15 Months!

Brinlee went in for her 15 month check up today. She is doing great. She is almost 29 lbs, she is 34 3/4 inches tall and her head is 19 3/4 big. She is still off the charts. Her weight is just barley off but her height and her head are way off. She is already starting to wear 3 T clothes! Besides growing so big in height she is getting so big in everything. She can say 20 + words, which they say is normal for a 18 month old and she can say phrases like "What's that? and Where did he go? " which they said is normal for a 2 year old. She absolutey loves to talk so I am not surprised she is advanced in her speech. Some of her new words are dog, wee, up, down, ouch, itsy, Josh (her uncle), and her very favorite, Noah (her cousin). She talks about Noah all day long. Some days she wakes up talking about him. It is really funny.
She loves to sing songs and knows the actions to The itsy bitsy spider, If your happy and you know it, and 5 little monkeys. She will just start doing the actions and say itsy when she wants you to sing with her. It is very cute.
Some other things she is doing now is... really loves books and sitting in her rocking chair and reading them to herself, she loves helping me with laundry, she like to put the clothes in the dryer and hands them to me while I fold them, she loves to slide down the stairs on her tummy and say wee, she likes to pretend fall down and say ouch, then laugh really hard, she is really good at using a fork so she loves to eat now that she can do it herself.

She is growing up so fast I can't even believe it! She is such a sweet, funny little girl and I am so glad that I am her mommy.

Fat Tuesday

Oh I how I dreaded writing this yesterday. I worked out so hard and so good this past week. I stuck great to my meal plan besides having lots of yummy cake for my nephews birthday, and I was convinced I had lost tons of weight. I am feeling like I look differnt so I got on that scale yesterday morning and.....NOTHING! I was so upset I nearly cried. And I took it out on poor Dave. I know that it isn't his fault but he has been telling me about his clients at work and one lady lost 8 lbs in a week and I just couldn't understand why it isn't working for me. So Dave went to work in the afternoon and started talking to his boss who has been a personal trainer for 6 years. He said that in some people it takes there bodies up to six weeks for there muscles to adjust to working out and to start burning the fat off but as long as I am loosing inches I am on the right path. So that is what must be happening here, because I decided to get over the pounds and sit down and add up the inches. I lost another 2.75 inches this week bringing my grand total for 4 weeks to... 12.25 inches! Holy Crap! I almost died! It seems kinda gross to me that there was a foot of extra inches on my body but I am proud that I have stuck to working out and I will keep doing it. Even if I never loose any weight :)

Valentines

I hope everyone had a good Valentines Day! I love Valentines. It is one of my very favorite holidays. I have always liked it, even in High School when I was single and everyone else was getting flowers and gifts. I just think it is fun to be able to express your love for everyone if fun ways. I think a big part of it is we celebrated it as a family when I was younger so it wasn't just about romantic love, it was about having love for everything. So here are some pictures from this year.
First of all....as you can tell from below, crafts never work as planned with Brinlee. I always want to do something fun and crafty with her but I guess in a few months it will work better. She thinks everything is food. She would start painting and get the hang of it so I would let go of her arms (I was holding them down so she wouldn't lick it) and as soon as I let go she would just lick her hand. The project didn't last too long because she was pretty mad I wouldn't let her eat it. I guess I will just have to stick to pudding finger paint. But the Valentine turned out cute beside that fact she ate tons of paint :)

These are some pictures of Aunt Ashlee's valentine surprise for Brinlee. Brinlee had seen this dog purse at the store the other day and really wanted it, and Ashlee surprised her with it. She loves it. Thanks Ash!

Dave took me out the weekend before to celebrate so it wouldn't be so busy, so on Saturday night I made a candle lit dinner for Brinlee and him. It was my first time grilling steak and cooking halibut and I think it turned out very good if I say so myself :)

We had a tradition growing up that we would "kick" valentines on the door step. I don't know if many people did that, but what you do is leave it on the porch and ring the door bell and run away. So this is a picture of Brinlee getting her Valentine gift

We got her a tent and some tunnel so she could get all of her energy out on something besides the steps and back of the couch :)

And finally this is her all dressed up for Church on the actual day!

Fat Tuesday

No weight loss this week :( but I didn't gain any either so that's good. I lost another 2 and
3/4 inches. I feel like I am looking better and more toned so that's really good. I don't know why the pounds bug me so much if I am loosing inches but they do. I haven't stuck to my meal plan very well so I am trying extra hard to do that this week. I don't eat is my problem. I am so lazy when it comes to eating. Weird, I know, Especially because I am always making food and snacks for Brinlee so it isn't like I am not around food. I was basically only eating 900 calories before and now I am eating 1500, so I have set alarms in my phone to remind me to eat :) I am hoping that that is the trick to make me loose some pounds. Wish me luck!

Fat Tuesday

It was a good week! I have started to work out in the morning now that Brinlee has given up her morning nap (a very sad time for me because that means my morning nap is gone too). I figure it is a good influnce on her to see us exercising and being healthy. She likes to put her arms up when I do and jump up and down trying to jumping jacks. It is very cute. My results for this week are........... I lost 2 lbs and 3 1/4 inches. Not to shabby :) Hopefully I can keep this pace and be able to look nice in my swimsuit this summer. Here goes another week! Wish me luck!

Valentine's Dinner

We had Sunday dinner at our house last night and since it is Valentines next Sunday I decided to do a Valentine dinner. Yes I know it was the super bowl but hearts are a lot more fun than football to me :) It was really fun but the best part was Brinlee. She is really into feeding herself lately and Italian seems to be her favorite :)

Fat Tuesday

No this is not a post about Mardi Gras :) even though that would be more fun. I have decided to start blogging about my weight loss journey and since I weigh in Monday night I figured Fat Tuesday would be a perfect title. As many of you know I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in June and along with the diagnosis came 20 pounds. After a few months of trying different medications, I think I have found one that is working for me and so now I can start working off what I have gained. I am very lucky that now my wonderful husband is a personal trainer and can help me out. I think by blogging about my journey will help me stick to it, and be able to share my successes and failures. I wont share the numbers that I am at now :) but I will what I have lost. It may be kinda of boring so if you don't really want to read them I understand but here it goes...

SO week #1- I definitely didn't put 100% in this week but it is hard for me to want to work out after a long day, so I am thinking of doing it in the morning instead to see if that helps . But I still made some progress! I didn't loose any weight but I lost 3 1/2 inches! So I am very proud of that.