Wait, what?

You know how the chairs you have to sit in at the dentist are all awkward in an I'm-not-sitting-but-I'm-not-laying-down sort of way? They're super flattering, right?

Well today as I'm laying there in the awkward chair feeling amazingly chubby the dental assistant tells me I have BIG TEETH.

Seriously, what exactly am I supposed to do with that information?

Fit Friday

Wooohoooo! Another 2 1/2 pounds down!

I did not get in as many "organized" workouts (like actual runs, or Ripped in 30 sessions) as I would have liked this week, but I ate super healthy and made sure that I was still pretty active so my calorie burn was up enough.

My younger brother is going to be home this weekend and we're having a big potluck-style b-b-q on Saturday and a big breakfast oh shoot! I'm supposed to be in charge of that! on Sunday which makes "dieting" challenging, but I'm going to power through and just make it a goal for the week to not gain weight.

Here's to another week!

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Total lost: 29 1/2 lbs.

Still to lose (to ultimate goal): 25 1/2

This little piggy...

Tomorrow morning we'll be the proud new owners of two little pigs (8 weeks old) because apparently we're that kind of crazy. (But also because little pigs grow up to be big pigs and big pigs taste good.)

Things are about to get REAL on this farm, you guys.

technology is for the birds.

Remember how I said that I suck at technology stuff? Well the layout and background of my blog proves that. I'munna (yes, this is one word in our house) fix it (maybe?) if I can. Eventually. For now you get to imagine it looking cool (like all the blogs I follow) and just be patient (pretty please)...k?

A gold star sticker at least?

You know how kids get rewarded with a sucker at the bank because the bank is so boring that even the bank knows it so they hand out candy to call it even with the littles? Well I'm pretty sure that after today I deserve something real nice too, because even though it was going to be a super busy day (like the kind of busy we pray over on our way to the car) and I had all my kids with me along for the ride (for which I  offered up a silent prayer of my own), we totally kicked today's a**. (And I'm only comparing my reward with kids' at the bank because I totally know how torturous going to the bank is and those suckers are well deserved.)

Here's a run down of the day:

We headed out of the house before noon which in and of itself is a major accomplishment. [ Note: Must get better at this before school starts on Tuesday. ] As soon as we got to town we went to three stores and did some quick returns (one of them being workout pants that got too big before I could even wear them - WIN!). Next we grabbed Subway for lunch (the dieting girl's best friend -  good thing my kids are forced to used to eating healthy) and nursed the baby in a parking lot while the kids ate their sandwiches in the backseat of the car classy is not lost on us, folks. After that we got the car washed, then went to get mine and Natalie's hair cut (Natalie and I's? Natalie and mine? Natalie and... oh seriously I give up - we both got hair cuts). After being in the salon for a good hour, I finally had a chance to grab sanity in a cup some coffee and felt mildly prepared to attack school supply shopping at Target followed immediately before the caffeine wore off by grocery shopping. Our last stop was Jeff's office to check in on the plan for the rest of the evening (I had realized halfway into town that my phone was dead), and then finally, for the love of Starbucks we headed home - smiling!

{Awkwardly holds out hands...}

So seriously, where's my medal?

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Oh my heart.

Since Jeff was the only responsible parent one who remembered to bring a camera on our little excursion last weekend (no, I don't have a phone that cool), I had to download all of his millions of hunting pictures onto my computer to post the four pictures I wanted to have (yes, you would be correct in guessing that I'm not technologically advanced in the least).

When I went through those pictures I did find some oldies but goodies of the kids amongst the hunting adventure pictures. When on earth were my kids that little? How can it feel like forever ago and feel like yesterday at the same time? {Wow, I sound like my Mom.}

It was not a good find for the week before school starts because after reviewing these pictures I'm realizing how fast it all goes... and now I just want to keep all my kids home with me and never let them out of my sight so they don't do one cute thing without my eyes on them. {Yes, I realize how I sound and no, I don't care that in this moment I'm "that" Mom.}

Natalie 4 1/2 - Carter 3

Jack - 5 weeks (and yes, that was me)

Gah! I just want to squeeze those adorable not-fighting-kids!

So proud of herself. (That's MY girl!)

Jack - about 9 months? ...Actually I have no idea. Don't judge me.

My three biggest littles when they were actually still fairly little (5, 4, and 11 months).

And now. Man I love these kids! (9, 8, and 4 1/2)

Oh how I miss having my heart inside my body.

Fit Friday

I love weekly posts but seriously, we've been so busy lately that it feels like they're all I do. I'll try to remedy that this week. You know, after today.

Last weekend was sort of a bust when it came to exercise...well, and eating if I'm honest. It wasn't pretty. But I really stepped it up the last 5 days to try to make up for it and I think I came out on top after all things considered.

Down another pound and a half - bringing my grand total since Fischer was born (three months ago) to 27 pounds (this makes me happy - it took me 3 years to lose that much after Carter was born 8 months to lose that much after Jack was born!).

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Total lost: 27 lbs.

Still to lose (to ultimate goal): 28 lbs.