Fat is a bad word

Today I decided that the word Fat will be considered a bad word in our home. I admit growing up I had a terrible (and still struggle with) a bad self image of myself. I spend way too long trying to pick out what I am going to wear..trying to find the outfit that I feel doesn't make me look too "fat". I hate 99% of pictures taken of me and do my best to avoid it being taken. I have stupid little things that I do all the time because I feel uncomfortable, such as always holding something in my lap when I sit down, like a pillow or blanket, to help hide myself.
I know that if I continue to have my insecurities, I have a great chance of passing them onto my daughter. This is something I NEVER want to happen. I want her to think she is beautiful no matter what she looks like, because she will be.
So while I know I have a long road to go to get over my insecurities I will start by eliminating my negative comments about myself and vow to never use the word fat in my home and hope that as Macie gets older I can teach her to love herself rather than feel self conscious and follow the same path that I did.
She deserves to always feel beautiful because she is and always will be.

kids say (and do) the darndest things!

I love my crazy boy more and more everyday. He makes me smile and laugh on a daily basis and i would be lost without him! I love this age so much! He is becoming quite the good little talker and really enjoy it.
The following are just a few of the many things he has done to make me laugh or smile lately.
* He loves his little sister so much and is such a good big brother! He loves to give her kisses and is so excited to see her every morning. Today he wanted me to lay her on his pillow pet with him so he could pretend to sleep next to her :)

* Yesterday we went to smiths and they have these cute kid carts and Lucas was so excited! He unfortunately was a little too excited and was quite the little crazy to chase after! I helped him by holding onto the front of the cart and guiding it, if i took my hand off he would freak out until I put it back in the same spot.

*Lately Lucas has been doing this cute little sleep thing. He will be running around playing and then turn to me and say "I Sleep" then lay down and pretend to snore..so cute!He did it in the top of a cart at wal mart earlier this week. Also if we say Lucas go to sleep he will stop where ever he is and pretend to be asleep.


* Last night Colby and I were putting Lucas to bed and we asked if he was going to be a big boy and not cry and he said "no ill cry"..and he did

Love this little boy!

Just Family :)

It's been a while since I last posted. I am pretty bad at this whole blogging thing! A lot has changed in the past couple months.
Colby has been traveling a lot lately for Pharmacy school interviews but they have paid off! He has already received a couple offers and we paid a deposit to save a seat at LECOM Bradenton in Florida. As of now that is where we will be moving this summer. He will be interviewing at two more schools after new years and they are both much closer to home and may out rank the Florida school in our books, but it's not for sure yet. One is U of U and the other is Roseman University and it has two campuses one in Henderson and one in South Jordan. It is going to definitely be a new adventure regardless of where we end up. Moving away does terrify me, I won't lie. I love being near family and friends and it scares me to move away, knowing Colby will be busier then he ever has been, and afraid i will be extremely lonely. I know I will have my two cute munchkins but adult talking time is always nice too.

Moving on...Lucas is already 2! I have no idea where the time went! I love that little boy more and more every day. He is turning into such a great big brother and always wants to give his sister hugs and kisses :) He is slowly Learning how to be more patient and his attention span is slowly growing as well..thank goodness haha.




Macie is growing up too quickly as well. She is already almost three months old. I wish I could slow time down a little bit but I am also enjoying every minute I have with her. She is slowly turning into her own little person and I love watching it happen. She has her rough moments but she is generally a happy baby and we are so lucky to have her in our family.