A Little Me Time

In my blog, I usually try and tell stories of fun things we have done, which focus mainly on Lily, but today I'm going to brag a bit on myself.

After seeing the amazing results of my parents and sister, I decided to join in the diet/lifestyle change they were a part of. I started my new eating lifestyle on October 18, and I am proud to say that I have lost 12.3 pounds since then. I am only 6.5 pounds away from my 4-6 month goal! I am in awe of how easy it has been, and how much better I feel about myself. I no longer dread getting dressed, and I actually feel like I look good. I probably am close to the weight I was when I got married, but unfortunately my body changed quite a bit with pregnancy...so I'm not quite the jean size I was back then. And the best part! I now weigh less than David!!!!

I couldn't have done any of this with out my amazing family. I am so proud of all of us!

My Little Artist

Lily loves to color! She would happily color all day long if she could. We have to hide the crayons and paper, otherwise that's all she would want to do. Needless to say, she loves it when we grab her jumbo pad and let her go to town!

Her new thing is having us color with her. She will grab a crayon, hand it to us, and then point to where she would like us to color. The other night David joined her on the floor, and I had to get some pictures because it was too cute to pass us.

He drew an aTm and she colored over it with her green crayon...I'm so proud!

LOVE this picture

No coloring here, but I couldn't pass up this picture! She thought it was so funny walking around with her foot in her bucket.

Happy Halloween!

We had so much fun this Halloween! Since Lily is still small and has no idea about trick or treating/candy, we decided to take her to a few festivals instead.

The first festival we took her to was one that was held in Ashlee's neighborhood. Lily had such a good time. They had snacks, games, and inflatables! I was amazed how well Lily played the games. She needed some assistance from her daddy on a few, but overall she played them all by herself. Below are some pictures of Lily enjoying herself.

She really enjoyed the Chick-fil-a nuggets

Picking out her prize!

She got them all in!

She had no idea this large cow was behind her :)

dunk!

loved the bouncer

enjoying the slide

love :)

having fun on the swing

enjoying a cookie afterwards at Auntie Ashlee's

The next festival we went to was on the 31st. They also had games, but Lily loved the pony rides the best! Her eyes lit up after the pony started to walk. Then she refused to leave after her ride was done, so she rode it again. After we made another loop around the festival, she saw the ponies from across the parking lot and she took off running toward them! So she ended up riding the ponies 3 times! Thankfully they were only a dollar a piece. We had such a wonderful time, and Lily didn't end up with a bunch of candy she didn't need.

All dressed up! This time she wore the headband:)

fishing for ducks...she knew exactly what to do when they handed her the net

digging for prizes...she really just wanted one of the balls

yes, she is throwing a ball into the toilet

posing with a corvette since David was out of town and couldn't see it

first pony ride!!!

close up of my bug

where's Lily?!?

there she is!

silly girl!

Lily's new chair

Lily received a new addition to her chair collection, a wooden rocker from Cracker Barrel. I swear this little girl has every type of chair imaginable, except maybe a recliner, and I wouldn't be surprised if she got one eventually.

Every time I have gone to visit my family in the past months, we seem to always go eat at Cracker Barrel. Ever since the first time we have visited Lily has been fascinated with their rocking chairs. She always runs over, finds the kid's chairs, climbs in, and starts to rock.

Each time we went I was hopeful they would have a natural wooden rocker. For those not familiar with their rockers they have four different types of chairs: a wooden version and a wicker version, each coming in natural stain and white. I wanted Lily to have a natural wooden one because I thought it would hold up the best, but they never seemed to have any in stock. So finally the last time we went in, my mom decided she would just order Lily a chair. It was originally purchased as a Christmas gift, but as soon as my mom got the call it was in, she brought it right over!

Lily LOVES her chair! She gets in it and watches Yo Gabba Gabba, Sesame Street, or whatever other show happens to be on. She even likes to put her stuffed owl in it and rock him.

Here are a couple of pictures from when Lily got her chair.

so excited!