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| 02/04/12 - down 40 lbs |
These pictures are a reminder of how I NEVER want to be at that point again!!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
-40 lbs
I'm usually not one to brag about losing weight, I didn't actually say anything until I hit 40 lbs because well, that was one hell of an accomplishment for me. I saw my goal weight when I hit -40 lbs and about cried. I never thought that I would do it!!! Now that I am at my goal weight I would like to lose another 10 lbs and then tone. Even though people tell me all the time I look so much different I never really realized just how much until I looked at some of these pictures.....
These pictures are a reminder of how I NEVER want to be at that point again!!
These pictures are a reminder of how I NEVER want to be at that point again!!
The past 5 months summed up....
It's been FOREVER since I have last blogged. Forgive me but my life has been a little insane to say the least.
I will try to play catch-up the best I can...
School....1 semester down with a 4.0 GPA and started my second. This semester is going to be about twice the work as last but that's part of it I suppose. I just wish I didn't have so many other things going on at once!
Wedding...well everything has seemed to do a complete 180. We are still doing the wedding in Hawaii, but we are also having on here. Everything is planned for the most part aside from a few details. It's going to be a friends house in Paradise Valley, they have a gorgeous home with a HUGE backyard. They even have a tennis court back there! Well, March 31st is the date and it feels like it is coming up so fast! March 7th we head off to Hawaii and are staying for a week! We will be there for our 3 year anniversary, and then our wedding will be the following day. It's hard to believe that I am going to be a married woman!! I bought a second dress, one for Hawaii, I figure I am having two weddings, might as well have two dresses. Thankfully I bought the second for an awesome price online. I got really lucky with my first dress as well. After losing 40 lbs the dress was 2 sizes big on me, I went and spoke with them and they told me that there was no way I would be able to have it altered because it would change the way the dress looked. So thankfully they let me switch it for a smaller size!! I still had to get the top altered, so I get that back this weekend and I am nervous!
Now for Aiden news....our little man is growing up...and FAST. He is talking so much. He says so many words and signs all the time to us. I am going to try and see if I can name them all......
-Mom, Dad, Sarah (Sa), Ball, Horse (hos), duck, bear, more, please, milk, cheese, car, truck, hot, potty, drink, eat, bath, and I can't think of more right now.
He is such a smart kid and can follow directions! We are working on potty training, he knows the sign and has gone about 5 times! He loves trucks and ducks, yes together! I can't believe that he isn't even 2 yet and going to Hawaii!! :) He's such an amazing kid. Jake and I have been talking about having another one and trying to figure out when the best time would be. We don't want a huge gap between our kids but at the same time, that is not the only factor we have to think about. Sometimes I feel like Aiden is all that I want, he is such an amazing kid that I would be scared the next would be crazy, but I can't imagine not giving Aiden a sibling if I can. (I also want a girl ;) hehe)
Aiden had an awesome Christmas, he was spoiled beyond reason! He got so many toys that we had to spread them out between houses. He has a power wheels truck at our house, a power wheels quad at my parents and another push truck at Jake's parents. He also got a red wagon and other awesome toys. I had to go through and get rid of a whole bunch because I think Jake was about to freak!
We also finally moved into a bigger apartment, almost twice the size. (Okay not really but it seems that way) We are also on the downstairs floor, which makes such a difference. I hated climbing those freaking stairs! Aiden finally has his own room and I love it.
We just bought a professional camera as our wedding present to one another, also to take to Hawaii with us! :) I thought I was going to regret spending what we did on it, but the second I started playing with it, I totally cancelled out any thoughts of regret. It's amazing and I am in love with it!! Here are some of the pictures that we took, we took over 500 pictures in the past few days just by messing with it....
Not very man pictures, but I was trying not to overload! :)
I will try to play catch-up the best I can...
School....1 semester down with a 4.0 GPA and started my second. This semester is going to be about twice the work as last but that's part of it I suppose. I just wish I didn't have so many other things going on at once!
Wedding...well everything has seemed to do a complete 180. We are still doing the wedding in Hawaii, but we are also having on here. Everything is planned for the most part aside from a few details. It's going to be a friends house in Paradise Valley, they have a gorgeous home with a HUGE backyard. They even have a tennis court back there! Well, March 31st is the date and it feels like it is coming up so fast! March 7th we head off to Hawaii and are staying for a week! We will be there for our 3 year anniversary, and then our wedding will be the following day. It's hard to believe that I am going to be a married woman!! I bought a second dress, one for Hawaii, I figure I am having two weddings, might as well have two dresses. Thankfully I bought the second for an awesome price online. I got really lucky with my first dress as well. After losing 40 lbs the dress was 2 sizes big on me, I went and spoke with them and they told me that there was no way I would be able to have it altered because it would change the way the dress looked. So thankfully they let me switch it for a smaller size!! I still had to get the top altered, so I get that back this weekend and I am nervous!
Now for Aiden news....our little man is growing up...and FAST. He is talking so much. He says so many words and signs all the time to us. I am going to try and see if I can name them all......
-Mom, Dad, Sarah (Sa), Ball, Horse (hos), duck, bear, more, please, milk, cheese, car, truck, hot, potty, drink, eat, bath, and I can't think of more right now.
He is such a smart kid and can follow directions! We are working on potty training, he knows the sign and has gone about 5 times! He loves trucks and ducks, yes together! I can't believe that he isn't even 2 yet and going to Hawaii!! :) He's such an amazing kid. Jake and I have been talking about having another one and trying to figure out when the best time would be. We don't want a huge gap between our kids but at the same time, that is not the only factor we have to think about. Sometimes I feel like Aiden is all that I want, he is such an amazing kid that I would be scared the next would be crazy, but I can't imagine not giving Aiden a sibling if I can. (I also want a girl ;) hehe)
Aiden had an awesome Christmas, he was spoiled beyond reason! He got so many toys that we had to spread them out between houses. He has a power wheels truck at our house, a power wheels quad at my parents and another push truck at Jake's parents. He also got a red wagon and other awesome toys. I had to go through and get rid of a whole bunch because I think Jake was about to freak!
We also finally moved into a bigger apartment, almost twice the size. (Okay not really but it seems that way) We are also on the downstairs floor, which makes such a difference. I hated climbing those freaking stairs! Aiden finally has his own room and I love it.
We just bought a professional camera as our wedding present to one another, also to take to Hawaii with us! :) I thought I was going to regret spending what we did on it, but the second I started playing with it, I totally cancelled out any thoughts of regret. It's amazing and I am in love with it!! Here are some of the pictures that we took, we took over 500 pictures in the past few days just by messing with it....
Not very man pictures, but I was trying not to overload! :)
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Busy life!
Just a quick update before bed, even though I have been sleeping terribly lately. I just get into bed and even though I am tired and know that Aiden is going to wake me up at 6am I lie there and think and think...and think! Drives me crazy! Anyways....
School...I LOVE my cohort and so far the people are pretty fantastic. Classes are pretty interesting and I really enjoy my teachers so far! A little stressed about having to do 45 hours of in a classroom time only because I don't know who is going to watch Aiden. We're still figuring everything out! Right now I go twice a week till 10pm so Jake and Aiden have bonding time on those days. Someone the other day asked me if I drive all the way up to NAU twice a week! That would be so awful, actually I wouldn't do that, I don't care how much I wanted to go to this school! haha
Wedding...pretty much the same as last time, we are at 6 months left! I can't believe that! I have to contact the Hawaii wedding service and put our deposit down and finalize a few other things that we customized to our package. One of my friends in my cohort asked me if I was going to change my name, I didn't even realize what she was talking about for a second. It's just so crazy to think that I am getting married so soon!! I need to go see if my dress is going to be too much to get altered. I still want to lose another 15 lbs before that though!! (I would be content with 10)
Now the reason you are actually here....Aiden!
He is SUCH a smart kid...and I know I'm his mother so I might should bias but seriously...so smart. Today alone he learned two new signs..."milk" and "all done" we showed him maybe 3 times and he got it! So as of now he knows, milk, all done, please, and eat. Next is thanks you and something along the lines of diaper so he can start telling me when he needs to be changed. Once he starts telling me he needs to be changed we can probably start working on potty training. People have been asking me recently what the point is to teach him sign. Well, it's so he can communicate! When he cries and I'm not sure what he wants, I can ask him and he signs "eat"...then I know! Plus I've heard it's good for kids to know sign! Whatever its cute :)
He talks quite a bit...the words he says are:
Momma
Dadda
Eat
Please
Book
Bird
Cat
Dog
shoe
Ball (1st word)
bed
hot (and he associates it with hot things like the stove and my straighter and the iron along with hot food) :)
I am totally blanking on the others...I hadn't written them down before!!
He is almost running, crazy child! We are moving into our new apartment in a little over a month and I am so thrilled I have a countdown going! Aiden is going to have his own room, which I am nervous about, but more importantly we are going to have so much more space!!!! I am nervous about Aiden's amazing sleeping schedule getting messed up when we move because he will have his own room for the 1st time. As of now at about 7:45-8 we tell him "it's bed time" and he says "bed" and points to the room then follows one of us in there, we rock him for about 5-10 minutes and put him in bed usually still awake. He rolls right over and goes to sleep. We honestly don't even need to rock him anymore I just love the bed time snuggles! :) So I actually think I am more nervous about his new room than he is going to be!
Aiden is one of the most affectionate kids I know! My sister's boyfriend's... nephew (haha) isn't a hugger or a kisser. I don't know what I would do if Aiden didn't love giving hugs or kisses.
Aiden has also become very obsessed with books. (Great thing to be obsessed with if you ask me!) We have a stockpile of books in our front room which are always all over the floor by the end of the day! He will say "book" walk over and get one, bring it to me, climb in my lap and sign AND say "please". How can you resist that!? Even if he wants to read the same two books over and over and over!
Jake told me today that it's time for his first haircut. I have been putting it off for fear of all his amazing curls to disappear but I think it's time. It's starting to get a little crazy and when we give him a bath at night it's in his eyes because it's so long!
Anyways, I can't think of anything else at the moment! Night!
School...I LOVE my cohort and so far the people are pretty fantastic. Classes are pretty interesting and I really enjoy my teachers so far! A little stressed about having to do 45 hours of in a classroom time only because I don't know who is going to watch Aiden. We're still figuring everything out! Right now I go twice a week till 10pm so Jake and Aiden have bonding time on those days. Someone the other day asked me if I drive all the way up to NAU twice a week! That would be so awful, actually I wouldn't do that, I don't care how much I wanted to go to this school! haha
Wedding...pretty much the same as last time, we are at 6 months left! I can't believe that! I have to contact the Hawaii wedding service and put our deposit down and finalize a few other things that we customized to our package. One of my friends in my cohort asked me if I was going to change my name, I didn't even realize what she was talking about for a second. It's just so crazy to think that I am getting married so soon!! I need to go see if my dress is going to be too much to get altered. I still want to lose another 15 lbs before that though!! (I would be content with 10)
Now the reason you are actually here....Aiden!
He is SUCH a smart kid...and I know I'm his mother so I might should bias but seriously...so smart. Today alone he learned two new signs..."milk" and "all done" we showed him maybe 3 times and he got it! So as of now he knows, milk, all done, please, and eat. Next is thanks you and something along the lines of diaper so he can start telling me when he needs to be changed. Once he starts telling me he needs to be changed we can probably start working on potty training. People have been asking me recently what the point is to teach him sign. Well, it's so he can communicate! When he cries and I'm not sure what he wants, I can ask him and he signs "eat"...then I know! Plus I've heard it's good for kids to know sign! Whatever its cute :)
He talks quite a bit...the words he says are:
Momma
Dadda
Eat
Please
Book
Bird
Cat
Dog
shoe
Ball (1st word)
bed
hot (and he associates it with hot things like the stove and my straighter and the iron along with hot food) :)
I am totally blanking on the others...I hadn't written them down before!!
He is almost running, crazy child! We are moving into our new apartment in a little over a month and I am so thrilled I have a countdown going! Aiden is going to have his own room, which I am nervous about, but more importantly we are going to have so much more space!!!! I am nervous about Aiden's amazing sleeping schedule getting messed up when we move because he will have his own room for the 1st time. As of now at about 7:45-8 we tell him "it's bed time" and he says "bed" and points to the room then follows one of us in there, we rock him for about 5-10 minutes and put him in bed usually still awake. He rolls right over and goes to sleep. We honestly don't even need to rock him anymore I just love the bed time snuggles! :) So I actually think I am more nervous about his new room than he is going to be!
Aiden is one of the most affectionate kids I know! My sister's boyfriend's... nephew (haha) isn't a hugger or a kisser. I don't know what I would do if Aiden didn't love giving hugs or kisses.
Aiden has also become very obsessed with books. (Great thing to be obsessed with if you ask me!) We have a stockpile of books in our front room which are always all over the floor by the end of the day! He will say "book" walk over and get one, bring it to me, climb in my lap and sign AND say "please". How can you resist that!? Even if he wants to read the same two books over and over and over!
Jake told me today that it's time for his first haircut. I have been putting it off for fear of all his amazing curls to disappear but I think it's time. It's starting to get a little crazy and when we give him a bath at night it's in his eyes because it's so long!
Anyways, I can't think of anything else at the moment! Night!
Monday, August 22, 2011
We never win anything..time for a change! :)
Well Jake and I entered a free photo contest today for an engagement/couples session by this FANTASTIC photographer in our area. I have followed his work for a while now and when I saw this opportunity I jumped at it like a crazy person! Money is pretty tight so paying for him to take our pictures is pretty much out of the question. I am trying to BEG everyone on my facebook to go "like" our picture because that is how you "vote" but who knows.
Jake and I were joking around that we never win anything. I told him that it was time for a change and this would be a fantastic first!!! :)
Keep your fingers crossed that we win!
In anyone is feeling in the mood for some voting here is what you do.....
1.) Go to this link ...... http://www.facebook.com/pages/Daniel-Kim-Photography/208964892470945
2.) "Like the photographers page -- he's fantastic! :)
3.) Go to this picture.... http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=247538678613566&set=pu.208964892470945&type=1&theater That's obviously Jake and I :)
4.) "Like" the picture! BAM...done! See how easy that is and you just made me a very happy person!
:) :) :)
Jake and I were joking around that we never win anything. I told him that it was time for a change and this would be a fantastic first!!! :)
Keep your fingers crossed that we win!
In anyone is feeling in the mood for some voting here is what you do.....
1.) Go to this link ...... http://www.facebook.com/pages/Daniel-Kim-Photography/208964892470945
2.) "Like the photographers page -- he's fantastic! :)
3.) Go to this picture.... http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=247538678613566&set=pu.208964892470945&type=1&theater That's obviously Jake and I :)
4.) "Like" the picture! BAM...done! See how easy that is and you just made me a very happy person!
:) :) :)
Monday, August 8, 2011
The carseat
We are letting a close friend borrow Aiden's old car seat for their new baby girl Zia. They bought a larger convertible car seat but realized after having her that they just weren't comfortable with the way she sits in it. We pulled it out to have it ready for them when they came over to get it and this is what Aiden did.....
Almost like saying... "No Mom, this is my car seat!!" So cute right? Here is another pictures of him using it as a chair...
Jake and I agreed that it might be time to get him his own chair...we have our eyes set on something like this...
We can't decide but really like the idea of personalizing one for him!
Almost like saying... "No Mom, this is my car seat!!" So cute right? Here is another pictures of him using it as a chair...
Jake and I agreed that it might be time to get him his own chair...we have our eyes set on something like this...
We can't decide but really like the idea of personalizing one for him!
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Our dancing king!
Aiden is by far the best dancer I have ever seen ;) I love watching him dance, whenever a song come on he will automatically point his hand in the air and start dancing...kinda like this......
My kid cracks me up!
Friday, August 5, 2011
1st birthday bliss!
Here are some pictures of Aiden's first "jungle" birthday! :) Like I said in my catch up post, I was bummed that we didn't take as many pictures of other things besides opening presents! Like of the AMAZING balloons that you can see in the background. He LOVED them and we still have two floating around out living room. They are about the size of him. Fantastic 1st birthday, I was jealous! ;)
Do you see what I mean though, most of them are of him opening presents. There aren't any of Aiden with friends/family! I totally failed! haha
Do you see what I mean though, most of them are of him opening presents. There aren't any of Aiden with friends/family! I totally failed! haha
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