake pizza guilt free (we had a gift certificate), register for the Narrows Half on opening day, do silly things like sort through my drawers and get rid of more stuff, eat chocolate, and drool over the Nine West boots I am in love with online, clean off my computer keyboard, snuggle my kids a lot, stay in my pajamas all day. I'm enjoying this so much that I am taking April off of NaBloPoMo.  I decided. Instead of me worrying about blogging daily, this month we are going to  - decorate eggs and then crack them all up to make deviled eggs that look like baby chickens ha...

We weighed out today... out of the weight loss challenge that we signed up for in January .  So - in three months, Jason and I lost more than the weight of Leilee!  A total of just over 39 pounds.  Jason took up the slack, losing 25.  I lost 14.  We were so stoked.  Neither of us thought that we would be able to lose that much weight in 3 months... but we did!  And then we splurged like maniacs today.  Eggs, cheese, chocolate pastries, coffee with cream and honey, ice cream, steak, mashed potatoes with feta.... we feel so gross and delicious today.  And already so excited and relieved to run and eat healthier tomorrow! My current joke is that I am one stomach flu away from my goal weight .  I even wrote that on my "story" that they asked us to write for the challenge.  And then I wrote, in parentheses, 'just kidding, please do not print!'  It is such a good feeling to be able to button pants that I haven't been able to get in...

1. I numbered this list first, and I messed up twice. 2.  I put on pajama pants or sweats almost as soon as I get home every night. 3. I like the taste of the coating on Advil. 4. I love my chiropractor. 5. I'm addicted to coffee. 6. I like to Google people, but I am not a stalker. 7. The snooze button is my friend. 8. One of my favorite verses is 1 Corinthians 1:25 - "For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength." 9. My Amazon wish list is five pages...of shoes. 10. My notebooks are covered in doodles. 11. The older I get, the braver my fashion choices. 12. My nose has been pierced for over 10 years. 13. I don't forward forwards, no matter what doom will befall me. 14. I am the oldest of four. 15.  Chocolate is my favorite food.  When I was pregnant with Leilee, I couldn't even stand to smell it, let alone think of eating it. 16.  I love a good, dark beer. 17...