Ready For A New Year

I know I have done awful about keeping updated lately.  It has been crazy busy around here. 

My Nicci is now 4, Christmas is done,  Tomorrow with a new year comes Dani turning 7!  And all that happens around here in just 12 days so no wonder I'm tired!

With the New Year come other changes as well.  I have used this holiday season as an excuse to really slack off on my exercise and diet.  I am getting back on both full time as of 1-2-12 (I mean tomorrow is a birthday after all!)

Our house is so close to finished.  I hope to get the appliances ordered and delivered within the next week.  The back half is completely done, the closets are all painted, the bathroom is textured, and the closets are assembled.  We expect to be moving in by the end of January!  Of course, I wish I had the before pics then people would understand why it has taken so long to get it done, but I will definitely be sharing pics of the completed house.

Tabi has started solids and eats a ton!  She has gotten so active and busy that she hates to sleep for fear she may miss something.  It does make for a worn out Mommy! 

I guess that's all the update for now.  I'll try to weigh in next week and hope to be showing off the house soon.

Weighing In and Checking In

First, I weighed in today at 243.  That means so far I am down 31lbs.  I can see I have hit a plateau and will need to make more changes to keep losing.  And, though I am not getting the scale numbers I would like, I know I am trading fat for muscle because my clothes fit different.  It's really exciting that my 26-28 clothes don't fit at all anymore.  They literally fall off!  And, I can put my 24 jeans on and off without undoing the button, lol.  The 22 fit about right and the 20 are just a little snug.  I know I haven't been weighing and exercising like I should, but honestly, who does this time of the year?  I am still trying to keep things in check, watch my sugar intake, and drink more water, but I also don't want to miss all the stuff that comes with the season.  I know that's not exactly the right attitude, but I am trying to make life long changes and they are not all coming easy!


I know I have not been steadfast in keeping updates done.  Homeschooling two kids while taking care of 3 more is a bigger job than I expected, lol.  We are loving homeschool though.  Meli is starting to read (we are on the -at words) and does good with most of her sight words.  Dani is a strong reader and has found a love of science.  We are also learning American Sign Language.  The girls are having a blast with it and are trying to teach Tabi (6m) to sign "more  milk".  Meli especially likes to call people "old bananas".  Too funny!

Speaking of Tabi, she is on baby food now.  It is really hard to keep her diet dairy free feeding her table food so we are actually using baby food to help us insure her diet is safe for her.  She is sitting like a pro and loves to pull hair!

Well, kids are clammering for lunch and I still have about a million chores to do today.  I had better get to it.  Hopefully, I'll find time to update again before another month has passed!