Hello Asher!

Ok, so about a month ago I posted about my plan for weight loss.  I am sad to say no weight has been lost but none has been gained.    I sit here eating a bowl of Rocky Road as my last chocolate fix before I go “cold turkey”.  I am planning to have zero chocolate for a week.  Small goals at first then I will work to longer amounts of time.

It isn’t as though I feel chocolate is all of my problems but it is a control thing.  I need self control when it comes to sweet things.  Having Easter candy in the house was a HUGE downfall.  Before Easter, I found I had eaten the bag of jelly beans bought for stuffing eggs for Asher.  When I went out to buy more the stores were empty.

Working out has been decent.  I was GREAT those first few weeks and since it has been hit or miss.  Now we do have a two story house with the laundry room in the basement so I do stairs ALOT….that helps.  I have a ring sling that Faith loves.  So there is some excercise there but I’m really trying to develop a routine.  I found I loved the Yoga stretches on the Wii fit.  There truly is something to posture and reshaping my muscles.

Accountability…I type this not because I like admitting my failures and revealing my weaknesses.  I want to be upfront with you the reader and me…I go back and read these posts and I want to motivate myself to want to post more encouraging milestones.  So here goes….NO CHOCOLATE WEEK!

From the mouth of my phonetically challenged two year old.  What he says…the parentheses translate what he means:
We go play in the lard(yard)?        Get my club and but(put)

Pist(spit) out my chicken.              I suck(stuck).

Me want farties(smarties the candy).       This is my sfot(spot).

We can’t help but laugh when he has one of these speech moments.  Thankfully context clues help us understand him, or I would constantly be hunting down people who taught him such words.

We had a great first Easter with Faith.  Lance’s Mom came in on Friday and stayed with us until Monday morning.  Asher loved having her here and getting to play with her.   Dressing up my little girl was definitely a hilight for me.  Shopping is not something I enjoy doing, but suddenly with a little girl to dress up I find myself actually shopping.  I wish all of my readers a very Happy Easter (belated.)  Just a few pics from Easter..there are more at flicker or if you are friends with me on facebook there is an album there.

Egg hunt at my Mom’s

Faith’s footies

Coloring Eggs

I am no doubt seriously behind the times with this one. I knew there was a way to keep tabs on all the blogs I read without once a day going to my bookmarks and checking each one. Welp, my hubby showed me the easiest thing: Google Reader. Anyone else use this or another reader? It makes it so much easier I just go to Reader and it shows me any new posts. Yea, for simplicity and time saving!

I can’t believe my girl is two months old.  Today at the doctor she was 10 lbs 10 oz and 23 1/4 inches long.  Time has gone by so quickly.  We had just gotten her annoucement in the mail this week.  She is smiling a ton and cooing at us when we talk to her.   I am so blessed my two beautiful children.

Welp, the baby weight is gone, but the body is far from back to normal. Not to mention I am 20 lbs from where I was when I got married, so I have a goal in mind:  To be healthy and fit to keep up with my children.   My hubbie just bought me the Wii fit, so I’m getting on it every day and adding another form of workout with it…walking, elliptical, something cardio. I just need to get into a habit and maybe I’ll see some difference. In the past I found I would always overdo and then not be able to move the next day so the routine would get lost. Or I would find a program to try…try it and get bored with the same thing. I am hoping this new approach gives me variety, and with some wise words from a friends, I am trying to start slow and work up to a full workout. Now how to give up the chocolate that put the pounds there.

I have my timeline of losing by summer, but even more so for the trip my hubbie and I are planning to take for our 5th anniversary.  It was last June but didn’t want to take the trip prego.  So here I hope to give some updates if for no other reason accountability.   Hope your don’t mind.

Our cruise in 2005

Ya know I was never a big fan of pink. Not a color I myself enjoyed wearing or with which I would decorate. Suddenly I feel as though we have been invaded by pink…pink jammies, pink blankets, pink stuffed animals, socks, shoes, dresses, shirts, even pink burp cloths…..get my drift! PINK everywhere I turn is pink. Guess what?! I find myself smiling at pink. I find I am adoring pink and not because I recently discovered a new love for this color. Instead I am drawn to the package that is all wrapped up inside of the pink.

My little pink invasion weighed in at 8lbs 13 oz, 21 inches in length, and arrived on January 27, 2009. I realize that most of you who read this blog also are on facebook with me and have already received this news. BUT I want to try and keep this blog current as I walk blindly through this new experience as a mother of two. However, it’ll take some time to truly sit down and write it all.

Stay tuned for Pink Invasion – part 1 where I would like to share with you how God answered my prayers regarding Faith’s arrival.

Well today was my last doctor’s appointment before Faith’s arrival. My prayers have been long and hard over what to do should today’s appointments mirror the last 4. Today my sweet doctor looked at me again with a face of sheer remorse (like maybe she was to blame) and told me once more that I am not the least bit dialated and still “thick.” For weeks I’ve had contractions and pain, Faith is constantly on the move but nothing.

Taking into consideration that with Asher I had to have a medicine that softened my cervix before going into labor on my own, it seems that my body can’t seem to work through that stage. Only God knows and only God knows if she’ll arrive before the scheduled induction on Wednesday. However, I am at peace with the decision to go forward with having her. I can not wait to stare into her beautiful face and count her perfect fingers and toes.

The ultrasound today to check my fluid levels showed her a pretty good size. Asher was 7lbs 1 oz. I am sure she will be bigger the question remains how much. I covet all of your prayers and thank all of you for your prayer support up til now.

My life’s verse: “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord. ‘plans to prosper you and not to you harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.’”