Weight Loss

I just wanted to brag....

I'm down 14 pounds since Jan 1st!!! Woowhoo!!! This morning as I was getting dressed for work I decided to try on a pair of short shorts I bought this past summer. I only wore them 2 times because I felt too fat and uncomfortable in them. I put them on and they FELL OFF!!! Holy cow! I'm super excited and so proud of myslef. Working out, eating right and taking care of a 19 month old is definitly doing the trick! My goal weight is 170. I'm at 191 right now. This wasn't a huge goal I set because I didn't want to set one that I couldn't reach. Well, I think I could actually get down to 160! I lost 13 pounds in the first month alone!

I've been good this year!

Well, it's Christmas Eve 2009!!! I am stuck at work but I'm getting paid double time! Today is my husbands favorite day of the year. He loves Christmas Eve even better than Christmas day. Last night I was making dinner for our best friends. I went up stairs to clean up the bathroom before they came over and when I came back down stairs to check on the food there was a Kay's Jewelers bag sittin on the counter right next to where I was cooking. I looked at it and looked at my husband and asked him what it was. He got the cutest look on his face and said "I don't know". I said, "well it's a Kay's bag" and he said, "then maybe it's Kay's present!" I laughed and opened it up. It was a BEAUTIFUL diamond bagget white gold ring!!!! He's soooo cute!! He then told me that I have 2 even bigger presents! He told me that I have one to open on Christmas Eve, and one on Christmas day! This is something that my hubby does every single year! I open one on the 23rd, one on the 24th and then one on the 25th! I just love him! Merry Christmas to meeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Can't someone take the GRRRR outta me today?

Ugh...

I feel like I could just rip someone's face off today. I hate it when I feel like this. Everyone is making me mad or getting under my skin today. What is it about Thursday's? It's like a Monday for me. All I can think about on Thursday's is "when will this work week be over??", or "ugh..just one more day till Friday." I hate feeling like this. I feel like I'm wishing my life away waiting for the next Friday to come around. WHY WHY WHY???? Can't somoeone pleassssse take the GRRRRR outta me today?!?!? Maybe some quality face time with the hubs or some baby lovin from Ava will do the trick!

Ava's 1 year photos!

So Ava and Gage (Ava's cousin) got their 1 year pics done together! These are so cute and by far the most interesting and most fun photo's I've had taken! My sister and I had a great time with the kids in this photo session. We decided to get ballons made, and have cupcakes for them to eat in the pictures. It was a CRAZY day but we got through it. Gage was a sweat heart and Ava was a crazy baby that day! She didn't want to behave and she kept pulling all the props into the session and when I would take them away she would scream bloody murder and throw things at me! The cupcakes were a MESS! They were cute in the pictures but the kids were covered head to toe in florescent frosting that stained me and them! lol! I got the privleage of taking the kids into the family restroom; stripping them down, placing them in the sinks and scrubing away while AShley cleaned up the studio. All in all these pictures are FANTASTIC and a BIG thank you goes out to JCPenny portrait studio for allowing us to make a mess! I hope you enjoy these!

Ava's 9 mo pictures!

Ok so It's been 6 months since I last posted a blog! Opps!!! Life has been INSANE!!! Full time mom, wife, student, and my full time job have kept me more than busy. Ava is 12 months now but I haven't gotton her 12 mo pics taken yet so I thought I would post her 9 mo pictures! These are the BEST ones yet. They really show her little personality and her happy moods! She is 21 pds and is 30 inches long now. She's working on her 14th tooth. She eats everything but steak and LOVES her sippy cups! What a big girl. She is so beautiful and everything I ever hoped and prayed she would be!

Ava at 8 months.....
Wow.... How time fly's. Ava is so charming. She is such a joy, I miss her terribly when I'm not with her. She's growing so fast. I can't wait until I am done with school so I can spend more time with her! Her are her 8 months stats:

* She is wearing a size 3 diaper
* She's eating 2nd foods. She goobles down 2 jars and sometimes wants more fruit! I started cutting up fruit and veggies and giving them to her. She LOVES it!! What a big girl!
* She sits up by herself!
* She laughs, sings, claps, and waves hello!
* She weighs 21 pounds now!
* She is 28 1/2 inches long,the Dr said she is off the chart in length!
* She is sleeping a FULL 8-9 hrs a night!
* She is taking 6 oz's of formula only taking 3 bottles a day now.
* She LOVES juice! I give her Gerber juice with some water in her bottles and she sucks it down so fast sometimes she chokes herslef! Silly girl! We are working on getting her used to a sippy cup.
* We are working on her crawling! She doesn't do it yet but we practice!
* She is wears mostly 6-9 month clothes but sometimes I have to get her 12 month. She wears 12 months pj's!!
* She has 9 teeth!!!!!!!

*SHE SAYS "MOMMA" now!! It was sooo sweet the first time she said it 2 weeks ago! Now she says it all the time!

Ava's Spring/6month professional pictures!