Weight loss!

I have now lost seventeen pounds, but I have not done to well this past week with the diet so pray I get back on board with it! I am so ready to wear my cute pre pregnancy clothes again!

Happy birthday to Rachel...Happy birthday to Aunt Ruthie and the 28th!

Yesterday was my 21st birthday! Poor Kev worked So hard on a big surprise date for me, unfortunately it all fell through last minute! That's okay though because I still got a night out... And next week I get to go on my surprise date...so I got two dates for one birthday!
We went to Old Chicago for dinner



Then to the movies... We had not gone to see a movie since I was about six months pregnant so this was a REAL treat!


Then we grabbed some McDonald's ice cream 9one of my favorite treats) and sat outside and ate it!


Our good friends Jessica and Dan came to babysit...we are so blessed to have so many friends practically begging to watch our sweet girl...thank you Jess and Dan!

The last week of August was always exciting for me and my sister Ruthie (better known as Aunt Ruthie these days) as our birthdays are two days apart! Tomorrow marks Ruthie's 24Th bday! She is in Florida now which is hard on us both...we are super close so it is hard being this far away! We love you Aunt Ruthie and want to wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY...miss you!




Last thing the 28Th also marks exactly one year from the day we found out we were pregnant with our sweet little girl!

That's right I took three tests before we believed it! Well tonight we found out we are... JUST JOKING...no more babies this soon...haha!

JEWELRY

Last night I had a jewelry party...it was a lot of fun! Here are some pictures to capture the evening!







My friend (and also my brothers girlfriend) stopped by and brought her sweet new puppy Sierra!

New template for Kevin!

I just changed the template to our blog... i went through a thousand different backgrounds and finally decided on this one on BECAUSE...I LOVE the colors and if you will look closely there are deers in it... Kev is all in to hunting and therefore I thought the deers fitting! So here you go Kevin baby you now have a piece of our blog! LOVE YOU!

Bath time!

Averi is almost always in a good mood right after bath time, I guess the warm water calms her down! So tonight I gave her her bath,like normal, and then wrapped her in a white towel, she looked SO sweet wrapped up in that towel and smelled so sweet...I HAD to take some pictures!

AV IS FOUR MONTHS...We cant believe it!

Today is Averi's four month day! WOW I can not believe four months ago I had just given birth to our sweet girl...where has the time gone? She is getting so big... her recent milestones were...

She is holding her head up and has rolled over twice (I guess she wanted to show us she can do it but now she refuses to do it again!)


She is laughing and smiling and chatting it up!

Beginning to cut her first tooth...which means drool drool and more drool!
Just after she was born...my how she has grown!





We love you sweet Av and it is a joy to be your mommy and Daddy!

The fair

Today my sweet friend Rebekah and Sarah helped me take the kiddos to the fair! We had so much fun looking at all the millions of booths full of things you don't need and can only find at the fair and then looking at all the animals...which was of course the kiddos favorite! Thank you Sarah and Rebekah for your help!

The animals!




Av kisses!


The three sweet girls I babysit!




LOVE my little bugga boo!

The Lincolns!

Weight loss!

So the diet has been CRAZY... I decided to come off the low carb diet...I was tired of being sick and exhausted all of the time! I have been using a web site called live strong (also known as the daily plate) that tells you how many calories you should eat in order to lose a particular amount of weight based on your height and current weight...I am thrilled to say that over all (since starting the low carb diet and all that) I have lost thirteen pounds...YEA! I do not know how much Kevin has lost, but I can certainly tell his belly is going away...let me just say ladies I have one good looking husband!

This is one of our engagement pics...I am determined to get back in these Capri's!
This picture is in Florida...just before I started the diet!


This is a picture at Brooke's wedding this past weekend... I am NO where near where I want to be, and you may not be able to tell a difference... but I am pleased!

Oh Av...

She LOVES her daddy!

chewing those hands...she always has either her clothes or her hands in her mouth now days!

I almost caught a smile!

Notice the drool on her chin...yea she is a drooler!
About all I talk about on our blog is our sweet daughter Averi Noe'l... She truly is a blessing! She is a well tempered baby and only cries when she is sleepy or hungry! She has gotten to be SO much fun this last month... she laughs and smiles at us and chats up a storm... I wanted to share some pictures we took the other night of her funny faces, I was trying to catch a picture of her smiling, unfortunately mommy is to slow with the camera so all I caught were funny expressions!

Wedding weekend!

What a busy weekend, Brooke aand Brian had their gorgeous wedding on saturday which meant we spent friday night at the rehearsal and then us girls spent Brookes last night as a single women with her at her moms house! Kevin watched Av all by himself and even managed to get her dressed up and to the ceremony 30 MINUTES EARLY...(way to go baby!)...He really is a great daddy and a great husband!
The wedding was a lot of fun, everything went smoothly and the bride was picture perfect! Congratulations Mr and Mrs Brian Gibson we pray the Lord continues to bless you!
Finally....Mr. and Mrs. gibson












Spending the night with the bride and getting ready the next morning!



At the Rehearsal

CARBS CARBS CARBS...diet!

SO as I promised I am updating you on the dieting... Kev and I have been doing the low carb diet for one week now and the weight loss is going great, as of today I have lost nine pounds...nine pounds I AM THRILLED! The diet STINKS tho...I seriously doubt I will ever crave meat, eggs or cheese ever again. We stuck to our diet whole heatedly all week and decided Sundays would be our day off, (ask anyone whose done low carb, you have to have a day off or you will vomit at the idea of eating more eggs)... I was so proud of us yesterday though, we did not pig out we ate reasonable amounts we just were not so hard on ourselves for eating carbs!
So as far as week one has gone, it has been great, both our pants and shirts are getting loser and after our day off yesterday we are ready for another week!

MIss Bachelorette and Mr. Bachelor

Tonight Brooke and Brian had a combined bachelor and bachelorette party. they went out to eat and bowling... because I worked third shift last night and I didn't think Av would do well going to both we met up with everyone for an hour at the bowling alley! Brooke and Brians wedding is next Saturday please keep them in your prayers as they celebrate their big day and make the transition into marriage!

Brooke and her light up Bachelorette sash!

Uncle shnookie and Aunt Lindsay loving on sweet Averi

Av and Miss abby

Av and Miss Lindsay

Av and Mommy celebrating

Brooke and her "the bride" tatoo... it isnt real!

Brooke and all the bridesmaids

Cutting teeth

The hilarious face she made after her first dose of oragel!

Av chewing on my finger!

Av is beginning to cut her first tooth...poor thing. Because of it she has been fussy the last few days, drooling like CRAZY, and NOT sleeping well at all! Yesterday we gave her a dose of Motrin and some medicine on her teeth and she felt much better... I think we are past the worse part... PRAISE the Lord!

Splash park!

My friend Sarah helped me take th kids to the zoo so they could play in the splash park...Alayna and Blake LOVED it, Emma HATED it and Averi slept through it...so basically it was a successful day!

Diet day one!

Today we are starting our diet..fun fun!!! No really I am pretty excited! Like I said before my goal is 30 pounds... my goal time line is by thanksgiving ( I know this may be a little fast but I like to set high goals)... so here we go... its diet time!!!

Losing weight...

Averi didn't want to leave florida...

Well, we got back from Florida at about three this afternoon...what a trip home! It was one of those trips where EVERYTHING went wrong... we left Ruthie and James' later then we should have, got lost trying to find our car rental place and therefore made it to the airport 25 minutes before our gate closed... well then my bag was over the weight limit (of course) so we were ripping stuff out and throwing it into carriers... after checking our luggage we SPRINTED up the escalator and to the tram to take us to the terminal, got across the terminal, made it through security without any problems and got on our plane ten minutes before take off... only seconds before they closed the gate! Our plane faced TONS of turbulence which had both Sarah and I sick at our stomachs...and on top of that the air in the plane was not working well!We finally made to Indianapolis where Sarah's sister Rebekah met us, by the grace of God our bag age made it! Unfortunately the drive home was not so smooth...Kevin had driven that morning so I offered to take the drive home while he slept...we hit traffic and a two hour drive turned into five... five hours in a mini is hard on ANYONE especially a 3 month old...lol! Thank God we got home in one piece, I immediately fell asleep...after feeding Av and slept four hours... she has been in bed since six and is showing no signs of waking any time soon!
The real point tho of this post is to discuss weight loss...While in Florida my sister who has recently lost a significant amount of weight inspired me to get on my game! I gained about ten pnds right after Kev and I got married and then of course immediately got pregnant with Averi... I will admit I was not at all cautious with what I ate during my pregnancy and gained fifty pounds... that is sixty pounds total! I have struggled with my weight and body image since the day we came home from the hospital (as I am sure many women who just had a baby do!) I have lost about 32 pounds since Averi's arrival without really trying... but I am now ready to buckle down and lose this last thirty...so starting Monday Kev and I are "getting healthy... (he gained some "baby weight" too)... so to keep us more accountable we are going to blog every week, every Monday to be specific, about how much we lost (or didn't lose) in order to keep ourselves accountable, please pray that we will stick this out and do what needs to be done for our bodies in order to be healthy not only for ourselves but for our little girl!

... but she is excited for Daddy and mommy to get healthy!