Life... At the current time

Well, well, well. Here it's been over a year that I blogged last. There have been happy times and sad times. Times when I wanted to stop time and times where I want to run away. 

I'm needing the release from blogging. I need a place to put my thoughts. These past few months particularly have been rough for our family. Not as rough as some people have it but it's pretty much bottom of the barrel for us. 

I've been having some real issues with my faith because of all this mess too. Why won't god help us climb through this nightmare and then continue to "bless" other people who don't even work half as hard as we do. What is it? What do we do so wrong to deserve the things that have been happening to us recently. Yes, yes I know... Why would a person think like that? Well frankly, because I have had enough. I don't know what God is trying to prove right now to us, but trust me I'm seeing things loud and clear. I suppose it is normal to feel like this when things just don't seem like they will get any better, but I am getting pretty frustrated that a God whom I thanked and prayed to fervently all these years can now feel so far from me. I feel abandoned. I hate the way it is making me feel towards myself, my husband, my kids, my family. I just hate it. I will keep on praying and I will keep on holding to the promise that things will get better. If you are reading this I ask for your prayers. I ask that you will have God show himself to me like I know he can. Maybe, like scripture says, if two or more are joined together in prayer for this that God will have no choice but to hear our cry loud and clear. I know this is just another valley, but it is starting to feel like a canyon instead. (Sorry for the poor me type post, but I have to get this off my chest.)

It's the little things...

I have always thanked the good lord above for every blessing that has came my way. I remember those 3 1/2 years we tried to get pregnant before we had Jade that I even prayed to God thanking him for that trial and accepting that if it wasn't his will for me to have kids I would love him through it all. Today I realize that I don't thank him near enough for even the to simplest things like all the toys that are laying in the floor for me to pick up. Without those I wouldn't have my kiddos to love and squeeze on. The air I breathe I even take for granted.

We have been so blessed recently by the Gibson family and their amazing story about the adoption of sweet precious Parke Henry and even though they knew he had heart problems before his birth they were accepting and thankful for the opportunity to give him love and a family and to use his life as a testimony of god unfailing love. Sweet Parke was exactly a week older than Kinley. He went to be with Jesus after 7 weeks on this earth. I will post a link on here tomorrow to Lindsey's blog (his momma) because I have felt so much love and true faith from them. It has renewed me and helped me to see past the hustle and bustle of everyday life and to appreciate every second and to thank God for even the simplest things.

Please help me pray for this sweet family that God will bless them, hold them, and give them a peace like they have never known!

What a Crazy, Amazing, Wild Month!

This past Sunday Miss Kinley turned 1 month old. I couldn't even imagine how much faster time flies when you add another baby to the mix. It breaks my heart to see her growing so fast. She has grown a whopping 2 1/2 inches and weighs we are guessing somewhere semi close to 9 pounds... That is a very rough estimate. (We are very bad parents and haven't even weighed her in the amazing Daddy gets on the scale, steps off, grabs baby, then steps back on scale method!) She has started smiling at us when we talk to her and is attempting to want to "talk" instead of just crying. Poor thing has had serious tummy issues and even Jade has decided after a long long period of crying that she doesn't want to hear "that crying any more." Her and Ryan have been such AMAZING big siblings to their baby sister. I'm so proud of all three of them.

Life has mainly consisted of working on perfecting our schedule in a day, feeding Kinley, and breaking up the common "fights" between the Bigs! All in all we are getting the hang of things and adjusting to our even crazier life. Sorry I don't have anything exciting to post, but I wanted to give an update. Pretty boring life we have huh? ;)

Starting a NEW life officially!

So I've been reading several Mommy blogs lately and organizational blogs as well. Since we moved into our new temporary house I have really been OCD about everything having it's own place. I have really been inspired by all these different blogs and actually tackled the kids closet first. I did a really good job if I do say so myself. All I officially have left to do is buy a few more crates for the top of the closet and I'm done! I will post pictures tomorrow sometime because I'm doing this post while I'm cooking dinner. (If I get done in time I might do it tonight but I doubt that because life would not go that perfectly for me! :) )

I also have decided that since my two "big kids" are really needing the preschool skills (they definately don't lack in the social aspect of kids needing preschool since we are at a play date every week!) I am starting them in MY own preschool. If you don't know my background I taught at the same preschool I started going to when I was 4 weeks old. I worked there for over 3 years. Children are my passion! I LOVE LOVE LOVE helping children succeed when they don't think they can. In all areas, physical skills, learning goals, you name it I literally tear up seeing that excitement and just how proud they are of their little selves. My plan when I quit Happy Day was to purchase it from Ms. Carolyn. We went to the bank and everything but God didn't think that was in our plans at that time. (Also it turns out we were pregnant with Ryan at the time but didn't know it yet) I don't know if God is laying all this on my heart now as a way to get ready to maybe open this door again, but I'm listening and I'm going to for now work from home on preparing my schedule and everything just as I would at a preschool. I LOVE family childcare settings because kids see you physically cook their meals, clean your home, do the laundry etc. Skills they NEED to witness too. Anyways I'll quit rambling on that mess or I could write all night.

We have been adjusting really well to being a family of 5. I have a routine now and like I said earlier I am starting a more structured one this week. I'm totally in love with all 3 of my children and I didn't even know my heart could love so very much! I'm so excited that all 8 houses of our chickens are gone and that Kenny will finally be done with the jobs he is working on right now so we can enjoy some family outings and good old fashioned outside fun! I'm going to start walking until I'm released to start my running back up again so here's your warning I will be posting about my exercising and Zumba returning soon! (like around the 28th of February! LOL!) I'm ready to be back in shape and back to the size I was pre Kinley! I did work really hard after all!

Kinley's Newborn Pics... well some anyways!

I am so beyond blessed and thankful that our sweet friend Holly started her photography business a little over a year ago. Corinthian's House Photography is her business. You can find her on facebook! She really is fabulous and so passionate about capturing those precious shots of family, newborns, you name it she will do all she possibly can to make it the most special time of your life!

So far Kinley is doing pretty good for us as a baby. She is still sleeping a lot during the day but she stays awake a lot in the morning time. She gets up twice in the night to eat but goes right back to sleep after she finishes her bottles. Her brother and sister LOVE her! Seriously as soon as they wake up they come straight to her bed or right up to her and say "Good Morning Baby Sister" Ryan won't leave her alone most of the time. When we try to do tummy time he is right there by her. Jade really likes to help take care of her as well. She was a HUGE help during my 5 days of down time recovering from my c-section. Well Kenny made me not do much for 5 days. I have actually done just as well if not better this time around. I've vacuumed the whole house today and steam mopped the floors, cleaned the bathrooms from top to bottom and fixed an enormous dinner for us! I think being told I can't do something makes this Momma try harder!

Anyways, we are all doing well and adjusted just fine. I was a little worried about it considering I haven't been on anxiety meds since a week before she was born due to them making me so sleepy all of a sudden. I didn't know how that would pan out since this past week was a year my grandpa has been gone, Ryan's 2nd birthday, and all kinds of appointments to check incisions, Ryan's 2 year well child, and Kinley's weight check. I feel like the post partum is almost all gone, except the occasional looking at my children and husband, and of course just my life and breaking down every now and then! We are so very blessed for sure! Here are a couple of pictures from Kinley's shoot to close out this rambling mess, but seriously who wouldn't cry when they saw this precious face! :)

A little tidbit about this picture. This Bible is Holly's Grandpa and Grandma's family Bible! When we tried for so long to have Jade we constantly lived by this verse. 1 Samuel 1:27 "For this child we prayed" Every time I have been pregnant I have prayed this prayer and of course prayed for protection for them and myself during the pregnancy. Holly is such a great friend to us she knew this would be a special shot! So proud of them both!

Kinley Elizabeth Emitt

She is here!

Kinley Elizabeth

8 lbs 3 oz.

21"

12:50pm

Hmmmm

Well today was officially my last doctors appointment pregnant. I go in for pre op next Wednesday morning and have to be at the hospital at 10:30 Thursday morning.

I'm feeling more and more uncomfortable. My legs are swollen all the time. My stomach hurts in every way possible and I'm turning into quite the cry baby.

I just want to hold this sweet little girl and know that she's ok. I want to get over this horrible cough before next week or that's going to be awesome with a fresh incision. I want a footlong chicken teriyaki sub and I want to eat it all! I want to be a good mommy to three beautiful children who will be 3 and under. I want everyone to quit giving me advice and to quit saying you are going to have your hands full. Seriously I may punch the next person in the throat! I want to cry just because. I want to start this crazy life.

And now you want me to shut the whining up and get over it already right? 😉

Seriously!

Well yesterday was our appointment and ultrasound. According to it we have 1) a very engaged girl 2) an 8lb 12oz little chunky monkey 3) measuring 40 weeks and 3 days today 4) not a moved up surgery date.

I'm beyond bummed. I'm ready. My crotch feels like its ripping in two all the time. I'm not dialated at all again. I'm grumpy and uncomfortable. On the bright side I suppose my belly is all baby! I swear the first person at the hospital who comments on how fat or big my baby girl is I will literally punch them in the face. Yes I am getting to that stage in this pregnancy! Lol! 😉

Happy New Year!

Holy cow! What a year 2012 was. It started off horrible and ended terrible! Needless to say I'm ready for this new year to start. Our family is just now starting to get over a HORRIBLE head cold/ congestion nightmare. That was so hard on this 38 1/2 weeks pregnant mama! I literally cried three times I was so sick. Nightmare. I go back to see Dr. P on Thursday and I can't wait to get our las look at Kinley via ultrasound before we see her in person! I have a feeling we will be moving our surgery date up after that appointment. I'm beyond ready as long as she is! I have plans to finish moving her stuff over tomorrow as long as Kenny feels up to it (ie he has no choice at this point because he put it off long enough!)

I'm not making resolutions this year but I am focusing on goals:
1) Be the best Becca I can be. (Wife, Mommy, Friend, Daughter, Sister, etc)

2) Don't sweat the small stuff

3) Live each day to the fullest.

4) Be forever thankful and grateful for each day God has blessed me with no matter what the day brings.

Those sound at least some what feasible I suppose.

Happy New Year all! I hope you have a plethora of blessings in 2013!

More sleep PLEASE!

I don't remember being this exhausted with Ryan. I do remember being sleepy with Jade but seriously I'm EXHAUSTED. Yes I'm sure having an almost 3 year old and an almost 2 year old will wear a person out but Come on! Wow! I'm sure no one cares about any of this crap that I write about but quite frankly no one wants to hear me talk about it either so I will just put it in writing and read if you like or just pass on.

Geez I feel like such a hag today. Blah.

On to more interesting things... today I had to run to the Senior Center to pick up the key for our Pampered Chef Mega Party tonight. My ex boyfriend's mom was working there and I of course had the kids with me. We are neighbors now and everytime I see her son on the road I want to run him off of it. (why does that make me laugh out loud?) Anyways she tells the kids how I was always up at their house and that they need to come and play on their playground sometime. Seriously? (As I'm sitting there with a forced grin on my face) Seriously?!! Oh geez it's not like Kenny is worried about me running off with this scum (he is married after all FINALLY) but Lord. That's just what I want my daughter (who is quite brilliant if I do say so myself) to be going around telling people (Which she does ALL the time. i.e. "My baby sister is my daddy's fault!" Yes, that's my daughter! Geez!). Anyways, never a dull moment is saying it mildly.

Interesting Fact for the day: I'm officially 23 weeks fat, I mean pregnant today. She's the size of a Papaya and kicks me constantly. Funny pregnancy moment: Jade laying down on the couch with me and Kinley kicking her on her tummy. "Momma, (with a very serious face) is my baby sister in my Belly??" "No Jade she just kicked you!" "Oh! Tickle, Tickle Baby Sister!" Melts my heart! In other pregnancy related news, Tomorrow is my glucose test. I'm so stinkin' excited about it - said no woman ever! Hopefully that will work out just fine. I really do look forward to going to my obgyn. She's AMAZING! We've seriously been blessed with a great doctor!

Best Day EVER! Ha!

Yesterday was very eventful. I noticed on Friday that I was having a terrible cramp in my stomach that lasted for just a little while and would come and go. They actually got so painful at one point though that I was getting sick and ended up being sick all night long with them.

I ended up calling the doctor's office and they told me to get to labor and delivery ASAP! I failed to mention that My husband was 45 mintues away in a tree stand so I had to call him (he wasn't upset though thankfully) and he rushed home to get me there. Blood tests, a lovely cervix check by a female and her tag a long 20ish year old buddy, multiple blood tests and urinalysis later we find out that I have a UTI (being a woman ROCKS!) that is double the amount a normal one is which is causing my contractions. Ugh. Dehydration also was partially the cause of it all too.

Anyways as soon as I got out of the ER we had to book it back to Marble to meet the dealer with our new ranger. Could the day have been any better?

Geez. Needless to say we stayed home from church today so I could rest/drink as much water as possible/clean my house. I'm sure the doctor wouldn't mind. Thankfully Kenny has done all the heavy lifting and has promised to watch the kids so I can take a nap this afternoon. We will see how the last bit goes.

The BEST part of yesterday... being so knocked out by my meds from the doctor that I slept through the WHOLE HOGS GAME. So glad that happened! Wow!

Oh My Oh My...

Geez... Seeing as I haven't posted in almost a year lots and LOTS of things have changed. I did successfully lose 100 pounds like I was blogging about! Then 2 months later I found out I was pregnant with baby #3! Nice right? I guess I should have had better control over my new found "self-esteem." Anyways, we are very excited (finally after crying, worrying, panicking, etc) to be welcoming Miss Kinley into our lives this January.

We are buying more land and hopefully breaking ground very VERY soon on a new house! Obviously we are going to need more room with this little miracle joining our clan!

I have felt like this past year I was needing to be super woman. I was trying to keep my family together through the loss of my Grandpa, everyone was depressed and stressed and it literally felt like everything was falling apart. Life obviously isn't easy without Gramps here any more and I miss him like crazy every single day still but I know he is in a better place.

This was the last picture I ever took with my Gramps. This was Christmas day and I literally wish I could go back to this time so much.

We also Celebrated Ryan's 1st Birthday the day before Gramps passed away so I suppose when I prayed to God that he would allow Gramps to see Ryan's 1st year of life he took me very literal. I dread seeing his birthday come around this year but I know we will have another special blessing to look forward to around that time as well. Maybe God knew our family needed Kinley to bring some joy in our lives in January.

Ryan Turns 1!!!

 

Alright done with the depressing stuff now... We found out we were pregnant in May of this year and life has been pretty slow up until now. We just got back from taking the kids to Disney World a couple weeks ago! We had a BLAST!!!! Jade asked Kenny today if we could go back tomorrow! :) I see Disney being a yearly thing (or I hope so anyways!).

 We stopped at Daytona Beach the night before we checked in at Disney! The Kids LOVED it!

 Jade ate up the Princess dinners! She was so impressed!

 Merida from Brave or "Grave" as Jade calls it!

 Is this NOT the sweetest picture EVER!!!! Ahh I just LOVE it!



And of course there had to be a Mickey and Minnie picture right?!

 

We took several SEVERAL more but those I will save for another time. The next weeked back from Disney we went to Lake of the Ozarks for a golfing weekend/shopping weekend. Needless to say I'm pooped! Being pregnant (or looking like a fat cow in my pictures actually) is hard work especially while traveling! LOL!

 

I suppose that's enough rambling for the day and I know I live a very boring life but blogging is what is going to keep me sane while I deal with getting ready to become a Mommy to three sweeties, the stress of building a new home, and all of life's other ups and downs! :) Enjoy!

God is good ALL the time!

Wow things have been amazing lately in our crazy house! The kids are growing way too fast and I see it every single day! I sware they go to sleep and wake up 5" taller! :(

Our sweet Princess will be 2 in 2 weeks and it is killing me! What makes it worse is the next 2 weeks will fly by so fast because I am busy every single day. She has really started talking our ears off! Her new favorite thing to do is point out who is a girl or a boy on tv who is a papa a mommy and a daddy! Her baby brother is now Her Baby and the poor kid is treated like a baby doll! She drags him every where and he LOVES it! She is so smart and such a great big sister! But it kills me to see her grow up.

Ryan is learning something new every day too! He will be 8 months old in 2 weeks also. He is quite the talker. Dada, mama, papa, and baba are his favorites so far and he dies laughing at his crazy big sister! He is the sweetest baby and he is my little cuddle bug! :)

Well as many of you know I have been selling Pampered Chef since September 2009 I really love the products so I convinced Kenny it would be a great way to get the stuff for free or super discounted! :) I had not been very serious about it until June of this year. Tyson has been sucking us dry in the chicken business and I wanted to help supplement even more so I decided to up my game so to speak. The 8th of September I decided to hold a meeting just for people who I either thought would be great at selling pc or those who showed interest in it previously. I had 3 people show up and all 3 signed up to join my team. This morning I signed another awesome lady and I have currently 5 team members and am only 1 recruit away from Director! God has answered some serious prayers for us! I am going to be published in our national pc magazine next month also for recruiting 4 members in a month and not to mention the bonus of $200 worth of gift cards I will get which Bass Pro shops is one of the vendors and praise Jesus that is how I will take care of Kenny's Christmas present and my dad, gramps, and uncle Greg too if I can continue to share what an amazing company I work for! Also my income will grow a ton and I will be able to have leads sent to me from the home office! Doors are being opened and I am eternally grateful for these opportunities not to mention the wonderful women that I am being blessed with a team members! :)

As for me and Kenny well we are great! I have lost 75lbs officially now and only have another 30 to go! Kenny has been working his ears off with the chickens and I am thankful for a hard working hubs! Life is finally getting a little less stressful and we are excited for the holidays and the fall air that is finally in the Ozarks! :)

Oh my... where to begin.

Well, yesterday I started off having a bad day! Ugh... then as the day progressed it just got worse, along with my mood I might add. Anyways, it came time for bed and I was mad, mad at Kenny, mad that things just weren't going my way, mad that I just seem to have nothing but bad luck and that sometimes I just need to catch a break somewhere sometime. Well needless to say God made myself see this break very soon right as I was going to bed. I had already put my two sweet babies in bed with little fight at all out of them both! Kenny leaned over gave me a quick/pitty peck and said his usal goodnight,and I lay there just thinking and to be quite frank, feeling sorry for myself. Just as I started drifting off to sleep I learned real quick just how lucky I am. I started bawling. My heart ached, not for me anymore, but for all the families that I know/or have been following lately. One, my children are perfect in every way, health, happiness, you name it they have it. I'm lucky right there in so many more ways than many. I have been praying so very hard for the Woodruff Family lately, no I don't personally know them, but my friend Holly worked at the bank the Daddy works for. Anyways, their baby boy Miller passed away last week due to a muscualr disease. Oh dear Lord, Please just lay your healing hands upon that family. Reading her blog just breaks my heart. I know I could never handle something like that. I just couldn't. Realization number 1... Thank you dear God... thank you so VERY much for the health of my precious children. Please, never let me take one single second of that for granted. :( Also I am so quick to forget how healthy my children are. Our friends Jeff and Holly had to have their sweet little baby girl Emry born on March 21st... I remember that day because it was the week Ryan was in the hospital with RSV. She just got to come home a couple of weeks ago and is such a fighter. Sweet little Emry was born weighing a whopping 1 lb. 3oz. The doctors didn't give her much hope but look at what God can do! ANYTHING... even pevail when doctors say there is no chance! Realization number 2... I'm so very VERY sorry God. By this point and time I've cried what seems to be buckets of tears for these two families and buckets of tears to God for reminding me not to take a single day for granted. Father's day was rough this year, I didn't realize it at the time, but my Grandpa Holt was super super sick. He's had problems on and off since his first heart surgery which was back in 1993 I believe. January 2009 he almost passed away after his second heart surgery. We didn't know second by second if he was going to be with us at all. It's a good thing God answered our prayers because at the time I was pregnant with Jade after 28 months of trying for a baby and I know if he would have passed away I would have lost her. Well Father's day was just like January for us again, they didn't tell me until later in the week just how bad he was, because they know I'm the panicy princess of the family and I probably would have had a stroke but it was horrible. Thank God again, for answering prayers and for bringing my Grandpa back to health. He is still at Mercy and has a surgery for a pacemaker to be placed tomorrow morning. Please pray with us for this surgery.

Anyways, this post is a lot of rambling but all in all I realized just how blessed and lucky I am, maybe not lucky in things that happen in life, but TOTALLY lucky in family, faith, and love. That is all I need. I'm sorry lord for having a bad day, and I'm sorry for not opening my eyes far enough to see just how much I have!

Rain drops are falling on my head.... Literally!

So I'm sitting here listening to the rain for the 7th DAY IN A ROW!!!! Ugh! I'm thankful for the rain, because it was so dry here, but this is killing me! It's raining so much we now have 4 leaks in the main bathroom, one in the living room, and the bedroom through the lights.... Are you kidding me? I really don't mind rain but the tornadoes and all the HORRIBLE lightning is getting to me. These May flowers better be the size of GIANTS due to all the April Showers... :(

We had a great Easter despite the soggy weather. That better be all I write because it's starting to lightning really bad!

Crazy weekend...

This weekend was nutso! I had to finish finalizing all of my Rhea Lana stuff and deliver it on Sunday. Needless to say Kenny got some Daddy time with his 2 babies! :) I only had 20 things in this sale because most of my stuff sold at the Rogers sale. I was super excited for yesterday though because I didn't get to pre shop at the Rogers sale because of a death in the family. Needless to say I was very pleased with my shopping experience! I scored Jade a Little Tikes Slide for 6.00!!! It retails on the Little Tikes site for 49.99! :) I also got her a pair of Pink Chuck Taylor Converse for 4.00 and two pairs of super cute sandals for 3.00 a pair! Yes! She also got some play food for her kitchen for cheap! I got both of the kids some clothes also, but not very many. (I'll admit it, I would rather buy them new clothes!) Anyways, I also found a couple of double jogging strollers both for $100. I kicked myself all night last nigt for not buying one. So I suppose I will go back tomorrow and see if they still have at least one of them so I can get back running! I really miss it since it's been 8 days! :( My knees are still super sore and I've come to the conclusion that it is either my running "stride" or I've bruised the cartilage in them! Either way it stinks and I'm literally in tears by the end of the day! It's all good though, keep pressing on since that's what Momma's do!

In other news tomorrow is my official weekly weigh in but I did manage to weigh last night and I was officially to the 22 pound mark!!!! What better way to celebrate than buying that Jogging Stroller HUH? :)

No exciting news any where else, other than the fact that I am quite proud of myself for purchasing a million flowers at A to Z to make my own Memorial day decorations. It's so sad at the number of graves we have to decorate. :(

Hopefully I will have a dramatic weight loss by tomorrow to announce! LOL! Until then....

Ryan loves him some toys...

So Ryan has reached a milestone.... He is grabbing things! I can't believe my baby boy is almost 3 months old! Seriously I think time is flying by way faster now that we have 2 kids! :( Breaks my poor heart! He for sure is getting some super fantabulous Red hair too now! Jade's is still strawberry blonde but she sure does have some serious Red streaks in it, and the attitude to go with it! Ha!

We just Love our hands... Sister thinks he is doing the Tommahawk Chop... Please! :)



Our First Night Home! Jade already loved her little brother!

Well that's all I have for today. My house is totally clean from the storm last night! Geez I guess a trip to Alma to A to Z will be in order for today! :)

Rhea Lana's and almost to the 20 lbs lost mark!

Whew... well obviously I didn't get to blog yesterday, instead I decided to take the kids for a walk. It was much needed, because we needed the mail for one and two I just loved hearing Jade tell me things she saw! Prime example... "See... See... Mama... See!" Music to my ears for sure! Daddy drove my Tahoe to his brother's baseball game and the double stroller was in the back of it. (Go figure!) So we had to improvise! Jade rode in her stroller that came with her car seat (Which is now of course Ryan's) and I strapped poor little Ryan into a pink and brown baby carrier! I never used it with Jade because she HATED the thing, however he LOVES it! The walk to our mailbox has one MAJOR hill in it and it is probably a mile and a half there and back! You talk about one sweat covered Mommy when we came back! Gross, but so worth the calories I burned... 211 to be exact! Ha! I'm loving the whole Couch to 5K program. My knees have been really sore from bad running surfaces (ie... a place behind our compost shed that once was a watermelon patch, which then turned into a place to put liter from the chicken houses, which then turned into a flat dirt spot because of the tiller, anyways...) and I tore all the ligaments in my ankle coming out of the Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor after Ryan's hearing test! Ugh... anyways I'm running strange and I've not been aware of it because my body is trying to run in a way where it won't put any more stress on my ankle/foot and therefore my knees are feeling it. (Sorry for that rambling mess, IDK why I just typed all that. Whatever) I officially started dieting and receiving B12 shots for my energy and stress on March 9th. 4 Weeks from that to be exact (April 6th) I had lost 15 pounds! Horray! I also started the C25K program on the 5th of April. Since the 6th I've lost 3 pounds! I know that isn't much but if I can average 3 pounds a week I will be happy with that! I do know that when you're running/training you're going to build muscle too, but I guess I can work with that! Anyways I'm proud of myself! I'm almost to that 20 pound mark and I am ecstatic over that! Especially since Kenny and I are doing a competition that whoever loses the most weight or gets closest to our goal weight at the end of a certain amount of time (to be determined still) gets to pick out where we go on Vacation! Obviously I am a month ahead of him since he didn't officially start losing weight until the beginning of this month. But I am DETERMINED to win so I can take my babies to Disney World! :) My goal (don't judge, even my doctor who knows my weight said I carry my weight well) is to lose 100 pounds! I'm totally fine with losing 60 but I would rather lose 100! Ha!

On to other news... this morning I have been busy entering my Rhea Lana's clothes! I LOVE Rhea Lana! If you haven't heard of it it's a consignment sale on Children's clothing from Newborn up to Junior sizes in kids and Maternity clothes, and Toys, Outside toys, Bouncy Seats, Cribs, Strollers, you name it it's there! I consigned at the Rogers sale in March and I'm doing it again in Fayetteville next week! I got Jade a Little Tikes play kitchen for only $15! I really only consign just so I can shop early and get the things I want! I didn't actually get to shop at the Rogers Sale due to a death in the family, but my sister in law picked up the kitchen for me! Great way to make some extra money and pick up some great deals for my kiddos!

Well that's all for today so far! Going to attempt the run today and get around for church tonight! Time to go get a super cranky/impatient girl her sippy refilled! Yikes! :)

So Obviously I didn't get that new laptop! Ha!

OK, I said around Christmas time that I was going to get started doing this again! I really REALLY REALLY need this. It's a great place for me to put my thoughts and lets face it vent to you poor followers! LOL! No but seriously here I go. I'm going to devote at least 10 minutes to blogging every day. Surely my children will cooperate with that!

Here's what our 2011 has been filled with so far:

*January - We welcomed our beautiful little boy into the world! Ryan James Emitt was born on January 25th at 9:52am Weighing in at 8 lbs. 13 oz and 21 inches long! He's such a sweet sweet boy!

*February - Life was pretty slow for us. We spent most of the month adjusting to not just 1 little munckin but 2! Jade LOVES her baby brother and she's an excellent Big Sister! :)

*March - Oh boy! March was a rollercoaster for us! Ryan was hospitalized for 5 days with RSV. (which is basically the common cold for an adult). Worst Month of my life. Ugh. I hated seeing him like that and it just was horrible. Period. I also got cleared in March to start working out! Obviously I didn't get to do much of that since we were home bound for right at a month. Needless to say we were pretty stir crazy.

*April - So far so good this month! I went back to the doctor for another B12 shot. Since my 6 week post baby check up I had lost 15 lbs. Woo Hoo! I can thank Ryan for most of that, and for needing the B12 shot too! That hospital stay had this Momma on pins and needles! Yikes! I also have started doing the Couch to 5K running program! Google it! You can try it too! I've started on my 2nd week of it however I am doing week 1 twice to just make sure I'm ready to increase my running time. I feel great and every day when it's time to run again, I can feel myself getting stronger and being able to run for longer lengths of time. It sure does make me feel accomplished. I'm busting my butt (literally and figuratively! Ha!) to get in shape and be happier about myself.

I really am so proud of myself right now, and I'm not being vain at all. With 2 kids I didn't know how I was going to be able to handle things, but I'm proud to say My house is in order, I find time to run at least 3 times a week, I have time to play with both of my babies, and we're spending time as a family! I'm so thankful for my family. We didn't think we were going to be able to have any more babies after Jade and my body didn't act like it was going to go back into baby ready mode but God had different plans for us. My OBGYN even says that Ryan is our 2nd miracle baby! :)

Hopefully 2011 will be better to us as the year progresses. Hopefully no more hospital stays and happy healthy children. I promise I will be doing much better with keeping up with this. Like I said I need this place just to put my thoughts! :)

Until tomorrow (hopefully)

*Becca

I need to get it back together...

So I decided today that hopefully Kenny will have bought me a new laptop for Christmas so I can get back into this blog. Especially since we will have a little boy in less than 34 days! Oh my goodness I can't believe how fast this pregnancy has flown by! It is beyond real that Jade will be a big sister on January 25th! We are so excited to welcome our little boy into this world and I think I may need this blog to keep my sanity! :) After all, when Ryan is a week old to the day, Jade will be 16 months old!

We are eagerly gearing up for the Christmas season at the Emitt household. Jade is super excited and is very good at pointing out Christmas-y things. She says Santa says "Ha Ha Ho" and anything red, green, or white equals Santa!

Here is hoping that I can 1) keep up with this a little better just for the sake of my self & 2) I pray that you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year!