Birthday Girl and McFatty Monday!

Well, our sweet Sarah turned one on Saturday! It was a great day full of celebration and a party!

At the winter wonderland party, we also had a big balloon snowman that Sarah loved!

She loved turning forward facing in her car seat!

All in all, we had a fantastic day celebrating God's faithfulness in giving us our sweet princess Sarah. After a year and a half of trying, two miscarriages, medication, surgery, and a lot of praying, we have our miracle, and we couldn't be happier. I know she'll never truly know how much I love her until she has her own children, but it is my prayer that I can give her a glimpse of how much she is loved every day. She is my miracle, and I'll never stop giving thanks for her.

Now....on to McFatty Monday!! I realized last week that I weighed on Tuesday, not on Monday, so technically it hasn't been a full week, but that's okay. I weighed today so from now on it'll stay with Monday, okay? Okay. 

My weight this morning: 166. That's down like a little over a pound. Which is GREAT considering we had the birthday party on Saturday and connection group with our church on Sunday night this weekend. So that meant cake, ice cream, cookies, punch, pizza, more ice cream dessert oreo thing (that was called chocolate seduction and that's a fitting name for it). So all in all, I worked out only 5 days last week since the party was Saturday and I basically didn't really watch what I ate so much this past weekend. So I'll take 1.2 pounds, and try and do better this coming week.  I decided I'm motivated by pictures, so you will be graced with some lovely photos of me in some workout gear from this morning! Enjoy the aftermath of baby and C-Section!

Okay, so this last pic was rotated correctly on my computer and now it's not. You will now tilt your head as far as you can to the left and pretend that I'm blogger savvy enough to know how to change the rotation of this picture. 

Have a happy Monday! We're expecting a snow storm here in MO, so we'll see how it goes!

Ashley

Getting Real

Well, this marks the second week in my quest to lose some baby weight. In case you are reading this and don't know me, I was blessed about a year ago with the prettiest baby God ever put on this earth:

I'll be real here: I weighed 150 when I got pregnant with Sarah. I weighed 130 when I got married. The day I delivered Sarah, I weighed 197. This past Monday morning (which will hereafter be known as McFatty Mondays, to encourage me to lose the fat) I weighed 167.2. For two weeks, I have exercised at least 5 days a week, sometimes 6, but never on Sunday. I figure God gives me a pass on Sundays. So to get to my wedding weight, I have 37 pounds to go. I'd like to lose 40, just to give me an even number. So here we go! Losing weight! I have a jogging stroller and salad in the fridge; come along with me on this journey!

Welcome!

Hello! I'm Ashley, welcome to my blog! I decided to do this blog as a way to chronicle my family's life as we live as a family of three plus a huge german shepherd in a townhouse somewhere in Missouri just trying to make it all work out.

Here is our story:
My husband Mike has joined the ranks of the under-employed; driving a truck with his MBA thanks to the economy. He was out of work for 1.5 years, during which I was pregnant, gave birth, and continued my graduate degree. Our daughter Sarah was born about a year ago and the biggest adventure of our lives began! This blog will be about everything, from the goings on of Sarah, to graduate school, to my journey to lose baby weight that is being stubborn thanks to PCOS and endometriosis. We believe in God and His provision, and hope that through this blog, you will see how we have been blessed beyond measure!