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My Little Man

I have been a bad blogger lately. Barely posting but I am back, for the most part! I will do better this week, next week we will be out of town for Christmas with the family but we will be back the following week and I am sure to have tons of pictures for posting!!

Here are a few pictures from this past week...

For Mac's birthday our buddy Nick gave him some pj's. They are so dang cute it's not funny.



Here is his little JohnDeere beanie that Cynthia gave him for his birhday! So cute! He even keeps it on! And he is sitting in his new carseat! He actually fits in it, I had been stuffing him into his infant seat for, um, too long...


This is the Sock Monkey knit hat that I bought him from Etsy. I love it! I keep putting it on him and he keeps trying to pull it off by the ear but we are working on just leaving it alone so Mom can just stare at him mesmerized by all the cuteness!!


This picture is from last Monday when we played hookie. He opened birthday presents through out the day from his party on Sunday. Here he is with his second favorite gift...


He is putting his new pj's to the test here. He finished his bottle, rolled over and was down for the count! (if you look behind him there is a box, that was his number one favorite bday gift... yes he loves the toy that was in the box but THE BOX! Oh man he jumped up and down on it, crawled on top and sat on it and played with it till he split the seams!)

Weekly Weigh-In

I am linking up with Marvelous Mommy & My Little Apricot for my Weekly Weigh-In.


Start Weight (7/8): 206 lbs
Last Week: 185 lbs
This Week: 182 lbs

Goal Weight by Dec: 178 lbs
Goal Weight Overall: 165 lbs

I'm not sure how I lost 3 pounds but I will take it. I have been eating cake since little man's birthday party and have not run at all since the last Monday in November. I have been walking at least 2 miles a day at work with my coworker so that has obviously helped fill in the lack of running. Also I have been eating birthday day cake in the morning with my coffee, which technically makes it coffee cake and therefore an acceptable breakfast food, instead of at night right before I end up on the couch.

I have been feeling terribly lazy and unmotivated. I want to run but just don't care right now for some reason. I think that the week before the birthday party I was more stressed than I realized and now that it's over I am just spent. I am going to make an effort to get back to the trail on Monday and would love for all of you to double check with me on Monday to make sure that I am putting my running shoes on!!! I need some accountability!

I have 4 pounds to lose to reach my goal for this year. I know I can do it, I just need to find some motivation (even though there is tons of it in the closet in the way of clothes that don't fit and HAVE to fit by Jan 1!!) UGH!

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Sort of wordless... After the frosting and cake chunks are removed the frosting works like gel...haha!

Winter ONEderland 1st Birthday Party!

We had Mac's birthday party this past Sunday, yes early but that's when we could do it, and it was awesome! We had so much fun, tons of guests, lot's of sweets and great gifts (even though the invite said "No Gifts, Please" hahaha)

I have been planning this party forever. Researching the theme, the decorations, the invitation, the food, the cake... since about June. It paid off if I do say so myself! I always have these "great" ideas but they never seem to turn out but this did. We had a Winter ONEderland in our house and it was perfect, exactly as I had imagined it would be!

Here are some of the pictures that I have so far...
The Birthday Boy...


I made crepe paper ruffles and snowflake garland to hang in the entry hall... think Elf's north pole at Gimbles. I made the birthday banner, the "Winter Onederland" banner for the front door, the wreath for the front door and his "I am 1" banner for this high chair. I had so much fun being crafty and getting ideas from fellow bloggers!

See the crepe paper ruffles and snowflake garland above Erica and Joe's heads.





The table and cake.




I also served cheerios, applesauce and puffs for the kiddos and I had chili for the adults. There was a hot chocolate bar too!

I had the guests sign in and also leave a note for Mac to read on his 18th birthday. There was a picture collage of Mac for the guests to "Guess What Month" it was when the picture was taken.



Busted trying to get into his presents...


Smash cake time! He really never "smashed" it at all. He was just picking at it. I think Jimmy and I did the most damage to it trying to show him it was ok to make a mess (just this once) ha!

He made the most mess of his hair from running his frosting coated hands through it!


We had a great time! I had so much fun decorating, planning, cooking! I had lots of help from my awesome friends Monica, Melinda and Amanda! I could not have pulled it off without them! We are having a family birthday party in Mt. Pleasant on the 19th so I get to do this again, I can't wait. I am taking a lot of the decorations home with us so that I can turn my parents house into a Winter ONEderland!!

I can't wait to start planning his second birthday.. oh who am I kidding I have already started... it's a fishie theme!!!!

Weekly Weigh-In

I am linking up with Marvelous Mommy & My Little Apricot for my Weekly Weigh-In.


Start Weight (7/8): 206 lbs
Last Week (Oct 21): 180 lbs
This Week: 185 lbs

Goal Weight by Dec: 178 lbs
Goal Weight Overall: 165 lbs

I have gained 5 pounds over the last two weeks, I didn't make last weeks weigh in because we were out of town for the holiday. I have not been running as scheduled since we were out of town Wed to Sunday and because I am trying to get things gathered/made for Mac's party that is this Sunday!! I can tell I have gained weight and it makes me mad that I worked so hard to get if off just to gain it again... I need to get out of the 180's!! Hopefully next week I can get back into my routine. I have been feeling so lazy, maybe it's stress of party planning?, and I need to kick that ASAP!!

I did enjoy the 1/2 ton of pie I consumed, so at least it was tasty... UGH!!!

One of my goals for next year is a boot camp!! Hopefully early January otherwise I will have to wait until summer because of work.

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