A Little Bit of Everything

Slowly but surely

The pounds are coming off. I was a little shocked to see that I had actually LOST this week and not gained. I thought that the cheeseburger I had on my date night with Jennifer and my Aunt Donna would have put me back a square one! I lost another 2 and a half pounds bringing me to 156.5 and while I don’t feel any different and I certainly don’t look any different, I was and am happy to see the number dropping, even if it is dropping slowly. Before I got pregnant I was at 155, so I am slowly getting to my pre baby weight goal. After I have reached that one I will start on the pre marriage weight goal. Eventually I hope to surpass all of these goals and get down to my pre college weight. We’ll see.

I went shopping with Granny this weekend; she bought me a dress for church/work. I am happy with it and I can’t wait to wear it out because I feel slim and trim in it. There was another one I wanted REALLY badly but she was buying and she liked this one best… I was sad because it was the only one left and it was only $25 but I had no moola. Oh well maybe next time I go they’ll have something similar. I will try to get a picture of it on Sunday, because for those who don’t know me…I’m not a dress wearer.

I have been thinking about babies a lot lately… I know we definitely are not ready for another kiddo yet and we do not plan on having a sibling for Parker any time soon, but I can’t help it. I think about being pregnant and feeling Parker rolling and kicking, I remember the feeling that came over me whenever I saw him for the first time and our first week home with him. Those were such precious moments and I will never forget them…as Parker gets closer and closer to his first birthday I find myself missing those days. He is growing so fast and learning even faster! I am amazed every single day y’all! He said his name this weekend twice! I was stunned…he also said crap but that was my fault for being a blabber mouth and not thinking about my little imitator right there listening to what I was saying and watching how I formed the word.

I know I don’t usually do this but here are Parker’s 11 month milestones and such.

- Crawling like a champ

- Walking in a walker or while holding someone’s hand

- Eating table food

- Drinking from a sippy cup

- Sleeping through the night

- Giving hugs with a little pat on the back

- Giving kisses (I think this is what he is doing)

- Blowing kisses

- Waving Bye Bye

- Says: Mama, Mom, Dada, Daddy, Baby, Duck, Hey, Hi,Bye, GiGi, MiMi, PaPa, Poo Poo, Da with arms out (All done), Parker (only twice), Thank you (not very clearly).

- Weighs 24.5 pounds

- Wears 18-24 month clothes and size 4 shoes

Like I said AH-MA-ZING right?! I know I am bragging on my baby but hey, I’m his momma I’m supposed to brag about him. You other mommas know how it is.

So anyway, mine and Michael’s 5 year day we met anniversary is on Thursday. I think we might be taking Parker to spend the night with GiGi and PawPaw on Friday night. It will be nice to have some alone time, it won’t be the romantic evening I imagined but it will still be an evening to ourselves.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Monday and I will see y’all tomorrow!

A Nap, A Date and A Cool Breeze...That's What I Want

I truly believe that if it was mandatory for everyone to have a little cot with a blanket and pillow in their office and take a 30 minute nap everyday that everyone would be so much more productive. I mean c’mon wouldn’t you rather have happy rested employees than have grouchy ones that are gulping down coffee all day long? I have a cup of coffee at my desk right now, it is white chocolate Starbucks goodness and I am so glad I didn’t deprive myself this morning for the sake of losing weight. I allow myself one coffee a week, at work or from Starbucks and I try to only drink water or milk otherwise. Anyway my point is that I woke up this morning when my alarm went off at 6:15 but didn’t actually get up until 6:40. I was dragging ass all morning and I still feel like hell. My eyes hurt my back hurts I’m SO TIRED and not even the glorious white chocolate mocha can bring me out of this morning funk. I want to crawl back into my bed and sleep until noon…and when I wake up I want to veg out in Michael’s cushy recliner and read. Sounds like a great plan to me.

So while I’m sitting here sipping my coffee I am daydreaming of me and Michael at a spa hotel getting massages. I can smell the oil or lotion or whatever it is that they use. I’ve never had a massage before so I can only guess, Michael said they are awesome. There is a really nice spa hotel in Austin that I wanted to go to on our honeymoon; it was super nice and so pretty. Thursday is the 5th anniversary of the day we met. The day we decided we wanted to be boyfriend/girlfriend, he says now that we’re married it doesn’t count but I think it does. If we didn’t have that anniversary there would be no wedding anniversary, right ladies?! I know I’m not the only one who feels this way. Anyway, I wish we could go to that hotel for the weekend, it would be SO nice to get away just Michael and me.

I know I’m not the only girl out there who still gets butterflies in her stomach when she thinks about her husband. I still get excited to see him when I leave work to go home, I still want to hold his hand and snuggle up together. I’m still attracted to him and think he is super hot! He is it for me, he always has been.

There is nothing like being gone all weekend and then coming home and getting a big hug and kiss from the one you love.

Is anyone else ready to feel the cool breeze of fall with just a hint of winter biting at your nose? I know I am, this summer has been blazing and is making me crave fall even more than usual. Fall is my favorite time of year, I can put my fall wreath that I made on the front door, and I can get mums and a few pumpkins for the front porch. I can’t wait to be able to decorate the house and get ready for Thanksgiving.

Parker is going to be old enough this year to try the delicious foods and I wonder what he’ll like and dislike. Of course it will be hunting season and Delana and I will go on our yearly canton trip(s) to get Christmas shopping done while the men are gone. I always get my decorating done in the days following Thanksgiving, this year I will be going through boxes and trying to sort everything out. I’ll be switching to plastic balls so that my oh so curious child doesn’t break anything. The Christmas tree was only a couple of feet from where the real tree fell on to our house and it looked like it didn’t move an inch during the tornado so hopefully all of my ornaments made it intact. My small tree on the other hand, did not stay standing, and I have no idea how the beautiful primitive ornaments on that tree did…I hope we find that they made it as well. As for the actual Christmas trees, I may be looking for new ones because they’ve been in the carport and have been exposed to the weather since last December.