Finally the birthday photos you've all been waiting for!

Welcome to Kinsley's Birthday party. It was Sesame Street Sassy! We have these amazing friends that have a huge shop that they allowed us to have Kinsley's Birthday Party in, since it was December and we had like 50 people come, it was iffy where it was going to be... but we have awesome friends.

So welcome to Kinsley Street!

Want to stop and color in Elmo's world?

Dorthy wouldn't have DREAMED of missing this occasion!

Drop your gift off at Big Bird's Nest!

Then come on over to Cookie Monster's Cafe for Pizza, fruit, and sweets of all kinds!

Just grab a hat and a bag and take your fill!

Pick any cupcake you prefer!

Enjoy some sweet tea, juice, or a Kinsley water!

Then visit Oscar in Grouchland and play in the soybeans!

Not enough candy on the candy bar? No Problem we have a pinata!

Oh here comes Elmo with the cake! YEA!

yum yum yum

Such a sweetie!

Aunt Jessie and Uncle Dan

Abby even brought her Flying Fairy School out for everyone to "fly" in!

And of course Kinsley's boyfriend couldn't miss this!

But she was keeping her options open!

Such an awesome family! I would have never been able to do this without them!

in the end, she's still Momma's girl!

Kinsley's party was magical. All of the details really came together amazingly. I had two GREAT friends that took photos for us the whole time so that we could just enjoy ourselves. One of them was Skidmore photography. Go to her site and check her out, she is SOOO talented and i was floored when she gifted us the photos! Total dream come true!

Just another Manic Monday

Yea and i can barely lift my fingers to type this... why? because i did weights for the first time in YEARS, which means my arms are like jelly so every time i try to lift my fingers to type i have to slightly move my arms which then feels like Santa's belly (and I'm guess shakes like it too, hey it's only been ONE weight session) jiggling all over the place. But at least I did it.

I have mixed emotions about this weekend. Some things went really well (got to organize more of my house, play a lot with Kinsley, entertain some) and other things weren't so good (hubs and I fought, a lot. I was up coughing a lot each night = no sleep, I didn't make it to church and i ate terribly). When things are not good emotionally for me, i eat. I'm an emotional eater. Not because the food makes me feel better... even though sometimes it does... i just get lazy when I'm emotionally disconnected and don't want to eat anything that takes time to make so i throw some chicken nuggets in the oven and chow down! Chicken nuggets make me happy.

But i was reminded by one very important fact this weekend... my neighbor friends are awesome! During the last few years Chris and I have been getting to know our neighbors better and man, I've got some really great girlfriends in them! They are all so supportive and caring and they really relate to anything i might be going through at the moment. I'm so happy and sad at the same time when i think about them. Happy because they are awesome and they are MY friends... sad because we all live in townhouses and will be moving into single family homes one day, which will more then likely NOT be in each others neighborhoods.... tear.

Well hope y'all are doing better then me, send me your tips for how not to fail horribly on the weekends because those are just never good for me.

what is UP with some clothes

So there's this clothing blog that i LOVE to frequent even though NOTHING is ever in my size. I ordered a pair of white jeggins from it hoping that MAYBE... but no... not even close... they are now in the "inspiration" pile. Well she has a pair of jeans on there for sale that are a size two. Yeah i rolled my eyes at that too... then i saw the other measurements of the jeans... leg opening 15 inches! DOOO WHAT?!!? Really?!?!

I've been know to pray that MAYBE i could lube up my legs and squeeze them into a 19" opening (even though my thighs would eat that 19" for lunch) but 15!!! I mean do you KNOW how small that is!!! I think my kid's head is bigger then that! AND SHE'S ONE! WTH!

So since i didn't work out today BECAUSE i went to lunch with my mother-in-law and ate 4 onion rings, i'm going to end this blog before i pick up my water bottle, which just happens to be 15" around, and throw it through the computer since she is WEARING said size two jeans, QUITE comfortably... bitch (except she seems very nice).

There's a WHOLE LOT of Ugly up in here!

Alright, you want what we're dealing with, no gut sucking in at all???

Here ya go, don't say i didn't warn you!

yea... so i wanted to take a REAL before picture, no hiding the gut, which is REALLY hard to do. It's like my gut is an ostrich head and the camera is a predator and whenever my gut sees this predator it hides... it's automatic to suck it right in. So as you can see i have some work to do... BUT it can only get better... right???

At work my coworker and i have started a Biggest Loser group. We will be loosing for the pound for pound challenge AND trying to win some cash! This all starts on Monday so since I'm heading it up, lets hope i can set a good example!

Biggest... something

So i LOVE to follow other blogs, they give me great ideas, advice, and support! I've been TRYING to find some good weight loss blogs, you know by REAL women. I don't want one that's all recipes. I don't want one that has someone who is already there, and i don't want one with someone who is like me (always giving up). I need one WITH pictures, I'm visual... i don't like reading blogs that never have pictures, call me stuck up, it's okay.

I've also been having this staleness lurking around my blog like expired milk and i know why now... there are only so many times i can tell you about Kinsley's snotty nose and poopy diaper before I even feel like it's getting old. I mean SEEING pictures of her is never boring but some of my topics are well, lacking. So I decided I needed to get back into the passion of my blogging by writing about something I'm truly passionate about, at least at the moment... getting back into shape and loving my body. No i don't want to be her:

Mainly because my boobs enjoy being near my ankles and my thighs get lonely unless they are touching... BUT maybe i can get to this level:

I kid I kid... I'm thinking:

Notice the curve of having a butt and the jugs (that i will have to find a miracle bra to create), yet a pretty rocking waist and arms! That's what i want... fit yet woman! ROAHHHH!

So I'm going to blog about what is always running through my mind, MY WEIGHT! My attempt at loosing it and my feelings about it. I will still show you my darling little butter bean, since she is HUGE motivator in this journey and because, well, she ROCKS!

So here's the journey, this is where it begins. AND this time it will end, happily!

What's up 2011!

So this year is going to be filled with AWESOMENESS!
1. Chris and I will celebrate 10 years together, 5 of which will have been married! Um i think that calls for Diamonds, LOTS of diamonds, No?

2. Chris is starting a new job as a COO! For those of you who aren't in the know, or are as smart as me that means Chief Operating Officer, shay important!

3. We will most likely start trying to get pregnant with number 2... not sure when yet... NOT anytime soon, but I'll let y'all know when it happens!

4. TWO of my neighbors and my BFF in MD will be having babies this year! Woot! And hey, there's still time to get knocked up and have more baby having people!

5. Chris and I already have gotten a start on the house fixing up!

6. I will jog the 10 mile Cherry Blossom again!

7. Kinsley will have a second birthday (hello planning, yes i know i still owe you pictures).

8. I will try to start my new business (party planning, party decorating, party consulting... blah blah blah, I'll let you know).

Some of these are more of resolutions (hello #6 and #8) but they are real things that WILL happen so i don't per see them as a "goal" but a milestone that will happen.

SPEAKING of goals... here's what I'm working on... oh and if you have any tips, hints, suggestions to make any of these work... PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!! NO seriously! i need anything y'all can give me, because frankly, I'm the QUEEN of good ideas that never pan out.

1. Loose 30 lbs before i get pregnant with number two. that would put me at around 135-140 (depending on the day).
i will try to attempt this with: Weight watchers and the gym in the basement of my workplace.

2. Put my things away the FIRST time

3. Keep a cleanisk house

4. Eat more organically, especially for Kinsley

5. Attend Church at least 2-3 Sundays a month

6. STOP over spending, maybe then i could get my house fixed up, GEZZZ

7. Finish the basement, repaint the kitchen and half bath, paint our bedroom, paint Kinsley's bathroom, Paint the rest of the house, Get new floors for the main level, put up wainscoting in the dinning room and 1/2 bath, and curtains everywhere!

8. Be a better wife

9. Take more time to just have fun with Kinsley

10. Be better about my blog

11. Get a sponsor to send me to BlogHer2011~!

I think that will do for now... yes? What are your goals? How do you plan on accomplishing them?

Oh my blog, how i have missed you!

So rather then taking WEEKS to catch you up on everything I'm going to grace you with an extremely long post. That way we can start fresh this new year!

We took a brief break from blogging to enjoy our family over the holidays. Chris and I were BOTH off from work and went to my parents house in NC for a WEEK! Oh it was awesome... the car ride with 2 dogs and a baby for 8 hours... left much to be desired, but it wasn't too bad.

Then we got back and dove right into cleaning because the neighbors all came over for new years eve~! Then it was off to the in-laws for a second Christmas, and then back to our house to try to arrange our Toy R Us Christmas stash in a way that would be conducive for walking.

But enough of that boring stuff, I'm here to show you a picture journey of the last week!

This was the night before we left... Kinsley and i have figured out how to make her hair into a Mohawk! Sweet!

Once we got to my parents we had to put food out for Santa's reindeer!

And food out for Santa. At our house Santa prefers a beer... but we put milk there too just in case he brought an elf to help.

What a sweet girl!

Sadie was a little tired after the 8 hour trip to Sasha and Papaw's house!  

While there we worked on learning "nose, eyes, mouth, TEETH TEETH! OWWW!" Kinsley has 7 teeth and FOUR MORE trying to come in... awesome.

Then it snowed. In NORTH CAROLINA! FOR.CHRISTMAS ya'll! okay so it was the day after Christmas but still! WHOA! My parents got like 3 inches at least! That's HUGE for them!

Kinsley was intrigued.

Not really understanding why we're walking around in this...

"Look Momma, i can't put my arm down!"

"Oh so this is what all that fuss was about! How much fun!"

Kinsley's first snow angel!

So, our Alma Mater was also in a bowl game! WOOP! We knew we had to watch it with some good friends!

These are two of Chris's good friends from college, Mike Rowedy and Casey Woody.

 My northern cowboy and i

 This is Woody. He hunts. He films hunts for big timers on the hunting/outdoor channel and he's starting his own show. He is even on Monster Bucks! (for those of  you with husbands that hunt, ask them what Monster bucks is... they'll be impressed). So this is what he does EVERY.TIME. we see him... shows us his latest footage. He likes to brag share his fun with the ones that haven't gotten to hunt in a few years appreciate the awesomeness of it. So when he's bigtime this is proof that we knew him when!

 Here's him and his awesome woman Baily. This is a terrible picture of her and she's still beautiful! hate her for that. But she's sweet so I'll forgive her for being stunning.

 Then we went home and woke up to Momma doing this to Kinsley... she LOVED it.

 After another 7 1/2 - 8 hour journey home we got unpacked and enjoyed new years with the neighbors. Then we went over to Grandma's house for another Christmas!

Kinsley got this (along with the rest of Toys R Us)... She LOVES it. It's a PITA to put together, just FYI, took me and two engineers an hour to put it together. Yeah, not fun.

 But worth it!

 Once we were back inside waiting for dinner to finish up Kinsley decided she didn't want to wait and i caught her here:

 Since we're such awesome parents we forgot her travel highchair so we used pillows and sat her in a big person chair. WITH a plate! WHAT!?!? Yes we did! And you know what... she did GREAT! Give my child mashed potatoes and everything is gravy (pun intended).

Kinsley's hair has been getting longer (shocking i know, imagine hair GROWING), I've even been able to try an attempt at a ponytail here and there, i mean she looks more like a firecracker with a fuse sticking up, but it's cute... this morning i decided to try pigtails!

Chris calls them horns, i call them awesome!

So glad to be back! Missed ya'll! And Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!