Making bath time so much fun!

Kinsley still LOVES her baths, but they are VERY difficult to give to her now. She LOVES to stand and so she's always trying to stand and crawl, etc in her baths. Luckily her Elmo bathmat really helps the sliding.

Always the cheeser for the Cameras!


Once again i have videos that will not upload themselves... so when they come, you will see them~

She wants to escape!

Hi Mom, I can stand... so please lower my crib so i don't leap out and bang my head... thanks so much!
Mom! Daddy is locking me in and won't let me go down the stairs!
Mom! Where are you!?!? Help!

I have a cute little video of her standing in her crib... but blogger is sucking right now... so when it stops i'll let you see it!

She thinks she SO funny

So Northern Cowboy was staining the deck on Sunday and Kinsley just wanted to encourage him. She is in this amazing outfit for two reasons 1. She pooped out of her first outfit and 2. it's almost bath/bed time so what's the point of getting something nice dirty? So here is my little redneck baby:

Yea Daddy!
On of her many funny smoochy faces she was making on the door! Lol

Yummy Mummy Monday!

Well here's to a NEW weightloss guide! Lets see if i can stick to this!
It's called Yummy Mummy. You buy the book which is a pdf. You also get a few other guides, etc. Reading through it i really like this program. It's made for busy Moms. So it really sets out high protein meals with whole wheat carbs. You have to eat every three hours to get your metabolism going. And you will work out for 90min A WEEK! Yeah not a day. She really involved strength training into your program because muscle burns more fat. You will be healthier and leaner if you burn fat and build muscle rather then just loose weight.

Holly focuses on how you look, not on the number on the scale. She wants to you to loose at a safe rate (1-2lbs a week) and she wants you to have cheat meals. But, with the cheat meals, you plan them ahead of time. For example i know that my mom is coming into town so one night we'll go out to eat. So i'll cheat then. I won't go over the top like i use to But i will order something that i really want, not just what i should eat.

So i've planned my meals out for the week and put them together and here's what it's going to look like most days:

On the drive in: Fruit smoothy with protein powder and light yogurt in it.
3hrs later: whole wheat blueberry waffles topped with natural peanut butter
3hrs later: spinach wrap of turkey, white american, baby spinach leaves, bell pepper slices, and mustard. and a little bag of baby carrots.
3hrs later: apple slices and almonds
Dinner: tonight will be ck breast, brown rice, and salad
Tomorrow: low fat sausage with peppers and onions, a starch and a veggie
wednesday: fish, starch and veggie
thurs: turkey burger on whole wheat sandwich thin with sweet potato fries
Friday: I'm hoping my Mom will cook!

and then weekends we normally wing it and go to the store.

I will be running every other day, walking whenever my neighbors want to, and doing my toning on non running days!

For more info on the Yummy Mummy program keep reading or go here. And no i'm not being given/paid anything for telling you about this program. It's just one i've decided to try and thought you might want to know how it goes~

We LOVE church!

First and foremost, the lack of a bow in this picture is NOT my fault as i was not there when the photo was taken.

That being stated... This is Kinsley Sunday morning after church (hence why the bow is gone). She has now moved up to the walkers and crawlers room (such a big girl!). She LOVED being able to play with all of the other kids. She also, apparently, thought it was quite funny when the other children would cry... she would laugh at them (only my child!).

As you see, Kinsley INSISTED on wearing her Dorthy shoes (hey whatever makes them happy right?).
She also LOVES to clap now... it's just the bees knees!

Sex life, what?

OKay first a warning... Mom, Dad, Seph, and anyone else related to me... STOP READING NOW! If you keep reading you will be reading about something that you may not want to know about... the baby making process. No, we're not trying to make another baby... but the mechanics of what goes into it, so STOP READING!




I'm serious, you REALLY don't want to go here!


Okay i warned you, and you're a glutton for punishment and nightmares.


So one topic i've wanted to approach for a while, but have been quite leery of is the sex life after a baby. But i didn't want this to turn into some cheap soft core porn, nor did i want to go into such detail that you would all gauge your eyes our because you were picturing my post baby body naked. Then i read this post. Blair's guest poster really gave me the guts to put it all out there!

First i'll fill in the non-Mom's of what they are in for. So Chris and I had the typical sex life, it was great and as a man he had the typical "it's never enough" mantra. But the "marital's" were always yummy.
Then it was time to get pregnant... and all of a sudden "it was enough", lol. He would claim each time i would jump him as soon as he got home from work that he "knew" what i really wanted (a baby) but he would always give in and it would be so much fun and then WHAM! Pregnant the first month. Now to MANY of you this would be AWESOME... to my husband? Not so much. I had promised him 4-6 months of "trying"... Sorry Honey, you have Super Sperm!

Well you know all of those lairs, i mean women who claimed to be SOOO horny their entire pregnancy and their husbands were turning them down??? Yeah, once again my husbands hopes and dreams were dashed.

Well finally Kinsley came along and all of those sexless nights (I mean it never STOPPED, just slowed) were worth it. And BONUS i had a mandatory 6 weeks waiting period. For his sake we tried a week early and ladies, things were a little tight, and not in a good way. So we gave up and tried again later (If at first you don't succeed).

Since then it's been a roller coaster. A coaster full of sleeplessness, depression, hormone changes, self image insecurities, etc. When it happens he still takes my breath away. BUT getting me to let it happen is no small feat. It's not that i don't want him, it's that I don't want him to see me naked, I want more sleep, I want a few minutes to myself, I want to be crazy sex kitten from college but i don't know how.

In college (SEE Mom and Dad, Seriously told you to stop reading!) we were crazy, spur of the moment, exhibitionist almost. And now, often it's him trying to "cuddle" and me giving in and telling him lets make it a quickie... again.

So how did you and your husband get back into the swing of "things" after the baby? How do you try to put yourself out there to be sexy for your husband even when you feel the furthest thing FROM sexy. I mean don't get me wrong, i know that my still present stretch marks, flabby tummy, saggy leaking boobs (again Told you to stop reading), and spit-up clothes are dead sexy to everyone.... but how do you get that out of your head and feel worthy of a sexy Northern Cowboy that loves you no matter what?

So i guess this post has turned more into a post of how to get over myself... so how do i?

She's 8 Months Old!

Kinsley is super big now. I just look at her in amazement with how much has changed in just 8 months. She is SUCH a mover now, it's out of control.

Kinsley Claps (not on cue though)
She pulls up to standing
Can sit up and support herself
She crawls EVERYWHERE!
She will babble to you for hours
She has her big girl carseat now!
She knows what "all done" with sign language (she doesn't quite do it but she knows what it means when you do it and starts waving her hands in response)
She has two teeth and i see in her gums where her upper teeth are trying to come in.
She has traveled to the Bahamas, North Carolina, and Oregon.
She eats a rang of stage 2, 3, and finger foods
She still has not tasted a drop of formula
She's in size 3 cruiser diapers
And she's still as happy as ever!

Now on to the good stuff! Photo shoot!