McFatty Monday

Okay, so Blair, the blog I am obsessed with, has McFatty Monday. Every Monday she has a post about the weight she has lost and how etc... It's nice to get ideas as other people post their blogs with their stories as well.

Well I need to lose weight. I am beginning to become unhealthy because of my size. Okay maybe I already am unhealthy. I am 6 pounds (as of this morning) from my pre-pregnancy weight. Which I think is good to have lost all of that in 13 weeks but it's not enough. So each week I will write about my weight loss on Monday's. What I did to achieve it etc. My hope is to not gain but always to stay the same or lose. So hopefully I will be able to achieve that.

I know I am "big boned" so I know I will never be a "skinny mini" but dang it I want to feel good.

In short, I want to be able to run around with Madelyn all day and not be tired. I want to run beside her when she learns to ride a bike. I want to be able to run up and down the basketball court with her or around the softball diamond. Simply put - I just want to be there and be there healthy!

So my starting weight as of this morning is 193.
My mini goal is 175
My huge goal is 150
My doctor's goal is 130! eek!

Past Weekend

We went to Maine over the weekend to visit my Mom and Jeff. The ride up was okay, Madelyn slept the first hour and than was up for the rest of the time. It was difficult when she was crying. The end leg of the way Eric was in the back with her. Our normal 4 hour trip took 6 hours but that was to be expected. This was our trial run. We are going again in June and August so we wanted to get one under our belt. The ride home was much smoother. She slept about 3 hours. It took us 5 hours to get home. This was because of the stop we had to make to feed and change Madelyn. So it was good to go up. It was good to know that our trip will take longer than 4 hours. That our stops that used to be 10 minutes tops are now an hour. But it was all worth it.

We had a wonderful time and I am sure Mom and Jeff did too.

Madelyn and Grampa (Jeff) sleeping on Friday Night..

Madelyn and Baxter taking a nap on Saturday

Madelyn and Gramma getting sick of the camera!!!

Some high flying to end the weekend...

Thankful Thursday

I guess it is Thankful Thursday again, so much for me blogging more! haha..

Anywho, very tough week so these will be limited...

* I am thankful for our trip to Maine this weekend! It will be Madelyn's first!

* I am thankful for the new wedge for Madelyn's crib. Helps her sleep much better!

* I am thankful the Spurs won last night otherwise Eric would have been a BEAR today.

* I am thankful the sun is out today so we can take a walk after work!

* I am thankful we are having breakfast for dinner. MMMM Bacon!!!

* I am always thankful for my little Monkey!! Like her tongue! lol

Thankful Thursday

I am going to start blogging more *I hope*.

One way I am going to do that is do Thankful Thursday. I have gotten this idea from a few blogs I read. Basically every Thursday I will just write out some things I am thankful for.

I feel this is a good idea because a lot of times the negative in life overpowers the positive. If I say what I am thankful for every week then I am remembering the positive things in my life and making my heart happy!
Feel free to add your own to comments if you would like!

1. I am thankful for sweet morning giggles with my little girl
2. I am thankful for the new bond I have with my husband as a result of our sweet little girl.
3. I am thankful for play dates with our friend, hopefully making an early friendship for our children.

(Patrick and Madelyn, although Madelyn isn't looking)

4. I am thankful for our new chest freezer!!! This means we have our fridge freezer back!!!!
5. I am thankful for our new Beco Carrier! I love walking with baby girl so close to me!

Smiles

I have decided that one of the greatest things in life are smiles! Here is proof....

6 Weeks

6 Weeks.

6 Weeks of bliss.
6 Weeks flew by like a breeze on hot summer morning
6 Weeks, really?!

I can not believe that I have been away from work for 8 weeks, I can not believe it has been 6 weeks since I had a baby, I can not believe that I have been a mother for 6 weeks, I can not believe that my daughter is already 6 weeks old, and I can not believe that 6 weeks ago my life changed forever.

6 weeks ago I had my daughter and life as I knew it changed. She is wonderful, amazing, brilliant, and beautiful. She makes me smile in every way possible. The amount of love I have for her is uncontrollable and in immense proportions.

But the worst thing about 6 weeks – I am back to work.
So I started back to work today, it was an okay day. Not to busy. The best part about it was that I could see her at any second. That is what made me push through.

I wish I could be a millionaire so I didn’t have to work. Dreams…..
Of course I bet that’s everyone’s dream! :)

Here is a picture!
Picture is when she was 5 weeks

Madelyn Joyce

Our baby girl was born on January 24, 2010 via urgent c-section after 27 hours of labor. She was 8 lbs 4.5 ounces and 21 inches long. We fell instantly in love.
She currently weighs 9 lbs 3.4 ounces! She is our superstar! <3