Weight Loss Week 1

So I must admit, I think my goal may have been a bit loafty considering my circumstances. I still have a tiny baby who depends on me to eat so thay he in-turn can eat also. I am like a freakin jersey cow with all the milk I have right now I seem to have forgotten the fact that I have a very hard time loosing weight while I nurse. I was very, very good this past week watching everything I ate and I actually worked out hard, my old routine hard, 4 days. I was sad that I only lost 1 lb. this week but what did I expect? It's not like I'm the biggest looser dropping double digits every week right? I did however loose 1.5 inches off my waist and my pants definately fit better. Plus I have been drinking soooo much water lately that my skin is looking awesome, better than it has looked in years. It's crazy what water can do for the body. So I guess I will just have to be patient and remember that until I stop feeding my chunky baby (you would think I was actually producing cream, not just milk with how fat he is getting) I don't think my weight lose will be as rapid as I hoped for. Oh well, all I can do is try right!

Valentines Break-up

I have a LOVE! I don't even know how long I've been in love. I realize now I have probably loved all my life but in the past year I have loved more intensly. This love of mine is always there. Comforting me, soothing me, calming me, treating me quite right. I have been realizing now that this love of mine has changed. I used to love just as much or as little as I needed but now, whoa- I'm lovin all the time!!! I don't just need love, I want love, I crave love---I'M ADDICTED TO THIS LOVE! Well the time has come for me to say goodbye to my love. I realize that this love is no longer good for me. I don't feel in control of my own life anymore with this love around, tempting me, taunting me, calling for me in the middle of the night. It has gone to far. SO after today (I say tommorrow because it's just mean to break up on Valentines, and my love and I have plans tonight)I am offically breaking up with my Love! My affair will soon be over. I am telling you all this because I know it can be awkward later, not seeing us together, me not coming to invites because we will no longer be togther etc. And also, I am going to need a lot of support. Check on me regularly, leave me a note asking how my life is going with out my love. Most of all, don't ever try to get me back together with my love. When I'm done, I'm done!!! I'll admit it, there have been great times with my love. That's what makes this break-up so hard. So for now--------Goodbye Food!!

I know this is silly but in all seriousness the eating has to STOP!!!! I kept saying after the holidays, after the new year, after the super bowl, after valentines, well there will always be something to start after so dang it the time has come. I have entered myself into a few hard challenges this year, The Wasatch back relay, The SpudMan Triathalon and Little Red Riding Hood 100 mile bike ride. I desperatly need to start training and the extra 30 lbs. (yeah I said it, don't judge) I have on me are making it hard. I am telling you all this because I want to be accountable to someone other than myself and what better way then to update people who I know will check to see my progress. At the bottom of my blog is an update. Check it often and if there is no progress let me have it. Make me feel bad, tell me I'm letting you down because I don't feel bad enough letting myself down. My goal is to loose the 30 lbs. in 3 months so I better be close by May 15th. Thanks for listening, and if you are my mother-in-law calm down, I wasn't going to give Nathan back:)

Happy Birthday Nate and Addison!!!

So I know it might sound like I am bragging but hey, she's my only girl and I'm not sure I will get another so I can't hold back, I'SNT SHE SO CUTE!!! She was the prettiest baby I have ever seen. I was so excited when I found out she was a girl. I am so lucky to have been blessed with her in this family. She is now turning 7. Can you believe it? She is such a gift in my life and I hope to always have a special mother-daughter realtionship with her. She is all drama and attitude but we love her. She adds so much life to our family. She is so sweet and helpful with her brothers and such a good friend. WE LOVE YOU ADDISON!!!


Nate's Birthday is today and Addison's is tommorrow. She was 3 hour late from having the same Birthday as her daddy. Nate is so lucky. He got his own MAN ROOM for his birthday. While he was gone this weekend I moved all the toys out of the toy room and changed it to be a room just for him, and a little for Noah too. I hung a bunch of shelves and put all his motocross trophies in there. I had a big poster of him riding made and framed. I moved the flat screen and all the rock band stuff in there so they can party hard. I am so lucky to be married to such an awesome husband and dad. He really works hard to take care of us and I am so blessed to have him. Happy 29th (again) Birthday!! I LOVE YOU!!

Whitman's Blessing Day

We blessed Whit on Sunday. It was an awesome day. All except the poor little guy woke up with a cold in his eye and it was glued shut with boogers. I had to keep wiping it all day long. I don't think it was pink eye but still he looked goofy. Luckily I took some practice pictures of him a few days before. He is the silliest litle baby when I take his picture. It's like he knows he is supposed to pose or something. Anyway, the day was GREAT! Nate gave one the most beautiful blessings I can remember. I am so lucky to have him and the priesthood in our home. After church we came to our house for food and fun. When isn't fun involved when there is food? We hung out all afternoon and played and laughed and just enjoyed each others company. I LOVE that we live close to all our FAMILY! We both (Nate and I) have the best families. I love family events and get togethers like this. I love the Gospel in my life. I love where we live and EVERYTHING I have in my life right now. I love being a mother and a wife and I am in LOVE with my new baby boy! Here are some of the pictures from the day. And yes I know, he looks Amish in the hat.

Snow Shoeing

So I have a thought....If you ever want to really truly test how good (or in my case bad) of shape you are in you need to push yourself really, really hard to your maximum breaking point. See if you can handle the worst physical pain and endure it as long as you can. If you still want to do the activity next week, it must not be that bad. This was me this morning. Now mind you, I have a two month old who still wakes up 2 to 3 times a night to eat so to say I'm not getting a full 8 hrs. of sleep a night is fair. I HAVE NOT WORKED THIS HARD, OR FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO PASS OUT FROM PHYSICAL EXHAUSTION IN A LONG, LONG TIME. Snow shoeing is so much work and such a GREAT work out I have to say that everyone who does it is borderline crazy. I went with my dad and the cycling club up American Fork Canyon for a three hour hike this morning. It was a very steep climb. The rain was coming down the entire 3 hours making the snow heavy. Every muscle in my body was burning. My calves from climbing, my arms from digging my poles in the snow, my shins and quads from the descend, my lungs from breathing so hard and my neck from looking down for so long. I'M A MESS! (As evident from the picture) I kept hearing Jillian Michaels (from the biggest looser)yelling at me (with her flared nostrils and all), "Are you crying, Are you crying? " No "Then don't stop!" In all reality it must not have as terrible as I'm making it out to be because I'm planning to go next week again. I better have a hot, smokin bod by summer is all I have to say!!!!!

My crazy Brother BRAD

Now I know Valentines is coming and Love is in the air. Could we all please rally together and pull out all the stops and create some magic for my brother Brad. I desperatly want him to find someone and settle down. The reason I say this is because he has posted yet another one of his crazy life stories on his blog and YES it is hilarious and completely wrong all at the same time. Link to his blog from mine and read his latest story. He's the only BRAD on my list of bloggers. I hope the story doesn't offend and might need a "viewer discrestion advised" warning but he is always good for a great laugh. He really is a sweet guy and I love him a lot. I wish with all sincerity that he finds someone soon because I know he will be an awesome husband and a really great Dad! Let me know if you laugh as much as I do when I read his thoughts on life:)

He's ALL GOOD!

One frightful scare, a trip to the ER, blood tests, urine tests, 2 doctor visits, an EEG at primary childrens, an apnea sleep monitor and 2 prescriptions later and we have a Winner.....Acid Reflux! Last week our little Whit gave us and all our family quite a scare. I have known he spits up a bit more than is normal but I kept just thinking it was not a big deal and he would grow out of it but this was not the case. He was in his swing and I was on the bed and I heard him making a gagging sound so I went over to him to get him and he immeditatly stiffend straight and arched back. He wasn't breathing at all and started to turn purple. I yelled to Nate and between both of us we tried to suction out his mouth with that little bulb. He got his breathe back after what seemed like an eternity (probably less than a minute). His color was still off, kind of a white ish blue color. We didn't know what had just happend but we weren't going to chance anything. We thought it might have been a seizure so we took him to the ER. By the time we got there he was acting fine but they still had to run him through all the tests, which all came back normal. I took him to the pediatrician the next day and explained everything to her and she didn't think it was a seizure but needed tests just to make sure. So off to primary childrens to have an EEG, which we found out today was totally normal. What probably happend was he choked on his spit up and couldn't catch his breathe. Silent Acid Reflux is when he spits up but then tries to swallow it back down so he gags. I'm just glad I was in the room when it happend. I don't even like to think what could have happend which is why he now has to sleep with a monitor to make sure this doesn't happen again.The meds he is now taking are working like a charm. He can now sleep flat on his back without fussing and I don't need to feed him every other hour. I just wish I would have taken my first instincts to heart and had him checked for reflux weeks ago instead of waiting. Thanks to all those family members who said prayers in our behalf and for all the love and concern. I hope we are now on our way to sleeping better and growing up happy and healthy!