Happy 1/2 Birthday!

I can't believe how fast 6 months has gone by! It's hard to believe that in another 6 months he will be blowing out a candle!

This boy is obsessed with food. But not baby food. He wants to eat what everyone else is eating. Every morning he has some of my smoothie and he's always trying to reach the kids' plates when they are eating. He was boobing the other night while I was eating so I gave him some asparagus and he LOVED it. He just sat there sucking on it and would scream at me when I took it away.

He loves graham crackers. Unlike Tray who would just crush his crackers and smear them all over, Dylan actually eats his! The other day I was busy cleaning and I came into the kitchen and Tray had gave Dylan a piece of his sandwich. Dylan was in heaven! He did mostly just squeeze it in his chubby fists but he did munch on some of it.

These two are best friends. I love the way Dylan lights up when he hears Tray coming in the morning. He gets so excited and kicks his chubby legs so fast. Tray adores Dylan as well. Kinlee is coming around to Dylan now that he is more active and Dyl loves to laugh at Kinlee. Dylan also LOVES Daisy. The first time I actually saw him reach for something he really wanted was to pet her.

Dylan now has 2 bottom teeth. I almost have Dyl completely weaned which is bittersweet. I just want him to be my baby forever! I could still kiss him all day long! I love his chubby cheeks and his toothy smile. His laugh melts my heart. I love when I bend over him and he reaches up to grab my face!

We're practicing sitting up alone, but I honestly don't want him to because that means he's growing up. He still hates being on his tummy. He can roll both ways but chooses not to. He likes to just sit and watch everything going on around him. He can hold his own bottle when he wants to. He loves to make noises. He still doesn't sleep through the night and I only have a few weeks until I have to get that taken care of. I don't think Grandma will appreciate waking up at 4 am to feed him.

We just love our buddy to pieces!  I couldn't imagine our family without him!

Out With the Old.... In With the New

(Don't mind the rug burn, it was self inflicted)



Just days after I noticed Dylan's new tooth (he now has 2 bottom teeth; tear, tear) I saw that Tray had a loose tooth! In fact he had 2 of them! What is the deal with my babies growing up?

It took 2 weeks for this tooth to fall out. And it came out while he was eating an apple. He was so excited! Then 2 hours later, he dropped the tooth down the sink because he was playing with it. Good thing Dad got it out.

Tonight I just pulled out his other tooth. It was so loose that he could lay it flat in his mouth.

Let's just hope he doesn't get any more soon. The Tooth fairy is running out of dollars.

Week 7 & 8 - 2 Pounds

Holy plateau! I struggled these 2 weeks. I thought that the first week it was because of Travis's birthday dinner. We went to eat at a new place in Logan and I did my best to use portion control and I mainly ate protein but I did splurge a little and eat some things that were not on my diet. Including a yummy frozen yogurt treat after at Twizzleberry!!! Oh I can't wait to go back!

I've cut most of the fruit out of my diet now, only having some in my smoothies for breakfast. I've been eating so much spinach I'm surprised I haven't turned green yet!

I also decided with week 9 to not weigh myself until Friday. I have become obsessed with the scale and I think it was putting too much pressure on myself to drop weight.

I've also upped my exercising. I'm trying to run outside 2-3 times a week for 30 minutes and I'm trying to get in 2 workouts a day. It's hard though being a busy mom to get this done. Luckily Travis had Easter weekend off work and I spent at least 2 hours a day the whole weekend working out, not to mention all the gravel I shoveled for the yard on Friday.

Let's hope the last 2 weeks can get some bigger numbers. Only 4 pounds until I reach 25 lost!

The Best Bites You'll Ever Bite!

I am absolutely in love with this website.

I saw this cookbook the other day while shopping and I thought I'd give it a try.
I might be a little obsessed with cookbooks. I usually just buy them to read. So I snagged this puppy up and went home and sat on my couch and read the entire book.

I was instantly in love! I loved how all the recipes used ingredients I bought regularly and actually knew what they were! I even found recipes I could adapt to my diet plan.

I knew I had to check out their website too. I have been in heaven ever since. I can't wait until my diet is over so I can try some of their treats and breads!

Some of the things I've made so far....
Black Beans
Turkey Burgers - Huge Hit!! I could eat these every day
Egg Salad BLTs - We used Turkey Bacon and made them into a wrap
Creamy Lime Cilantro Dressing - I didn't get to eat this one but my family said it was awesome
French Dip (just the roast recipe)
Spicy Honey Chicken
Honey Citrus Vinaigrette
Lime-Cilantro Rice with Pineapple - Didn't get to eat this either but Kelsey loved it
Teriyaki Sauce
Fauxtisserie Chicken

I'm sure I've made more too. I'm just so in love with this website. I spend hours a day just looking at all the yummy things I can make!

Oh an I just got a new calling for church and I volunteered to be in charge of the refreshments for the enrichment nights just so I can use more recipes from this book. I think these look amazing.

Week 6 - 3 Pounds

Ahhhh! I was 1 pound away from hitting 20 pounds lost!
This week we cut some fat out of my diet and I thought it would be hard but I really haven't missed it all too much. Once in a while I get a craving for some almonds and I'll just go have 2 and I'm good to go.

Kylie came up on Thursday to work me out and I about died. I had to fight back tears twice and I had the urge to throw up at least once. It took until Sunday night for my legs to not cringe at the thought of walking down the stairs. But I think that's honestly what helped my get 3 pounds again this week.

For Travis's birthday I got him the full P90X series and Insanity. I'm going to do Insanity and still do some weight training 3 times a week. I hope this helps me get the last few pounds off that I want.

I can't decide what I really want my goal to be now. I was hoping for 25 pounds but I'm going to aim high and go for 30. So only 11 pounds to go and 4 weeks left!!!!

1/2 Way Done

Ladies....

I would hope that anyone that actually reads my blog is female.... if not please don't read this post, it's kinda up close and personal.

I may have procrastinated my post-baby doctor's appointment a little too long and now I can't get in to get some baby prevention until the 1st week of May. The problem is.... I really wanted an IUD but it takes me too long to get back to "normal" after I get one that it would pretty much ruin my vacation.

I really don't want to have a Mexican souvenir so I need to find a new baby prevention method. I was thinking about the Nuva Ring because I'm not great at remembering to take pills.  I need some input here!!!! What do you like?

Do you think it's appropriate to give your husband the gift of a vasectomy for his birthday?

What That in There?

My baby has a tooth!

The other night Dylan grabbed my finger to chew on and I about died when I felt a little tooth on the bottom! I have tried so hard to keep him a baby. ie.... not letting him sit up on his own, not realizing he was old enough to eat solids, not making him roll over, and just spoiling him rotten with attention. I thought I had taken care of everything that makes them grow up. Until I felt that blasted tooth!

I'm not going to lie, I got a little teary eyed too.

I don't want my baby to grow up!!!

Week 5 - 3 Pounds

My diet adjustment seemed to work this week. I was really hoping to drop one more pound and I was only a 1/2 pound from getting it but that will just help me get more weight off this week.

The diet change that I did was cutting out dairy completely. I did end up having 1/2 cup of cottage cheese only because I didn't have any protein already made and all my chicken was frozen. I really missed my yogurt though!!

I really wanted to start working out twice a day but I found out that I really didn't have time to do that. Travis was working 12 hours a day and by the time he got home and did his workout it was too late for me to do a second workout.