Caught. . . .

CAUGHT.....

Yesterday I caught Mia playing in my fabric collection. I keep it in 3 stackable canvas trays and she had pulled about half of it out and was shaking it and chewing on it. The blue with the pink roses seemed to be her favorite. It's from a balloon outfit my mom made me in 7th grade. Remember those? Can you believe at one time in my life I ACTUALLY purposely dressed in clothing with the word BALLOON in the name? Anyway, Mia seems to have found her new favorite toy.

Mia loves her Cheerios. . . .

Mia loves her Cheerios

This keeps her busy for a long time


Most of them get eaten and the others end up on the floor

She gets excited and laughs when I put more on the table for her

And one more. . . . Have a great weekend!!!

Before and After?. . . .

June 2005 Father's Day Bar-B-Q

August 2002 at my wedding shower

I would love to say these are my before and after pictures but they are not. Actually in a way they are. One was taken BEFORE getting married and having a baby and the other was taken AFTER. :)
I am using these as motivation. I was shocked to see these two pictures of myself side by side. I really don't feel like I look that different, but here is proof that I do. I know I can change this and hope to be posting more current before and after photos some day soon.

And in other news: Mia had her 6 month Dr. appointment today. She weighed 16 lbs. 2.5 ozs. and she is 26 3/4 inches long. She had her shots and got a prescription for her cold symptoms. The doctor wanted to know if she had been pushing with her feet trying to crawl. I told her that Mia had been crawling for almost 2 months and that she can pull herself up to standing now. The Dr.'s mouth dropped open. "Already?" she said. "Most babies don't start trying until 9 months, she is way ahead on her developmental milestones." I also told her that she can crawl up and down the step in our living room and her words were. . . "you're in trouble, mom." What does that mean? Do I have some abnormal super child on my hands? I don't think so. I think she just has alot of energy and she is impatient and ready to start running in circles around me.*

* Reason to start diet, also see above photos.

Cute book cover for dieting inspiration. . .

This is the cover of a journal I made to keep all of my diet info in. I tend to be more honest on a diet if I write down what I eat so that will go in here and also my weekly weight and any other info like receipes or websites etc. I started my diet yesterday and so far so good. 32 hours and counting. I've heard if you can do something for 14 days it becomes a habit so 13 1/2 days and this diet thing will be a breeze. I knew if I had a great book to write my stuff in I would be happier about dieting. I thought I would share it. The small writing around the "C" says "Don't give up what you want most for what you want right now" and "If you do what you've always done you'll get what you always got" How very true. To my dieting buddies out there (you know who you are) good luck! We're going to do it!!!!

Lazy Day

Today was a lazy day. To tell you the truth Mia is still in her pajamas. I am not, but do jogging pants and a T-shirt really count as getting dressed? I didn't do anything today. Actually I haven't felt like doing much of anything recently. I'm feeling pretty blah. It's a never ending cycle. I bought peanut butter cookies yesterday because they called to me and said " I'll make you feel better" so now that I've eaten 7 today (they weren't big. . . stop judging!!!!) I just feel worse and even more BLAH! I am glad that tomorrow is Saturday and that I just heard the front door open which means Saylor is home. Got to go!