Monday, January 30, 2012

My first words only blog.

I'm coming up on my 28 pound weight loss goal. That means I'll be back to my pre-Meili weight by her first birthday! You may be thinking, geeze, it's about time, but I really have lost 40 pounds. (yeah, I gained a frightening 50 pounds with teeny tiny Meimei...and only lost 10 of it when she came out) And if you knew me in the dark ages of late high school/early college, I was almost 70 pounds heavier. Holy crap, that's the first time I've realized that. That's a lot.

Anyway, now that I'm reaching that point, I'm ready to take on the next 28. That will put me at an ideal weight for me. Never been there. Ever. Not sure it even exists. I'd like to maybe make a separate blog (yeah right, I can't even keep up with this one!) and kind of document my progress and previous success. I want to know before I dig into it if there's anyone out there who would be interested in knowing the nitty gritty of it all! Would anyone read it? I can offer encouragement and the straight up honest miserable truth. :) Maybe it will help me get there before another pregnancy destroys all my hard work and I have to start all over again! (vicious cycle, but so worth it, right?)

I'd appreciate comments if you're interested, or if you have any ideas of what you'd like me to include in it. (meals, exercise, mental process, breakdowns, poundage, pictures, etc.)

Thursday, January 26, 2012

The Fierce Race to Catch Up!

It was Christmas! and now that we've actually gotten a couple inches of snow it should be Christmas again. I told Derek I want him to put the Christmas lights back up. But the snow was short lived anyway. Every day I wait for the tulips to sneak up early!

It was a great Christmas in St. George

The kiddos played and played and snuck food, and played some more. Here Sofie and Mattman were grandma's cheeseball taste testers. The cheeseball passed, needless to say.

7 stockings for 7 excited cousins!!

We could have been done right there on Christmas Eve with Sofie's sparkly rings. That face tells it all! No need for Santa.

Opening cousin/sibling gifts on Christmas Eve.

All of us were able to be there in St. George. It was a full house, and a happy house!

Once she shook off the sleep, Mei LOVED all the excitement, and especially Sofie's Dora ball.

The Christmas carnage!

We were all definitely spoiled!
(and I thought I heard the phrase "small christmas" whispered that night!)