My new blog

Well, everything is finally moved over. Took a while but it's done. I used to have an account on this site but it's been a while since I've used it and I figured that I might as well just make a new one since the other blog was old. I love this site, and I feel like I can do more here than I can on myspace. I really don't get on that often to really blog anymore anyways. So yeah that is that.

Thanksgiving

Thursday we packed up and headed up north to my family's get together for Thanksgiving. Just about every one was there. April had a blast with the girls and with my sisters. She did great. The food was pretty good. We celebrated my cousins birthday since it falls so close the holiday we combined it. We had birthday cake which was super good too. April tried to help her open her gifts. April got a spit and spin from my aunt which she had a blast on. She actually figured out to operate it. I just have to keep an eye on her because she's trying to stand up on and spin now lol. She has another tooth coming in I believe. She's been chewing on her finger non stop today. Anyways, Thanksgiving was a blast. It was good being around family. I can't wait until Christmas. We're going to have so much fun. I'm proud to say that I didn't gain any weight this week even with the extra amount of food and salt intake. I'm very proud of myself. I stuck to my smaller portions so that I could eat a little of everything. I was afraid that I would gain, but I didn't. So it's safe to say that this new life style is really helping and it's getting easier. I have come to the conclusion though that I need to make some more changes. For health reasons and personal reasons I'm kicking red meat out of my diet. I have cut down on it already but it's time to cut down to nothing now. It's a choice that I've made and I'm going to try to stick to and hope to get some relief and comfort. I've also cut back on my pop again and this time it's going a lot better. My headaches aren't that bad. Things are going pretty good for the most part. I'm pretty happy with everything right now.

April's big girl bed

Two nights ago Jason decided to make Aprils crib into a big girl bed. We didn't want to go buy a new bed until we knew if she was ready or not for it. So.. night one went great. Her room is as baby proof as a room can get. She slept the whole night through. In the morning she climbed out and started playing with her toys. Nap time was a little different because she wasn't ready for a nap yet and still wanted to play but when she was ready she actually laid down on the floor and started napping. Last night same thing, put her to bed and she stayed in bed... she did start fussing a little bit and I peeked in and she was still in bed... this morning she woke up pretty early and played in her room the whole morning... no wet bed... pjs still on... she is doing great. So pretty soon we might go ahead and buy a new bed... but her bed is fine for now. I'm not gonna waste money on something that we already have until we need it....

Killing time

I figured I would get on here while I'm waiting for my dinner to finish.

April is on a roll... she's non stop now. I see a glimpse of the "terrible twos" however. She is listening only half the time now... she's not bad or anything she thinks it is a game sometimes. Once she knows your serious she usually stops what she is doing and listens. Her teeth have popped through finally. She's learned a few more things. At night when it's bed time, I tell her it is time to go get pjs on or it's bed time and she's on her way to her room. She'll stand at her crib and wait for me to put her in it. She hasn't learned how to climb in or out yet even though she has tried. When I ask her if she's hungry she'll walk over to her chair and wait for me to put her in it. She can climb up in that however but I don't let her. She tries to climb in the bath tub.. but for safety reasons I don't let her do that either lol. I can just see her slipping and cracking her head open... she has also learned how to climb up on her changing table. In the near future I'm going to enroll her in a tumbling class. She loves tumbling and climbing. I've been teaching her how to do summersaults. She can't do them by herself but when I help her she knows the motions.

Her eating habits are picking up. She can actually eat a whole hot dog of course cut up in small pieces. She loves mac and cheese. She also loves veggies. I made turkey with veggies which included peppers and she ate the peppers too. I want her to like all types of food as much as possible. She had fish the other night, I don't know about that. It was fried. She likes salmon. But this I think was her first fried fish. She also knows that when her diaper is wet it should come off. I'm not to thrilled about that one yet... she'll strip down to nothing all because her diaper is wet. Her personality is developing more and more every day. She's stubborn but so goofy at the same time. She likes dancing to any kind of music.

Everything else is going ok. My car is back in working order after dropping a new radiator into it. Stupid Kings Dodge people... never ever again will I ever take my car there. But I'm lucky to have Jason who worked his magic on it and it actually drives better then when KD worked on it. Go figure. It's smooth again. I still can't wait to get rid of it however. I feel like it's a ticking time bomb. It's dependable for the most part however so I shouldn't complain too much about it.

Work is going great. I love my job so much. I love the interaction with the dogs. They're great. I learn a good amount of stuff also and I like that. I also like it because of the physical work. I don't just stand around. I move all the time. Which has helped me out so much with my losing weight. 18 pounds is a huge accomplishment for me. What makes it even better is that I'm maintaining it. I don't have to give up my favorite foods at all. We still do fast food here and there and I don't have to stress out over it. I changed the way I eat and I'm actually liking it.

I can't wait for the holidays. I look forward to it every year. Not about the gifts or whatever, but about being with my family. This past year was a tough one for my family. Health issues and personal issues really took a huge toll on my family. But everyone is doing better and that's all that matters. We've all said words that we wish that we could take back who hasn't? But the fact is they been said and we're still family. I love my family, and I know that if something ever happened to any of them I would be upset. But anyways, that's why I love the holidays. I look forward to it more because of April. She is going to have a blast this year with Christmas between all her grandma's she's going to have fun.

Our friends dad is getting married next month and I'm so excited because I was asked to take pictures. It's going to be fun. I had a blast taking pictures at Mandi's wedding I can't wait. It's going to be an exciting next two months... Birthdays and holidays and a wedding... Jason and I just hit our three year mark which we have yet to have our outback dinner but we will lol. It's hard now with the hours that he works.. But we will have it. He bought me flowers which are so pretty. They are purple and opened up so beautifully. I am so lucky to be with some one like him. I love him more and more every day.

Well..I think that's it lol. I have really gone on way to long.. I'm off to eat my fish now.