Thanks So Much!!

You girls made my day!! I have recieved an award! Thanks so much to Keely and Lisa for passing on this great award.

I cant tell how how much it means to me that you all would want to read my thoughts jotted down on this computer. Thanks again girls :)

This award does come with rules so lets just go ahead and get those taken care of:

1) Display the award logo - check

2) Nominate up to 9 blogs that make you feel comfy or warm inside

3) Link to your Nominees and leave a comment on their blog telling them about the award.-check

4) Link to the person whom you received the award - check
 
There are so many wonderful blogs out there that I read and you girls know who you are.. I wouldnt "follow" you if I didnt find your blog uplifting and heart warming!! Not to mention many of you have already recieved this award so I am just going to say thank you so very much girls you rock and skip the passing it along part. Not to mention I did follow three out of four rules... not to shabby I would say!
 
Have a great Monday!! Check in with you all tomorrow :)

Who are you?!

This my friends... was my sweet little baby girl when she was about a month or so old. Very small and sweet and super cuddly. She was usually content and very easy to handle. Just plain precious!

Yummy... doesnt get much better than that!!

Now I have this crazy, naughty, climb-aholic, no telling, running toddler!! Who are you and what have you done with my baby? Take a look for your self... this is her new skill she learned yesterday...

(sorry for the grainy pics...thats a cell phone for ya)

So this along with alot of other naughty things that have been going on in this house... I think its time for some intense redirecting and/or discipline. What do you suggest discipline wise for a 15mo old? (and I will let ya know she def. knows when she is doing something wrong so I think it is fair to say she is ready for some consequences with in reason). Has anyone ever read the strong willed child? What did you think of it?

Now dont get me wrong I know most if not all of this is totally appropriate toddler behavior and I am enjoying her new found spunky self.. but just would like to hear your thoughts on what you think is age appropriate discipline?!

Have a happy Thursday everyone!! One day closer to the weekend :)

Wordless Wednesday

Some Daddy Love

Hot and Healthy Check In #2

Hot and Healthy Through The Holidays

Alright girls... the momment of truth is upon us! How did you do this week? Was it easier or harder than you thought? I know for me I knew it was going to be very hard and I proved myself right. It was incredibly hard!! Check in with Mama M and Keely to check out the goals for next week.

1. How did your first week go:
 It was hard. Soo hard! I am a snacker and a fan of anything sweet... so it took alot of restraint for me to avoid things like that. I finally got rid of all the Halloween candy on sunday after I realized I had totally ruined the whole weekend by eating it. I did decent during the week but totally blew it this weekend. I will work on it! I will do better this week... just going to keep telling myself that!

2. Did you get your cardio in?
 Actually I did get in most of it! Surprising huh? I usually walk for about 45 min a day pushing a double stroller around the neighborhhood. That has to burn some calories right? I would like to get a diff. type of cardio in as well... I will be working on that next week.

3.Did you try Mams M's snacking tips?
 I did try... but this was my biggest downfall. I eat when I get bored... and that seems to happen a little to often. I did try at least (other than this weekend ) to eat healthier snacks if I felt the need to snack.. So we will call this one mission halfway successful (glass half full kind of girl )

4. Did you try the pilates One Hundred:
I did!! YAY! (thank goodness she didnt ask if I completed the whole one hundred ;)

5.Are you taking this as serious as we are?
I am really trying to be serious and work hard at this. I wasnt as good as I would have liked to be last week.. but I am in it for the long haul and really hoping to see some great results from it!


Thanks for checking in on me girls... cant wait to hear how you did this week!

Its that time again!!

Five Question Friday with Mama M

YAY!! So glad its Friday today! (esp after the wicked witch of the west-my boss-is forcing me to add about seven hours a week onto my schedule-UGH) Ready to kick back and relax this weekend with my little family and enjoy some football.

So lets get on with the questions:

1. What is your dream job?

 

 My dream job most def. is to be a SAHM! I am just not a risk taker and scared of going to one income. I want nothing more than to be able to stay at home and take care of my little one while she is a baby and do fun things with her and be able to not be so stressed by having to take care of someone else children! OK I will get off my soap box.. on to the next Q.

2. What song could you play over and over?

 Hmmm... I am a huge music girl. I love me some country music! Hard to narrow it down to just one song so I will say my fav. artist right now is Keith Urban. He is nice to look at and fun to sing along with ;)

3. Do you prefer to talk on the phone, text, or email?

Text. With miss priss running around usually I cant get a quiet minute to carry on a decent phone convo so its just easier to txt. I dont have email on my phone yet or that would prob have been my choice. Verizon just came out with their version of the Iphone so maybe I will get the hook up at Xmas time?!

4. What is your must have beauty product?

I , like Kate, am not a huge make up person. I mean I will put some on if I am going out or something but most days I go the natural route. One thing I must have is my mascara though! A girl cant be running around with blonde eye lashes and no mascara :)

5. What is your favorite MJ song?

I cant say that I am/was a huge MJ fan. I know I know but he was the best.. yada yada yada. Its not that I dislike him its just I didnt really listen to most of his music so I dont have a fav... sorry girls

Enjoyed 5QF this week! Hope everyone has a great weekend! We will be hanging outside this weekend in the cool fall air watching football while Emma plays in the leaves :)

Hot and Healthy Through The Holidays!

Alright ladies here goes nothing! I am going to give Keely and Mama M's Hot and Healthy Through The Holidays a shot! I am doing this for 3 main reasons....

1. I am about a pound shy of my prebaby (at my 6wk app) weight but I am about 10 lbs from where I was when I got married... where I feel comfortable in my own skin... where I feel confident being me! I want that confidence back and I want to do it the healthy way and not just some fad diet.. ya know?

2. I want to be a good example to my little girl. It is really hard when I am drinking soda and eating candy but wanting her to drink water and eat fruit ya know? Seems a little hypocritical of me. I want her to be aware of healthy choices and we all know they mimic everything we do and want to eat or drink anything we have! What better way to teach her (and my husband for that matter) than by example.

3. I was recently (about 3mo ago or so) diagnosed with systemic arthritis. They are still running some test to figure out exactly what kind and how to treat it. They have told me the best thing I can do is low impact workouts and maintain a healthy way to slow down the progression of the arthritis. I want to be able to play and do fun things with my daughter and not feel like a 90 year old woman anymore. Hoping and praying between the meds and the healthy eating I can at least slow the progression down some (they have told me any damage already done isnt reversible unfortunatly).

BUT.. I will totally need you girls support. I am a choc-aholic for sure! I also enjoy my sodas and my fast food.. so I have a ton of work to do. Glad I have such a fun great group of girls to hold me accountable and make me stick to this commitment!

Good Luck!!!

Halloween Pics... and other stuff!

 First off lets talk Halloween. We had a blast! Emma was so much fun and so into it. Way more than I ever thought she would be. We had a little hayride thing with friends and went around the neighborhood. Every time we stopped she would start pointing to the houses and get excited. It was too cute! Here is a pic of my little bumblebee... even though none of them are great because she was wwwaaayy to busy to stop and pose for mom :(

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Alright now that we got the cuteness out of the way... I have a question for you! Some advice needed. Since none of you really know me IRL I thought yall would be a great way to get some advice from someone who isnt really emotionally involved ya know?! So feel free to chime in and let me know what ya think.

Background:

I am a nanny and have been for a little over two and half years. I was offered this job as I was A's daycare teacher and her mom asked me if I would be willing to quit my daycare job and come and be A's nanny full time. SURE! Who wouldnt want to take care of 1 child vs 12 children and make more money doing it?! Count me in! I started working with the family right away and everything was wonderful. Well the following winter the lady I worked for became pregnant and about a month and a half later I was suprised to find out I too would be a mommy. The lady... we will call her K. K had told me (even when she knew I was pregnant) that I would be getting a 200 dollar a month raise when her baby was born... because then I would be taking care of two children instead of one... yada yada yada. Ok great... I was a little scared about taking care of two newborns and a three year old but I was game to try anything.

Here and Now:

Alright so the "babies" are now a little over a year old and A.. is off to preschool for half days and things are as crazy as ever. BUT here lies the dilema that I need your advice on... she is trying did change my schedule and it now includes about 7 hours more work per week! which really sucks! but the kicker is she is trying to not increase my pay at all. (Im salary not hourly) So I am looking at this as a pretty big pay cut and she is saying well I never adjusted your salary when your baby was born and I probably should have... (why should I get a pay cut for having a baby ya know... not affecting the way I care for her children at all) Would you go and try and find another job even though I have the huge perk of bringing Emma and still having an income? would you just quit all together and really skimp by (we could prob make it finanically but it would be VERY tough and would be a lifestyle change to say the least )? Would you just bite the bullet and work for less money? The problem is I just feel like she pulls be around by a leash because she "knows" I prob wont go anywhere?!

So feel free to leave me your thoughts on it all. If not I felt better writing it out..thanks for reading and sorry I just laid all my negative thoughts out there today.. not usually one to spill like that.  Hope  you girls have a great week!!  :)