A Night of Firsts

So. Last night. Mac. Took his FIRST STEP!! It was a legitimate step and a half and Jimmy and I both saw it! It will be a little bit before he is up and running but definitely on his way.

This is Mac just after his first step...

This is what he was doing while we were trying to stand him back up so he could take some more steps... he really was not into participating, the elephant was much more important and standing seemed to be too much to ask of him...


Now onto MY FIRST. Last night. I. For the first time. Made awesome POTATO SALAD!! Yay me. I think it was my 3rd or 4th attempt at the side item and it was finally good, like really good. You may think "Wow, that's lame, potato salad is super easy and anyone can make it" well I guess I am a special case. Potato salad ranks up there with Kool-aid to me as I CAN NOT make Kool-aid to save my life, seriously, I Can Not. But I have seemingly mastered the salad of potatos conveniently at the end of grilling season, none the less I did it!! (Kool-aid is a lost cause and I will not be attempting that anytime soon, if you need that call my brother he makes tasty Kool-aid.)

Weekly Weigh-In 19 (wk 15 for me)

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

Start Weight (7/8): 206 lbs
Last Week: 195 lbs
This Week: 184 lbs

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

So after last weeks super weird weight gain, I will just say that I lost a pound. The week before I was 185 and now I am 184. I am just ignoring the randomness of last week and moving on!! haha. I am just happy that I am down a pound from two weeks ago and ready to see what I can do this week!

I am really enjoying running in this cooler weather! It has given me hope, false probably, that I am ready to add a mile to my workouts so starting Monday I will be running 5 miles 3 times a week!! yay!! Plus it will help in training for the 10K in March!!

Wordless Wednesday

We Don't Need A Baby Gate...

we will take a mylar balloon instead! Yesterday I discovered that Mac is scared of this balloon. I moved it to the living room while taking pictures of my halloween decor. We were sitting in the floor and Mac was staring at the balloon so I moved it closer to him and he grabbed me and looked away!

And then a light bulb went off... if he doesn't like the balloon and we can NOT for the life of us keep him away from the TV cabinet then...


Yes, the balloon is now infront of the TV. Mac will not go near it! We are very seriously contemplating getting a few more to put in the kitchen so he will stay out of those cabinets!!

This. Is. Halloween. This. Is. Halloween...

Pumpkins scream in the dead of night. This is Halloween... Ok sorry for the "Nightmare Before Christmas" flashback.

I decorated for Halloween this weekend so I guess you could say I am in the "Halloween spirit". I almost didn't get my decorations out but I just couldn't stand it, even though I already had my fall stuff out!! I put it up, well the decorations that were on the breakfast and dining room tables, and out came the glitter skulls and spiders!

I found a black, super awesome cake plate at Hobby Lobby for 30% off. I passed this cake plate many times on several different Hobby Lobby trips and I just could not get it out of my head! I had to have it!! So Saturday while Mac and I were out on errands we went to HL and purchased the cake plate! :) Soooo happy! I had also, previously, found some really cool, really cheap glitter skulls at HEB (our grocery store here) and picked up some spider web there too.

Here's how it turned out...

This is the breakfast table. I need some black or spiderweb'ish placemats but it's fine for now.




This is the dining room table. It's not great, I'm not 100% in love with the way it turned out (more like 78% in like with it) but it will do for this year. I need some apothocary jars but I used what I already had.






I don't have a black candle so I took a peach one and wrapped it in black scrapbook paper and wrapped white embroidery floss around it. I stuck some sequins on it so it would fit in with the glittery theme.

And instead of taking my fall leaves down I just covered them in spiderweb...

I tried to use the spiderweb as a table runner...

This is the entryway. I didn't want to take down the fall decorations so I just used more spiderweb and spiders...


Decorating is a hard job and I couldn't have done all this alone. Straight from Halloween Headquarters...my helper...


And yes.. the "ruler of darkness" still gets in trouble by the "Supreme Ruler of the House"

Prison Break

Mac is mobile, very mobile. He is everywhere and he is FAST! It's amazing just how fast he can crawl. Jimmy keep tabs on Mac while I am cooking so that he is not camped under my feet or emptying every cabinet he can get to but he will not stay still and you are constantly chasing him down. So last night while I was cooking dinner, I look up from the sink and see this...

Jimmy had blocked off part of the living room so Mac couldn't get out! hahaa. Jimmy was sitting on the far side of the loveseat next to the other open escape route so that if Mac went that way he could just reach over and catch him and not have to get up!

(Jimmy standing in front of the open space between the couch and the wall)

Mac eventually figured out that the pillow was not much of a road block. He reminded me of Jurassic Park when the dinosaurs kept "testing" the fence for weak spots. At least the pillow was not electrically charged.

(please excuse the pile of laundry and other mess)

And he's free, he takes a duck hostage

But that doesn't stop Dad. He got put back in jail, however, he went straight back to the pillowed section and promptly escaped again. Oh well, at least Jimmy got to sit for a second. hahaa.

Weekly Weigh-In 18 (wk 14 for me)

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: 195 lbs ???????

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

UM?? Anyone? Thoughts?? I don't understand how it would be possible to gain 10 pounds in a week!!?? I didn't believe my scale so I went to the nurse at work and used his scale and it was the same!! My clothes are not fitting differently, I don't feel like I gained 10 freaking pounds!!?? I figured I would have gained between 2 and 4 pounds this week just because we had a house guest last weekend and we went out to eat twice, I had some drinks and just normal routine was different but 10 pounds!! 10 POUNDS!! Really? I am hoping that most of it is water weight from having to be a "girl" the last 5 days in combination with the eating out and drinks. All I know is I feel like I have had the wind knocked out of me. I am in complete denial. I will be running everyday this next week. I am so mad.