Dear Mom

Thank you for being my mom.
You are such a wonderful person.
You are a great listener and always have good advice.
You are creative and determined.
You are strong.
You are loving and caring.

Thank you for everything you did for me since the day I was born. I guess I didn't really understand it at all before but now that I am a "mom" too, I understand so much more.

Thank you for all the worrying you ever did and will do for me.
Thank you for all the love you gave and will give to me.
Thank you for always caring.

Thank you for staying strong and being there for Matt and I when the world sent us the biggest curve ball. You didn't strike out like so many could have. You stayed a float and hit a home run. I love you for that.

But most importantly, thank you for being my mom. I love you.

Happy Mother's Day!

Are You Serious?!

So I bought cute linen shorts for the monkey from Target. I bought them in 6 months. Eric tried them on her last night and they are tight as fudge! I could not believe it. So I insisted we try her Old Navy shorts on. I bought them in size 6-12 months and couldn't wait for her to wear them! Well, she looked like a cupcake! The pants were the wrapper and her little tummy was the "muffin top". It was horrible they were sooooooooo tight!

Booooo! How is my 3.5 month old not fitting in her 6 mo shorts?!?!!?
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Thankful Thursdays

* I am thankful for Monkey's swing. Not because it keeps her occupied but because she genuinely loves it. She is always smiling and giggling and "jumping" about in it.





* I am thankful it is Thursday because that means the weekend is super close.
* I am thankful for clearance at Target because I got Monkey wicked cute cupcake shorts for very cheap.
* I am thankful for e-mail because than I can talk to my bestie who is wicked far away in Germany. Miss you! Love you! xoxo

My Wrap

Second post in one day! Holy cow! ha

Anywho, I have wanted to try "wrapping" Madelyn. I am cheap though and couldn't see spending the money on a wrap. 1. I just bought the Beco, which we love. See my picture here 2. What if she didn't like to be wrapped.

So I "made" my own. I didn't do much. I bought Cotton Gauze and there you have it, I made a wrap! haha.. Anyway, I put Madelyn in it. She giggled and looked around for a few minutes and then fell asleep. I guess she likes it! Wooo!!!! I can't wait to get more in different colors and to try different "holds"!

I will post some pictures but only if you promise to ignore the hot mess I am ! haha






Do you use a wrap? Which one do you use?

Milestones

I am not a fan of milestones sometimes. I am not a fan when I read other people's milestones and Madelyn has not accomplished XYZ yet. I always wonder what I am doing wrong. I wonder for half a second and then check back into reality - Nothing! Every child is different and is going to grow and achieve different things at different times in their life. As long as she is healthy that is all that matters.

For instance, she has not rolled yet. She can "roll" to her side. Well mostly just lay on her side. I am not that surprised though because she hated tummy time in the past. She is actually starting to tolerate it more. Which makes us very happy because than we get to see her do this -



This is a milestone for us, her lifting her head so high while on her tummy! woo hoo! She actual likes to do it. She will do it then kick her legs around in excitement.

Our other "milestone" is she holds her bottle. She will hold it in place and sometimes take it out. She tries to put it back in but always hits her cheek! It is really silly. OBVIOUSLY she can not feed herself yet and we would NEVER consider that. But it is really cute to see her trying to hold her own bottle and pulling it out and in. Plus, it really helped when I wanted to move the pillow yesterday! lol :p

Here is some proof -



So yes, this whole post was a shameless awww of my child's "milestones" hope you enjoyed!

McFatty Monday

Weight - 193

Well I stayed even. I am not surprised as this will be a gradual thing and will take time. I am just glad I did not gain at this point.

I did cut back on certain foods. I will have to do more. We actually have started to make a menu and have all the dinners set up. Hopefully, that will help instead of just figureing something out last minute.

We walked every day that it was nice out. So that was good. I also did Wii Fit twice. I wanted to start it again. So I am going to try and make that a regular thing. My problem is finding the time. There is no way I can wake up any earlier than I already do. Doing it after work won't work as we normally go for a walk and than I take over Madelyn playing etc.. since Eric does it all day. So I am thinking I might try and do it during the day on lunch? Hmmm.. We will see, maybe I will try today.

As I told you, I got this idea from a great blogger. Every Mcfatty entry she has questions to be answered to help motivate and give ideas to each other. This week Blair's question was - What do you do while traveling on the road for your diet?

Normally when we drive to my mom's we bring our own snacks. We like cheese and crackers and we bring water and powerade. Sometimes we do have to stop and at that point I am usually to tired/cranky to think about eating healthy. So that's why we try and be prepared with good snacks.

Today

Saturday was a beautiful day. It was in the 70s! We spent some quality time in bed in the morning. All three of us snuggled and napped together. It is easily my favorite part of the weekends. Sleeping in with the hubs and the babe!

We then went out with Grandma (great gram to the babe). As always we had a splendid time. It was really nice watching Madelyn with her Great Gram. They captivate each others attention and it is really neat to watch. Madelyn loves her Great Gram!



Eric got another great shot of Madelyn and I smiling. I know it seems like something easy since she is always smiling but she is usually smiling a lot with her father!

Here's the proof!


And one with her Daddy..