Spring Weight Off - Week 6
By Jen | May 13, 2008
Here we are at week 6. I cannot believe I have not lost one pound over the last two weeks. I haven’t gained either, but still. I have been DOING SO GOOD! It just irritates me so bad. I’m not going to let it get me down. I am in this to lose and I will just have to change up some things this week to see what is going on. I mean come on… I didn’t even eat any of my birthday cake HA!
Please leave me some encouragement and let me know this is just normal to go through this weight loss process. I am still doing good right?
How is everyone else doing? We are in this together remember. Hopefully it will be a little warmer tomorrow so the girls and I can do our walks again. It has been really really cold so we haven’t got to get outside much.
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Topics: Weight Off, Weight Loss | 5 Comments »
The Great Birthday and Mothers Day
By Jen | May 12, 2008
Every few years… my birthday happens to be on Mother’s Day. What a wonderful time it is to celebrate such two wonderful days together.
First off… I am so blessed to be a mom and thank God for choosing to bless me with two wonderful miracles. They truly are my life. I also made sure to thank the hubbs for helping bless us with two beautiful girls as well ;).
We started the celebrations early with family and friends on Saturday evening with a delicious dinner. All my family was there including my almost 95 year old grandmother. She is such an amazing lady and I am so proud to be her granddaughter and let her be a great grandmother to my two girls. She also brought me one of her homemade banana breads! Oh so good.
A special friend from highschool came over as well with her family. I just have to say my girls had a blast with her little boy. I don’t think Madisyn ever meets a stranger. Lyndsee was shy at first but as you can see joined in the playing after just a little bit.
We had a really good time just socializing and eating. I enjoyed some wonderful strawberries while some of the others enjoyed some birthday cake for dessert.
You know when you are dieting and all… birthday cake is way out of the question.
The night wrapped up and I was truly blessed to have all of them over celebrating with me.
I woke up Sunday morning and Madisyn couldn’t wait to get ready for church. It was really rainy and cold but we managed ok since a lot of our winter clothes are still in Florida haha.
We got to church and Lyndsee was trying to sing while the preacher was preaching. I got this look when I told her to be quieter.
Madisyn was all smiles the whole time at church.
And after church they each presented me with some beautiful carnations. They were soooo happy. I just look at these pictures and just see the love my girls have for their mommy and it melts my heart.
We ended the day with hubbs taking me on a shopping trip for my birthday/mothers day gifts. Then on over to dinner. Which Lyndsee was so excited to sit like a big girl and order herself.
Overall the whole weekend was a blast and I enjoyed each and every moment with family and friends. Being a mother has changed me in so many ways and I wouldn’t have life any other way right now!!
Hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day. I want to wish each and every one of the Moms a very HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!
Topics: Life of a Mom, Holidays | 6 Comments »
Poopy Heads and Tooth Fairies Oh MY
By Jen | May 8, 2008
What a journey motherhood can be! I know being a mother is one of the greatest accomplishments I will ever do in my lifetime and one of the reasons is because of what my daughter’s say day to day. They know how to make me laugh out loud so hard or even just put a smile on my face for the day.
We went on a 2 mile walk the other day and up and down the road they were yelling poopy heads mommy, look mommy more poopy heads… wow mommy there are poopy heads everywhere. Here mommy you blow this poopy head and make a wish. I mean they were so darn excited about all these poopy heads. I’ll have to admit at first I was like what the heck are you calling poopy heads. Madisyn my oldest was quick to the draw to let me know, MOM these are poopy heads you know. Like DUH MOM!
I couldn’t stop laughing at first… and then I said Madisyn were did you hear them called poopy heads. She said you know mom that is what they called them on Noggin. So I’m not too sure why they were calling them that, but rest assured everywhere we go now, the girls are looking for poopy heads to blow.
I remember doing this as a young girl too and thought it was the best time, I am so glad the girls are having fun in our beautiful nature surroundings as well.
Then that night Lyndsee thought she would leave something special for the tooth fairy. You may say but she is only 3, she is too young to lose a tooth. Well you are exactly right. Let’s just say Lyndsee has been exploring lately in her nose. Yes sigh!
She pulled a critter LOL out of her nose and informed me.. Mom my nose is coming out. I said its ok honey… we’ll just go wash your hands. Then she said No mommy, we have to leave it right here above our bed so the tooth fairy will come get it tonight. HAHAHAHA. She was soooo serious too, so I knew I couldn’t laugh or she would get her feelings hurt. I did laugh inside though.
Those are my girls!
Topics: Life of a Mom, Little Sis, Big Sis | 2 Comments »
The Spring Weight Off - Week 5
By Jen | May 6, 2008
I am finally able to get online and blog. Hooray for this! The move went ok. I got teary eyed quite a few times driving up here to NC from Florida. Also it didn’t help matters that Lyndsee my youngest was vomiting on the whole trip and it continued till yesterday. I believe we have figured out the culprit and hopefully we can get her on the mends soon!
I have to say… I have been doing so good with my healthy eating. It hasn’t been easy to not touch temptations that I see some family members eat, but I just go get my water or rice cakes!
I know my pants are getting looser as well but there is no scale here at my parent’s house, so hopefully I can get one Friday. Today I walked 2 miles with the girls and then this evening one mile by myself. Its all downhill going down then uphill coming back so its quite a workout. I was proud and hopefully can keep this up.
So link up everyone.. here we are in week 5. I want to hear how all of you all doing. I know I do wish the pounds would go away quicker, but they say losing it at a steady pace is a healthier so I keep telling myself that.
Let’s hear it moms!
Topics: Weight Off, Weight Loss | 3 Comments »
Dependent onto Independent
By Jen | May 1, 2008
It seems like it was just yesterday that I was a first time mom and my world revolved around everything my baby girl did.
These last 5.5 years have shaped me so much as a person/mom and I am proud if I may say so myself of the beautiful independent little girl that has grown.
Madisyn is always talking about starting kindergarten and she just cannot wait. Here was our little conversation last night.
Madisyn: Mom it is only just a couple more months still I start big girl school
Mom: I know but don’t you think you should just stay home with mommy?
Madisyn: Mom I have to learn and it is not like I will be gone forever.
Mom: That is right, but I am going to miss you so much.
Madisyn: But mom learning is a fun experience for me and I will come back home just like daddy comes back home in the evenings.
Mom: But I can just teach you at home….
Madisyn: Mom no I want to learn with my friends at school, but its ok mom I still love you and will come back home everyday to you and give you a big hug.
Mom: Wiping away the tears and thinking my little girl is such a big girl now.
Hubbs was listening to this whole conversation and he kept looking at me to see how I was reacting. It is a bittersweet moment, but I know she will love school so much and I cannot wait to be a big part of her class each and every year. Also picking her up in the afternoons and having her run to me and giving me the biggest hug - PRICELESS!
Topics: Big Sis, Just Because | 7 Comments »
Helping Your Child Learn To Read
By Jen | April 30, 2008
I don’t even want to admit that my child is old enough to be interested in reading. Why can’t she still be interested in just eating cheerios?
Madisyn has always been like a sponge and loves to absorb learning materials and keeps asking for more. I do allow her to play her V-Smile and Leapster, but she does not spend loads of time on those things as I do not want her to just learn by some electronic whiz thing.
I strongly believe when I chose to be a mom, that I was making a commitment to help her understand, to teach her, to motivate her… etc. Not just drop the ball and have an electronic teach her. It just irritates me the more I hear of parents these days just dropping the ball and putting them behind electronics to teach them when as a parent that is what WE are suppose to do. Yes, its fine to have some electronics and let the children have some down time because believe me I know moms need that 10 to 15 minute cool-down period during the day.
When I realized Madisyn was starting to sound out words and was really eager to learn how to read, I went looking and researching for a tool that I could help her with. I came across the Bob Books.
These have been the coolest books to read and it really keeps Madisyn’s attention too. She loves looking at the funny illustrations too and she now knows that this can help her sound out the words.
This is a set of books that comes with groups. Each group has a set of 4 books in that group. Each word you learn in the books, you carry on to the next group set. You should just see the glow and smile on Madisyn’s face when she realizes she has read a whole book by herself. Not only is she happy, but I am getting to see every moment of this priceless time and I can proudly say I helped my child learn to read. It doesn’t get any better than that.
Topics: Life of a Mom, Big Sis | 2 Comments »
Trading Palm Trees For Mountains
By Jen | April 29, 2008
We are moving from this:
to this:
Quite a change right? These are actual pictures that I have taken and just love both soooo much!
So I have been a little busy bee packing and trying to get everything organized. Never fear… Spring Weight Off will pick up where it left off last week next Monday. This week is just so much chaos… phew. I am going to time date some blog posts so subscribe to the feed if you do not want to miss out on any action here at One Moms World.
So… As most of you all know, I have been living in Florida for the last year. I have grown to love it here. It’s nice when you can just drive across the road and walk into a Super Target, or grab a joe at Starbucks, or munch on salsa and chips at Chilis.
Or…take a trip down the road and go to the beach whenever you feel like it. Or… hop into the car and go to disney for the day. It has been an experience and I am so glad that I have got to experience this last year. I have always said I would either live at the mountains or the beach.
The only thing I have missed is my family back in NC and friends. You just don’t really know what you have until you are miles and miles apart. Family and friends are really important to me and I thank God for putting each and everyone of you in my life.
With that said, we are making the move back to NC this Friday. It is such a bittersweet moment, because I have grown to love Florida so MUCH and having everything close by, but yet am ready to be with my family and friends. So its like I am so torn, but I know God is looking out for us and everything is going to be ok! God has got me through everything in my life and I’m not so sure where I would be in life today if I didn’t have him… so I’m thankful for his love.
All my in-laws live down here, so I know we will be back to visit. Florida it has been a good year and I have no regrets. I know we have all the pictures that one day we can look back at all the beautiful memories that we have made here.
The girls are just as torn as I am because they love the water, but I have ensured Madisyn we would make sure she gets her water in NC as well. :).
So here we are starting back on the adventure to NC this Friday and taking plant into the NC Mountains. It’s been a fun ride and I know it will not stop here :).
Topics: Life in NC, Life of a Mom, Life in Florida | 9 Comments »
Mother’s Day Giveaway
By Jen | April 26, 2008
The wonderful ladies over at 5 Minutes for Mom is holding a Mother’s Day Giveaway.
The first one is to share a photo of what motherhood means to you. I took this picture last week and added some text to show what this photo means to me. This is definitely what being a mom is all about! Madisyn’s eyes say it all in this picture to me.
Topics: Life of a Mom, Contests | 8 Comments »
What Life Is All About
By Jen | April 26, 2008
It has been an interesting few days around here of trying decide about our move back to NC. I was hoping the move wouldn’t be this fast as we had plans for May, but it is what it is… and we can always make new plans.
This is the last few months before my daughter starts kindy in August, and I am going to make it special for her so she will have memories of a lifetime. I cannot believe she has grown so fast. She definitely has my heart wrapped around her heart. It warms my heart as well to see her micmic me. She loves to put make-up on as I do, and yesterday she wanted me to straighten her hair like I do mine. Just take a look at my beautiful daughter. This is definitely what I dreamed of being a mom and is what life is all about with my daughter’s.
Last night while I was doing some work for clients here in my office, she surprised me once again with the love she has for her sister with this drawing. Is it not the cutest? I will hold onto this image forever.
Just to show you what kind of heart Madisyn has for her sister Lyndsee… yesterday we were out running errands and the humidity and heat was some kind of crazy down here in Florida yesterday. We were getting out of the van and Madisyn saw Lyndsee having problems breathing and she was sweating. While I was tending to Lyndsee, Madisyn immediately ran into the house, grabbed a washcloth, wet it and ran to Lyndsee to put it on her forehead and head. I have never told her to do this, and I just starting getting tears in my eyes when I seen what Madisyn had done.
This is what life is all about and it tells me I must be doing something right as a mom :).
While I have your attention as well…I have been reading Amy’s blog for just a bit, but it is definitely one of my fun daily reads. She also is a NC gal too 
Pretty cool huh? Anyways she presented me with an award this week and it just made my day and put a huge smile across my face. It is the “I Love Your Blog To Pieces”
Thank you for the honor Amy and I’m so glad I have you as a reader here. Now I would like to present this award to four more people who I enjoy their blog very much so and so glad to have you a part of my daily reads.
My bestest bud who I love and adore so much - Casual Friday Everyday
I love her humor and wittiness in her posts - We Are That Family
These two sisters share something that I always wanted in a sister and I love how they look out for the mom community with their generousity. - 5 Minutes for Mom
I love to read about how life is in Hawaii and see her beautiful posts of the land there and also her spunk in her posts. - Island Life
Topics: Life of a Mom, Day in the Life, Blog Awards | 5 Comments »
First Mommy Blog Up Meet
By Jen | April 23, 2008
We took a little outing today and had such a wonderful time. It makes me really sad we are moving now, because I feel like Stef and I hit it off so good and our girls got along soooo good especially Madisyn and Stef’s little girl.
We have been meaning to meet up but kept putting it off… and I’m so glad we finally got the chance to today.
The girls were waiting on their arrival:
We saw them and proceeded to our destination… the oh so delicious Cheesecake Factory. I had never been and was soooo excited to try it. Even though after we ate, I didn’t have any room for Cheesecake :(.
The girls went straight to playing with each other… soooo cute.
We got seated at our table and while Stef and I were having fun chatting the girls were enjoying themselves as well.
After we ate our oh so delicous food, our waiter was so nice to snap a couple picts for us.
Jen (myself) on the left and Stefanie on the right.
Keep a watch out on Stef’s blog for more pictures our waiter took.
After we ate… we went for a little shopping time. Just wish we had more time in there as this was a HUGE place. It was time to say our good bye’s after what… 3.5 hours… it went by SOOOO fast.
I know the girls and I both enjoyed our outing with Stef and her daughter. It was like we had knew each other forever. I know when we come back down, I will make sure we plan another meet-up.
Thanks so much Stef for having a day out with us. I hope you all had a blast as much as we did.
The girls were so tired, that not even 10 minutes on the interstate, they were both sleeping.
Topics: Life of a Mom, Mom's Babbling | 7 Comments »
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