Crunches

Grace has been trying desperately to sit up, it often looks likes she's doing crunches, it just amuses me!

How To Entertain The Masses

simply give them this toy. I took a bath and realized that everyone was being very quite, I found them all in Grace's room mesmerized by the toy!

First Tooth

Grace's first tooth is finally starting to poke through!

Weekly Weigh In

So, I didn't blog about my weigh in last week, I was just busy, and I had gained a pound, so didn't really want to blog about that, but I'm back on track and ready to blog again.
So, now to the numbers:
3.3 pounds lost this week
7.7 pounds lost since 12/12
23.7 pounds lost since before I got pregnant
27.7 pounds lost since I had Grace

2.3 more pounds until I reach my first goal (10 pounds by 1/12)
66.7 more pounds until I reach my main goal (70 pounds in the year 2009)

Goals and Accomplishments

I had blogged the other day about how at New Years' Eve we had to list our accomplishments for 2008 and our goals for 2009, so I thought I would share them here!

Accomplishments for 2008
1-Having Grace: just everything involved in having a baby, getting pregnant, dealing with morning sickness EVERY single day from 5 weeks until delivery, being on bedrest, the induction, my high blood pressure, pre-eclampsia, laboring, having a c-section, recovering, all that is a huge accomplishment for me
2- Breastfeeding: man it is so much harder than I ever thought, but I am happy we are still breastfeeding and have never needed to supplement
3- I am in such a better mind set in 2008 then I was in 2007, I went through a really rough patch of depression and anxiety for quite a while
4- I lost weight: a month after delivering Grace I weighed less than I did before I got pregnant ( I think all the morning sickness helped with this one)
5- I went dairy free (for Grace's sake) and have remained that way for 2 months now
6- We started budgeting and eating out less
7- I finally admitted that I hated my career and that I think I made the wrong decision becoming a nurse


Goals for 2009
1- Lose 70 pounds (which sounds like a lot, but is only roughly 8 pounds a month, 2 pounds a week)
2- Take care of some of our debt
3- Get pregnant again (not until the end of 2009 though)
4- Continue to breastfeed at least until Grace is a year old
5- Save up to go away in May
6- Exercise 3 times a week (I'm going to have to start this goal slow, like 1 day a week, than 2, than eventually 3)
7-Take more me time
8-Keep a neater house, not let laundry and dishes pile up, do a little each day
9-Buy a new car
10-Continue to stay dairy free
11-Start journaling all Grace does ( I actually started this yesterday!)
12-Follow through with my goals and update my progress on them monthly

Just a Quick Blog

Yes it is 2 o'clock in the morning and I'm still awake. Cole is trying to walk Grace asleep so I figured I'd share a cute video while I had the time.

We were at the Brennan's Friday night and while Uncle Josh read Jackson some bedtime stories Grace hung out in Jack's chair, just watch the cuteness!

New Years Eve '08

We had a wonderful New Years Eve!

First we dressed warm because it was cold and snowing out
then we headed to the Brennans' were Grace took a nice 1.5 hour nap in Jacob's swing

then Grace laid on Auntie and Uncle Josh's bed sucking her thumb while Jackson and I did puzzles

then Gracie got some kisses from Momma

and drooled all over Daddy

Neko and Jogger got close without fighting

Jackson listened to some music

Gracie wore Momma's hat
then after Jackson went to bed we did our death pool draft, yes we are horrible people!
then the ball dropped and Gracie being the only kid awake, contemplated waking Jacob, but didn't
then Grace finally fell asleep, while the rest of us went around and listed our accomplishments for 08 and our goals for '09
all and all we had a fantastic New Years' Eve!