Nap Time

So, awhile back we thought Baby Girl might be ready to transition out of her afternoon nap.



Obviously, that is not the case.
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Overweight: Week 4

Ah, vacation. How I both love and despise you.

I've posted my stats below and I have to say, while I'm disappointed with the step back, I'm grateful it wasn't as bad as it could have been. I think our entire trip was centered around food. Lots of food. We went to Winger's twice (DH's favorite restaurant), JCW's, Del Taco, had super rich Italian food from DH's brother AF, and others that I'm spacing out on.

I was able to walk just about everyday and I went 3.3 miles at 4 miles an hour plus DH and I went swimming both with Baby Girl and by ourselves and walked up to Bridal Veil Falls one day. So even with all this potential calorie burning activity I still gained two pounds and a few inches meaning I totally ate like three weeks worth of calories in a one week period...

Stats:

Weight: 190.0
Chest: 42
Waist: 34.25
Hips: 44.5


I'm not really sure how I gained inches in my chest so I'm going to assume that has to do with user error.

Incidently, DH and I have decided that August is our month of no eating out. I'll admit that during my last trimester with Baby Boy I sort of phoned in life and that included mealtimes and then the delivery was hard and I still had no motivation and then I'm pretty sure I had borderline PPD, which meant more eating out.

Now that we are all past that wonderful 6ish month period, August is going to be our restart to all things normal and we will be getting back to food preparation! Yay!!!
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PMP - Making Pizza

Baby Girl loves to help me make dinner.

Usually it involves sitting next to me on the counter while I do everything and try to make sure she doesn't add extra ingredients from my spice cabinet.

Or in this case, trying to keep her from eating all the raw flour while we're rolling out our pizza dough.
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She's wearing them!

As mentioned previously, Baby Girl loves her girly shoes.

But I have been trying valiantly to get her interested in tennis shoes that she could wear outside while running or playing at the playground.



We purchased fancy pink tennis shoes with just a little sparkle to try and entice her and they sat in her closet for close to a month before she tried them on, but she did and I have photographic proof!

I had to convince her that the only way to go on a walk was in her new "walking shoes". Once she had a purpose for the shoes and they became special she couldn't wait to wear them!







She then tried to tell me that we needed to go the mall and try them out.




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All By Myself

Baby Girl wanted some cake. And I was too slow to get it for her.



But I was quick enough to get some pictures before I took the cake away.








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Overweight: Week 3

I'm posting this a day early.

We left for Utah today at 6:00am so I decided to weigh and measure myself this morning instead of tomorrow at a new place with a different scale. Mostly because I'm paranoid that my scale weighs on the light side and I think I'd cry if someone else's scale made me heavier. (Not that a scale is what makes me heavier or whatever.)

Now, on to the stats:

Weight: 188
Chest: 40
Waist: 33.5
Hips:44

SO! One pound lost and half an inch off my waist. Not too shabby considering the half a box of munchkins I had for breakfast yesterday... I'm mildly disappointed but mostly in my lack of willpower against all things pastry rather than my stats.

Now I just need to make sure I don't over eat while out here on vacation for the next week. (Right. That'll be easy since most of our plans revolve around food and eating and such.)

Wish me luck this week!
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PMP - Mexico 2007

Long ago, before children were ever thought of, we went to Mexico with my family.

We were at Chichen Itza looking through the ruins for a day and someone gave DH the video camera. He took his job very seriously as you can see here.

Here's a handful of us hanging out by what I think was a font of some kind. I'm a little fuzzy on where everything was. DH and I are with my mom and three of my four brothers. It was so hot that day, but so neat to be near so much history.

This was our day trip to Cozumel. We were in Playa del Carmen so a quick speed boat ferry took us over there for some fun window shopping and food.

And last but not least, this is probably my favorite photo. AaM and I have the most similar coloring out of us kids which essentially means that neither of us tan at all, while my three other brothers turn golden brown in the sun.

Frankly, it was worth any amount of sunburn to watch my 6'4" brother stroll through the ruins with a lime green parasol.


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Baby Girl Turns 3

For Baby Girl's birthday we had a princess and prince party. We invited a handful of kids and I made prince capes in blue satin for the boys and hot pink princess tutus for the girls.



And sadly this is the best group shot we could manage.

Part of our activities for the day were to make our own princess and prince crowns. I had already cut out foam crowns and the kids were able to color them with markers and attach sticky jewels all over the place.







We all got sparkly wands that were cute for about two seconds before they became swords.



Which resulted in more than a few situations like this one.



After pictures and a few wand fights we settled down to food and cake. We had tuna fish bites and ham and cheese flowers along with red grapes.





While the kids ate really well for the most part, their favorite things were the little forks that held the sanwiches together. I think every single child tried to eat their entire meal with the cocktail skewer rather than their fingers like they were supposed to. I know Baby Girl loved that part (obviously).



When it came time for cake, we had a single layer with candles ready for Baby Girl to blow out and then frilly pink cupcakes with white frosting and fancy rings as decoration. The rings were a huge hit and the frosting, too.



The pink cake, while fun, was store bought strawberry so I didn't really fault them for not wanting to eat it.



Finally, we opened presents. Baby Girl got dress up clothes, a fancy princess box with her name on it, a pretty tea set, and some color wonder paper and markers that are probably going to save the day when we leave for Utah in a few days.













All in all, it was a great day and after clean up and naps, we played dress up and wore our fancy head band and earrings and necklace the rest of the day.


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One Helluva Good Cookie

Now, why am I using such salty language in my blog post?

Because for over a year I have tweaked my way to what I believe is the perfect chocolate chip cookie, and last night I went one better and created...

The Devil's Food, Double Chocolate Chip Cookie.

The Triple Chocolate Killer?

Super Chocolate Extreme?

Ok, so the name is eluding me, but either way, it is one helluva good cookie.
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Overweight: Week 2

Another week, another two pounds.

I'm always nervous on Sunday mornings now because I don't look at a scale or measuring tape the entire week so I'm never really sure just how well I'm doing until it's time to report.

But, today is a good day and I have successfully met my goals.

When I decided to start blogging about my weight, I realized that I needed to start some form of exercise along with watching what I ate. So I picked walking. I found a nice walking path by my house and have strapped the kids in the double stroller every morning for a 1-3 mile walk.

After two weeks of that, Baby Girl has informed me that she doesn't like walks and generally hates the double stroller.

Awesome. Now what? Any suggestions?


Stats:

Weight: 189
Chest: 40
Waist: 34
Hips: 44



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Photo Memory Phriday

Doing Hair.

This was taken just over 1 year ago and is pretty much how we always looked trying to get Baby Girl's clothes. It was entertaining for Grandma F.

She's much better now and will actually sit still while we do pigtails...mostly.


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Mmmmm...Cereal

Baby boy got his first tast of cereal last night.



Hmm...I'm not sure about this spoon thing.



Yep! It's a hit!!
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Feeding Mousarina

Baby Girl has really amped up the imaginative play lately, and almost all of her stuffed animals are now doing the exact same things that Baby Boy is doing.

On the flip side, Baby Girl is now doing almost exactly what I am doing.



Here, Baby Girl is feeding Mousarina her cereal. She has moved a toy high chair onto our dining room chair, and is spoon feeding her "Ice Christmas Treats" and as you regular folk call them, Rice Krispies.
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What.Are.These!

These are the coolest things ever!




They sure taste good, too.
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Well, that was easy!

Oh Look! 191 pounds! BMI of 29!! I'm no longer Obese!!

I'm just dangerously overweight. But let's not focus on that. Let's focus on the fact that I have some great momentum right now and that I lost 4.5 pounds!! Here are my stats:

Chest: 41
Waist: 35
Hips: 45

Now, before you geek out about my amazing loss of inches. I should probably say that I posted the wrong stats last week.

Yep. I've been tracking my inches for a while in an excel spreadsheet like the closet nerd that I am and I posted numbers that were from earlier this year. That's not to say that the numbers are that much better, but some. So check back at my previous post if you're interested to see the actual differences.

I've made some realizations this week as well. I've realized that I am an emotional eater to the max and that I have almost no will power against cake and cookies. Yep. Some people can't turn down chocolate or sweets. For me it's cake and cookies. The more decadent the better.

I've also realized that I snack mindlessly pretty much all day. I've been tracking my food intake and exercise minutes via SparkPeople and that has really helped. If you're interested in exactly what I ate/did this past week you can see my public profile where I am sharing everything that I track for another level of transparency and accountability.

Anyway, wish me luck this week in losing another couple pounds and a few more inches and if you are so inclined, join me on sparkpeople and be my "friend" we can do this together.
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Sparkle Shoes

Baby Girl absolutely LOVES glitter.

It doesn't really matter what it's on, if she can wear it, she will. This is particularly true about shoes. Grandma M bought her a pair of sparkle shoes when Baby Boy was born and she has worn the glitter right off of them.



I mentioned this to a friend of mine and she was like, "Just glue some more glitter on." And since I thought that was a pretty good idea, that's what we did.














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Photo Memory Phriday

In an effort to document my life for the past however long it's been since I've updated this blog, I thought I would catch up with photo memories.



Has it really been that long since I've posted anything substantial? Yes, yes it has.


When Daphne turned one we had a few friends over and ate cupcakes. She was much neater than we anticipated, but it was fun all the same.



She got a play vacuum and a play kitchen that she still plays with to this day. The vacuum is a favorite toy of pretty much any child that comes into the house, so as much as it irritates me, it was definitely a good gift!







Spaghetti was our lunch of choice and as you can see, it was a favorite to be sure!



Wrapping Paper!!
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