Holiday Weight Loss!

I am so excited to say that I did NOT let the holiday control me! I was really good and very strong! I did treat myself but stuck to my no eating after 8 and only had one plate of Turkey food! I usually go back 2 or 3 times! I have dropped 4-1/2 lbs since November 4rth!

I am learning that I am in total control of me!

Hope everyone had a Fabulous Thanksgiving!

Family Pictures!

I am advertising (above photo) until we get our pictures ordered! I love them all so so much and totally love the Freckleton's as well! Thanks guys! We had a blast!

Louisiana!

I love Gavin so much! I also love to hear how he pronounces some words! His latest word is Louisiana! This is how Gavin says it... Wuz-a-leana!!! :)

duh...it's so obvious!

He is so cute!

6 months!

(we had a BIG problem with the computer so I am trying to find the recent pictures of Hayden, I will have on soon!)

Hayden is growing so fast! I cannot believe he is half way to the bug 1st Birthday already!

Things he is doing & (close to doing) these days...

-he is always smiling

-he loves laughing with daddy

-he is starting to sleep WAY longer at night:)

-he is trying to sit up, but ends up face planting(he doesn't seem to mind that either)

-he copies us

-he loves his voice

-he loves his sister and sometimes his brothers (if they are sitting still and not poking him)

-Ryan has this funny game he plays with him, Ryan wiggles his fingers at Hayden and he will grab Ryans hand and pull it to his face while growling and gnaw on Ry's hand! It is so cute!

(video to follow soon)

I didn't eat the M&M's!

I resisted!!!! I am so proud of myself!

I love to eat bad food late at night and lots of it!

Well I am working hard at the gym so it makes me MUCH more aware of what I am eating! My hubby brought home my new favorite pretzel M&M's Saturday night and it was 8:05, so I couldn't eat them. (I try not to eat after 8) Can I just say I thought about diving into them for 3 hours! It consumed me. I AM ADDICTED TO FOOD! I even text my mom to help me through the craving! She is a fellow food addict and one of my "sponsors" if you will! :)

So I am so proud to say that I totally did not eat one! I drank some water and talked myself through it! Baby steps right?!

I must say I did enjoy some today and I didn't eat the whole bag either! It was lunch time so it was allowed!

I wanted to share my success with all of you and hope we all have a good week!

Picture Overload...

My brother has a way with kids! They love him... and he is really good at getting them to sleep and then... he joins the nap;)
he must have heard the camera flash bc he woke up and I got that too! haha

Okay, Ryan got a new job just before my birthday so things got crazy and we ended up not really doing a cake so Ryan showed up with this yummy turtle cake and they sang Happy Birthday to me! It was so sweet! It meant a lot!

Hayden being silly! He is so stinkin' cute!
I found Ryan reading to the baby! So of course I had to catch the moment on camera;) he sure loves his kids!
We had a get together with our High School Drill Team! It was so much fun and so good to see these cute girlies all grown up and catch up for a while! It ended to soon!
Cute Holly with her southern accent;) She loved the baby!
Hayden being silly!
Reagan decided it would be funny to smash a cupcake Holly had made in her face and then she started to kiss me! She thought she was so funny!

Bobi and I made our Hooter Hiders and I love it! They were really pretty easy and it got us together to hang out for a while!

Family Pictures!

So we figured the baby was old enough and it had been 1-1/2 since our last family pictures that we should get them done! We went to the best of the best! They are so talented and such fun people to work with! They are willing to sacrifice the body to get just the right shot! I am sure Shelley was covered in dirt by the end of our session (along with the kids!:) I recommend them to all of you!

Click here to see our shoot!

Let me know which is your favorite family one bc I don't know which one to choose! They all turned out so good!

Almost the whole family on halloween!

My bro took this with his phone, so it's not the greatest but I had to put it on! and I'm so sad to say my poof went down in my side pony! But my bangs... well they speak for themselves:)

VOTE for my kiddos!

I know this is totally weird but I entered my kids in a Halloween costume contest and I used(which is allowed in this contest) old Halloween pictures for it.

Just jump on over to CuteGirlsHairstyles to vote! Just like her fanpage then look in the costume contest album B and vote for Reag, Gav, and Payton. They are pictures 78, 79, 80! All you have to do is push the "like" button on each of them and they get a vote!

Thanks guys!

Happy Halloweeeeeeeeen!

Ok I do this all the time! I load them backwards and I just don't care to fix it;)

We had a good Halloween minus Ryan having to work and miss out on trick-or-treating with us! (we missed him a lot) But the kids and Ry got pumpkins carved and we all dressed up to have a good time. Lots of candy later....no one barfed or had upset tummies. I must have forced them to quit at the right moment;) then I got some of the good stuff... bwah hah hah hah! I'm not the only mom that does that right?

I ended up at Trick or Treat Street by myself due to Ryan having to leave for work, but the kids were really pretty good for me!

Reagan- pirate Payton- classic jack-o-lantern Gavin- an alien




Hayden- skeleton
Reagan- vampire
Gavin- spiderman without his face
Payton- pirate, ARGH!

Ryan- X-BOX power button, of course!


This picture reminds me of me so much! The fun me needs to come out more often, I think she is being missed.