happy birthday to my little girl, oh and me too!

minutes old

a day old

3 months

6 months

first birthday

2nd birthday

and now she is 3 years old.

i love sharing this special birthday day with you

its my 27th birthday today too!

{but after 25 you stop counting}

Here is a look at whats been happening

this last year in her life:

where did all the attitude come from??

asks lots of questions

why, because? {her favorite saying}

totally becoming a little person

actually getting taller,

still a munchkin though

gaining a little bro

being so helpful and loving being a big sister

wanting to stay up late

asking to invite her friends over

no pull ups needed at night

loves to be a girly girl

still sucks her fingers though we are going to try to stop that habit soon...

loves to climb all over the playstructures at the park

is starting school in the fall

I love you. 

Happy Birthday sweet one.

{weekly weigh in} #8

After I have made my goal I plan to start exercising to tone up a bit.  I have lost weight but that doesn't mean that I look all that great.  Honestly I don't even look like I have lost all the weight that I have.  I am still super wiggly in my stomach and my thighs.  My back fat is ridiculous.  And when I am in the shower with my daughter and she pokes my butt and says "its jiggly!" I never have a smile on my face. 
So next up: busting a move!

{goals and stats}

starting weight  156
last weeks weight  140.0
today's  139
goal by 1st of august  132 errr how about the 20th :)
lbs left till goal  7

link up yo!

fruit salad

My daughter and I were sitting on the front porch

enjoying the beautiful Oregon summer.

Were eating fruit blueberries, bananas, grapes and cherries. Blueberries are my favorite and cherries won

over my daughters heart.

 She made me laugh as she spit the cherry seeds

onto the sidewalk.

I love fun moments like these.

is it nap time yet?

Nap time couldn't come soon enough today.

We all woke up almost 2 hours earlier then we usually do, thanks to no naps yesterday and hitting the sack early last night.
Which is all fine and dandy until all {bleep} hits the fan. Which is exactly what happened...

So now it's lunch time and I just laid both kids down to nap. While they sleep, like the little angels they are, I am going to eat something delicious and enjoy the nice peace and quiet.

Sssshhhhhh...don't wake the kids. I might kill ya!!

he needs me

Blake woke up at 2am this morning crying.

Teething.

I picked him up and he laid on my chest.

Sucked his thumb and fell back asleep.

I stayed on the couch with him for 20 minutes after.

He hasn't done that in months.

I really felt like he needed me.

And it was nice to cuddle and hold him.

Such an easy going baby,

No crying or fussing much.

I didn't mind waking up to hold him last night.

{weekly weigh in} #7

were into week 7 already?!

well, ladies and maybe gentlemen...look what i did!

yes, i got a pedicure. 

but that's not what i am trying to show off. 

i made it to the 140 mark!

woot woot

i am very proud of myself for coming this far.

but i do have some bad news and even more good news

what do you want to hear first?

good news?

bad news?

ok...

here comes more good.

I got into my lovely, oh so darling {size 8} bridesmaid dress!

wheew.

it is seriously such a huge relief to have that thing fit.

now if i could just get rid of the pesky boob/back fat

that is haunting me i would be a happy girl.

one day at a time i guess...

and now onto the bad news

{sniff sniff}

now that i got into the dress i have lost motivation.

not all motivation but enough to make me feel like i will not make my goal.

i was so stressed out over not being able to wear the dress.

it was all i could think about.

but not anymore.

i actually caught myself thinking the other day...

'well since it fits, i can eat this magical, super yummy brownie'

eeeerrrrr...

NO!  i must not fall back into the habit.

i don't want to fall back into the habit.

the gorgeous dress has to continue to fit me by august 21!

so now i must give myself a birthday present.

i want to weigh in at least 1 lbs lighter by next thursday.

i want to fall below 140..

i will weigh 139 or less by my 27th birthday.

{which happens to be on july 30th}

how did you all do this week?

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photobooth friday

I have a fabulous new app for my iPhone.

Its called Photo Booth Plus+. Its SO much fun!

These are my favorite photo booth pictures...

If you get this app and play with it please share.

I would love to see them!!

{weekly weigh in} #6

I totally felt like I was starting to really

lose these darn L B's yesterday. 

I felt thin and not bloated and I was really feeling proud of myself. 

I stepped on the scale and it read 141.5! 

Then we went out to eat. 

I had a slice of pizza.  It was greek veggie and it was yumm!  And if you add a root beer you will wake up feeling bloated.  UGH. 

Oh well...I will walk a lot this week and then be 2 lbs lighter next week.

That is a promise.

I might have to move my goal date out 2 weeks...I dont foresee losing 10 lbs in 16 days!

BUT!  Here is some wonderful news that I meant to share with you all last week...

I have officially lost all of my baby weight!

I was at 143 when I got pregnant with my second child.

WOO HOO!!

{goals and stats}

starting weight 156

last weeks weight 143.5

todays 142

goal by 1st of august 132

lbs left till goal 10

How are you all doing with your weight loss?

LINK IT UP!!

 

see how my veggies grow!

• our cherry tomato plant died

• one of our sugar snaps died

• one of our romaine lettuce plants died as well...

• our broccoli is out of control, good out of control!

• we ate one of our first zucchinis last night

• our strawberries are doing pretty well

• slugs are becoming a problem...

• went to pick our broccoli and pissed off some hornets {didn't know they liked fresh produce}

• cant wait for the foliage to die off so we can eat some potatoes

• lila likes to chomp on sugar snaps

• we have about 10 yellow squash growing

• learning a lot of things to do differently next year

• just call me, farmer lindsey

Happy Tuesday!

{weekly weigh in} #5

i don't want to get into all the juicy details but this weekend was pretty unhealthy. 

but i know your dying to know so here ya go:

an unnamed fast food 3 times in 3 days

deserts

a corndog

pizza

beer

and lots of chips.

i am sure you can imagine how gross i feel.

since coming home on Monday from our vacation we have

eaten pretty healthy and i feel like i have gotten

back on track with my weight loss.

 i did try the dress on again.

if you dont know about the dress you can read about it here and here

boy was that a mistake

i still have an inch to lose in the chest area. 

i cannot get it fully zipped but i didn't have any help either. 

maybe if i can move the boobies a bit while

someone else zips it will work better...

i am not going to hold my breath. 

i might be able to switch dresses with a friend of  mine if i need to. 

she got a size up from mine and she totally doesn't need it. 

she is skinny and she just had a baby. 

{i love you M but you suck}

i might be a little envious

anywho...

if i wasn't breastfeeding i would totally just stop eating all together

(ha, right) 

 but i have to do this the healthy way so my son doesn't starve.

but i guess this isn't bad. 

i wish it would have moved but oh well...

how are you guys doing with your goals?

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Guess who joined us for dinner?!

Blake turned 5 months old a few days ago. 

I can't believe he is almost a half of a year old!

He has been showing MANY signs of being ready for solids for a few weeks now

but being the cautious mom that I am I wanted to wait till he was at least 5 months old. 

He ate all his steak and potatos like a champ. 

Just kidding of course.

 

He honestly really enjoyed eating his cereal! 

And Lila was there to help wipe his face when he got messy. What a good sissy!

happy friday

in one word or phrase- smile

I’m dreaming of you- rainbow playstructure 





song on repeat-  {skinny love} bon iver

Who will love you?

Who will fight?

Who will fall far behind?

gotta write it down-  a weekly dinner menu.  i want to start planning out dinners for the week. 


lesson learned-  i am getting older and staying up till 3am to see a movie is silly.  but it was still fun!

picture to frame-  little man passed out after playing at the park with sissy.

highlight of the week- going to see a much anticipated movie with my family.  but now we have to wait till 2011 to see another.

weekend to do list-  have a wonderful 4th of July!

 

{weekly weigh in} #4

After last week, I was on a mission to lose at least 1 stinkin pound...

and I did it!

{goals and stats}

starting weight 156

last weeks weight 145

todays 143.5

goal by 1st of august 132

lbs left till goal 11.5

link up here!