It's Been Awhile

Man.....

The month of July was super busy ad super crazy. I've once again neglected my blog. I was doing so well with update about the baby and weight loss and then boom...no updates in over a month.

Things are going great. Everything is well with the baby. Amy is doing great. I give her a lot of credit as she is almost 25 weeks and has yet to beat the shit out of me. She not only keeps me in order but keeps the house in order as well, all while working one of the crappiest shifts. At times I may not say or do all the right things but I truly fall more in love her everyday.

And then to touch on the weight thing. I'm not going to make any excuses but just say that I haven't been doing all that I should be or where I was at about 2 months ago.

All in all things are going very well. I'm trying to find more time to take a break and jump on here to let everyone know whats going on. I still get emails from all of my past readers asking what's going on where ya been. So once again I apologize.

Things are going to move pretty quick as we are only a little more than 3 months away from welcoming baby Shelby into the world I can't wait.

Speaking of waiting we;re also waiting the addition of another niece into the family as my Brother & Sister-In-Law are anxiously waiting for baby Marnie to arrive @ any moment....

It's A Girl!

Well the Intelligender test was very wrong. Amy and I had our ultrasound today to determine the sex of the baby and the ultrasound tech told us we're having a baby girl. I started to get emotional as did Amy. Grandma Bushon joined us for the ultrasound. I'm so very happy.

I added some profile pics and would like to introduce you to Shelby Marie Perreca who is is due to arrive around the 23rd of November.


Thank you all for the love and support and congrats. It means a lot to us.

Boy or Girl (Intelligender Gender Predection Test)

So Amy and I got one of these gender prediction tests. One that can be bought over the counter and done in the privacy of your own home. The only thing is we made a video to show the whole world. Now to us this test is really for entertainment purposes only but also fun in the fact that they claim to be more than 80% accurate. We have our ultrasound appointment on the 28th and we'll find the sex then. It was interesting taking this test and getting the result. Not banking on any of this at all, below is the video of the test results. More info can be found on the intelligender website.

It's not just about me anymore (video)

More to come with the website in the next few months. Videos, Vlogs, Pictures. My focus right now is getting and staying in the gym to reach my ultimate goal of losing over 200 pounds.

My Goal at this very moment. Being able to drop as many pounds as I can before the baby arrives in November.

My wishes have and are coming true and I'm not going to let my battle with obesity stop me from being able to embrace these wishes.

I will accomplish my goal of losing over 200 pounds, and I want you all there to see it.

The Scale Doesn't Lie (Week 17 Weigh-In)

So I started out working with a trainer on Sunday at my gym. Bobby is awesome. He knows where I'm at and where I'm trying to get to. I worked out 4 straight days. I have never worked out like this in my life. It feels damn good too.

I plan to put up some video and pictures of me at the gym and of my progress. I want you all to see how hard I'm working. Plus when I shed the pounds I want to be able to look back at all the hard work I put in.

I went to weight watchers today and weight in. I'm down another 9lbs That makes me feel awesome. I'm really pumped right now and can't wait to get back in the gym tomorrow morning.

I've got about 6 months now til the baby is here. My goal is to lose 100+ pounds by then. I want my baby to see what daddy has been doing for her/him. (we'll know in about 5-6 weeks)

I'm going to start bloggin more with my weight loss and with the baby coming. I know I'm going to have a lot on my mind.

Below is a short video of Amy and I at the Doctors, the nurse was using a fetal doppler to get the heart beat. It took her a min but she was able to get it. Not the best video in the world but wanted to share. (audio may be low)

Small Weight Gain and Baby's Heartbeat

I'm going through one of those times again where I fail to update everyone on what's going on in my life.

I weighted in this past Saturday and was up 2.2 pounds. I knew I was. I had ha a stressful two weeks with work and just being all around busy. I haven't been to the gym as much as I should be. I haven't went overboard but I haven't followed WW as I normally do.

Ok enough whining...

Now for some good stuff. Amy is doing great. She is 11 weeks now and the due date was moved up a little from our last appointment. The doctor said that due to the size and everything from the first ultrasound that was done, that we're a little farther along then we first thought. Not a big jump though. Instead of the due date being the 27th of November, it has been moved up to the 23rd.

The greatest thing about our last appointment was that for the first time we both got to hear our baby's heartbeat. It was a little emotional and made it real. I'm living the dream right now. It was an amazing feeling that I don't think can be put into words. For those of you that have experienced it before I think you all know what I mean.

We're both very excited and looking forward to what comes ahead. I'll for sure keep everyone posted on that.

I can't believe in a million years did i ever think I was going to become a weight loss and Daddy blogger...lol

I'm not complaining it's two very great things that I'm very proud of and I woulodn't change it for the world.

The Scale Doesn't Lie (Week 12 Weigh-In)

Ok so here goes. I have skipped 2 weeks from blogging about weight loss. With everything going on I neglected to update you all.

I hadn't gone to WW in 2 weeks. Not purposely it just happened that way. With that being said, I didn't step away from what was/is important. Yes I haven't been in the gym as much as I'd like to be and that will change now that things have died down.

I'm gonna be quick and get right to it. the last time I weighed in 2 weeks ago I was at.

481.8 and was currently up 1lb

Today's weigh in was 477.4 down 4.4lbs 45.6 total lost since Jan 1st

Things are going good and I'm very happy. Gotta get my butt back in the gym and make it happen. Motivation is I gotta baby on the way that's going to want their daddy to run around the yard and play. I'm all for it.

PS. I'm going to post another set of Pics as it's been awhile and I've lost almost 14 pounds since the last pics were taken.

Thanks for all the love and support.

Baby Perreca (first ultrasound pic)

Man I've been slacking on this blog. I was giving you all updates every week and then I got news that my life was going to change and got sick.

And to top that off, I got a stupid bladder infection that after taking some serious antibiotics has now gone away.

We'll a lot of the stress that I was having for the last two weeks has now been lifted off our shoulders. Amy had some severe cramping one night and at 2:30am we went to the hospital to see what was going on. This was last week. Everything checked out fine.

We also got in the same day to see the OBGYN doctor and he reassured us everything was OK but we were still worried as we wanted to have an ultrasound done just to make sure. The OBGYN scheduled one and we're able to get in today.

Everything went great. Tech said he could not see any issues and we're on pace for the amount of time we're at aprox 7 weeks. What an awesome feeling to be able to see on a screen that you have created life. Everything checked out fine, we even seen the flicker of the heartbeat. I know it's not much to see as of now but to me it's awesome I've added a pic.. We're both very blessed and excited.

I had a lapse in weeks in my WW membership and will be signing back up tomorrow morning. So I'll be doing another scale doesn't lie post tomorrow. I guess you'll have to wait and see if I've been sticking to this diet. I hope so and the scale will tell me/us otherwise.

Thanks for all the love and support it means a great deal to us.


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Our family is growing, There's a Baby on the way

Wow. Now that the news has been broken to friends and family, I can now tell the world on my blog. A post a while back I had this to say

1. Become a husband (done)

2. Become a father (Amy and I are working on this...lol) (baby on the way)

3. Get down to half my weight (in process) (down 46 pounds to date)

Yes Amy is now pregnant and we're expecting a little one to our family come November. I can't put into words how excited I feel.

This is huge to me. I've dreamed for a long time on becoming a father. To me it was the only thing I really knew. Growing up in a family that was a strong as mine, and witnessing just how much in love my father was with my Mom for 36+ years till the day he passed on.

I asked my Dad one night if he was mad/angry at God for being diagnosed with cancer. He looked at me as serious as he almost always was and said I'm not mad at all. I thank him for the time that he gave me a wife that loves me and two wonderful boys that I've never had to worry about.

I knew right then what life meant to me, and what I really wanted in life and that's a family.

Life is going very well for me right now, I'm enjoying my job, my wife, losing the weight and working out, my friends, my family. I'm just in a really good place right now.

I want to thank everyone for the love and support. Amy and I, are very excited and for me November can you please come any sooner.