Weekend

On Friday, I met up with some friends from Bloggyland/Twitterville. I have met Ashley before, but not Jenifer and Niki. These are seriously sweet and funny girls. And they have the cutest kids!! Niki is pregnant with a baby boy and he is gonna be precious, too. ;-) We ate at US pizza and ate my favorite salad. I took a few pictures, but it's easier to just send you over to Jenifer's blog to read her post about it! I stole the above pic from her, too:-)

I will add that Miss Sawyer's reflux was in full force during lunch and she may have puked on Niki. I took her to the Dr. on Friday afternoon and we are going to be changing up her meds. I have seriously never seen a baby that pukes as much as her. It's projectile and way more than spit up. Darn formula. I will update more about her in her three month update soon. Poor baby.

Scotty came home Friday night and on Saturday we went to Hot Springs for some fun. The kids rode go karts and played laser tag. I sat with SB all day, but that was fine by me;-)

Today was church and lunch out, and I have just chilled the rest of the day. Scotty is at Wal-Mart picking up our new pool because I have got to have something to do to keep these kids entertained without spending a fortune. It is way too hot for me to take Sawyer to the waterpark for very long, and gas. Um, gas. I drive a Suburban and this is NO lie. I live in the sticks but, it cost an average of $20-30/day to drive my car to town, run errands, and back home. If I didn't live so far out, it wouldn't be such a huge issue, but we do for now. So I am trying to stay home at least a few days a week.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial day! Our freedom certainly isn't free and I thank all of our armed forces for all that they do and remembering the ones who lost their own lives for us!!

End of the year!

Taking my blog to the vlog.

Just mixing things up, folks:-) Have a great day!

What I eat

I am in NO way a food expert, nutritionist, blah blah. There's your disclaimer.

I have struggled with my weight, especially over the last two years. I shoved my depression right into my face.

I used to work out every day in the gym and ate super healthy. I think good, simple eating is the way to go. I am counting calories and using my fitness pal. This way I know when I can have a "treat". I am buying organic food and cut red meat out. Insert sad face, I love steak. But this has become a fun game. It is fun to see the scale drop. And I need to lose 30 more lbs. I really am still eating good foods..



Strawberry walnut spinach salad with light raspberry dressing.


Salad, veggies, turkey burger on a sandwich thin with mustard and tomato. And reduced fat cheese.



Turkey taco bake with whole grain tortillas and a salad with light vinegrette. I even had a little bit of guacamole.



Turkey patty with veggies.



Whole grain penne with turkey and light Ragu sauce. Super yum.



Veggie burger with low fat cheese on sandwich thin.

I try and eat at home, but my fitness pal and common sense help me make healthy choices out. I love love the house dressing at US pizza and know its fattening. But I still eat a salad there at least once a week. By planning my meals and changing my lifestyle I think it's ok to eat something you really want.

I've really been working hard and I have a long way to go. But, my goal is 30 lbs by the time our beach vacation comes in July!

I snack on nuts, fruit, protein smoothies..I have planned on documenting this journey but have been a little ashamed that I let myself get where I was. I'm going to continue to blog about it, maybe even do a weekly post with all my meals and total calories. More so for me, but if you have any questions or advice feel free to ask or give me advice:/) This is just what works for me.

If anyone else is trying to lose weight, let me know what you are doing!! I can't count points but can count calories:-)

Happy eating!

Saturday

Friday, Sawyer had to go to AR children's hospital for testing. Sawyer was not gaining weight due to severe reflux/aspiration. Basically I was hurting her by breast feeding her. We went through this with Laiken and it was rough. Sawyer is on thickened feeds only now and we will do more testing, probably speech therapy for swallowing issues.. More on that later.

Today my mom, the kids and I went to the Rivermarket. Before we left, I caught Miss serious doing this.



Melts my heart!!
We ate lunch there. I had Tropical smoothie cafe.




I do take random weird pictures:-)

Caden, not happy.



Sweet Cam





We had Le Pops! They are delicious homemade pops with flavors like creamy avocado, toasted coconut, lime sorbet..if you live in Little Rock, go get one!!!

We wore her out.





It was HOT today so I was glad to get home!

Hope everyone had a great Saturday!

Sawyer and Scotty

Whew. I barely have time to breathe! Just got home from an away softball game. It's a chaotic life right now! Anyhow.

Yesterday Sawyer Bliss turned 2 months!!!







Today, we went for her check up and shots. We left with reflux meds, formula, and cereal. She's not growing as well as the Dr. would like so we are having some testing done.

At two months, she weighs 8lbs, 21 inches long and her head is 13 something;) I forget. She's a teensy little girl. We are on a weight gain mission. Her reflux is very bad and she throws up a ton. She wears size newborn and newborn diapers. She loves to be held, be in the Moby, and to be swaddled.

She still doesn't purposefully smile. She's very serious. She has wrinkles and may need Botox by age two. Only kidding;) she's such a perfect blessing and we adore her to pieces! Please pray she gains some weight!

Today is my sweet husbands birthday! He's missed my bday, and I've missed his. I have not seen him in 4 weeks! :((( This is the hardest part of his work. He texted me this yesterday..
After running in the rain. I'm very proud of him! I think he's lost 40 lbs! He's always handsome to me. :-) Happy birthday Scotty!


I hope we have many more May birthdays together!

Mothers day

There's so much I want to say, but I can't find all the words. Today was bittersweet. I'm so thankful for my redemption baby..but this morning at church there was no award or flower given to the moms with babies in heaven...I needed the message this morning-I'm reminded of His faithfulness when I see Sawyer's perfect face.

We had lunch at my Memaw's.



I'm a baby wearing mama;) sporting my Moby! Anyone else love this thing as much as me? And no I was not driving with Sawyer in the Moby;)

My mom and Laiken


Mom, Memaw, and Sawyer


Sweet, funny Memaw;)





Today was chaotic without Scotty! It's so hard-im not going to lie. Four kids alone is rough at times. My boys are boys and they are at a stage where it's just hard. Notice no pics of them?!

I'm so thankful for each and every one of my babies. I'm thankful I grew up with two grandmothers, a great grandmother who rocked, and an amazing mom!

Happy Mother's day to all you moms!

May mommy and baby favorites

I thought I would try to do this every month. Just a few of my favorite things and a few of Sawyer's favorite things. It may be beauty products, food, books, whatever.

My faves!
This new perfume I got for my bday from Scotty.



It's very summer-y. I have been wearing the same perfume for years (DKNY delicious) but I'm up for a change!;)




Target brand face wipes!!!
I love the Target brand. I love being able to get my makeup off fast, including the two tons of mascara I wear.

Rimmel lipstick! It is cheap and I love it. My favorite color is a light pink, it is called Candy.



I don't wear dark colors because my lips are too big and I look like a clown.

I'm really counting calories and I use My Fitness Pal. I love this app. I think it's a great way to keep track of what goes in your body.

Skinny Cow!



Um, these are YUMMO. I don't eat one everyday but if I have enough calories left, you bet I will!


Fun nail colors!


Maxi dresses-love them with a cute cardigan. I was gonna take a pic of myself yesterday but didn't happen. I'm sporting the heck out of maxi dresses. So cool and comfy.

Y'all-my new favorite thing.


My new Coach diaper bag!! This is my mothers day present from Scotty. I was excited to see a delivery from Coach yesterday!! Woo hoo! It's much bigger than it looks. I adore it. I may do a what's in my diaper bag post soon. Who knows;)



She's so funny!!!! :-)

Sawyer's list.

Rock and play sleeper!



It's at an incline. I swaddle her and push it next to my bed. She sleeps all night. Don't hate me:-) she's great at night. She's more of a daytime fusser.

Next, swaddle me. As in the blanket in the above picture! When she is swaddled, she knows it's sleepy time. LOVE.

WubbaNub!



She loves it. She's already trying to hold on to it.

Big bows!



Cloth diapers!



If you have any questions about cloth, let me know!;) they're amazing!

I think that's all for now-I'll probably do this again in June!