Poo or get off the pot!

First:  I'm officially a civilian. 5 years ago Sunday I went to boot camp.  It seems like yesterday and yet at the same time it feels like it was forever ago.  Longer blog post coming soon about how I feel about this.

Second: Forgive me for the word vomit that is about to happen.  I didn't really think too much about this post until I sat down to write it so I'm sure it's all over the place!

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My husband HATES when I cut myself down.  And I'll admit I do it damn near every day.  I hate the way I look.  All the time.  I hate the way I look in clothes, I hate the way I look naked, I hate the way I look even when I'm all dolled up.  I HATE THE WAY I LOOK!

It isn't all about weight... but most of it is.  I could give you a thousand reasons why I'm overweight.  Eating healthy is expensive.  Being a mother isn't kind to a body.  An under-active thyroid is a bitch.

But really... most of the day I sit on the couch and do absolutely nothing.  I haven't really worked out since my last PRT and I have no more of those in my future so it's time to motivate myself.  I don't have a reason other than myself to get thin.  But it's more than that.  I want to be healthy, too.

We have a cruise coming up in May and I would like nothing more than to be comfortable in my own skin.  I don't want that dreaded feeling of wondering what I'm going to look like in photos I'm tagged in on facebook.  I want to be thinner and healthier before I get pregnant again or all I'm going to do is pack on even more weight.

I'm not sure how I'm going to do it yet, but I AM GOING TO DO IT.  I've already started cooking and eating so much healthier.  This week's menu is made up of all skinnytaste recipes so the eating part is taken care of.  Time to start exercising. I hate exercising... mainly because I'm out of shape.  I used to love working out and I even used to love running.  Now I loathe it.

I'm confident I can get there again.  Even the longest of journeys begins with a single step.

Maybe putting it out there for the world to see will motivate me to get my butt in gear.  And all these cute clothes I want to wear on the cruise!

MILF body here I come!

Finally!

This apartment is finally starting to come together!

You know what you get when you try to cram a 4 bedroom house with an attached garage into a two bedroom apartment with two closets and two kitchen cabinets?

Something out of hoarders.  It really has been quite frightening!

Justin took a bunch of our stuff to storage and since the bedrooms are unpacked and *mostly* organized we were able to move some boxes in there to get out of the way long enough to move some furniture around.  I'm starting to feel a lot more optimistic about the possibility of making it a comfortable home for the next few months.

At first we thought we wouldn't hang anything on the walls but now I think we must or all this white may induce an aneurysm.  I ordered some new canvases... one of our latest family photos, one of our favorite photo of boo and one of our nephew.  I can't wait to display them!

Sorry I don't have anything more exciting to discuss today... I think the important thing is that I actually posted!

Enjoy the photos below!  (These are the ones I ordered on canvas... although two of them are in the header!)

Baby bear enjoying bath time.  <3

Our sweet nephew, Eli.

Us.  :-)

New...

New year, new job, new state, new home... all come together to give me MORE time for silly things like blogging.  So, here's to hoping I can get back into the swing of things in 2012.  :-)

Pappy's little Steelers Fan

I'm not much on the NFL... more of a college football fan myself, and of course Justin is a fan of REAL football... aka Soccer... but Harper's Pappy (being from Pittsburgh) is a true Steelers fan and is determined to make Harper one as well.  ;-)

It's fine with me because he's so cute in his Steelers garb.  I'd sure want him rooting for MY team! 

2010 - A year in pictures.

I'm a little late getting to this... but I saw it on my friend Julia's blog and loved the idea.  So here goes... our year in pictures, 2010.  There are a lot, but what else would you expect from a family of photographers?  ;-)



New Year's 2009-2010
And my 1st time wearing maternity clothes!

Celebrating 2010

Daddy goes to Haiti to help document earthquake relief efforts.

Daddy in Haiti.

A photo Daddy took in Haiti.

Daddy's most famous photo from Haiti.

Daddy returns from Haiti just in time for us to get snowed in together!

Feb. 2010 - Growth scan at 20 weeks.

Lots of pics of our healthy... BOY!

We used this pic to tell the family you were a BOY!

March 2010- We move into our new apartment.

Your first room!

Daddy goes to cover the oil spill in the Gulf.

Daddy's photos were on covers of newspapers everywhere.

The day Daddy got home we had our 3d ultrasound!

Mommy carries you onto the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Newport News!

Your big brother Cody is waiting for you!

Daddy travels to Los Vegas for work.

Almost there!

One of our last preggo pictures!  Mommy was HUGE!

In June, Daddy starts a photojournalist internship at the Virginian-Pilot.  It is cut short by your early birth!

Arriving at the hospital.

... Finding out we're getting induced that day!

Ready to meet you...

And there you are!  5:27 a.m. on June 23rd.

Meeting you for the first time.

Your Daddy is so, so, so, so proud!

Your birth announcement.

Your first bath at home.

Your first day at daycare.

First time on an airplane!

First time meeting cousin Eli!

First time skyping with Daddy after he deploys.

Drooly boy!

Volunteering at the Race for the Cure with Mommy.

First time at a pumpkin patch!

First Halloween costume - sad giraffe!

First Halloween Party - Frenchman!

Skyping with Daddy!

First Thanksgiving.

Thankful for Daddy!

First snow day!

First visit to Santa!

Christmas!

First Christmas present from uncle Jason!

First time in Arkansas.  (With Mamaw!)

First time meeting Memaw!

First time meeting Gatlin and Papaw!

New Year's 2011!