A quickie

Quick Post:

Party was great!! Lots of people showed up! Lots of Yummy food was had! I have no pictures, though-the only ones I can show you are a hew my friend Amelia has sent me so far:
The Birthday Boy






The CAKE:

Lily modeling the party favors:

Kyan and Lily:



On the weight front:
I was at 177 on Monday......Due to getting my period and party planning/having my parents up for a visit, this has clearly not been my most productive week for weight loss, but at least I am wlaking again, and I fully intend to be back on track for next week. I WAS weighinh 174.8 earlier in the week, so maybe I could just blame it all in water retention??

365 days

Dear Kyan-
Today, you are 1 year old.

On this day last year, You came into this world after 6.5 hours of labor, weighing 9 lbs, 2 oz., and 21 inches long, and looked me straight in the eye. It was the happiest day of my life then. Since you were born, EVERY day has been the happiest day of my life.

At your Doctors appointment this morning, you were 25 lbs and 31 1/2 inches long.....nearly 16 lbs and 10 1/2 inches bigger than this time last year.





I have watched your little personality emerge-You are inquisitve, funny, and always looking to get into trouble.

You are my little buddy-game for pretty much anything and everything, prepared to take it all in.





Kyan, there really aren't words for what I am feeling.....I am just so grateful to be your Mother. You have taught me so much, this past year. There are so many books that talk about how to help your baby learn and what they should be taught, but I think they have it all wrong. I've learned more from you than you could possibly ever learn from me. I love being a Mother so much-You've even made me appreciate my own Mother more.



I know from you what it means to truly appreicate the small things...That suprise crumb in your high chair, a twist tie on the floor, watching the dog run around the yard...All of these things are exciting and awesome to you, and you have in turn, made them awesome for me again too.



You have changed to much......from a small baby with crazy hair to a little boy who just got his first REALLY Big Boy hair cut. Like other babies your age, you are starting to test your limits-and I am trying hard to let you explore while setting enough limits to keep you safe.



I intended for this to be a much longer post, filled with stories from yor first year, but the best thing I can think to say is: Happy Birthday, Kyan. I love you more than anything in the world. You are my sweet baby boy, and although sometimes I wish I could stop time from marching on and freeze frame you exactly the way you are now, I know the future holds even better things for you. I am just lucky that I will get to watch it happen.

Every day, I think it's impossible that I could love you any more, but every day, my heart grows ten times bigger just from being around you. You have changed me in so many ways......Both your Dad and I think we are the luckiest parents in the world.



Love,
Mama

A Picture post

This is for you Mom.....

Okay, I was feeling creative last night, so I made another sling-This is a double sided ring sling made from silk dupioni in Saffron and Sherry-I think it turned out pretty well.....I test drive it this morning with Kyan (he just wanted to be crawling), and the fabric slips far less then slings I have made in the past, and I have to say I love the sheen and feel of the fabric. I think I will wear it out a few times and see if I get any feedback, and then see from there if making them to sell would be a worthwhile venture....

Front shots:




Back Shot:


Shoulder/Rings:


And here are some pics of Kyan (and Jon and Scooter):
Ky with Grandpa:


Ky with Grammie:


Ky in the swings (He loves the swings!):


Ky with Daddy:


Crazy Upside Down Kid:


Petting Scooter:






Video of Kyan crawling:


Video of Kyan with Scooter:


And lastly, a couple pics that Amelia took of Kyan:

Weekly Weigh In-July 21

AT today's weigh in, I was 177.2, so I lost just over 2 lbs this week (last week I was at 179.6). It is EXTREMELY gratifying to see the scale going down, even in these small increments.

I continue to walk every weekday, and usually walk on weekends too, since we end up doing something where we just walk around.

Since I met my first goal of 5 lbs, my friends Amelia and Sean got me an Itunes Gift Card. I used it to buy "An Inconvenient Truth" on Itunes :-)

I have some cute pics to post of a trip to the park with Kyan from this past week, so as I soon as I get a chance to upload them, they will be on here.

Jon is currently in Alabama for a business trip, but will be home late tonight.....

Jon has a conference in Pasadena, Ca in September, and it looks like I will get to go with him!! SO Excited--I have never been to the West Coast! I am already working on scheduling a meet-up with a few of the girls from my message board who live in Southern California...

I also made a table skirt for my kitchen table. I ALSO got some silk dupioni to make myself a sling.....You may recall a post from last fall where I made myself a puch sling using Chiense silk. I saw these fabulous silk slings on www.sakurabloom.com ....but they are SUPER expensive......and I thought..hey, I could do that.....SO I have saffron and sherry colored dupioni silk to make a double sided ring sling.......Please visit the website and take a look at their slik slings, and tell me if they are appealing to you as an individual, and how much you think a reasonable price would be for one......because I know I could do it more cheaply, but the fabric itself is still expensive, but perhaps it would be a business avenue worth exploring? Please let me know your thoughts....

Weekly Weigh In

At Weigh In this morning, I was: 179.6 lbs. YAY! I made it to my first sponsored goal of 180! Wahoo! Unfortunately, I could not go walking this morning because it is raining out....BUT, I plan to keep plugging along.

I have another sponsor:
For every 10 lbs I lose, my friend Ryan will put a $50 savings bond into Kyan's Cillege Education Fund. That's a total of $250 if I lose all 50 lbs!

150 lbs: My friends Marcie and Chad (the very same ones I married a couple weeks ago!) will buy me a new shirt or something pretty when I get to 150 lbs.

The weekend was good and fairly relaxing...Now it's back to the grind.....

The pure AWESOMENESS of Youtube

A week of firsts...

This is the first week I have stuck to a diet for more than a week :-)

I have continued to walk every day-The humidity FINALLY seems to have dissipated, so my walks yesterday and today have actually been quite pleasant.....I am hoping to be down at 180 lbs at next weigh in...we shall see....

This week, Kyan also pulled himself up to standing twicw while we stopped by for a quick visit to Jon's office on lunch break.

Kyan's second bottom tooth is FINALLY breaking through this week.

Kyan also said his first word this week! "BABY"....sometimes, he will say "uh-oh" too, but that is touch and go.......

Here is some video of his first word:


And here is a pic of Kyan trying to give me a piece of his carrot:


And here is a pic of Kyan playing is his Baby pool:

The Weekend Update and Weigh In Day-2 lb loss

Okay, it is Monday, July 7, and I have officially been dieting for a week.
I weighed in this morning, and it LOOKS like I have lost 2 lbs. Hard to tell though, because our scale sucks.

We had a fun weekend-we had our friends Sean and Amelia over on Friday for the 4th, so we mostly just ate and relaxed all day.



The Tomato and Mozzarella Salad I made...I just thought it looked so pretty...


On Saturday we saw Sean and Amelia and Lily again to go see Old Newgate Prison in Granby, Connecticut....and as soon as we got there, it started to downpour....Here I am in the copper mines where the prisoners worked:

And here is Amelia and Lily:


On Sunday, Amelia and Sean and Lily and Jon and Kyan and I all met up to go into Boston...one of the other girls from our message board was going to be in Boston all week, so we wanted to meet her and her two girls. We had SO much fun! Jill was a riot, and her nearly 4 yr old, Madeliene, was hysterical, while Juliana, who is around the same age as Lily and Kyan, was the most chilled out and laid back baby I have ever seen. I brought a picnic lunch for everyone, so we met in the Boston Botanical Gardens to eat, then walked around:

Juliana and Kyan:

Jon and I:

Me and Jill's daughter Maddy:

Kyan having fun in the kids wading pool at the Gardens"

Kyan petting Lily-"Nice Lily....":

All the kids-Kyan and Juliana are trying to snag Lily's bottle:


And here are a few extra of Kyan:
Eating from a bowl:

DUUUUUDEEEEE.......

Happy, Smiley Man:

Goofy Boy: