Fourth of July Festival

Sofia's birthday weekend landed the same time as our towns Annual Fourth of July Fest. Despite the craziness of our weekend we found time to head over and check out the foods and rides. I was pleasantly surprised to see how much Ish LOVED the rides. He rode the semi trucks and begged me to go on the ferris wheel with him. There's no fear of heights in this kid! Needless to say we had a blast! I just hope that next year the festival is the week after Sofia's birthday! This momma can only handle so much stress in one weekend!

Happy 1st Birthday Sofia

June 30th our baby girl celebrated her first birthday! Our neighbor decided to invite the local town clown to celebrate with the kiddos! Sofia wasn't thrilled about turning one year old. She was hot and grumpy for most of the day. I can't say I blame her though it was plain ole HOT that day! We made the best of it and went on our way. Sofia got a lot of really great gifts from her family and friends. We are blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives!

Sick little baby

Yesterday she had a fever of 101.2! With the help of some infant fever reducer she started looking & acting like regular self. Now again tonight she is looking not so great again. Took her temp and its at 101.4. It's her bedtime so a little bit of milk and a good nights rest are in her future... I really hope it's just a teething fever. Love you baby girl!

A post from my phone.

Neglectful to my blog for the last year. Taking care of two kids, a husband and a full time job has been more work than I could ever imagine. I found an app that seems like it could revive my blogging life. This is my test post... Welcome back Jessica:)

Christmas in New York & Ohio

It has been a LONG Christmas holiday season...I am thankful for being able to spend time with family in all parts of the country. Even though I dread the long drive to New York it is always worth it for the kids to see the rest of their family. Ish and Sofia are such troopers when it comes to traveling. I just hope it stays that way as we don't look to stop going places anytime soon.

Ish had a lot of fun this Christmas, he couldn't get enough of opening gifts. We even let him open Sofia's presents because he was on such a high from opening all of his. Ish received some awesome gifts this year including a personalized picnic table (that he has to share with Sofia) that is decorated with Mickey Mouse & friends engravings.

Christmas is such a magical time of year and I hope that as the kids grow they get to experience that Christmas Day magic of presents under the tree! And I really am excited for next Christmas!

The Babies are getting SO BIG!!

At Bass Pro, hanging out by the fish tank :)

Waiting in line to see Santa Claus!!!

Spending the night with GG & Pa

In about 15 minutes he'll be terrified of Santa...I was hoping for two happy babies sitting on Santa's lap....Oh well MAYBE next year!

6 mos already?!

Sofia, aka:: FiFi

My sweet baby girl!! 6 months just doesn't seem possible, but yet it seems like we've had you with us since our lil family began. I enjoy your beautiful smile and perky personality. Most of all I enjoy how peaceful you are. You love your big brother so much and you are growing on him like a weed! Ish came up with the cutest lil nickname for you, so if you don't love it when you get older you can blame him. Tummy Time has become a lot more frequent for you, although you can't go anywhere yet, you are giving it all you've got!
I struggle with comparing you to how your older brother was at this age, but I have to remind myself that you are two seperate human beings. And you will grow and learn at different stages. Speaking of growing, you are already into size 9 month clothing!! And has to wear A LOT of Ish's hand-me-down clothes because we just cannot keep up!! Keep growing at this rate and you'll be bigger than Ish, which may be good for you since its less likely that he will pick on you later in life ;)
Mommy is looking forward to doing your 6 month photos and you'll see them in a future post!

FEEL THE BURN

My calves are burning this morning...I haven't worked out in over a year and my body is screaming at me for it. I hate to get excited about working out because I have a tendency to give up rather quickly but I cannot help but to acknowledge my increased level of motivation!! I finally decided that it was time to buckle down and lose weight (the right way) through healthy eating and increased activity. For the last few weeks I've been feeling DEPRESSED, no lie. After a few weeks of not stepping on a scale, I saw my weight and wanted to die. I tried to figure out whether I wanted to start out eating better or working out (beause it seemed like it would be easier to do one first then incorporate the other later) but I wasted so much time trying to decide that I finally told myself just do both! It doesn't hurt to throw my whole heart and soul into this. I feel like I'm falling in love with myself again. It's similar to that feeling you get when you first start dating someone you really like. So far, I look forward to my 60 minute date with myself on the treadmill. I cannot wait for the day when my legs can handle running for at least 25 minutes. My first day on the treadmill I did run, for only 2 minutes, but it was very uplifting. I was highly proud of myself. And to keep myself motivated even more...As I start my walk I am going to think of a great reason for wanting to lose weight/get in shape and I will post it on my Facebook as a daily reminder as to why I am doing this.
My workout motto is: If I can do it ONE day, I can do it EVERY day!

Las Vegas Honeymoon

My husband & I at the Pinball Hall of Fame:

I had been wanting to go back to Las Vegas for a long time but between work & being pregnant nothing seemed to be working out. But for our honeymoon, Steve insisted that we deserved a real honeymoon to relax after the few stressful months we had. Boy was he right! We had a great time on our honeymoon, some days were difficult to get through because I truly missed our children. But the great thing about Vegas is that there's always something to do and you can keep busy enough to forget about home for a little longer. A few highlights from our honeymoon (besides In-N-Out Burger and free alcohol) were playing in two poker tournaments. (One of which Steve chopped three ways a $900 pot) I didn't do too bad, I lasted longer than Steve in the first one we played in and really had a great time competing against strangers.

I surprised Steve with a visit to the Pinball Hall of Fame on Tropicana Ave (I recommend checking it out) Its definitely something 'different' to do. They have a lot of old-school arcade style video games and TONS of pinball machines. Its a nice way to spend a hot afternoon or late evening. I was so happy that Steve had a great time there, he even wanted to go back again the next day but we ran out of time that night.

The most adventurous action of our honeymoon was when I decided to do the SkyJump off of the Stratosphere Casino on the Strip. I never in my life thought that I would do something like that and I am so thankful that I got the opportunity to do it. I definitely had an adrenaline rush that I'd never felt before. But I promised Steve that would be the last 'dangerous' thing I would intentionally do for the rest of my life :)

The most surprisingly fun thing we did was go to a Cirque de Soleil show called Zumanity. I know Steve was dreading it, but he promised me he would take me to any show I wanted to see. We both left the theater happy that we went and it was WELL WORTH THE MONEY. I recommend the show to anyone-especially if they want to have a lot of belly laughs! Its not all laughs, there are some serious moments, but its amazing!!!

All Grown Up!

I'm still wondering where the time has gone, I remember the days passing by but looking back now the minutes felt like seconds. I love how much he's grown up and developed a self of himself. He knows so much stuff, things we haven't taught him-but he's learned through watching us. He is a wonderful Big Brother to Sofia. He loves to give her a pacifier-evens when she isn't crying. And just yesterday I watched him as he went over to 'talk' to her and hold her hand. Those are the moments when I wish I had my camera readily at hand. Those moments rarely last long enough to actually photograph. I could go on and on forever about the amazing things he does but I'll keep it short and say that he is smart, funny, handsome and always keeps us on our toes. We can't help but smile when we are around him.

If this picture isn't the definition of sophisticated then I don't know what is....

It's Official!

August 20, 2011-

I married the man of my dreams. I became a wife to the most amazing husband. I know in my heart I am exactly where I'm supposed to be in life. I couldn't ask for a better person to share my life with.

Proud to Announce...

the birth of our healthy baby girl!! Sofia Elizabeth Nagy was born June 30, 2011. She weighed 8lbs 4 oz and was 19-1/4 inches long. She is absolutely perfect and so beautiful. Now 2 months later she is just as much of a joy as the day she was born. She sleeps perfectly through the night and doesn't give us much of a fuss during the day either. We keep her fed and she stays happy. Since her birth she has traveled to many places. We went on two road trips after her birth, one to New York and another to Florida. She is such a trooper! We absolutely love everything about her!! Especially when she smiles at us!! She looks a lot like Ish at that age and still does-except she has big blue eyes, which I'm hoping stick around :)

I ♥ Coupons!!!

This morning I went shopping at Kroger and I absolutely have to brag about how much I paid for these items.

Corn Pops $2.29 each x 2= $4.58

Huggies Pull-Ups Wipes $1.49 x 2 = $2.98

Suave Deodorant $1.08 x 2 = $2.16

Huggies Baby Wipes $1.49

Sargento Cheese $1.99

Total: $13.20 (before coupons)

I paid with

2- .70 Corn Pop Coupons (Dbls to $1.40) so minus $2.80

2- $2 Huggies Pull-Ups Coupons so minus $4.00

2- .75 Suave Deodorant Coupons (Dbls to $1.50) so minus $3.00

1- .50 Huggies Baby Wipes coupon (Dbls to $1.00) so minus $1.00

1- .75 Sargento Cheese coupon (Dbls to $1.50) so minus $1.50

My total Out of Pocket expenses (with tax) came to $1.99!!!! Can you believe it?!

I never knew before that I could buy 8 items at a grocery store for less than $2!! It is amazing and such a rush to be able to achieve this amount of savings. Especially when its items that my family will actually use. It helps that I've been having cravings for Corn Pops for the last couple weeks and the sale is corrsponding with my cravings ;) Plus I think Ishy will enjoy eating these for breakfast!!

Belly Recap ((& only 1 more week to go!!))

The first bump at 22 weeks ((03/05/11))


Here we are at 28 weeks ((04/12/11))




My growing belly at 33 weeks ((05/18/11))






FYI, NOT my favorite picture, but I am sacrificing for my devoted readers ;) at 35 weeks ((06/01/11))

Well on our way to delivery date, 37 weeks ((06/15/11))

Big Ole Belly 38 weeks ((06/22/11))

**Feel free to leave comments on how big I got, I won't be offended--I love my BUMP :)
I have 8 more days til Little Nagy joins our crew. We found out at our appointment this morning that our baby is head down ((and that delivery is expected any day between now and next Thursday)) also my doctor thinks that I have dropped 'a little' --since I am having a scheduled c-section they don't check to see if I am dilated or not so I have no update on that. The baby's heart rate was at 150 which seems mostly consistent with what we've seen throughout this entire pregnancy.

Some days when I go to Perrysburg with just me and Ishy, I get paranoid that my water will break and that contractions will start & I'll have to drive to the hospital in pain with Ishy in the car. I mean, its a legit fear right?! Because we never know WHEN IT COULD HAPPEN! Another thing that bothers me is sitting on the toilet. Since my water broke while I was on the toilet (with my first pregnancy) in the back of my mind, I think that its going to happen that way again- so every time I use the bathroom, I think to myself "Okay, is it going to happen now?" Its silly but its the truth. Well I dont know if I just ran out of things to write about or if my baby brain has made me forget anything else I wanted to tell you...if I remember I'll update, but until then we are counting down the days to delivery!!

Baby Brain (& Belly!)

I hope you didn't think that I forgot about you here at 'Beautiful Tomorrow' although this baby brain of mine does have me VERY forgetful these days!! I've been busy with preparing for this baby along with preparing for our wedding in 2 months!! I only have a few minor wedding details left to worry about and then maybe a lot of 'last minute' stress will be over. I know I will have too many other things wearing me down once the baby gets here. I don't need the wedding stuff to get in the way of taking care of both my babies!! Speaking of my babies, poor Ishy has pink eye in BOTH of his eyes!! I cannot stand to see him ill, along with his pink eye he also has a bad cough that I hope will go away on its own! My baby never gets sick and he chooses now to get DOUBLE sick!! At least its before (and not after) the baby gets here! I just need to make sure the house is scrubbed down and Lysol'ed right for before Little Nagy arrives! Okay, so enough of my ramblings, here is what you are all waiting for....Baby Bump!!!
Believe me, I am as huge as I look!! Its quite strange looking at photos of myself pregnant over time. I cannot believe the progress my belly has made in growing!! Looking back, now I wish I would have taken photos of my pregnant belly with Ishy- but I dont remember have a true 'bump' when I was pregnant with him so I guess thats why I never wanted photos! Only 2 more weeks (and one day) til Little Nagy arrives!!

:)