I've Finally Done It!

Yesterday marked a very important day in my life. I packed up the last of my maternity clothes. Bye, Bye my favorite plaid shorts! To be truly honest, they are the most comfortable things I have worn in my life but they were actually getting too big.

I have lost a few pounds and my maternity stuff is just too big...not to mention, I'm not pregnant any more and Sam is 1 so the whole, "I just had a baby" spiel so isn't working anymore!

I am pleasantly happy with my weight loss but I still have a few pounds to shed. Suzzanne really helped me by taking my baggy, maternity clothes wearing self shopping for some clothes that actually fit! I truly feel better about myself now that I can wear a pair of jeans and a t-shirt that doesn't make me look frumpy or have a muffin top. If you don't know what that is....google it.

Thank you to everyone out there that helped me along this journey, especially Greg. He has put up with me whining about not having pizza and how HUNGRY I am all the time. He really tries hard not to hurt my feelings and says that we need to stay on this diet! Someday I will be able to eat pizza again......

Due Date

Today is Sam's original due date. It seems like just yesterday that we found out we were pregnant. Now we have a VERY rambunctious 13 month old. He is walking a lot more on his own and loves to turn on and off the tv and cable box...something with the buttons. We are working on buh-bye and a wave. He has finally started to clap his hands :) I never thought he would do it!


He still was meant to be born into royalty. He refuses to feed himself or hold his bottle. The bottle part I am fine with...I love our snuggle time but he won't even feed himself cheerios. He just picks them up, looks at you and then throws them on the ground with a big ol' smile on his face. He has 8 gigantic teeth and they are adorable. I think Greg and I will have a very hard time disciplining him...all he'll have to do is smile and we will melt.


If you notice, in this pic he has little spots on his face. He had his MMR and Chicken Pox vaccinne at his 12 month check up and they have developed. Poor guy had a fever and little spots all over. His face is looking much better and the spots have disappeared from his arms and tummy.
Today we are going with Amy and her boys to Jumpin' Beans, an inflatable funhouse. I can't wait to post those pics! I'm gonna cheat and tell them that he will be one this weekend to save the seven bucks....technically he really is just one, right? Maybe I'll be honest!

Punkin Patch

My little man is so cute but right now he is not feeling good. He had shots last week so he is now developing a fever and slept 12 1/2 hrs last night and took two solid naps today and just zonked out about 1/2 hour ago.

Um...oh yeah, I have full body hives. Went to the doc, long story short I was exposed to Meningitis a few weeks back, so I thought I had it. But no luck! They don't know what is causing them...probably stress they said and told me to come back with something easier to find causation like diarrhea.

We did get pumpkins from the pumpkin patch the other day. We went to a local farm and they wanted to charge $10 bucks to get in, EACH. They had lots of things for kids to do but Sam is just too small so we opted out but got some cute pics before we left.


Then we stopped by the little patch right down the street from our house. We thought we would support a local farmer. Turns out the pumpkins come from Tennessee. So much for local business! But we got some big ol' pumpkins and Greg already carved his...it says phillies on it. Are you surprised?

I feel beat up. Spinning is not for sissies and I am a huge one! Yoga isn't for sissies but I can laugh at myself there because I have no idea what I am doing. But riding a bike shouldn't be that hard!

Ahhhh a working computer!

I know it has been a while! But amazingly, I have a working computer, a husband who is home, a child who is in the process of going to bed and 3 min of quiet to blog :)

Too long of story to go into so let me summarize:

1. Congrats Ashlee and Christopher
2. Greg's Car died
3. Sam's 1 year check up:
all fine and dandy--he's small, doc said fatten him up
19 lbs. 10 oz. and 30+ inches long
4. Cupcake Envy is BUSY!
5. Visited enemy territory today...I was in the guts of Cameron Indoor! It was beautiful but don't tell anyone I said that!
6. My house is a fricken mess!
7. Can't wait for Halloween
8. My back is broken
9. I am 8 lbs away from my goal weight.
10. I think I need new glasses!