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[gobbles23]

Awww, how sweet I'd love to see a video, that would be awesome

[gobbles23]

Happy First Mothers Day Erica

[Echo814]

Awww, how sweet I'd love to see a video, that would be awesome

I'm still waiting for him to do the whole rollover again. He gets on his belly just fine but gets stuck and starts crying in frustration. Don't want to post that up, crying baby is not fun to listen to lol.

Stuff happening in the land of Erica:

I'm sick and have been since Thur. Jim and Liam got it first in the beginning of the week and I got it the worst. Poor Liam had gunky eyes and would wake up not being able to open his eyes, I would need to get some warm water on cotton ball to get it out of his eyes. Took being sick like a champ though, didn't get fussy or cry a lot. What I've been dealing with is stuffy nose, sinus pressure, sore throat, itchy red eyes and a slight cough. Sadly just like being pregnant I can't take much since I'm breastfeeding, so its Riccola throat lozenges, saline nasal spray and vics vapor rub.

Weight is back down to 151lbs. Tracking and weighs food is all I needed to start doing again, I don't think I did too bad with keeping a tally in my head in the beginning. I am going to try to get a couple of workouts in this week and there's some awesome news in that regard

For mothers day Jim got me the best presents ever

A plate loaded cable machine with two pulleys high and low plus a half rack.



A bench station with plate loaded leg developer.


They are used but in pretty good condition. We bought them from a couple that just got into lifting a year ago and decided to get rid of these and get a huge power rack set up. They said it was awesome to meet another woman that lifts and isn't afraid of it I think Jim did good with these. The nice thing is if we want to bench or squat at the same time we now can, just need to get another oly bar.

This week will be a short week at work. We are going back home for four days for Jim's graduation so it will be a fun time out instead of the usual get in late Friday night or early Saturday morning and leave early Sunday morning. He made it through a tough 5 year apprenticeship program and will get a nice raise after June 6th I'm very proud of him

[gobbles23]

AAAHHHHHH!!!!!! That's amazing Erica! Oh my goodness!!!! He gets the hubby of the year award for sure And congrats to him for accomplishing so much That's so awesome!!! I'm so happy for you both!!!

Sorry you and your family are sick though- hope you all feel better soon!!!

[thehobbes]

Wow, those are the coolest Mother's Day presents I've ever seen!!! Equipment looks solid, have fun with it! I really like that rack with the pulley setup on it, that's a smart setup seeing as you usually need separate equipment to do all that. Congrats to Jim as well, I'm sure you guys are really proud!

Hope everyone is feeling better soon, ugh sucks when everybody is sick at the same time.

[Romina81]

Your husband is awesome...what a thoughtful gift for you and him
Weight is doing good also..before you know it youll be in the 140s!


I hope you and the family feel better...is it the allergies?

[Echo814]

Thanks guys

He wins hubby of the year for sure! I will still use my Hoist set up, the half rack is a little cramped so not sure how that will work out with squatting.

The sickness is getting worse, I stayed home today because I got like three hours of sleep due to Liam waking up at 11:40pm and not going back down till almost two. He has a fever today so we are all home trying to get some rest.

I usually don't bring stuff like this up but its something that has really disturbed me and I am glad that there is an end in site to this. Not sure if any of you have seen this in the news but I've been following the Kermit Gosnell murder trial. I read the grand jury report and I honestly don't care what side of the issue you are on, this is probably the most sickening thing I have read. Any person that can do this or witness things like that and not care makes me lose even more faith in humanity. The fact that it went on for as long it did is mind blowing.

It's disturbing to think that animals in this country have more rites and there is more shock and outrage when a celebrity is found guilty of dog fighting. I am glad he was found guilty of murdering those babies, its just sad that its turning into a stupid fight with pro-choice/life activists. This man claims that the only reason he was targeted was because he's black, yet the women that he did these illegal procedures on where mostly minorities, he was not doing his community a service. he was committing murder on innocent babies and medical negligence which maimed or killed several woman. If there is a hell there is special place for him, along with others that have done willful evil acts.

[thehobbes]

I usually don't bring stuff like this up but its something that has really disturbed me and I am glad that there is an end in site to this. Not sure if any of you have seen this in the news but I've been following the Kermit Gosnell murder trial. I read the grand jury report and I honestly don't care what side of the issue you are on, this is probably the most sickening thing I have read. Any person that can do this or witness things like that and not care makes me lose even more faith in humanity. The fact that it went on for as it did is mind blowing.

It's disturbing to think that animals in this country have more rites and there is more shock and outrage when a celebrity is found guilty of dog fighting. I am glad he was found guilty of murdering those babies, its just sad that its turning into a stupid fight with pro-choice/life activists. This man claims that the only reason he was targeted was because he's black, yet the woman that he did these illegal procedures on where mostly minorities, he was not doing his community a service. he was committing murder on innocent babies and medical negligence which maimed or killed several woman. If there is a hell there is special place for him, along with others that have done willful evil acts.

I have actually not heard about this, will google. I live 20min away from the scene in Cleveland where they had that triple kidnapping/torture ordeal, that's ben 99.9% of the news they show around here. This other case sounds like it's right up there as far as awful, disgusting things humans do. BRB google research.

[Echo814]

I have actually not heard about this, will google. I live 20min away from the scene in Cleveland where they had that triple kidnapping/torture ordeal, that's ben 99.9% of the news they show around here. This other case sounds like it's right up there as far as awful, disgusting things humans do. BRB google research.

Because of the abortion debate in this country it wasn't really reported on. He was convicted of murder yesterday and I hope they kill the sick bastard. His staff knew that this was wrong thought nothing of it. The fact that many of these people were parents makes it worse.

The kidnapping story is brutal too. How can people do this sh!t is beyond me.