Monkey Bear

Jett has been completely smitten with this little monkey/bear (Kyler and I can't agree on what it actually is.....I am pretty dang sure it is monkey he thinks it is a bear... :) 

All I know is that it is darling.

 Since I am a member of the SIDS police I don't  actually let Jett sleep with it. But every night when I sneak in his room to ever so gently take it away from him if he is not really asleep he screams (the sad scream with his bottom lip out and everything) until I give  back what he feels rightfully belongs to him, then he sucks on his MonkeyBears nose until he falls into dream land........I am thinking about running down to WalMart and picking up five more of those things....

Other news Jett has officially moved out of our room. I think it is safe to say he is taken the move a lot easier then I have And at 3 months and 2 days he rolled from his back to his belly for the first time! It really scared him.

xoxox

Look who is Nine weeks old!!

This week Jett has officially found his voice and he is not afraid to use it!

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"uncle Caitlin"

This weekend I had a lot of cute little boys running(in Jett's case it was an occasional rolling;) around our little house! I love these little boys They all call me "Uncle Caitlin" and asks Kyler where his "sisters"  at. haha

I am excited for today I just have a feeling it is going to be a wonderful day. Even if today was one of those days where I would have rather have gone back to bed instead of make my bed! Yesterday during church it was asked if we put the Lord first in our lives. A suggestion was made that one way to put the lord first is to start each day on your knees in prayer and to study your scriptures first thing in the morning. This is a lifetime habit I want to make mine....and to think it all started today! Oh and before I forget this little guy is 15 weeks old!

Look who is 8 Weeks Old!! giving someone the middle finger is never cute unless....

Fact: It is NEVER cute for someone to use their middle finger,

unless they are 8 weeks old or younger

(Next week we will have to start working on Jett's manners!)

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Weighing on my mind!!

( courtesy of google images)

Losing weight really is pretty darn simple Eat less + exercise More (I tried that once and it didn't work haha ;)

So the question I have been asking myself lately is "Why is something so seemingly simple so dang hard and where or even what is the happy medium when it comes to diet and exercise or the "ideal" weight?"

Answer: I have know idea! But it would be super awesome if I did know!

I remember when I was ten years old it was New Years Eve of "Y2k" and I made my first list of New Years Resolutions. On the very top of my list I scribbled out Lose Weight. And That has seemed to be on the top of my New Years Resolutions every year since...I do hope this year will be different.

The last time I remember slipping on a pair of my "skinny" jeans and feeling not just cute but comfortable and I am not talking over sized t-shirt and stretchy pant look that I have been sporting for the past few years comfortable, but truly comfortable was when I was 17. The magic number for me was a 135 pounds…….(for my build that definitely was a happy medium:)

Unfortunately due to many late night dates with my favorite treats like chips, salsa and Oreo cookies that comfortable feeling was short lived and I have been chasing it ever since.

So before I went off to college I planned on reaching my goal weight of 135 when that didn't happen I decided I would lose it before my wedding,... no such luck.....surely before I got pregnant I would get the hott body that I long since desired....nope. At times I would have burst of motivation and me being the goal orientated person that I am, (remember this?) would make books of goals, food journals, fancy excel sheets to track my food intake and the goals I had made. I expected nothing less then perfection when it came to accomplishing my goals. Which was so silly because as soon as I would deviate from my “plan” or eat something that was on my “forbidden” list I would make a resolution to start over “tomorrow” or better yet on “Monday.” Unfortunately tomorrow or Monday has never come. And honestly my weight and body image has been effecting WAY more then just the way I look in jeans.

BUT I really feel like I have finally have had a little "paradigm shift. “

I realized that I do not have to be perfect eating in my exercise and eating endeavors I have to simply be persistent! I have been reminding myself of this simple yet so very profound concept CONSTANTLY these last few weeks. And guess what over the last two weeks I already love myself a little more, not to mention I am already 2.2 pounds lighter! So from here on out I am going to have the "I can and I will" attitude when it comes to accomplishing my oh so many goals! I am so far from perfect but oh my goodness I can and I will be persistent!

This is my goal (it may not be the most realistic but it is a goal none the less:)

To weigh 135lb by January 1, 2011

Since I came dangerously close to changing the first digit of my weight from a 1 to a 2 at the end of my pregnancy this is an extremely ambitious goal! At nearly 8 weeks postpartum there is a little over 30 pounds less of me to love! But I still have an overwhelming 29.4 pounds to go!! (You would think I would be embarrassed sharing my weight but surprising I am not at the least…weight is just a number and I would LOVE if my number was 135 ;)

So folks here is my plan for getting a Hott Bod!! Every day for the last few weeks I have been drinking 1 gallon of water and first thing every morning I write down what I am planning on eating on this.

I even hired a personal trainer….thee Jillian Michaels(I have connections;)!!! It is only 20 minutes a day but Kyler and I are drenched in sweat when our little session if you will is over!

Friday weigh in: 164.4 lb.

Total weight loss: 30.6 lb.

On that note I think I will leave you guys with a little motivational scripture!! Enjoy!

Ether 12: 27 "And if men come unto me I will show unto them their ^aweakness. I ^bgive unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my^cgrace is sufficient for all men that ^dhumble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make ^eweak things become strong unto them."

xoxoxo