Sweet Victory!

I know I just had a baby only eight weeks ago, but I'm still feeling like a fatty. On September 1st, I decided to go back on Weight Watchers. I figured it would be a good way to start off the month and the week, since it happened to fall on a Monday. I had been on WW for three months before I got pregnant with Cheyanne and had successfully lost 19.2 lbs. After just a week of doing it on my own, I weighed myself this morning and I've already lost 6.8 lbs! I thought I was seeing things! I must have re-weighed myself 12 times. I did the same thing with my starting weight though, but that's just because I couldn't believe how LARGE that number was! LOL Anyway, I still have quite a ways to go, but I feel good knowing that my efforts are making a difference. I haven't officially signed back up with WW, I'm doing it on my own for now. Once I go back to work, I'm going to sign up for the "WW at Work" program. The new 12-week session just so happens to start back up the day after I return from maternity leave. Now that's what I call serendipity! And if I attend 10 out of the 12 weekly meetings, my company will reimburse me for half of what I paid. So there is no excuse for me not to do it! To be honest though, I don't mind being on WW. Sure, it can be a lot of work calculating points all the time, but the end result is so rewarding. Plus, I get 10 additional points each day because I'm breastfeeding! I can't wait to start fitting in my clothes again! I return to work 4 weeks from today and my goal is to lose 12 lbs by then. I think I just might be able to do it!

Paint-n-Party

Yesterday, Austin accidently broke his beloved Hershey's taxi bank. Anytime he finds a coin, he always wants to put it in his bank. It's the highlight of his day sometimes! We've been putting money in there since he was born, so needless to say, it was getting pretty heavy. For whatever reason, his three-year-old mind decided he needed to take it off the dresser to put money in it this time. Not realizing how heavy it was, he dropped it. The beloved little taxi now looks like it was in a fender bender and is beyond repair.

He immediately got over the fate of his taxi cab when I suggested we go to the store and pick out a new bank that he can paint himself! This was the most exciting thing to him. It even served as a bribe to get him to nap today! After dinner, we went to the mall to this neat little store called "Paint-n-Party." Austin got to choose from a wide selection of banks. He went with the school bus (he's always talking about how Patrick gets to go on a school bus). He sat down with Daddy and got to painting. He painted it all by himself and even picked out his own colors. He had the option to add glitter to it and went with it, of course. After about 20 minutes, it was dry and ready to go home. When we got home, he immediately went for his pile of money so he could start putting it in his bus bank. He got really excited each time he found a "big one" (quarter) as he put each coin in, one by one. It's almost full. I'm thinking Mommy needs to go to the bank to deposit most of it in his account. I'll have to leave some so he doesn't freak out that it's empty. While we were there, we let Patrick choose an item to paint too. He went with a really cool dragon. He took his time and did a really nice job! It looks as good as their display dragon.

Babies, Babies, Babies!!!

Today is Labor Day and we decided to go visit my Aunt Lynnie since she hadn't gotten to see Cheyanne yet. I dragged my mom out there with me, which was good for her to get out of the house. I got to meet Ayden (my cousin Matt's baby) for the first time. He's such a cutie! I have to say though, it is kinda' weird seeing Matt play that whole daddy role. Never thought I'd see the day! LOL My cousin Megan was there too with her to little ones, Isabella (Izzy) and Tristan. And I can't forget about my cousin Ashley and her daughter Kaidence. My cousin Mikey stopped by too, but he wasn't around long enough to get any pictures of. And Patrick was there, but he was busy being a hermit in the house (love this age!). It was so good to see everyone. We ate good food (bbq) and just hung out playing "pass the babies." Austin & Kai-Kai played all afternoon, which worked out well since she's only about 8 months older than him. Izzy is about 15 months old and Tristan & Ayden are four and a half months old (just 5 days apart). The day went by way too fast!
Tristan, Cheyanne & Ayden

Ashley balancing 3 babies!

Matty & Ayden

Tristan and his gorgeous blue eyes!

Kaidence & Austin


Izzy Gettin' Sleepy