30 isn't so bad after all

I had a suspicion back in March, but then when March came and went, I gave up thinking it might happen. And two weeks into April, it did!
Ryan and Becky threw me a surprise party! It was phenomenal!!
I love to dress up, I think its so much fun! So, that was pretty much their theme! IT was a black tie affair!
I thought I was going to a dinner for my father-in-law's work that was a black tie event, so I was all dressed up. When I walked in, all of my friends and family were there to surprise me (well of
course, except for my best friend who lives in WA and my other two best friends who live in TN) pretty much everyone was there!
Ryan did so much work for it and he was so happy to surprise me!
On each of the tables were framed pictures... he had me superimposed into all different pictures. One of Jon and Kate plus 8, one of Pretty Woman, one of Dirty Dancing, one of Greys Anatomy, one of the Sex and the City cast, one of Tim McGraw and Faith Hill (I was faith!) and one with Tedy Bruschi!
They had favors for everyone that were M&M's that said Amanda's 30th Birthday and Happy Birthday on them! They were in little boxes tied up with Black and Pink ribbon.
Seriously, it was so great!!

We danced for hours and the music was fantastic (much better than my wedding!) I drank WAY too much, but it was so worth it!!

The greatest part was that my parents cut their vacation short to come home for it, surprising everyone! They've been gone for over a month, so it was so great to see them again!

Anyways, enough of me bragging about it, I'll post pictures and be done!

New Pill = New outlook

So, for the past three months, I've found that my attitude has been very negative and I've been downright miserable.
I finally figured out that it was linked to my switching to a new birth control pill. I had heard great things about the pill Yaz; so when I stopped nursing Maddie, I went on it... Well, since then, I've been almost depressed.
Last month was my last month on Yaz and my doctor has since switched me to something generic (which saves $10 a month) and I think my attitude is a bit better!
I don't feel miserable all the time now, granted, I've only been on this pill for almost two weeks, but I think I am already seeing a big difference!
Thank Goodness!!

This weekend was pretty nice; I was able to relax with the hubby a lot. We ordered Thai food on Saturday night which was so yummy!! and just hung out together. Maddie was great too, not moody like she often can be, and we all just had a great time together. We went to Patriot Place on Sunday and then out to dinner with my Godparents. Isn't it funny how so much in our lives revolves around food? No wonder I can't drop these last 5-10 pounds.

I am back to running every morning though. I get up with Ryan at 6:30am and head out to the track. He leaves for work at 7:20, so I'm back by then and getting ready for work after a run and some weights. I do miss the gym though. I just feel like it's so much harder to get toned without the gym. If I could fit it into my schedule and not miss out on family time I'd be at the gym all the time! But I just feel so guilty going after work, knowing I should be home with the family.

I think though, that once the summer starts and Ryan is home during the day, I'll join the gym. That way I could go a little later than 6:30, but I could get about an hour and 20 minutes in each day before work. As it is now, I'd have to get up at 6 to get that amount of time in at the gym and to be honest, I go to bed around 11 or 11:30pm, so getting up around 6 is sooo tough!

I don't know how people do it!