My baby boy turned one yesterday. I cannot believe it.

He was celebrated all weekend with both sets of grandparents. We threw him a party with a cadre of our friends and their kids. We are hoping for a love connection with him and the littlest attendee, and his big sister had fun in a pack of 2.5-3yo girls running wild.

I took the day off for his real bday, so he could have some fun without big sister calling the shots….and speaking of shots…he got those today in further celebration of his first year on earth.

He is such a special little boy. He’s so smiley. He rarely cries. And he LOVES to cuddle. I’ll miss that when he’s older. I only get him for 17 more years (and his sister for 15.5), and I want to make this time count.

So that brings me to my other update. I finally reached onederland myself. On his 1st birthday (my goal date), I weighed in at 199.7 pounds. My first time under 200 since before his sister was born. So yesterday was a milestone for many reasons.

(Ignore the nasty toenails)

I’ve been using this as my “short term” goal for so long, I have no idea what to shoot for now in the short term.

(What do I tell my Fitbit to count down to now?)

I’ve also earned myself a trip to Vegas via weight loss since the last update. Well, not totally. I did a bunch of the healthy wage 6% weight loss challenges and made my goal weight, so they are gonna pay out enough money for me to go to Vegas. I just have to find a time that works with work, kids, husband, etc. Yay!

I’ve tried to keep info about this close to my chest. I’ve only told my husband, my trainer, and bits and pieces to people who noticed the loss and asked. But when I hit onederland on my one year old’s bday, I just had to post here to share the good news.

I promise there will be more geri posts soon!