Have I mentioned I LOVE church friends?!!!

(ON THE WAY THERE)
The 'girls' and I recently took a road trip to St. Louis. What a drive, what great memories, what a time to get sick as dogs, what a cool time to bond with one of my kids.
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Our mission was to take the kids to Six Flags one day, and the Zoo the next day. Ashley took her daughter Alyssa (who is 6 months older than Ty), I took Ty, and Carry took Molly (who isn't due to arrive until October...haha)
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The first day ended up being pretty much a disaster. Ty was already sick and had a fever, then I came down with something to the point that I was sure I was going to die and was having thoughts that I needed to hurry and call Ryan to tell him I loved him and then call mom to tell her to help Ryan with the kids. I'm not a big baby when it comes to pain and sickness, but this was just about as bad as I'd had it. Fever, chilling, nausea, other things. Ahem.
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We only got to spend 2 hours at Six Flags before having to bring me back to the motel. I begged the others to eat and go back without me but they wouldn't hear of it. THEN, it hit Carry as well. So she, Ty, and I all passed out in the motel and pretty much slept till the next day.


(ON THE WAY HOME)
The Zoo was a blast. Ty had so much fun. I tried to give him my undivided attention and "within reason" play and do whatever HE wanted to do. He got to feed a giraffe and was able to see and enjoy a load of other animals. FUN!!! We had a great time.
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We swam in the pool at our motel the night before the Zoo which he loved too. He wanted in the big pool with mommy where he could kick his feet like a fish. They had a really cool little kids pool that he and Alyssa had all to themselves, but he didn't want to play in it. He wanted all my attention, and I was definetly willing to oblige on this trip that, for me, was dedicated to him.
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Ashley's grandmother was sweet enough to let us borrow her Cadillac to drive up there. We endearingly bestowed the name 'the Hoopty' to the car.

In other news, I cut my hair. LOVE IT!!!! AND....*drum roll*....I made my weight loss goal and have officially lost 45 lbs. For those of you who check it, the updated ticker is on the bottom of my bloggie's page. I haven't been this thin since highschool and I love it!

Thanks to everyone who prayed for and encouraged me! I'm so excited that I made it. Ryan is buying me a massage as a congratulations gift! Thanks honey!!!
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Also, thanks to all you faithful bloggie readers and commentors. It's always great to hear from you to know who's reading.
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