Wednesday, January 25, 2012

runs for cookies

I stumbled upon this encouraging blog called www.runsforcookies.com.  It is about a woman that lost half her body weight dropping from 250 to 125 in a little over a year.  She did it all on her own by counting calories and exercising.    It's encouraging to know that there are still people out there that take it upon their selves to lose their own weight instead of relying on medication, surgeries, or diet supplements.  I just wish the weight would come off as quickly as it comes on!  Wouldn't that be nice.  But, I've always heard the slower the weight comes off, the more likely it is to stay off!  

For me losing weight is a constant battle, but I am determined to get healthy and stay healthy. Exercising is a piece of cake for me; it's the eating right that always seems to get me!   I feel that Kody and I have been doing a great job with our workouts and have made great efforts to change our eating habits. I want this to be a lifestyle change, which I feel that we are making!  Not saying that we still don't cave in and eat the junk, because we do.  It's just less often than we used to and less of it too!  I've found that if I don't buy the junk, then I won't eat the junk!  Amazing isn't it!  haha!

My sister-in-law, Katy told us about this app that she is using called my fitness pal.  It tells you how many calories you can have a day and you log all of your food onto it.  It has definitely helped keep us in check with what we are eating and how many calories are in foods!  Wow!  Hopefully we will stick with it and have great results!  

Here's to a year of change!  Hopefully that means a change in pants sizes!  hehe :-)

Saturday, January 21, 2012

We finally have a crawler

Addison finally started crawling on all fours today! I have a feeling that my days of being able to leave her in the living room while I go about my business are over! Oh well! Let the fun begin!

Sunday, January 15, 2012

9 months

At 9 months Addie:

- weighs 19lbs 6 oz (70%)
-is 27 1/4 inches long (34%)

-prefers table food over bottles
-has eaten pasta, mac and cheese, a meatball, mixed vegetables, green beans (doesn't care for them), mashed potatoes, cheese, shredded pieces of chicken, ground meat, french fries and frozen yogurt!  She LOVED frozen yogurt!  These are the ones that I can remember.
-can go from the crawling/tummy position to the sitting position
-is really starting to get around, but not in the crawling position.  More like the sit and reach and scoot kinda way.  She also moves around on her belly, just not on all fours!
-says the /b/, /p/, and /ma/ sound.
-is starting to pull up on things pretty well
-will "clap" when she is holding two of her toys that will make noise when she does it.
-loves to stand
-has started to roll to her back as soon as I put her on her belly in her crib!
-does not like to be rocked :-(


It's getting a little difficult to take pictures of Addie holding her month sign!
:-)

eating pasta!

Love this pic! 

Happy New Year!

I can't believe 2011 has come and gone and 2012 is here!  2011 is by far one of the best years that Kody and I have ever had! Our world changed in the matter of a few seconds when we welcomed our precious daughter into this world!  She has turned our world upside down and we couldn't be happier! Kody and I have grown so much as a couple and now parents and have learned the true meaning of sacrifice! We are looking forward to this new year and all of the adventures that it may bring!

Happy New Year!






Thursday, December 29, 2011

Addie's first Christmas!

We had an amazing first Christmas with Addison!  She is such a joy and has the best smiles that just melt my heart!  This girl is a trooper...Saying that her sleep schedule was kicked to the curb over the Christmas weekend is an understatement.  We started out our Christmas by attending our candle light service at our church.  Kody had to play the keyboard, so we weren't able to skip out on it and go to our home church.  The service was amazing and had so many special parts to it including a kids live nativity scene.  So sweet!  I decided to keep Addie in the service with me instead of putting her in the nursery, so that she could see her daddy play.  She loves music so I figured she would enjoy it.  She did pretty good!  We left church right when it was over, which was a little after 7 and drove 2 hours to my aunt and uncles house in Lumberton to try and make our family Christmas party.  We ate, did our gift exchange and visited for a while.  By this time Addie's sleep has been all messed up.  She usually goes to bed around 7. She slept the whole 2 hour drive but we woke her up when we got to the party.  We left there around 11.  She slept the 20 minutes in the car to my parents house and then was wide awake at their house.  We finally got her to sleep around midnight!  whew!  

We spent Christmas morning at my parents house.  We all got so many nice things.  It was so fun seeing all the fun toys that Addie got. I think I was more excited about them than she was.  Something new to play with!  yay!  The most exciting surprise of the morning was seeing my dad surprise my mom with a new car!  I had no idea that she was getting it!  I am so happy for my mom.  She has never had a new car and has been driving the same suburban for 15 years!  She deserves it more than anyone I know!  Good job Dad!  We left their house around 3 and headed to Kody's parents house.  Kody's brother and sister and their families came in later on that day.  Once we got the kiddos to bed, which Addie was the first one out at 7:00 on the dot, (she slept till 7:40 the next morning too!) we had Christmas with the adults.  It was nice opening gifts without all of the craziness of the kids.  The next morning we had Christmas with the kids.  

We are so blessed and had such a great Christmas spending it with all of our family.  

Beware:  Picture overload! I got a new lens so you know what that means!  Pictures, pictures, pictures!! :-)
Christmas eve service
Christmas at my parents

My mom's new car! Toyota Camry.  I'm so happy for her!






my dad finding his new weights!

My parents fireplace!






Christmas with the Brooks!

Pictures with my new lens!





pappy and grammy with the grandkids











Tuesday, December 20, 2011

8 months

A little late, but my Addie is 8 months old and so much fun!  She...

-weighs 17lbs 14 oz (went to doctor for what I thought might have been was an ear infection, but it wasn't! :-) )
-knows the sign for milk and will do it back to us when we do it
-can hold her sippy cup and will pick it up and take a sip
-can push herself up on her knees and will rock, but is not eager to crawl
-will push herself backwards on the floor
-can turn in a circle while sitting on her bottom and can scoot on her bottom
-is very flexible and can grab anything in sight from the sitting position!
-has started reaching for me when I go to pick her up
-has two bottom teeth that started coming in at the same time on December 12th.
-can stand against furniture and hold herself up, but can not pull up
-has tried real mashed potatoes, refried beans, and potato salad and a pickle. (Those are the ones that I can think of).









Monday, December 5, 2011

Addie visits Santa

I was so excited to have Addie's picture taken with Santa but I was not looking forward to paying a ton of money to do so.  It's ridiculous how much they charge!  So, I am even more excited to say that I had her pictures taken for FREE! whoohoo!  He may not have had the real beard, but it works for me!  A neighborhood close by had "Santa" at one of their model home offices as a promotion type thing.  So, we along with our friends, Sam and Kyle, headed over there to take advantage of the opportunity.  When we got there no one else was there.  We even beat the photographer, so we were able to use our own cameras and get some pretty cute pictures and as many as we wanted.  Addie did really well especially since she had not had a nap and had fallen asleep in the car from church to there.



Addie pulling on Santa's beard!

Addie and her friend Bryson!
Bryson telling Santa what he wants for Christmas and Addie enjoying her wrapped candy cane!