First Appointment! (Second time around ;)

Well its two weeks later, but I am finally blogging about it! I think I was mostly just kind of depressed about it. Everything went well, don't get me wrong, the thing that bothered me was they told me I was two weeks BEHIND what I thought I was. So disheartening!! I was only 7 weeks when I thought I was 9. -_-

Anyway the mother in law went with me because Lee had to work an hour away. So it would have been him  driving to work, coming back to the hospital, driving back to work and then back home. Just ridiculous  If it had been our first baby we probably would have done it, but we are both a little more relaxed this time, lol.

So I met the new doctor! He was really nice. Funny and easy to talk to. The nurse was awesome too, shes so sweet. She stayed in there most of the time which was nice. 

So first they had me sit in the room and wait for a bit and then the nurse came in and did the family history run down. Then he came in for a bit and talked to me. After that the chair at the lab opened up so I went and gave them like six vials of blood, good grief. Then back to the room to get naked, yeah, so he could do my pap smear I was due for. I let the mother in law out of the room for that one, haha. It was so great she came, I would never have been able to handle all that AND Chloe. Speaking of her, she sat as still and quiet as a mouse. I think she was afraid we were at the doctor for her! And was not going to make her self known, haha.

So he said my cervix and all looked good, nice healthy pregnancy look to it. Then he proceeds to inform me I have a backward tipped uterus. What?? I'm nearly 30 years old and have been having regular OBGYN appts for years and I am just NOW hearing this?? Thanks previous doctor.  So anyway, its no big deal. Like 1 in 3 women have one that tips forward or backward. Just thought it was something I'd like to have known.

After that I got to get dressed and head to the ULTRASOUND ROOOOMM! Yeah! Here is our little butter bean! We also got to hear the heartbeat, it sounded so strong and good!! The baby was too small to be moving much so we just sorta saw a blob. The black stuff is the amniotic fluid, and the whole rest of the area is my uterus.

This was when I found out I was way off on my due date. So instead of mid Nov I am due the first of Dec, the 3rd. UGH!! I really, really didn't want a December baby. So I'm hoping I won't have to evict this one and will go early! But we got to hear the heartbeat and see it and it was so neat. Chloe wasn't sure what to think,  LOL. Oh, I forgot to mention because of how my uterus tips and also I was so early along, she couldn't see anything with a normal ultrasound so I had to drop my pants again and have a vaginal one. Those are SO fun! -_- But it was of course worth it!

So after that we were done! We decided my fav mexican restaurant sounded good so headed there after I stopped by work to show my mom and dad the pictures. 

So after this doctors appointment everything has gone down hill. Actually about the beginning of my 6th week. I feel like CRAP most of the day. EVERY DAY. And some days are worse then others. Like Friday I just didn't feel like getting off the coach all day. Thank goodness it was my day off.

When I feel bad I get so ill and very hard to get along with. At least in regards to my poor husband. I'm nauseous most of the day. And about an hour or two after I eat I get so hungry its ridiculous  I mean that kind of stomach-twisting-I-haven't-eaten-ALL-DAY hunger. It sucks. And what really sucks is even though I'm starving, I'm not. I mean, I don't WANT to eat. It's about impossible to find something I think will stay down. And usually even if it is something I think I want, I usually have to make myself eat it. 

SUCKS! Did I mention that?? And I'm not done. The bloating is HORRENDOUS. I started bloating like a month in. Seriously. I look like I am about 20 weeks most of the time. And its all bloat, no baby. Depressing. So I just look fat really (its all about under my belly button). Plus this means normal clothes are totally out of the question unless they are unbottoned and most times unzipped. I have to use a hair rubber band to keep them up, or use the belly band thing I have. Or just say the heck with it and wear my maternity clothes, which I'm doing today, lol. I really like my maternity capris, they are pretty darn cute. But most of my shirts I have now come to just around the top of my belt (which I can no longer wear) and that is not long enough to cover unbuttoned pants/belly bands, etc. And do you think I have money to buy more clothes? Hahahahaha. NO. Sigh, I'm such a complainer aren't I??

I was nowhere near this bad with Chloe. So does that mean boy? Or just a particularly ornery girl!? lol. Chinese calendar was saying boy, but now that I likely conceived in March instead of Feb it is saying girl. So we will see! My 'mommy feeling' is boy, I had the same feeling with Chloe, but girl. So we will see if my insticts are right around July sometime!

Not much else going on. Next appointment is the 15th!

Here We Go Again!

Yup, here comes baby dos!!

As you can see I'm pretty excited, quite a bit different reaction from the FIRST time! At that time I was completely freaked out and in a tailspin! I feel so much more relaxed and ready this time. It's a, been there done that, went through HADES and came out! Kind of feeling. I'm good to go. ;)

So I had my period in February, I can't remember exactly what day but I guessed the second week pretty well. They calculate your due date off the first day of your last period. Which would put me due in November! Prolly early to mid. Winter baby this time! I didn't get to really wear winter maternity clothes last time, so that will be fun, hehe.

I already feel SO FAT. My tummy is seriously as big as I was a month from now with Chloe. I have been so bloated and gassy with this one too! It's really been quite different. I haven't been nauseated at all like I was with the her, no headaches. No heartburn (yet, that will come doubtless). I'm eating well. I AM very tired and sleepy a lot of times. When it gets to 8pm I am ready for BED. Which of course little girl still has an hour or two of play in her! Not to mention the husband has an hour or two more of tv he wants to watch -_-.

One thing that is really annoying at this point though is getting off my depression meds. I slowly weaned off them and am now not taking them at all but STILL having withdrawal symptoms  Mainly my head spinning all of a sudden for no reason. So. Freaking. Annoying. I have been trying to get off for nearly a month now. Ugh!! So that is definitely not helping me feel great.

Anyway, I started those in November of last year. I was tired of being a unrelenting, patience-less B**CH. And within days I was a new person. Those things are LEGIT!! (I was on 20mg of a generic brand of Celexa) It sucks the depression meds affect the baby though when your pregnant. They CAN be taken, but there is a certain amount of risk to the baby. (possible miscarriage, birth defects, problems with withdrawal after delivery) and I'm just not going to do it. They say to only take them if the benefits outweigh the risks. Well I know I can survive without them, so I'm going to! The good thing is I should be able to get back on them after the baby is born, (I will probably do a lower dose) whew, so if I can just survive until then!

So my first appointment is next Friday! Can't wait! I am also seeing a new doctor, which I have mixed feelings about. My previous doctor has joined a new practice that is out of Birmingham (about an hour from us) and while she is still seeing patients here in my town, she is only delivering out of Birmingham. Boo. But I was okay with that. What I was not okay with is the policy's of the new practice she is with.

 I went to the office a few days after I took my positive prego test to get them to confirm. They all were nice in there, but didn't seem to really care that I was there, mainly in the lab part. I went in and did my pee thing and came out. There were two nurses in the room right next to the bathroom (the lab) and I stood there waiting, not really knowing what to do?? (Last time I was put in a room, as was my sister in law who found out she was pregnant in Nov) So finally she says, something like, it takes a few minutes, and then says, I have a faint positive. (faint because I was just barely pregnant) So then I proceed to tell them my period was in Feb, so I figured I was due in November.  They don't really say anything and then just give me my paperwork and I'm done. They didn't even try to figure out my due date for me! So I go to the front desk and then am told I have to call the Birmingham office before I can schedule a visit. What the??

Anyway, I finally (after numerous calls and messages) get a hold of them later that week. I tell them what is going on and she proceeds to tell me how much it will cost etc. It is BAD. They want $350 the first visit (for what she never said) and then $2,500 the second. Yeah, no payments. Cough up two grand NOW! And wait until you hear what it covered. Dr's visits and her delivery fee. THAT IS ALL. :choke: No ultrasounds, no lab work. So I ask her, is there any way to make payments on the 2,500. She says she will have to talk to her supervisor. She is gone for at least five minutes before she comes back and tells me that they won't give her a straight answer and she will call me back first thing in the morning! What?? And do you think I have heard from her? Two weeks later? NOPE. Not a word. Where did these people learn to do business??

Well I call Lee and tell him the situation and then it comes to me, why don't I call the OB doctors here and see what they can do for me. Yes, I will have to see a male doctor since all the female doctors went to the new practice, but if its a better situation I will get over it! It was MUCH better. They are $2,500 for everything. Any lab work, ultrasound, and the appts and delivery fee plus when I see the doctor again for post delivery. The best part; they only want $75 the first visit and I can make payments on the rest! They just want it paid by the 5th month if possible. Thank GOD! And I'm really happy about delivering in my town again and not having to worry about an hour drive while I'm in labor! Although it would have been nice to have my doctor appointments here in town instead of out by the hospital, but oh well. I really am quite unsettled about the male doctor. Lee said he wasn't sure he wanted to come to any appointments where the doctor will be doing anything down there, if you know what I mean, haha, he said it was just weird. Tell me about it!! But, this is one of the most sought after doctors for OB in like, the entire northern/central part of my state. Everyone freaking LOVES him, so I should be fine! Who knows, I might like him better then my lady doctor!

Well, sorry for the boring book on all that!

In other news! I am just loving life right now. My baby girl is the light of our life, Lee and I are so happy, he's getting so MANY side jobs all of a sudden. God is taking SUCH good care of us. We are struggling each month to pay bills still, but we are trying and trying to get in the green and out of the red. Our church is doing great, we are going to 4 services now and starting a building program to put more seats in! I am playing violin each service and really enjoying it. I've moved my playing to a higher level then I have ever been before.

Gotta talk about my baby girl! I love going back and reading what she was doing at what age. She is SO FLIPPING FUNNY. The stuff that comes out of her mouth has us laughing multiple times each day. I LOVE the 2's! Who said they were terrible??

The other day our new schnauzer puppy Toto, ran out across the road and she said in the funniest little matter of fact voice, "Toto, your gonna get runned over" I about died! She copies everything we say and remembers  it for later. She also says "I sure will/I sure can" a lot if you ask her a question or to get you something. Too cute, she learned those from her Hami. She has been saying I love you a lot to us the last month or as well, just randomly all day. It's adorable. She is such a sweet, loving, considerate little girl. I love her serving/loving spirit. She can be stubborn (oh Lord, can she be stubborn) and a bit melodramatic, but her good way, way, way outweighs the undesirable. I rarely have to give her spankings anymore, and usually a time out works better then a spanking. She takes them to heart and gets so worked up you can't get her to do much but have a meltdown after one.

I do wish she was more independent  She has gotten better about doing things by herself, but still very needy. She's more timid then I like as well, I want her to stand up for herself and be more confident. But I also don't want her to be rude/a bully or cocky. The more time she spends around her cousin Luke though I see her doing more about not being a push over. Although he takes it too far!
But for now we are just nurturing and molding her as best we know how! I can't help but thinking, how will we top this adorable, beautiful, sweet child?? Or not really top, but is it possible the next will be just as awesome?!

So I'm thinking this little bun cooking is going to be of the male variety. This pregnancy is already so different. Plus the chinese calendar said it was going to be a boy, and of course it can't be wrong! ;) We shall see! I will probably find out in the month of June sometime. We are having an awful time coming up with names. I like a few but Lee has not approved of many. MAYBE two of them. Here is what we have so far:

Girl:
Lena
Caylee
Harper
Brynne
Krysta

Boy:
Colin
Caden
Braden

Boy names are so hard for me to come up with. They all sound girly to me, or weird or I know someone with that name. I'll keep researching!

Well thats about all for now! I'll try to blog after my dr appointment next week!

Hello 2013!

Been quite a while since I did a post, so figured it was past time!

I can't believe how much little girl has grown up in the past months. This Christmas was SO fun with her since she knew pretty well what was going on! Next year will be even better. She got so excited about Christmas trees and such that we got one like the first week of December, unheard of for us! She loved all her toys too. She kept telling me she wanted a baby violin, a PURPLE baby violin for Christmas so I got her that. And she got a big dollhouse from Nene and Papa and a adorable kitchen from her other grandparents. They are now taking up a quarter of our living room, lol.

She is talking so well now. She has always had the cutest little voice. She pronounciates so well and its rare that we don't understand her! She is always asking "wheres Lukey??" though, which gets old quick! ;)

Shes so sweet, always so quick to share and give to others. Her crying and fits are SO much less frequent and she is much happier. The older she gets the more and more fun we have together. Love my sweet baby! She wakes up so happy and smiley every morning and after her naps, such a blessing. She sleeps very well at night, and takes good two hour or more naps once a day around 12-2.

I still have a hard time getting her to eat anything that isn't sweet though. She eats like a bird when she does eat! Oats are still acceptable but definitely not her favorite anymore, sadly. She loves bread still, any sort of candy and chocolate of course, apple juice, boost (her absolute fav, I told Lee its like her crack!) cereal, eggos, biscuits, 'mini wheats' (what she calls her chocolate cream of wheat her Hami brings over for her breakfast when she takes care of her) french fries, baked beans, and lots of others I'm forgetting.

The hubbys sister watches her on Mondays usually, and his mom watches her Tues and Wed. She comes to work with me Thurs and we are off Fridays! Works well! We are thinking about throwing a wrench in the plans though, well, just a change of plans really, MAYBE.

On Saturday I thought I might be pregnant. (throwing up last weekend, and again this weekend, weird) YEAH. So lately I have been contemplating not even having any more children and now that I know I'm not (period showed up this morning) I wish I was! I think I'm ready again! It also doesn't help that my younger brothers wife (who I was pregnant with the last time) is expecting again! She is about 2 months in. SIGH. I have lots of reasons why now is a good time, but one BIG negative. MONEY. It cost us over $7,000 out of pocket to have Chloe since we have no insurance and can't qualify for medicaid.

Positives:
1. My sister in law/friend is prego again!
2. I'm going to be 30 in Oct, complications are much more likely 30+
3. Chloe will be 3 by the time I have another, don't really want a bigger gap then that
4. The cost of having a baby is only going to go up

So, I don't know. I'm praying about it as is Lee, and we need to pray together as well. Lee thinks it is kind of irresponsible to have one when we really don't have the money. I kind of agree, but we would have had to find it, and we will find it. But it would be borrowing from my mom and dad, etc...
Wish we had health insurance!!

Anyway, not much else going on, til later...

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The Zoo and Geocaching...

Why do I always seem to post on Monday?? Oh well, I guess it doesn't really matter!

So we had a fun weekend this week! Chloe got to take her first trip to the zoo! Well, it wasn't 'technically' her first visit, she went once at Christmas time her at about 4 months old, so that doesn't really count! We also went out and found a geocache, something we haven't done in a while!

So anyway the weekend did not start out well with a pretty dismal Friday. I get a day or so, sometimes as long as a week, once a month about that I just get downright depressed. I don't want to do anything, think my life is awful, I'm the worst mother/wife there ever was, etc. Its highly annoying. And while it's going on I don't WANT to be that way, I WANT to change and be happy but I just can't. Which makes me feel even worse. It's a vicious cycle! I don't remember doing this much before Chloe, is it residual PPD? Birth control? Just me being me?? Whatever, I just hate it. I've tried taking a low dose of zoloft a few times but I hate the 'spacey, far out' feeling it gives me. Ugh. And by a few times, I mean I have taken a pill once and then a few months later another, lol. Most of the women in my family suffer from depression and are on some sort of antidepressant, but I don't want to be one of them...

All that to say Saturday was much better! Lee had to work that morning but he was back by twelve. I decided earlier that day I'd like to take Chloe to the zoo, but we wanted to wait till later so it wouldn't be so hot. We are in the first week of summer and it is KILLING us with these high 90's. So we tooled around at home for a bit, Lee did some mowing, etc, then at 4 we headed out. We invited the in laws but only Lee's sister and older brother was able to come. I'm glad they did it was fun to have them!


So we put Chlo's car seat in the middle and they sat on either side with her. On we went! It was fun, though she didn't have as much fun as I thought she would. At the giraffe part she kept shaking her and and saying "no like it no like it" lol! She still had fun though. It was funny, all four of us were vying for her attention to experience the animals with her. We all wanted to hold her when she saw something new, etc, lol. I felt bad for Lee though she didn't want anything to do with him for some reason :(. She was good with the other two for a while but towards the end she wanted nobody but her mommy. Aw, ;).

Anway after that we headed on over to Dreamland and got some ribs! But it wasn't as great as it usually was, and I wasn't very hungry, so kind of bleh. Still fun though! Then on home! It was already after eight when we left birmingham, takes about an hour to get home from there.

Then Sunday! Listened to an awesome message at church, we are starting a series based of the Courageous movie. It was really good. Then we got some taco bell for me and hardees for Lee while Chloe took a nap in the back seat. (she wasn't very good in nursery and dad had to come rescue her, boo, she did something similar last week, I hope we aren't starting that again!! She has been so good in there for months now!)

Then we layed around the house for awhile until I decided I want to go geocaching. Lee was being lazy so it took me a bit to get him going but we finally got out of the house. We headed to Blount Springs, it was neat! There used to be a health spa and such there in the 20's, neat right?? It sure was stinky though! Chloe finally wanted something to do with her daddy so he toted her all around checking it out. The springs were in the middle of the woods.

After that we headed to the store and got some cheese dip for dinner and Chlo sat next to me for like an hour eating chips and cheese, it was so cute.

Well that is about it! Until later!

Just A Monday...

Well its a dreary monday morning at work, not much going on, and I felt the need to blog!

Had a pretty decent weekend, although I was a little disappointed in how mothers day went. Nothing really special for me. Was at church from 8:15am to 1:30pm, then we went over to his mom and dads until 7 or so. Had to let the dog off the runner, then Chloe was getting extremely ill. (she had a very short nap and she has a molar coming in giving her trouble) So we went in to try and get her to eat, no go, and Lee had to take her outside and swing on the porch to get her to stop screaming and go to sleep. Sigh. Then I couldn't find anything to eat (I was wanting to go OUT that night but that didn't happen) so that made me madder, and finally I  made us two egg sandwiches and went to bed. So, not a great day. Oh well. I did get a nice card from Lee that said he would take me to Olive Garden or Red Lobster to eat and then to see the Hunger Games, whoo hoo! Maybe we can go this weekend. Although I just thought, we have my neices grad party on Sat and then Sunday is her Graduation. Hm, so we might need to do it this week some time.

Saturday was pretty fun though, we went over to my mom and dads that night for my dads birthday. I got four papa johns pizzas and made him a three layer white on white cake. It was a big hit. We also watched our infamous House Boat Trip video AGAIN, for like the 4th time, haha. Still awesome. I cant believe its been 7 years. CanNOT believe it!

So I mentioned a dog! Yeah, Lee finally talked me into another one. You might remember our schnauzers, Bowser and Missy? Well we gave Missy to Lees cousin, then Lee accidentally ran over Bowser a few months ago :( That was awful...

Anyway, meet Max!

He is a 9 month old American Bulldog. We rescued him. He seems to be a good dog, needs a lot of training since NONE was done on him. But hes sweet. Still, another dog was not something I had to have. Its just another hassle, something to worry about, feed, take to the vet, etc. -_- But I knew Lee wanted another one, so whatever. He is having a lot of fun teaching him to fetch a frisbee.

So, Chloe is doing good. She has been a bit cranky these few days but I think its that molar coming in. She is saying so many phrases now, so funny. She can basically copy cat anything you say. Here's a few:

1. There she is!
2. Its just a
3. I dont know
4. Hold on
5. Just a minute
6. Happy birthday to you (comes out more like happy to to you in a cute sing song voice, lol)

She also went on her first boat ride last weekend! She wasn't too sure about it. She had a life jacket of Lukes on that didn't fit real well and it kept her kind of boxed in around her head, lol. So she just SAT THERE, didnt say a word, move, etc, it was kind of sad! Lol, I finally took her down in the cabin to change her clothes and after I took it off she started moving around and talking, lol! I remember when she was little and I held her ears for fireworks she would be really still. I guess the way to get her to go limp is to hold her head still! Hopefully she will do better next time in her own life jacket and have more fun.

We bought her a potty last week! I have sat her on it about three times now, no pee pee yet but she loves doing it, thinks its great fun. I have her help me pull her pants and diaper down and sit next to her on mine when I go and she thinks is so funny. I tell her okay, go pee pee! And she will laugh and shake her head and say no! in a funny voice, lol, not real heartening but hopefully she will get the hang of it soon. I don't think she will be real difficult. She tells us pretty much every time now when she has pooped, she says shoo shoo, lol.

I broke out the bikini for the first time a few weeks ago! I felt so awesome, it was great. I didn't look as toned as I wanted, but def okay to go out in it. First time ever!! Since then I have been eating pretty crappy so my lower stomach has that bit of pooch now that I don't like, again. Gotta quit eating so much! I wish I could get the tone of my upper stomach into my lower. Sigh. Hate that lower tummy fat! It wasn't as great as it could have been though because the husband did NOT approve. That caused some tension for a week or so. We still haven't really talked about it...we need to. I don't really know what to say though. I mean, ugh, really, really REALLY?? Does he REALLY want me to never wear one again? What bothers him so much about it?! Its not like I'm out there exibiting for anyone, it was just my bro and  his wife and some friends we grew up with. Anyway, thats neither here nor there. I know I need to be submissive and do as he wants me to...just hard!!

Sort of in the same vein, we found out our love language at small group last Friday. Lee and I have the SAME top two! Thats strange for a couple! Our top two are Quality Time and Acts of Service. Then my next is Words of Affirmation, Lee is Physical Touch and Gifts tied. Kinda neat to find out! And very helpful to make our relationship better.

Well not much else going on! Ta ta!

Spring Is Here!

So its been quite some time since a post! I know I'll regret later not having a record of my life at this time, and what Chloe is doing, so I am getting on here to do just that! Well the present state of things in our life right now?

Financially: SUCKS.
Family As A Whole: Very Good.
Hubby and I's Relationship: Excellant!
Spiritually: Getting Better.
Physically: Great!

 So starting with financially, yeah, we are in deep. Mortgage gets paid the VERY last day of the month, all our other bills are always 2 weeks overdue. Utilities are a month overdue. Sigh. And we aren't SPENDING MONEY! Maybe eat out twice a week, no more then 30 each time, usually in the 20's. No other sort of spending, maybe a $100 a week on misc things. Its awful! We keep scrambling to catch up and it never happens. Sigh. I've been trying to pay extra on the husbands truck but that only happened one month. If I keep paying $30 extra I can pay it off next fall, which is a year early. Then we can put that whole $120 onto our explorer and get it paid off early. That would be a relief!! We also are paying a $100 to mom and dad for our mustang we bought. They financed it for us basically for $8,250. Its a '71 Mustang convertible! Lee just loves it.

So along with at least a $100 in groceries a week, a $120 tithe a week, at least a $100 in gas a week and all our bills (cell phone, dish, utilities, mortgage, 3 car payments, car insurance) it is TIGHT every stinking week. I just wish we weren't behind, that would make me happy. And poor Lee works his butt off on side jobs all week and we still end up needing every bit of it just to get by. I feel so sorry for him. :( Plus we owe $1200.00 on our taxes this year, yeah, awesome right?? >:(

Moving on! Our little family is just great. We have so much fun together. I really couldn't imagine having another baby anytime soon, I love just the way we are. Chloe is our world!

Lee and I are doing well too, it takes work, but he makes it easy. They really don't make them like him anymore. He is darn near perfect, and the things hes not perfect in he knows and is working on. Love that man! Not only is he a great husband but he is a wonderful daddy. He takes such good care of Chloe and she adores him.

Spiritually Lee and I are doing better. We are reading our bible more and really participating in our small group that we have on Fridays. We are going through The Five Love Languages right now in group and we all really are having fun with it. We love our small group anyway. The 3 couples that are in it besides us are just awesome, we are all really good friends! (which one of the couples is my younger bro and his sister who I am good friends with, lol)

So physically! Late last spring I started the couch to 5k which I culmulated with running a 5k in October. I stopped running after that because I wasn't losing the weight I wanted to. So this January Lee and I started doing some weight training every other day. That was going well and I started up running again and I am getting very happy with the results here about 3 months in. I've got some abs showing through even! My arms are really toned and my weight is almost where I want it. What I'm doing is 7 pull ups, 15 push ups, a few exercises on the weight machine for arms and legs. Then I do 15 squats with 15lbs on each side of a weight bar, after that curls with the same. Then I do some exercises with my 12lb or so barbell for my back. Then I move on to abs. I have 4 or 5 diff exercises for that. Then I'm done! I try to do it at least twice a week. I also jog about 3 times a week. I was doing HIIT, running hard for 30 secs and then jogging for 30 secs, but that gave me splints for the first time. So I'm starting slower this time with 1 mile jogs until I think I've built up enough for the pounding.  

I've also changed my diet of course. I don't eat much bread or processed things, sweets. A lot more veggies and fruit, drink nothing but water (about 4 bottles a day) and just plain eating less. I'm taking vitamins as well.  

My goal is to get bikini fit. You know, when you see the girl walking by in her bikini and your like, dang, wish I looked that good! Thats what I want. I even bought myself a motivation bikini, haha, its this one: 

I'm hoping it will make my hazel in my eyes pop. Of course my little a's aren't going to look that good, but oh well! I also just got the top because I don't do waxing, haha. I'm still not sure Lee will let me out of the house in it, but we will see! ;)

I wish I had taken a before picture so I can put my after picture next to it. If I take one now it won't be near what I used to be. I'm also trying to grow my hair out again (its about shoulder length now) and I ordered contacts Monday, so I'm getting myself the way I want to be, slowly but surely!

So lets get to what baby girl is up to!

1. She is saying so many words now, pretty much can repeat anything you say. Favorite/popular words: No! Dada, mommy, daddy, Daisy, papa, nene, ride, help me, where, down, done, banana, juice, please, get you, love you (she just started this last night, so sweet!) see you, mow mow, bow bow

2. She can climb up on just about any couch now

3. She is eating: Pb&J, spaghetti, peaches, bananas, chips, hotdogs (if she sees Luke eating them), raisins, bread (of course!) anything sweet!, mashed potoatoes, cream corn, beans, refri beans, mexican rice, oats (her fav!), and I'm sure some others.

4. She loves walking around at work with me to write up cars and has to 'drive' all of them.

5. We are working on colors, she can say them but I don't think she knows what I'm saying they are

6. She is 21lbs and 12 oz, 32in long, 20 months in another week

7. She loves Daisy and now after watching me ride so much last week loooves riding her play horses

8. Actually she loves ANY sort of animal

9. She HATES bugs, oops, that might be my doing

10. She still loves being outdoors over anything. She'll play in the yard for hours. 

11. She is wearing mostly 18 month old clothes.

12. We turned her car seat around about 2 months ago and she is a much happier camper

13. She loves riding in the mustang, even with the top down! (she likes going fast!)

14. She doesn't like the sound of thunder at ALL

15. She loves to sing and hear others sing

16. She likes reading books

17. She is getting hard to put to sleep at night, she wants to play still! 

18. Shes sleeping from 9 or 10pm to usually 7:30am. Rarely wakes up at night, if she does she usually puts herself back to sleep

19. She takes 2 naps on Mon and Tues with Shirley, and usually only one with me.

20. Her hair is getting longer, but in front of her ears its still very short!

21. She still only has the two front bottom teeth and one huge molar on the back right. Two tops and the two next to it up top. So 7 total!

22. She loves shoes, probably because that means she gets to go outside

23. She loves carrying around things like its a purse

24. She hated baths in the big bath until I put her little bath in there and now she is happy

25. She started smacking when she blows kisses :)

Well theres lots more but that is the gist! I'm here at work right now waiting on her to wake up from her nap. She has been sleeping about 2 hours here lately which is awesome. She used to only sleep an hour. She's at about an hour and 45 right now. Hopefully she will make it for 2 because we have a busy afternoon! After work we will go with Lee to a side job and then we are meeting the girls from small group for cupcakes at 6. We just got a cupcake place in our town. We are big time! We're even getting a Starbucks! haha. What we were most excited about though was when we got a Five Guys. SO GOOD. Although I haven't been there since Jan because of my 'diet'.

Til later!