Three Months of Loving Victoria

My little turtle <3

I can see time slipping through my fingers much too quickly. In just a few days, my little girl will be 4 months old, and then it's only 8 months until she's a year old... where does the time go?

Her hand eye coordination is improving at a phenominal rate. I love it when she puts her hands together like in the above photo... so precious.

Sept the 14th, she had her first two teeth pop out. This picture wasn't taken on the same day... you try putting your fingers in your babies mouth to take a picture of teeth. Bubbles and a tongue easily get in the way.

 

 

It seems like I can never get over those moments of Mama Pride... and I love that.

 

 

 

I can't wait until she is old enough so we can go on Mommy Daughter Dates. We can go out for brunch or lunch, go to the spa to get a pedicure and our hair done together. And if money is tight for whatever reason, I can make us a special snack, grab my nail polish and buffing brush and we can do each other nails. I can fix up her hair, and she can mess around with mine :)

 

 

In quiet moments like this, it nearly breaks my heart (and fills it with joy) that one day, my Little Miss will be a confident, amazing young woman who will have her own wings and won't need her mama anymore. So I snuggle in real close, breathe her in and try to soak up every second of her.

 

 

 

It's a challenge to be a good mom and let her be daring and explore her new world, try new things and take chances. I *HAVE* to let her be daring to grow and develope. I want so much to be there to catch her when she falls, but I think that sometimes, I have to pick her up after she stumbles to be able to learn what she needs to.

 



 



This amazing little person is mine, and I am OVERWHELMED with how much I love her.

Baring it all (well... almost) - The Mirror Can Tell Lies

Originally, I wasn't sure that I was going to write a blog. I was just thinking of tracking my progress in journals and such on Facebook. When I started thinking more and more about it, the more nervous I got.

All of my friends would see my "before" pictures. Me in my little red bikini that I bought four years ago. Me in my skinny blue jeans that do not make me look so skinny anymore due to the muffin top bubbling over the edge.

Then I decided that I would just start a blog. And come to think of it, I post the link from each blog post to my profile on Facebook as well as a Facebook group that I am a member of, so my friends are going to see my before pictures anyway.

And I know I'm not that big, but over the years I have accumulated cottage cheese on the back of my thighs (and I hate to say it, but on my ass as well.), my buns are losing the former "Hey, look at that chicks butt" look to them and I've developed slight back rolls. Which, when I went and looked at my self timed photo, I think my jaw dropped. I don't even know WHEN I started to get those little rolls. Why did no one tell me? Maybe, because I don't gallivant around town naked... *laughs* who knows? Maybe it's just an awkward subject to bring up.

And surprisingly, you do not see these things in the mirror after you get out of the shower. Let's all admit it, we put a show on for ourselves in that mirror. We suck in that junk food belly, we turn so that we are on like, a 45 degree angle and raise one leg just so slightly to view our sweet meats, and MAGIC! They are so nice and round! You do not... I repeat, do not see the shapeless thing you see in the picture above. The mirror can tell lies, let's just hope you didn't ask who the fairest one of all is when it lies.

I've really been keeping up my motivation! Tomorrow is the day that I'm scheduled to intensify my workouts, and I've ordered the "Insanity" workout DVDs, and I'm really looking forward to starting it with one of my girlfriends. She does live in the next town over, but we are starting at the same time and we are going to keep each other on track for the whole 60 days!

We also have a lot of support in our community for health, but that's another blog post!

What have you been doing to create your own happiness as of late? Have you been doing anything interesting that you are excited about?