Getting there

As of yesterday I am proud to say that I've almost achieved my second weight loss goal. I have lost 17 pounds. I lose a little each week. Thanks to my job, I get my work out in every day. I have three more pounds to lose to reach my second goal. I'm so excited. I actually had to put more holes in my belt... that was interesting too. I feel good. I feel like I have more energy. I love it. I have come used to the new way of eating for the most part. Sometimes I want to give in. But I have to just think about how far that I have come. I think about how close I am. I think about what more I want, and I can get there.

Things are going good. Nothing is perfect, but things are good. Jason starts his new shift tonight. Now we have two incomes. I am getting a few more hours at work. Slowly but surely we'll get there. I'm hoping to have our new phones next month. Since we're no longer with Verizon thank god. I hate the thought of how much money we wasted with them. I loved the coverage, but with Jason not being on the road anymore we don't need that type of coverage. The new plan that we will probably be switching to is more for a lesser price. Our monthly bill will be way less than what we paid with Verizon. We haven't decided yet if we're going to go with them yet though.

Not a whole lot else going on. April has learned how to take her clothes off. Mostly her pjs. Every morning they're off... she's more talkative. Every day. She tries to have conversations now. It's cute. She has two teeth popping through. I wish that they would hurry up and come in. She still sleeps through the night, but she's not really taking naps anymore. She is all over the place. Either in her room playing, living room or kitchen... it doesn't matter she's everywhere. She loves her books. She'll bring them to us and wait for us to open them. Then she turns the pages one at a time. She's starting to really pay attention though to the colors, and the pictures. She's gone from saying momma to mommy a few times, and from dadda to daddy. She's dancing too. She turns around in circles and goes back and forth. She also walks backwards. She's a goofy girl. Now that Jason is working nights, I'll probably start working on her album and scrap book again. I've gotten so far behind... I need to work on her baby book also. She gets her shots in December. The doctors are so backed up that's the soonest that she can get in. I'm curious to see how tall she is now.


I think that is bout it for now.

Another pound down...

Well, another pound gone, another pound closer to my goal. I have 5 more pounds to go until my next goal date. I see no reason why I can't make it. I finally broke down and bought a belt. I got so tired of pulling my pants up, especially when I'm at work... it's so annoying. So the belt helps. I have a goal of 10 to 15 pounds for Christmas. I'm not being speedy about this for a reason and I'm not going back to that place again, so I'm taking my time. I do like how some of my t-shirts are fitting me better now. I still have some of the baby bulge from having April but it's getting smaller... slowly lol. I have changed the way I eat for sure. I still eat my fast food, don't get me wrong... I just change how I eat and how much I eat. It's something that I must keep up with, in order for me to change completely to where I don't have to think about it... I just do it. I'm getting closer. Support from Jason and my awesome friends helps for sure...

What will she do next?

April amazes me everyday. Everyday she makes me smile. She does something new just about everyday.

She now walks backwards. If you pretend like your going to chase her, she'll back away and giggle.

She can put her hands in and out of her shirts. She takes her clothes off. She knows where her diapers and her pants go. She climbs in her chair.

She walks to her chair if you ask her if she's ready to eat. If you say all gone, she puts her hands up in the air.

She knows that shoes go on her feet. She knows what sit down means. She listens too when I tell her to sit down. She knows what bring it here means.

She puts her shapes in the shape sorter. She knows that if she throws her balls that they will roll.

She now can play in her room and I love it. Her toy box got moved in there last week and I love it. Her room is now baby proof and she comes and goes. She likes being able to play in there I think. She'll play in her room forever.

I know that there is more, but it's late and I'm tired...

great weekend

Oh this weekend was full of fun. We had plans of taking April to my mom's house on Friday because we were due to leave out Saturday morning and not return until Sunday afternoon.

Well, things changed a bit and my family wasn't feeling good so, Friday night we headed out to Adam's county and camped out there. We had to make several hundred trips along the way though as usual lol. Had to go to Jeff's old house and get our trailer and help pack up some stuff to go to the new place. After we dropped off the stuff at the new place we finally made it to get some food... We finally make it to Adam's County and load up Jeff's ATV so it's ready to go in the morning. I put April down to bed and Aunt Ninnie as all the kids call her lol took over. We out and had a camp fire. Put up the tent, the guys drank some beer and we called it a night little after midnight.

Up at 5:15 the next morning kinda sucked.... but we made sure we had every thing and we headed out to get coffee and off to Kentucky. We made good timing. Took about an hour to get there from the house. Not bad. Jeff did great pulling the trailer yay Jeff. We stopped and got breakfast and some things from the store. Got to the park little before 9 and unloaded. Got everything signed and the guys took off. It was a very beautiful day to go riding. Windy where we unloaded but once you get out on the trails it is amazing.

Amber and I had fun hanging out while the guys rode. We watched a movie and listened to music. We even went into town and explored a bit. We took off and left everything behind and when we got back we put everything right back where it was including the suv hooked up to the trailer and they had no idea that we had left until we told them lol. I did my first eyebrow job... I cleaned up Amber's eyebrows and I think they look great. It was a long process but I didn't wanna mess up and make her look stupid lol. We eventually ate lunch and the boys went back out... Amber and I chilled and took a nap.

Jeff and Amber went out for a bit and Amber still isn't confidant enough for these trails so she made the choice not to go. Jason and I went out for a bit. There is some challenging stuff, but I took my time and I did some of it. I felt very proud of myself too. It was probably very easy for some, but for me it was new. I was a little more cautious. Jason ended up flipping his. He wasn't acting crazy for anything, he just rolled backwards a little down a hill that was hard to get up and one of his wheel caught a div-it and sunk and back over it came. But he was able to respond quickly and act. No damage done thank god. I had fun going through all the mud puddles lol. I can't wait to go again. So worth it.

I am for sure tired today. I'm sore too. There were some hills that were nothing but rock and my butt hurts from bouncing lol. Plus, it's been a while since I've actually operated the ATV and my arms are not use to it.

I was glad to see April though last night. I missed her lol. She had a lot of fun too. She went to Abbi's soccer game which they won and Abbi even scored a goal. She wanted April to wear blue so they picked out a cute outfit at the store and got it for her. She even got to go to the hospital and see everyone. They had to sneak her in though lol. Mandi's baby boy is so cute. We were all starting to worry about her with as many trips as she making to the doctor and to the hospital. We're just glad that everyone is ok. Well I think that's about it.