Thursday, September 12, 2013
Out My Window
Wow. I'm really behind on this challenge. Oh well, I promise I WILL get all 30 word photos up here, though it may extend into October (whoops!). Well for today the word is "Out My Window". And I love this picture.
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Circle
(For Sept 6th)
Yesterday morning I had a girly time with one of my best friends Nicole. We went to the salon and had our eyebrows sculpted and each received a facial. It was heaven. After the salon we walked across the street to this little home decorating/knick knack/ holiday décor store. It was AWESOME. I will definitely be going back there soon. I saw a few things I really wanted for Violet's room, and just our home in general. Anyway, I found these and decided I would use them for the challenge word:
Yesterday morning I had a girly time with one of my best friends Nicole. We went to the salon and had our eyebrows sculpted and each received a facial. It was heaven. After the salon we walked across the street to this little home decorating/knick knack/ holiday décor store. It was AWESOME. I will definitely be going back there soon. I saw a few things I really wanted for Violet's room, and just our home in general. Anyway, I found these and decided I would use them for the challenge word:
Aren't these so much fun! I can't wait to fill them with flowers and place them around our home.
($0.50 each)
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Friday, September 6, 2013
Empty
(For Sept 5th)
When I think of the word "empty" the first thing which pops into my head is Cristian's stomach. Scrambled eggs with homemade salsa, fresh steamed broccoli with cheddar cheese for lunch :D
When I think of the word "empty" the first thing which pops into my head is Cristian's stomach. Scrambled eggs with homemade salsa, fresh steamed broccoli with cheddar cheese for lunch :D
I forgot to take a picture of the broccoli, but it was very good. :D
Exercise
(For Sept 4th)
This is how I will be exercising for the next 2-6 months:
Oh, and my goal is to reach my target weight by March 1 2014. Let the training begin!
This is how I will be exercising for the next 2-6 months:
When I first started Insanity several months ago I was still nursing Violet. Upon completing the program and seeing I actually weighed more then when I started (although I did lose several inches) I did a little bit of research and got in contact with a Beach Body Trainer. I was told there is a small percentage of women who never really see changes in their body until AFTER they stop breastfeeding. It maybe have been a selfish decision but over the last several weeks I have worked on weaning Violet. She was doing a great job of this herself I just became more assertive about when I would breastfeed her and when I wouldn't. We have gone about a whole week so I'm ready to get my workouts going again. I was even able to buy a new pair of quality running shoes last week! So today it's time recommit to the program, make my calories count, and get back into a routine. Violet will most likely assume her role of wiping my face with a towel when I start sweating, and try to sit on my tummy while doing floor exercises. Isn't her belly cute?! To bad mine isn't ;)
Oh, and my goal is to reach my target weight by March 1 2014. Let the training begin!
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Up
Up. This one has been kind of cool. When I started to decorate my home I really had no idea what I was doing. There was this blank wall on the north end of my strangely angled living room. So I started putting things up, my mom was helping me and the finishing touch was this plaque "Remember Who You Are". At the time putting it up at the top wasn't significant, but with this photo challenge I think I just made it meaningful :D Because lately I've been "looking up" in efforts to create a better relationship with my Father in Heaven. I was called as the First Counselor in the Primary a few weeks ago. This calling has helped me in a MILLION different ways. From getting me out of bed to actually attend church, to helping me learn how to teach Violet the principles of the gospel in my home. I love this calling (even though there's only 1 kid in primary, and he only sometimes comes), it's good for Violet to sit and listen to the music, and be around another child every now and then. And good for Cristian also has he willingly volunteers to help me come up wit my lessons and activities.
Look up to Remember Who You Are :D
Hard Work
For what was supposed to be the 2nd of September: hard work.
Juggling between wife and mother is the epitome of "hard work" for me. Both roles are still relatively new, and with both roles the learning and growing process will never come to a standstill. Both are things I will have to work at for the rest of my life. Oddly enough (for some of you), one of the toughest things I've struggled with figuring out is how to cook. Not just cook. How to cook specifically for my sweet husband and full-of-life daughter. Tonight we're doing a cheesy potato soup with celery, carrots, and onion, garlic bread, and for dessert a no bake, peanut butter and cornflake bar. Ovens, pots, pans, knives...they all make me nervous but hopefully this turns out. There are some photos of sweet Violet. The first is her daily routine of stashing my shoes and socks around the house. You can't see my shoes, but they are IN that cupboard. Next, Violet is a very good sleeper at night but sometimes fights hard against afternoon nap times, which perhaps are more important for MY sanity, than for hers.
Juggling between wife and mother is the epitome of "hard work" for me. Both roles are still relatively new, and with both roles the learning and growing process will never come to a standstill. Both are things I will have to work at for the rest of my life. Oddly enough (for some of you), one of the toughest things I've struggled with figuring out is how to cook. Not just cook. How to cook specifically for my sweet husband and full-of-life daughter. Tonight we're doing a cheesy potato soup with celery, carrots, and onion, garlic bread, and for dessert a no bake, peanut butter and cornflake bar. Ovens, pots, pans, knives...they all make me nervous but hopefully this turns out. There are some photos of sweet Violet. The first is her daily routine of stashing my shoes and socks around the house. You can't see my shoes, but they are IN that cupboard. Next, Violet is a very good sleeper at night but sometimes fights hard against afternoon nap times, which perhaps are more important for MY sanity, than for hers.
Don't worry, she eventually fell asleep :D
Inspire
I'd like to get back into photography, so I decided to do this "Photo A Day Challenge" for the month of September. Yeah I'm 4 days behind, but better late then never. The word for the day is "inspire", hence the post title for today's entry. So here we go:
These are few things that inspire me. White linens, wildflowers to look at, my beautiful daughter. When things are clean, it's easier for me to be inspired to create. And nothing says "clean" to me like white linens and a freshly bathed Violet.
Dreams
The last couple of weeks I have tried to stop nursing . It's not really because I want to. I love breastfeeding. I love the bond it's created between myself and Violet. I love knowing at the end of a hard day, we will have a peaceful moment before she fades off to sleep. But I'm simply not losing the baby weight like I should. There is a small percentage of women who never start to lose their baby weight until they stop nursing. It feels like a selfish reason, but I'm not happy or comfortable will how I feel or look right now.
It's been hard on both of us. The first couple of times Violet would find her bobby pillow and follow me around like a wimpering puppy. It would just about break my heart so I'd give in. Seeing her like that made me feel depressed and weepy myself. I think we're almost there though. It's been 4 days since the last time I nursed her. I don't feel like myself, and I know it's the hormones. All the transitions have been so exhausting and stressful. It has all been worth it though. Violet makes me feel more needed then anything else in this world. She saved my life. She is my life. And I'm so blessed and happy she's mine all mine :D
Today she never took a nap. She woke up at 930am, and went until about 8pm tonight. This means I should probably head to bed because she'll be ready to go bright and early in the morning. But I need to express in words my feelings for Cristian. My best friend. My everything.
I love him more and more each day.
We've had hard times. VERY hard times. Times I never believed we would ever work through. When I married him I knew we would have struggles, I didn't know what they would be though. I knew things wouldn't be perfect, but I didn't know how imperfect things would feel and be sometimes. We've worked through and overcome every thing that has come up. And I believe with every resolution we become stronger and stronger.
Right now he's in a deep sleep, breathing basically in my ear. I love this man.
I've never met someone so determined and so hard working. He's so intelligent and funny. He has such an interesting mind, and can achieve ANYTHING he sets his mind to. His memory blows mine out of the water, and he loves Violet in the exact way I hoped he would.
Violet absolutely adores him. She screams and runs to him arms open and kissy lips a ready when he walks through the door and today he sent me a text that nearly made me cry. It was simple.
"Honey, I love you. I'm so glad I married you".
Babe, I feel the same way.
It's been hard on both of us. The first couple of times Violet would find her bobby pillow and follow me around like a wimpering puppy. It would just about break my heart so I'd give in. Seeing her like that made me feel depressed and weepy myself. I think we're almost there though. It's been 4 days since the last time I nursed her. I don't feel like myself, and I know it's the hormones. All the transitions have been so exhausting and stressful. It has all been worth it though. Violet makes me feel more needed then anything else in this world. She saved my life. She is my life. And I'm so blessed and happy she's mine all mine :D
Today she never took a nap. She woke up at 930am, and went until about 8pm tonight. This means I should probably head to bed because she'll be ready to go bright and early in the morning. But I need to express in words my feelings for Cristian. My best friend. My everything.
I love him more and more each day.
We've had hard times. VERY hard times. Times I never believed we would ever work through. When I married him I knew we would have struggles, I didn't know what they would be though. I knew things wouldn't be perfect, but I didn't know how imperfect things would feel and be sometimes. We've worked through and overcome every thing that has come up. And I believe with every resolution we become stronger and stronger.
Right now he's in a deep sleep, breathing basically in my ear. I love this man.
I've never met someone so determined and so hard working. He's so intelligent and funny. He has such an interesting mind, and can achieve ANYTHING he sets his mind to. His memory blows mine out of the water, and he loves Violet in the exact way I hoped he would.
Violet absolutely adores him. She screams and runs to him arms open and kissy lips a ready when he walks through the door and today he sent me a text that nearly made me cry. It was simple.
"Honey, I love you. I'm so glad I married you".
Babe, I feel the same way.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
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