In a year

 12 pics of liv growing taken every month

Olivia born

                                                          Olivia one months

                                           Olivia two months and her first Halloween

                                            Olivia three months and her first thanksgiving

Olivia four months and her first Christmas

Olivia five months

Olivia six months

                                                           Olivia seven months

                                                            Olivia eight months

                                                               Olivia nine months

                                                                 Olivia ten months

                                                           Olivia eleven months

                                                                 Olivia 12 months`

weight loss

10 months today!

So sorry I have not updated in so long. It's been a hectic crazy few months.  First off Olivia is 10 months today!  Holy cow it is crazy! I still look at her and think of her as my little newborn baby. Time has flown by so fast.

We are starting to plan Olivia's big birthday bash. We have come up with the theme. Drum roll........................................................................................................................
 princess tea party!

By planning we mean I have pintrested A LOT of ideas lol.

So lets start of by telling you all about Olivia:

• Her first word was Dadda
• She is not a big fan of sweets
• her fav foods are squash, avocado, and sweet potatoes
• she started crawling just before nine months
• she is standing up on furniture
• she has three and a half teeth
• she loves bath time
• her fav toy is a plastic water bottle lol
• she finally started going to our church nursery, and is struggling with it a bit
• she is no longer napping maybe one if we are lucky
• she still has her blue eyes

So about mommy. Remember in January when I said i was loosing weight lol. Well I totally stopped and gained all the weight back plus more! womp womp.  I know  I know its bad, but last month I went to the doctor and it was the first time that a doctor had commented on my weight and it hit me. Holy shit I am really fat like really fat and unhealthy and if I don't change things now I am going to have serious health issues in the future, and I don't want to pass those issues to Olivia. I bawled my eyes out that whole day. I got up that morning and decided I was going to change. So fast forward three weeks and here I am eight lbs lighter and eating healthy and working out six days a week. I am also training for my first 5k in September. So I am super excited and motivated. Lets hope that doesn't change.

So I also changed my major AGAIN. I was going to school for nursing but the wait list and the amount of time away from Olivia just didn't seem right for me. I looked up different things and found Medical Assistant and I love everything about it. So I start my program in October and will be done next June. I am excited to have a job that will allow me to be  with Olivia on the weekends and holidays.

Anyway I will try to keep you all more updated. Thanks for reading friends!

neglected

So its been so long since my last blog update. So sorry it has been so hectic with school and taking care of Olivia.

Here are Olivia's updates. Since my last post in January Olivia got sick at the end of January and we took her to the hospital a couple of times because she was having trouble breathing and had a lot of phlegm. After our third visit they finally admitted her and she was diagnosed with RSV.  It was one of the hardest things seeing Olivia in the hospital. Thank goodness she was only in the hospital for a couple of days. Once we got home it didn't take long for her to be 100%.













Olivia's big milestones

• she began eating cereal in January
• she learned how to roll over from her back to her front and vise versa in the hospital 
• she has her two front bottom teeth
• she is now sitting on her own 
• she stands up and can hold her self up for a few seconds
• she is starting to learn to crawl
• she can now wave bye or hi lol
• she reaches out for Justin and i when people are holding her
• she also started eating veggies
• traveled cross country to California for the first time
• met her grandpa sal, uncle Eddie, aunt Janet, aunt Joanny, aunt Joanna, and aunt Karina
• She got to meet her godmothers Lily and Merli
• Got to go to the beach

So those are the biggest things that have happened in the last few months. She is now seven months and I love watching her grow into a sweet, funny (has mom's sense of humor duh),beautiful girl. I adore her so much. Although it has been amazing watching her grow its also a little sad. I still remember the day we first brought her home and I feel like it was just yesterday. My baby is growing up so fast, but I feel blessed that I have been able to stay home and watch every single minute of her life. She has brought me so much happiness and love into my life I am the happiest I have been in my entire life.

So as for me I have been a bit stressed trying to balance having a baby, school, keeping up with the house, being a wife, my fitness,and my relationship with God. I have never had to juggle so many things at once. I wish i was super women and I didn't have to sleep but I am not. I am exhausted a lot. I think that's my only complaint, I am sooo tired all the time. And in case you were wondering about my anxiety its been great! I have been feeling amazing I finally got to see my family in California and it was the best trip ever, although i wish we would have stayed longer.Justin and I also celebrated our five year anniversary and we had a blast we went out for dinner and went out to Cincinnati it was amazing! My fitness was put on hold for a month hahaha. I know terrible right? After Olivia got sick I got sick for about a week and a half, and then we went to California so I ate like a total  lard ass. So once we got back I started working out again and I have been on it! 

So that is the update. I will try to update more! 

what I am doing to loose weight

our first vacation

Tuesday we took our first vacation in a very, very long time. It was also Olivia's first vacation. We went to Chicago which is a four hour drive. We left at six a.m. and got to Chicago at eleven Ohio time. Olivia did really well sleeping most of the way and the rest of the time she was entertained by her toys. Some tips on long drives are: def.  have toys, lots of toys lol. Also I have my phone with music she likes, and I put it next to her in the car and that kept her entertained most of the drive and it also puts her to sleep. So that was good. I also made sure I had bottles made for the whole trip.

We had so much fun exploring a new city together as a family. Olivia seemed to enjoy all the bright lights. And we just loved getting away for a while. We got to eat a lot of delicious food! The pizza is AMAZING! Seriously its sooo good. We also went to Superdawg that we had seen on Food Network and Travel Channel and it was pretty good but I didn't think it was much better than your average hot dog place. Their fudge sundae was really good.  I do have to say you walk so much in Chicago that I feel like it would be impossible to gain weight lol.

So I know I have mentioned that I have been suffering from anxiety for about two years now. I finally got on medication in September and it has been working wonderfully! BUT while in Chicago I got some anxiety and it kind of sucked because it def made our vacation less enjoyable. On our way back home I had a really bad anxiety attack and it was horrible especially being hours away from home. I finally calmed down after playing  with Olivia in the car and getting some food. So I def need to work on relaxing and calming down when I start to get anxious especially because we have an ever bigger trip coming up! We are going to visit my family in California in two months.

 So a few updates on Olivia,  she is going to be five months in two days! She rolled over for the first time the day after Christmas! She is also starting to sit on her own. She is  talking so much more and super loud lol. She likes to scream super high pitched lol its honestly the funniest thing ever. On her last doctors appointment she weighed 14 lbs and was 24 inches long. So she is right on track with her development.

As for me I am still trying to loose weight. During the holiday season I have lost six lbs which isn't much but considering all the delicious food there was and how much I ate I would say I did pretty good. I also just started spring classes this week and so far its going good, hope I will keep on track. Its going to be especially hard since Livs isn't napping so much during the day, but I am just going to have to work harder. So that is all for this update. 

Also if you subscribe to my blog I will be having a giveaway next month so leave me a comment and I will choose a winner on Feb 14th! No need to be a mama to enjoy this gift!

three months and losing it

So my beautiful beautiful girl is three months and 6 days. I know I always mention I can't believe how big she is but seriously its crazy. I mean she is 13 lbs and 24 inches long that's more than doubled her size. She is getting more and more beautiful and we are starting to see more of her personality. She is starting to laugh and its the sweetest sound ever. She has gotten more hair and her eyes are still blue I am starting to think they will stay but who knows only time will tell. She has really bad cradle cap and to top it off she has eczema. So my poor girl is itchy a lot. We are trying baby oil and eczema cream and so far it works ok but it hasn't cleared it.

 So my last blog I mentioned that she was sleeping up to 13 hours.... well that went down the drain lol she is waking up 2-3 times a night which isn't so bad because Justin is really helping out at night so we each wake up at least once at night. She is taking more naps during the day so that makes up for the nights.

So our first Halloween did not go as I had planned. Justin and Olivia were both sick and it was super cold that day. SO we stayed home and dressed up livs and tried to take pics but she wasn't having it lol she was screaming her head off for TWO HOURS so this Halloween was a fail lol but I guess thats what happens with kids you can never plan to much in advance.

 The only picture we got of her not crying

So as for mommy, I am doing really good! My anxiety medication is working really great. I feel really good lately. My weight loss journey on the other hand took a break for a month. Ugh I was super disappointed when I gained SEVEN LBS! So my butt got back into things a week ago and so far 1 lb lost. I am so determined to get this weight off. I want to keep up with livs and be here for her for a long time! I also want to feel good about myself. I don't want to be the fat girl anymore or the cute girl I want to be beautiful and sexy for my husband even though he claims he likes me either way. So here I go on this journey this new lifestyle change. I will keep you all posted and show you all pics of my progress.