In need of motivation!!!

No pics today, but promise I'll be back soon with some updates. The girls are still super cute! Ava had her check up and the girl is 49 lbs and 3 feet 10 inches tall. She's at the top or over the scale in %, of course. Average size of a 6 yr old or so, poor girl. Feeling really bad that she still has to wait 2 years for school to start and by then who knows how huge she'll be. Guess she'll have to deal with all that awkwardness like I did being the Tall girl in school. Not hearing what your friends are talking about because they are like a foot below you when you walk in the noisy hallways of school. But if any good comes of this, hoping this wards off boys for a bit longer. Though it didn't work for me, I just went after the older ones (won't even tell you some of their ages-unless you are family, then you already know!) It could go either way! :O


Anywho, this post wasn't going to be about Ava, it's going to be about ME! I'm in need of some support and motivation, so I'm reaching out to my loved ones for some help. I was going strong for the first 6-7 weeks of doing Weight Watchers. Then stressful events started approaching and I started slacking off on what I ate. I keep trying to get back in the game, but struggle every day now. I'm down 15.8 lbs, but looking back at the end of September when I was down 12 something, I haven't come far! I had this nice goal of losing 30 lbs by Christmas, I can see that's not going to happen now. I'm determined not to be fat the rest of my life, or the rest of my 30's, but I'm at a plateau and need to find a way out of it. Of course this week is going to be rough with my Birthday and Thanksgiving. I plan on not going overboard, but still enjoying it. But after Thanksgiving my plan is to buckle down and get moving again. I will say I've been exercising 3-4 times a week, which I didn't do well the first month when I was really losing weight fast. And I got Zumba for the Wii, it's fun, though I'm extremely uncoordinated. But I've been wanting to learn it for a while now and have needed to switch up my routine a bit. So I'm asking for positive words, advice, just anything. And I'm also doing this to make my self more accountable. Feel free to ask me on Facebook or anywhere how I'm doing and if I've lost any more, I need the reminder all the time. Thanks!

Hope all of you have a great Thanksgiving!!! I'll be celebrating my 31st Birthday on the same day, does that make me a Turkey? :)

My Little Lady is FOUR!!!

My Ava lady turned FOUR on October 24th!

And I'm just now getting to this post because I've been swamped with church stuff, as you can see from my last post!

The Friday before her Birthday we had a party with her Playgroup pals!

I went slightly overboard with her Strawberry Shortcake party, but that's what Moms are for!!!

See the cute tutu, yep, I made that. And found the applique for the shirt. And I made strawberry shaped ribbon hair clips for all the girls.

Me & my Girl!
Oh, and this pinata, made that too!
Told you I went crazy, loads of work, but it was worth it.


Some of the food. I made Strawberry Cake Pops that turned out way cute & YUMMY!

And the kids left with loads of candy! Fun times!

The next day was her Party with the Family!

My Mom & Step Dad came down from WA and Grandparents and Uncle Wayne & family came from Hilsboro. Ava got lots of fun gifts.....like a Strawberry Shortcake!

And......

A BIG GIRL BIKE!

Think she likes it????

I like it because now when we go on walks I actually burn some calories since she gets going fast and sometimes I have to jog to keep up!

My Grandma, Aunt Stephanie, & Mom

Grandpa Clift's 88th Birthday is the day after Ava's, so they get to celebrate together. I made a yummy brownie ice cream cake with whipped cream frosting and PB cups....to die for!

My little Princess!

Ava's Doctor appt is next week, so I'll post her ridiculous stats then!

I must say, I'm starting to notice a GOOD change in her. I think Preschool is a good thing for her and she's becoming easier to manage/negotiate with at home. She loves to make up songs and sing all day. Her and Mya love to get into yelling contests...much to my displeasure, but they have fun. She loves her Best Friend Kiera (of course), Candy and crocodiles! She can be a super helper sometimes and is great at making her sister laugh. And she wants a baby Brother really bad, and then a couple more sisters and a couple more brothers! No, it's not in the works!!!!

We love you Ava!!!!!