Anniversary and Father's Day

Yesterday, June 18th, Justin and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary.  Wow...how time flies!  We have had an amazing 6 years together as a married couple.  In those 6 years we finished remodeling my grandparent's old home in Resaca and lived there, sold that house, built our house in Red Bud, gotten pregnant and had 2 precious children, and remained best friends through it all.  Don't get me wrong...we have had some rough spots along the way, but we always work through them.  I know we managed to do that first and foremost by having a Godly marriage.  We go to church together and pray together and keep our Christian life our first priority.  We also managed to have many more good times than bad these last 6 years because we truly are each other's best friend.  We take time and spend together and talk about our interests and lives with one another.  I know the rest of our lives won't always be a glowing report, but I also know that we CAN have a great, happy marriage and not just "get by".

We celebrated our anniversary this year by spending the night in Athens, GA at The Colonels Bed and Breakfast.  We ate our anniversary dinner at our favorite restaurant in Athens, The Last Resort.  I miss living there and was so excited to go back to the campus of UGA and remember good times. 



We also celebrated Father's Day this weekend.  Justin is an amazing father and is very involved with our children's lives.  He takes time to play with Malone (even dolls), and holds and loves on baby Jagger, as well as getting up with him at night (which we luckily don't have to do anymore), changing diapers and feeding him.  I am so lucky to have a man who wants to be so involved with our children, because I know there are many mothers out there who pray for a more involved father for their children.  We celebrated Father's Day by going to church, and then we had our own fathers over to our house for BBQ and home made ice cream.  Malone and Jagger got Justin an I-Phone cover that was personalized with our family's picture.  The kids also made their grandfathers birdhouses with their hand and feet prints.  It was a great day!

A few of my favorite things

Just thought I'd share a few of my favorite things for right now.

--Java Chip Frapuccino's from Starbucks

--My new casserole dish by MudPie. 

--Lipgloss by NARS in Angelika

--Jason Aldean's new song, "Dirt Road Anthem"...I am dying to see him in concert!!!

--Bumble and Bumble hair products

--Dancing with the Stars (I'm obsessed and hate that it is not on this summer)

--Long maxi dresses...they are so cool in the hot weather (and slimming, which is really important )  :)

What are some of your favorite things?

Weight Watchers

6 weeks ago I joined Weight Watchers in order to lose my baby weight.  I have never really struggled with my weight before and didn't know where to start to lose extra pounds.  I like to eat...well that is probably an understatement....I LOVE to eat, and I wanted a program that allowed me to still eat foods I liked.  What I really like about WW is you are taught to make some better choices, while still being able to enjoy the foods you love.  People are assigned a certain number of points per day (I get 29) and then foods are assigned points based on carbs, fiber, fat, and protein. You are also allowed an extra 7 points per day, or 49 weekly, in order to protect you if you need to eat out, are celebrating a special occassion, or just go over on your daily allowance.  This makes me feel like I am not being deprived and helps me to avoid over-eating.  You can also earn extra points by excersise and activity in your life.  I am been very pleased with the program and my results.  So far I have lost 12 pounds.  I am only 5 pounds away from where I was when I got pregnant with Jagger, but I had some extra weight I never lost from being pregnant with Malone.  So, I would like to lose an additional 12 more to be happy with my weight.  I now need to get on board with toning up my abs (which were destroyed by my 2nd pregnancy) and walking several times per week in order to finish off my weight loss and be even more healthy.

Has anyone else ever tried WW?  What did you think?

Summer Fun

The weather is heating up, which for me means pool time.  However, we have found that Malone is terrified of the water this year.  I'm not sure what is going on, but last year she was FEARLESS.  She would jump off of the diving board and swim all over the pool.  This year she barely wants to splash her feet on the steps.  It may be a long, hot summer without our pool time!  I do not want her to be afraid of the water, but I am not going to push her.  I know how it feels to be fearful of the water and being forced into it. 

Malone is attending cheer camp this week.  She has cried every day when I drop her off, but when I pick her up she says she had fun and tells me her cheer.  She is definately not going to be initially outgoing...it takes her forever to warm up to people and places, but I just want her to have fun and get to play with her friends.  I can't wait to see her performance on Friday (if she will do it).  I'm sure it will be super cute!!

Jagger turned 2 months old yesterday.  I can't believe how fast it has gone.  During the first few weeks when times were tough I kept telling myself to not be stressed since I knew it would go so fast.  And I was right.  At 8 weeks he is already sleeping through the night.  He takes his last bottle at 9:30 pm and then sleeps until around 6:30 am-ish.  Most nights he starts fussing around 4 am and wants his paci back, but he always goes back to sleep for a few hours.  I am so grateful to be getting my sleep again.  :)  He is getting so big and I know before long he won't be a baby anymore.