we're having a GREAT time!

we left thursday night for our vacation! we've been all over the OuterBanks...we have seen two lighthouses, the house that was used in Nights in Rodanthe, and some crazy waves caused by Hurricane Bill!! it's been a great vacation so far.

we are in Washington D.C. since yesterday. we drove alllllllll day yesterday...literally! we left OBX at 8:30 and finally arrived at our condo at 3:30 (we were supposed to get there by 12 or 1) then we drove all around downtown dc seeing the sights (and trying to find a parking spot!) we finally made it to dinner at the ESPN Zone restaurant, which was pretty good. it was jessica's request since it was her 25th birthday!! :) we all had a great time walking around downtown and just looking at all of the monuments. 

here are some pictures from our trip so far!

the family in front of the White House!

aww! i really do love him!!

jamie picked a flower for me :)

this is the view from our beach house!! so beautiful!!

noah has done sooo great throughout the trip! he is such a big boy!!

the beautiful ocean view!!

"Serendipity" from Nights in Rodanthe!

a great family shot in front of the Bodie Lighthouse!

now what do i do?

UPS just delivered the cutest, white, a line dress (see picture) to my doorstep. i ordered it from Gap a week or so ago to wear on the beach for those quintessential white top/khaki pants pictures :)

i jump on any opportunity to make my husband take pictures with me!!

so i laid noah down for a nap then ravenously tore into the little gray bag...there were a couple of other items, a cute gray top, an adorable blue flowery print dress, and a hoodie for cool nights on the beach...but what i wanted was the white dress. i ripped open the package and ran back to the bedroom to try it on.

i shook out the wrinkles and unzipped the side zipper...stepped into it and pulled it up.

then i slowly zipped the zipper back up.....

WAIT! HOLD ON!

it won't stay on!! it's TOO BIG! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

okay, i thought, it came with optional spaghetti straps...so i quickly find the straps and attached them...but all they do is hold up the big dress....

we are leaving for the beach in less than 10 days...

yes i wanted to lose weight, but i really wanted to wear this dress! :(

now what?

facelifts and tummy tucks

i've been "trying on" new looks for my blog today..but i think i'm in need of some real help! it still just doesn't 'feel' right! 

so let me know what you think so far...and feel free to leave me any comments/suggestions on what would make it better! anyone know any good, free header designers??  i'd love to add pictures to my header! 

in other news...i'm still dieting with Let's Lose! at my last weigh in i was up to 21 lbs/ 24.25 inches lost!! i am still daily amazed at how much i have really lost, especially when i try on pants that haven't fit in 2 years and they are too big!!! Heck Yes!!

...keeping it in perspective, i still need to lose about 40ish more lbs. but hey! i have lost 21 lbs!! that is FABULOUS!

of course, having a baby completely changes your body. duh! 

i just didn't realize how much it would change it.

my thighs will never be the same. thunder thighs does not begin to cover it. my tummy sags in ways i never knew it could {cesarian scars are just not pretty! i'm gonna ask my ob to do a tummy tuck after the next baby!} my boobs...oh heck, i'm just gonna say it. a few months ago jamie called them "swahili woman boobs." don't pretend you don't know what i'm talking about! but ladies, there is life after breastfeeding! they will shrink back down to normal proportions! stretch marks, varicose veins...these are the reasons i will not be wearing a bikini to the beach this year! 

it is perfectly respectable to wear a swim skirt to the beach! 

come on ya'll show me some love!! ;)

11 days left til our vacation to the Outerbanks, N.C. and Washington D.C.!! i can't wait!! 

let me hear a "whoop whooop"!!

i fell off the wagon for a couple of weeks

but now i'm back!

 

i weighed in today...and i finally reached my 20 pound goal!!!

woo hoo!! 

gotta give a shout out to Let's Lose for helping me get this far!! i couldn't have done it alone!!

i still need to lose about 45 pounds to be where i want to be. my goal is to get there by christmas!

lots to look forward to in the coming months:

august 21st-29th family vacation to the outerbanks, nc and washington dc!!

october 21st noah's 1st birthday!!!!! tear tear...my baby's growin up!

december 3rd-6th new york with my dental office!!!!

december 31st weight loss goal of 65 pounds lost! :)

in other news, i'm taking noah for his 9 month shots and check up tomorrow! can't wait to see what he weighs and how long he is! he's so big!! crawling all over the place and into EVERYTHING!! he is also using anything he can get his hands on to walk around the living room/kitchen (ie chairs, his tonka truck, the stepstool, the cat)...this kid loves to be moving!!

we had a rough week about 2 weeks ago where he was having trouble sleeping, i blame it all on jamie of course, because he let noah sleep in our bed!! big no no! but after a couple of nights of getting  back into the routine of bedtime in his crib he did fine and now goes down around 8:30 in his crib every night! 

he is cutting another tooth also! this one makes 7 now! it's the lower left lateral incisor for those of you who care! haha!! just a few more months and he will get to go to dr. willis' office for his first check up!!! "first dental exam by the first year"

in other, other news...jamie and i celebrated our 4  year wedding anniversary on july 23rd!! can't believe it was 4 years ago that i married that crazy man! hahaha! we went to Hot Springs for the weekend..it was uneventful...we watched at least 4 movies..2 at the theatre...we are so boring!

oh and in other, other, other news...i started reading Twilight!!! sooooo good!!!!!

well alas i must retire...have to go talk to some children tomorrow morning about brushing their teethies!! :)