A little shout out...

I have had something on my mind for quite some time now and I finally decided I would just blog about it. So this is a shout out to one of the most amazing women I know...my sister. There are a lot of reasons why I love and admire my sister but for now I just want to name a few.

• The day after I got home from the hospital with Tanner, my mom, who had come to stay with me to help with the baby, had a severe allergy or asthma attack (doctors still aren't sure) and had to be hospitalized. I was a wreck. I had a little bit of postpartum depression and was also worried sick about my poor mother, all while trying to take care of a brand new baby. My amazing sister dropped everything in her life and flew in from Texas to come and stay with me and help out. She cleaned my house, cooked, and even helped get Tanner's room ready since he surprised us and came so early. Tiff, I would have never survived that first week without you. Thank you!

• My sister and her husband live in the middle of nowhere in a placed called Salt Flat, TX. The nearest sign of life is 30 minutes away in Dell City but is still in the middle of nowhere. Dell City is the nearest place to get gas, groceries, etc. and also where her kids go to school but there is still only one gas station and one tiny little market. El Paso is where they usually go for groceries and is 2 hours away. Oh and they drive there every Sunday morning for church with their 4 kids. I seriously think I would go inactive if I had to drive 2 hours to church. They practically LIVE in their car. AMAZING!!

• My sister is Superwoman! She seriously has like 5 jobs. Not kidding. She keeps books for her husbands trucking business, sells Close To My Heart scrapbooking products, works at the library and a couple more that I can't even think of cause she's so busy. She's also the PTA president and has 3 church callings. She does all this and takes care of her 4 kids and husband.

I love you, TIff! You've always been a wonderful sister and now that we're adults I'm glad I can call you my best friend!

The gift of time...

...that's what I got for Valentine's Day. Normally he gets me some flowers and a card or something like that which I do love but it's nice to switch it up sometimes. He asked me what I wanted this year and I said, "Just do something thoughtful...I don't really care what." So his gift to me is an entire day all for me including any money I want to spend. I can go and do whatever I want and he'll stay home with the baby. And you know what I said? "Can I make it two half days? I will miss Tanner too much to be gone for a whole day." How pathetic am I? :D But I still haven't spent a whole lot of time away from him. I've already started thinking of some things I want to do. I've never had a massage and a girl in my ward is a massage therapist so I might do that. I was thinking about seeing a chick flick with some friends or get some lunch. Probably do a little clothes shopping. But I wanna know........what would you do?

It's about time...

It has been so long since I posted...it's almost shameful. Well, we have been doing so incredibly well. I am so happy and blessed...I know it seems like I say that every time, but it's true. Life is good. We had a wonderful holiday season. I have some really cute pictures/videos of Tanner's first Christmas that I need to post. I will soon. As for today, I have to talk about something that makes me so happy...feeling SKINNY!!!

During my pregnancy I was SO sick all the time that I couldn't eat anything I wanted to eat. I was seriously stuck eating crackers, toast, cereal, apples and applesauce for the majority of the pregnancy. So after I had Tanner I went to the opposite extreme eating all kinds of yummy things...way too much actually. But I was still losing weight in spite of all of the crap I was eating because I am nursing. (Yes, I am one of those lucky people.)

So one day I was sitting on the couch with my Sonic Burger and soda in hand and I started thinking, if I can lose weight eating all this junk, how much weight would I be losing if I ate healthy again? So I joined Weight Watchers with a friend from my ward and I am LOVING IT!! I am a true believer in their new Momentum program. As of today I weigh 26 pounds less than my pre-pregnancy weight. That means I have lost all of my baby weight plus 26 more pounds in the five months since I had Tanner. I know it sounds like I am bragging because I am. :D Ha ha...forgive me but it is a great feeling to lose weight. If you have been trying to lose some weight and have the money to spend on Weight Watchers, it comes recommended. And good luck!