9 in 9

Well I got on the scale the other morning to discover that I have lost 9 pounds since school started 9 weeks ago. When I started Biggest Loser at school last year in January, I was 26 pounds heavier than I am now. I think I am almost 50 down from July 2006 when I started doing Nutrisystem. It is hard to believe. My 14 jeans are getting lose and I may need to get a new pair of 12s!!! That will be exciting. When we got married 6 years ago, I was wearing 10s. If I can get back to that size...that would be huge!! I was my skinniest at our wedding. But I did it the unhealthy way...starving myself. It seems when I don't try and lose weight it falls off. I will have to stick with that way of thinking to drop 10 more pounds. It is funny with all the weight I have lost I still have my muffin top. I don't think it will go away. That's ok...it gives me a daily reminder what my body went through to bring my two babies into this world. For all the mothers out there you need to check out Shapeofamother.com to see that it is ok to have a muffin top!!!

I'll keep you posted...especially if I fit into those 12s!!!!

We've got a mission

Bubby had his birthday party today with all his little friends. He had a great time and got lots of great toys.

H is for....

Halloween, Haunted House, Hay ride, Hula Hoops and Humps!!!!!
We went to a Halloween Party tonight at some people from church's house. The kids went on a hay ride, went into a haunted house, chased cats, saw a horse, watched kids bob for apples, and play...play...play. I was going to dress the kids up in their costumes but decided against it at the last minute. I knew they were going to play hard and didn't want to mess up their costumes before Wednesday. So about an hour before we left for the party I made all four of our costumes. Now granted it did not take any Martha Stewart expertise. But it was super cute and was a hit at the party. No other family dressed up alike.


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Bubby turns 3

We had such a wonderful day today for Bubby's birthday. I took today off so I could spend the day with him. We had "pannicakes" for breakfast. Then headed to get Bubby's haircut. Then off to Chick for playtime and lunch. He had so much fun playing with the other kids. When we got home I let him help with me with the cupcakes. He was so excited when I put the candles on the cupcakes. He said "hirthday..hirthday." I let him play outside for most of the afternoon. Then my sister's and their families came over. It was a great day...the weather was beautiful. I'm so glad I took the day off to be with Bubby.

Thank you to my family who came and celebrated with us tonight. He had so much fun. He was asleep 5 minutes after you walked out the door. It is still hard to believe he is already 3 years old. Boy they grow up fast. :(

SuperMan

After looking at several different stores, I decided that Bubby is going to be Superman for Halloween.


But you know the real superman of the house doesn't have a costume in his size.

Tomorrow we celebrate our 6th anniversary. It is hard to believe that we have been married for 6 years already. Seems just like yesterday I was "taking the plunge". Now here we are 6 years later (actually 11 years if you count all the years we dated), 2 kids, house, jobs, and great little life. I am thankful everyday for him and all he does for our family.

"Fall"ing in Love with my Bady

I went outside with Buggers/Bady last weekend. I got some cute pics of her on the bench and in the grass amongst the leaves. She wore her new autumn dress. It was such a beautiful autumn day. Have I mentioned that I love this time of year!!!!

Lifestyles of the Not so Rich and Famous

Man have we been busy. But aren't most families. Life just doesn't slow down and take a break. Well life may not but our family did for once. This weekend we took off for our annual trip to the Winnie Rice Festival. We met up with some friends and dropped the kids off at Gammaw's and PeePaw's. We had a great time. We ate...ate...and ate. My favorite was the boudain balls and Hubs fav was the rice balls. The Hooders love love love pistolets. They were really good too. I don't think any of us ate anything we did not like. We stayed and watched a really good band then headed home. It was so hot out there. So excuse the pics we were all drenched in sweat.


We got new furniture courtesy of Phan Furniture Co. We love the new look in the living room. We feel so grown up now. The lovely blue sofa and and loveseat is now with another family. Most of you know that our house is the boneyard of my family's hand me down furnishings. I cannot and will not complain especially when we get really nice leather furniture.


The kids have been great. We are planning Bubby's 3rd birthday. It is so hard to believe that he is turning 3 in two weeks. He is going to have a Little Einsteins aka Rocket party. I ordered his invitations off Ebay. They are going to be so cute. We went down to a local Party warehouse today to get his partyware. But Little Einsteins has not come out with their party supplies yet. So we went generic with red plates and ballon napkins. I'm going to print some rocket images and use them to decorate. Plus I am going to have the lady who is doing the cake put a big rocket on it. Buggers is doing great. She is such a sweetheart. I got her costume today. She is going to be a Strawberry Fairy. I have made their costumes in Halloween's past. But I decided to be easy on myself and buy them. I saw a Buzz Lightyear today at Target that I may get for Bubby. I really want to let him pick his out. So I may take his this week and let him pick one out.




Hope everyone has a great week. Take in the outside this week. The leaves are changing and falling. The air is starting to smell crisp. And soon it will be sweater weather. My favorite!!!!!!