WAH!

So .

After two separate doctor office visits today, it was confirmed that Eric is healing wonderfully from his surgery from last week, but has a not so fun viral infection to kick over for the next 24-48 hours.

(he had 2 wisdom teeth yanked and it was a rough surgery) 

                                                  (praying nobody else in the house gets it!) 

We have sure had a crazy roller coaster with Eric's health the last month and a half it seems and I'm wanting him to be healed and healthy once again so we can finally tear up the gym and really focus on all the big changes in diet at home.He and I have 40+ lbs each to lose and are making it a priority to change our lifestyles around so we may set a good foundation for our bitties. It has been a real challenge so far (mentally and physically) and really narrowing down the science of it all has been a battle we have been making excuses for up until recently. 

The gym has been wonderful for me since signing up, and the handful of times that Eric has been able to go when he's not sick or gimping around. I ask that you guys continue to keep Eric in your prayers so that he doesn't 'break' any more haha. Weekly blog posts are coming up as we hold our accountability and both of us will be writing on our journey together. 

Thank you for all the prayers and words of encouragement lately 

as they really do mean the world to us.

  

On another note: WE HAVE A MONTH UNTIL CHRISTMAS Y'ALL!

Jensen is 7 months old. Emma is almost done with her first semester of school.

And Kaelyn is going to start up in school, advanced gymnastics for pre-k, and taekwondo next year coming up very, very fast!

I have neglected my book for several months due to being so busy with other things, but at the moment we are making efforts to pull it from the back burner and put it right up in the front starting in a few more weeks. I'm hoping to have it converted from 1st to 3rd person by the Spring, edited, and ready to hunt for an agent by June. It's a daunting task but I think it'll be manageable if I can stay focused.

Also, I'll be warming up the pin-up side... and creative side... of my photography biz again coming real soon for 2014. 

I'm thinking of holding auditions for some parts in some of my pieces so it'll be a real treat to get to do this soon. Candy land mixed with a 'Crouching-Tiger' theme is something Eric and I have dwelled on this year and I think it'd be super fun to go after it. There will be so much work involved though. 

I need a seamstress!!

Anyways... more later. It's 42 degrees outside, wet, and it's 5:14pm and I have yet to do dinner, gym, edits, and I have a hair appointment possibly tonight... maybe tomorrow. 

Love, peace, and chicken grease. 

(And here is some picture lovin'z)

Hello October!

Holy smokes it's already mid-October! Jensen is 6 months old, crawling, babbling, sitting up on his own as of this morning, Emma is in school, and I have poor miss Kaelyn laying on the floor coloring because she has stitches in her foot from accidentally stepping on the plug prong end of my iphone charger and it 'plugging in' to her foot. Two stitches. *cringe* Tuesday was NOT fun.

Few quick things to recap on that's happened lately.

September went by super fast. The only thing I can remember about September was that my husband was diagnosed with Gout. Eff. He's been on and off medication and crutches over the last month, and has been in a lot of pain from it. He's actually coming down from his second attack from last weekend. *frown*

On a positive note. Our friend Jenni from England is here until the 4th of November so that will be super fun with gym, photography sessions, geo-cashing, and over all just having a massive 2 week movie marathon during the day. Eric is on vacation during this time too so it'll be nice having him around the house too.

GYM!? Hah -- that's what this post was about.  We got a gym membership at Golds in Kingwood! YAY! We've been there now for 3 weeks this Sunday and I've been going about 4-5 times consistently during the week. With all of the chaos at home I haven't had a chance to get my lifting schedule set in stone but Wednesday night Zumba with Sheldon is one of my favorites!

Body pump is pretty awesome too, and for my main cardio I've been doing either the stepper which is a beast, or running on the treadmill. I figured out last week that I can bench around 70-75lbs right now so that's a good start. In HS I was benching 125-135ish so I have some ways to go. I haven't done squats yet with the bar but I used to squat 225. I'm curious what my max is at the moment.. .I'll probably chase after that number some time this week or possibly next weekend.

My hopeful goal is to be 170 by Christmas and 155 by the time Jensen turns 1. I have so much work to do and have had a ton of distractions (poor excuses) that I need to sharpen up and just crack down on this diet part. I'm getting my workouts in for sure. That is no longer a problem. I'm back up at 193-194 from 190 in August. I had crept up to 197 in September from stress eating and not working out at all, and once we found out Eric had Gout we went ahead and got these memberships. No excuses now.

My over all goal, just to do it, is a bikini fitness competition. I want to run a full marathon, too. And once I'm in reaaaaaally good shape, I'd like to do a badass cosplay at one of the anime con's coming around next year.

I'm keeping this short today but I did want to update on what we are doing. I'll post more soon <3

Here is some picture love.

Happy Halloween y'all!

What's been going on this summer?!

Hey y'all!

It's been a very busy few weeks for me and my family and we aren't done yet.

June I was cleared for workout. We've had a handful of doctor appointments for all of us; 

most for Jensen, Emma earned her Yellow belt and moved up to level 2 class in gymnastics, 

Kaelyn has gotten so accurate with her drawing skills, 

Jensen rolled over last weekend and is babbling so much,  

and we are about to go on vacation in two days to 

Destin to visit my family and friends from high school. 

(WOO HOO!)

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So I suppose I should start from the beginning.

June was busy. I did maybe 3 weeks of insanity and then stopped.

If you kept up with me last summer when I first started it, I gained....

yes GAINED weight while doing these workouts. At my 2 weeks in I was at 199, but not too long after it crept back up to 205 and I was so frustrated. My diet sucked. I wasn't drinking enough water. Hell... I wasn't doing much else except for that one workout a day and boy was that hurting me.

For those of you who don't live in TX, or the south for that matter -- Houston (and the south) gets very very HOT. Oh, and HUMID. Like, walk outside and you're feeling heavy and sticky kinda thing. Yuck. I did begin to run more though. And eat cleaner -- cutting down low on grains and sugars. My 1 mile run went from 14 minutes down to 10. I have a few times been able to get between 9:45-9:50 on my time.

(Not too bad after 3 kids, 2 months post baby right? :) )

I have a really good friend, who pretty much is my brother, and he was the first person who ever taught me taekwondo back in 2000. My first class y'all. I was like... 11-12?

( and all I did was high blocks haha)

ANYWAYS -- He's a personal trainer out in Vegas and I'm pretty sure since last summer, and throughout my last pregnancy, I whined enough where he decided to snap me to attention and get my ass into gear.  Starting in July I got a lovely little care package in the mail and inside was a BodyMedia band that would get me started into what I felt was impossible.

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On July 11th ( 9 year anniversary for me and my hubby!) I started to wear this little device. Some of y'all use the heart rate monitor and that's awesome. I need to use that too to find my target HR... but this thing is a little more in-depth. 

See, I'm a natural at being lazy; a procrastinator. I work well under stress and can get things done pretty fast BUT, I end up stressing out hard core and that's never good. Remember that vacation I mentioned we were going to in 2 days? Well THIS Sunday we have family photos. I've been dreaming about these photos since I got preg with Jensen. Actually, when we discovered that he was a boy in December 12'. Outfits, colors, location in Destin. I can't wait to replace the photo above our fireplace! *school girl scream!* Well when I got this armband from my bro in July (haha, my "bro". Word.)

I never thought it'd work as fast as it did. 

{Pause} Do any of y'all use the 'my fitness pal' app? Well, if you do, this armband's app works and syncs with myfitnesspal. :) 

So, since it syncs and the armband is magic, I'll tell you what it does: 

(and you have goals to meet for all these categories daily.)

This nifty device tracks the number of hours you sleep.

How many calories you've burned in 24 hours 

(even when you sleep, or are just sitting, or working out!)

How your activity is, moderate? vigorous? 

How many steps you take daily. 

(before this I was only taking 3-5k a day. 

You need at least 10k to meet your calorie burning goals,

 and that equal to walking 5 miles a day, or more!)

Today I haven't hit my steps yet, but I'm planning on going on a walk. I was even running in place like a foot ball drill some days to hit this goal. Or walk in circles around my living room.  Or around my neighborhood just to get the numbers in. You actually will become obsessed checking on it all day.  

100 steps really isn't a lot.

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So from July 11th till this past weekend I went walking everywhere. I was tracking my food and linking it with myfitnesspal while wearing this armband day and night, only taking it off to bathe, or charge into the laptop for a couple of hours which you do every 4-5 days. I did little things like squats and lunges, and even went on more vigorous sprints or long distance runs here and there. Also, entertaining and chasing 3 kids, well two, and the third just carrying him everywhere....

Every few days I saw numbers going down. A pound here, a couple there. 

I got excited. So I pushed more. More weight went down. It's been almost an entire month and I'm now 

15 lbs down. 

I'm 190 today. 

5'10 and 190 isn't great, but having been stuck in the 200's for what seemed like FOREVER... 15 lbs down in a month was thrilling! I still can't believe it that it happened that fast, in ONE MONTH. 

Now I don't want to get too excited yet, BUT! I met a goal before vacation!

 (and bought me a cute top at forever 21 that fits!) #bigboobieproblems

School starts a week after we get back and I want to more than anything reach the 170's by Halloween. 11 lbs isn't too big but if I reach 179 I'll be over the moon. By Christmas, I want to hit 169. And by my birthday...or even Jensen's since we are only 6 days apart... I want to be 145-150. 

So 40 lbs by April. That's 9 months from now. The exact length of when I was pregnant with Jensen. Actually... now that I think of it... we had just announced around this time last year that I was pregnant with him. I've already lost 35 lbs. Here's to 40 more! :)

Oh, and if I reach my goals by next year, I plan on training for my first fitness competition in 2014. Maybe 2015 (after the boy is a year old)

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In other news, my big girl Emma starts school on the 26th and that will be another new challenge and schedule to work with and adapt to. 

Annnnd! I'm going to be doing photos and working with a local boutique here in 

Kingwood and Humble called BeYOUtiful Boutique! 

(Here's the link.... BeYOUtiful Boutique's website. )

They are also on FB! ( BeYOUtiful-Boutique's FB!)

As some of you know I'm a local photographer here in Kingwood/Humble/Houston and I'll be shooting photos of their product for online display :) Super looking forward to this! Come check this boutique out! Their clothes are ADORABLE and very trendy for you ladies out there. :)

So there you have it! This summer in a nutshell. Wish us luck! Lots of things going on over the next several months. I will post more on here too since we are getting the hang of things!

Happy August y'all!

2 weeks in.

So I've been doing insanity and a few other odds-and-in's workout type things for 2 weeks now since I was cleared and I FINALLY breeched the 200 pound marker!! YEAH! I was stuck at 202 for so long and weighed in Saturday morning at 199!

199! 

I never thought I'd be so happy to see that, BUT after an entire month being stuck at 202, 

I'll take it for now.

Anyways, here are my measurements for 2 weeks into the workouts :)

7 weeks post baby and day 1 of insanity I was:

Neck : 14
Pit: 39
Nip: 44
Rib: 37.5
Waist: 37.5
Belly button: 42.5
Pooch: 44
Hips: 45
Thigh: 25.5
Arm: 13
Calf: 15


9 Weeks post baby, and 2 weeks into Insanity/kickboxing/jogging:

Neck : 14
Pit: 39
Nip: 43.5 (-.5)
Rib: 36 (-.15)
Waist: 36.5 (-1)
Belly button: 42 (-.5)
Pooch: 42.5 (-1.5)
Hips: 44.5 (-.5)
Thigh: 25 (-.5)
Arm: 13 
Calf: 15

= (-6.0 inches lost total! )

So .. 

I'm super pumped I've managed to shave this much off in 2 short weeks but I gotta admit that I'm still feeling kinda down about how I'm looking and feeling. I feel much 'frumpier' than before. I'm quickly converting to a more primal diet which I've felt pretty good on. I'm still learning how to cook things properly so that's my transition. I can hardly wait to buy new clothes and feel myself again. I have literally winter, and maternity clothes in my closet  (which are either TOO big now, OR WAY too hot to wear now that it's summer time.) with a few odds and ends thrown in that I can currently wear.  

Womp womp.. 

I'll post some more photos later, but I'm not 100% sure if you'll see a difference in anything just yet. I'm going to keep on keeping on till we hit our first goal of 190 hopefully by mid july. I'd like to be 175-180 by the time our vacation starts. 

Wish me luck! 

Weight loss journey after baby #3

Hey everyone. Mama C here :)
So I was able to post my birth story earlier and now I'm moving on to the weight loss part of this ongoing story. Jensen I almost 2 months old and I got cleared last Friday for all workouts. :)

I want to start off with some photos and background stuff first so you know my footing on where I'm at now and what I'm wanting to do..
(Ill update that on the laptop shortly.. Can't on my iPhone)

Anyhow I'm hovering right on the 200 lbs dot. I gained a few lbs back since having Jensen and I'm not happy about it. At 2 months post having the girls I was in the 180s. Eff.

Aug 11th is our family photo update in Florida and I REALLY don't wnt to be anywhere close to this. I just started insanity 3 days ago too so I have a lot of numbers to post. Here we go:

One week post baby I was:

Neck - 15
Pit- 40
Nip- 43
Rib - 37
Waist - 38.5
B. button - 45
Pooch - 45
Hips - 45.5
Thigh - 25.5
Calfs- 15
Arms - 13

Sunday June 9, 2013

7 weeks post baby and day 1 of insanity I was:

Neck : 14
Pit: 39
Nip: 44
Rib: 37
Waist: 37.5
Belly button: 42.5
Pooch: 44
Hips: 45
Thigh: 25.5
Arm: 13
Calf: 15

( ill do a measurement and weight update in two weeks)

As far as my fitness test:

Switch kicks- 55
Power jacks- 30
Power knees- 70
Power jumps- 16
Globe jumps - 7
Suicide jumps- 9
Push-up jacks- 15
Plank obliques- 19

I'm currently fluctuating between 200-202 lbs. ugh.


Anyhow. Ill post pics from laptop in a bit. I'm sure these numbers give an idea what it'll look like though. All this is post baby and after my 3rd csection.

I hate what it looks like right now but I know healthy eats and the right amount of exercise will help tremendously. My short term goal for the holidays this year is 170.
By next year I want to be 145-150 for my ultimate weight loss goal. In 2-3 years I want my tummy tuck to remove all the skin that's stretched out; but must make my weight if I want to earn it.

Anyhow. Typing this out is crazy and frustrating. Wish me luck <3

-M

Photos in order: high school 155, Emma 9months 235, kaelyn 9months 210, Jensen day of delivery 225, one week post Jensen 210, Sunday June 9 - 200 even. (I haaatteeee that pooch)

He's here!

Hey everyone!

(This is a condensed birth story since I don't have time to go into crazy details but here we go!)

 Things got crazy the next morning from my last post. I went into labor! Guess that little sob session I had that afternoon got him all worked up because  later that night I felt off and couldn't sleep. By 4am I was cramping, and at 7 I woke Eric up telling him it was time to go. By 730 his folks were here to watch the girls and we drove off and made it to the hospital by 8am to get checked in and were in our L&D room by 9am at 3.5cm. 

Saturday went by quickly even though we sat there watching movies on the TV and joking around until I reached a 6 and contractions became toe-curling. This was with 3 nurses stretching me out manually to break my water. No. Bueno #1.

As for the epidural..... I had to get stuck 3 times... (ugh) by the epidural guy (I can't spell the actual name right now, and as you can tell I have limited time to post since having 3 kids = a rotating amount of attention I need to dish out at all times, haha) 

Anyhow, stuck 3 times. FML. 

He actually had to get a guy above him to do it for him. Remember I'm contracting ALOT too. No buneo #2.

(side note again. This is my 3rd baby, and I was going for a VBA2C.. vaginal birth after 2 c-sections so an epi was kinda important incase things went wrong. Which they did but hang tight.)

So shortly after the epi.. we were checked again. I was between a 6-7. Ugh. 

It had been 4 hours since the epi. No bueno #3. 

The nurse also noted around this time (6pm?) That I was beginning to bleed more than usual and had me rotating which side I laid on every hour till around 9. No bueno #4. By 10 they came in and said I had made it to a 7 but wanted to start pitocin. Well, as fast as she left she and 3 to 4 nurse came busting in my room maybe 60 seconds later saying -- C-section STAT! Something was wrong. What was wrong?! (I had told them upon arrival if anything looked bad to take us for a c-section. I wanted a VBAC badly but wasn't going to risk my baby at all.) This was by 9:45pm.

So off we went! within 10 mins they had already cut into me but were flabbergasted again. I was RUPTURING. The rare cases that women who VBAC have ruptures... like 1-2%... was me. 

After they switched the epi with a spinal (some kinda fluid that sucks because you can't move at all. Epis you can move slightly but are numb like your legs are asleep)

I could feel them cutting into me. My right side, which happened with Kaelyn, didn't wanna catch up like my left. God this hurts. I can't even begin to describe the sharp blinding pain it feels like. Hot and cold. Like ice suddenly being pulled across the skin but it burning. You want to move your legs and kick away but you can't. (apparently I kicked a nurse but didn't know because I couldn't feel a damn thing)

Once it caught up it was kinda too late. I had severe shakes (I suppose from what I remember I was going into shock) I had to bite down on the towel infront of my face. Eric --- poor Eric was so quiet and still. Pale like paper. I could see in his eyes he was terrified. Something he wouldn't admit outloud, but I could see it. We had twice as many nurses in there that we did with the girls. A few alarms were buzzing. The surgery itself took forever too. I want to say it was close to 1030 at this point? 

I couldn't stay focused. Surgery felt like it was taking forever. My last 2 took around 45 mins tops beginning to end. They were still trying to get to the baby. 

Omg. 

I kept asking the doctor at my head but he wouldn't respond. I'm shaking uncontrollably at this time. My nose itches. I feel like I can't breath even with the oxygen mask on. 

I can't even use my tongue to move it.

 Eric is stroking my hair with one hand while holding holding onto my left with his other free hand. I can only see his eyes. Everything else is covered up with a blue face mask and hair cap. There is a ridiculous amount of pressure and pulilng. Some sharp at times where the spinal didn't take. I start crying but not because I can help it. My eyes are drying out from all the oxygen in the mask sweeping up my face.

I heard someone say they thought they cut my bladder?! More alarms are beeping. One doc said they could see blood in the cath bag. I was going to be one of those crazy stories of a tragic delivery. Crap. Where is my baby?! What is taking SO LONG?! It's around 11-11:15 by this point. 

"We are at the uterus now! Almost baby time." 

I can't help but think what  was in the way this whole time? More heavy pulling and tugging. I can feel them cutting into my uterus. Similar with Kaelyn. I'm not upset by the c-section. I'm scared to death for my baby though. I kept asking questions and nobody would respond to me. I was getting pissed. And I let them know I was pissed. 

Finally, at 11:33pm is when I heard the first beautiful sound my son made. I have a son! My baby boy!!! He was screaming his lungs out. Good. Eric took off to go see him, snap photos, ect... from my ushering of eye ball flips on the table. 

"8 POUNDS!"

I'm crying from joy this time. My smallest baby. My girls were 9.5, and 9 lbs.

" 21 inches!"

Holy crap, my girls were short 20 inches. And fat meat balls. He was my little marble. My baby bitty bubby. *swooning*

We got a quick mommy, daddy, baby shot in the OR (one we never got with the girls sadly) and several of our boy freshly cleaned up.

Soon as they were sewing me up and Eric and Jensen sat beside me, I was told I had a fever. Crap. Not more bad stuff? Infection? It took them 20-30 mins to sew me back up. Apparently I had adhesions so bad that grew into my bladder from my last delivery. They technically saved me and my son from the rupture. Think of your fingers crossing together and slowly pulling them apart so you get small gaps between like triangles? Well they are the small pieces of tissues that kept my uterus intact long enough so he didn't have a full rupture. Thank the lord! 

In recovery they let my son latch immediately.  Yes! Before he was even an hour old! :) I felt satisfied  and at peace with this delivery. Scary as it was, and even though I never got my VBAC, I found it a success. We were both healthy and came out ALIVE. I'd like to look at my c-sections as little presents that I had help unwrapping to get to my most precious of all possessions. My beautiful little (well, not so little haha) gifts from God. Topped with lots and lots and LOTS of hair. :)

They treated me with antibiotics for the 4 days at the hospital and I ended up with NO infections. 

Jensen Archer Chan was born on 4/20/2013 at 11:33pm - 8lbs even and 21 inches long with gorgeous long black hair. :) 

So to cut to the chase, I was told NO MORE babies. I agree completly. Our family is complete, plus I don't wanna go through another crazy delivery such as that. Sorry it's taken me nearly 2 months to post. Nursing, cloth diapering, and adjusting to 3 kids and at home has been a whirl wind, plus all the kids sports to hash out weekly and all the numbers of doctor appointments we've been to. *breathing*

Everyone is happy, healthy, and doing well in the Chan house as of today and our boy will be 2 months old on the 20th. 

It's APRRRRRIIIIILLL!

IT'S APRIL Y'ALL!

AND WE HAVIN' A BAYBAY!

And that means a few things are going on, or have already happened!

The first weekend we took the girls for a 'possible last fun weekend before baby' to build a bear and got them their favorite ponies (Rainbow dash and Pinky Pie) put together. 

Can I say they were in pure bliss? 

And of all the characters, these ones?!

SCORE!

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On the 14th I turned 25! :) My hubby took me and the girls to the movies to see the Croodes, I got cuban food, AND chinese pan fried noodles (oops, not the healthiness but hey hah!),  and for my sweet treat I got froyo (salted caramel with hot fudge on it....*mmmmmmmmm* ) 

I also managed to break a window in our living room during a short nap. 

(Womp womp...)

No I didn't take a photo of it but yeah... hah. Hitting out with a bang! 

(Lots of duct tape helped fix that, too.)

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Annnnnnnnnnnnd now on to BABY STUFFZ.

Right now it's almost 930 on the 19th and I'm still pregnant. *sigh*

I honestly thought he'd be here by now. SERIOUSLY.

So, Friday the 12th I had a sweep done. Cramped and contracted all weekend long. 

Had my 'show'. Lost a golf ball sized amount of my plug (thought it was like the size of a marble but it just kept coming! and still does from time to time! But my word, how big is that thing really?!)

Lost that sucker between Sunday and Wednesday. 

Still Pregnant.

I had my final Dr. Appt on Wednesday at 3pm and she said we had a tiny amount of more progress, and that my cervix was 'gooey'. 2cm. Baby is engaged. And a 2nd sweep done, too.

Okay.... So, remember when I posted a month ago that the 18th would be the eviction date with a 

c-section? yeah.....

Well, we moved it to the 25th since I progressed some more.

Yeah.....

That night I had more 'show', more plug... and contracted around 430pm-5am. At one point it got to 4-6 mins apart and they HURT. Cramping horribly bad. Averaged 8-10 for HOURS. Then by the morning they were gone. Eff...

Yesterday wasn't very eventful. Today... consistent 8-10... 10-15 again. 

SO. OVER. IT.

 I cried yesterday with Eric on the phone when he was coming home to just vent.

Part of me wishes I had just kept the 18th and did the c-section. 2 weeks of early labor has been exhausting. For those of you moms who lucked out with fast and easy labor and deliveries, I envy you.

See, I've had 2 c-sections in the past. My first was because my baby was HUGE. 9.5 lbs... but estimated to be over 10 at the time. Also she sat transverse and wasn't budging. No progress. Nothing.

My 2nd I went into labor 3 days before my due date and it slowly progressed into the real deal on Valentines day... had her on her due date the following day... BUT, she was posterior and got stuck on my tail bone, that broke, and her heart rate decelerated... and since it was an attempted VBAC they couldn't risk rupture and we had another C-section.

NOW. With Jensen. I'm due this Sunday, April 21st. MY dad's birthday. (cool right?)

At this point with all the false stuff I'm beginning to think the 25th IS going to be the day he is born. I was hoping to have a little bitty below 9 pounds but I have a feeling we might reach that weight again if we wait 5 more days.

5. Freakin. Days. 

/facepalm

More contractions today 8-15 mins apart. All day. ALL DAY. 

I weeded a garden or two in the front yard, cleaned the kitchen top to bottom, picked up the living room, and now I'm sitting here relaxing. Ahh... 

We are attempting a VBA2C (vaginal birth after 2 c-sections)

if labor begins before the 25th. I've never been over due before and it kinda scares me to be honest.

I have stretch marks up to my sternum now; where as with Emma they stopped just above my belly button. Nothing with Kaelyn. And up they went with Jensen. 

My badges of 2.5 years worth of pregnancy done and did. 

Regardless....  part of me hates how they look now, but part of me is proud of them. 

I bake big, beautiful, healthy, hairy half asian babies :)

Anyhow. For the next 5 days we are sitting and waiting. Hoping he kick starts things early but if not then Thursday will be it!

Today is my LAST EVER EVER EVER pregnant Friday. :)

I will cherish it and enjoy his little movements and kicks while I can while they are still only for me. 

Next week this time I will have to share my beautiful boy with the world <3

Before I wrap this up I'll post a few fun photos <3

(My 9 month maternity photo that I'm sooo happy we were able to get!)

(girls with the belly at 38 weeks)

(39.3 days of bitty boy)

(some more bitty cuties!)

(And I'm absolutely DYING to get them in these outfits for photos in the next few days <3 )

I can't wait till he is here, and I sooooo can't wait to start working out again :)

More updates as soon as they happen!

5 days or less!

XOXOXO

Easter update finally.... :)

So it's been a few weeks since I posted. Oops! We've had so much going on I haven't had a chance to really jump on here and post about anything. But here we go. Grab a drink and a snack, it might be long.

So since Emma's birthday on the 10th, we hosted Easter at our house too. Small and intimate. It was rainy that day so we had our Egg hunt inside. Girls had a BLAST! Crazy to think that Jensen's first will be around the time he turns a year old. (Easter is April 20th next year)

(easter bunny was generous, as well as their great aunts and grandparents)

(bitty cuties in their easter dresses)

(making daddy get the eggs that were too high to reach. mama is creative ;) )

(the easter bunny supplied them with coins in some of their eggs... so to the piggy banks they went!)

(and no, their room is a darker blue than the living room, I swear. LOL)

(silly daddy with a squeeankie (how do you spell that?!)

 on his nose, and a kaelyn about to snag it off haha)

(Annnnddd the bump!)

So I just decided to break these posts up so stay tuned for after I'm done with dinner <3)

XOXOXO