Sweet Sloane

My Sweet, sweet, little Sloane will be 6 months old tomorrow!  Can you believe it?  I cannot.  It seems just like yesterday that we were coming home with our baby from the hospital.  She got her shots this morning and handled them like a trooper!  She weighs 14 pounds 10 ounces and is 25 1/2 inches tall.  She is still on the same growth cure (the 25%) one.  She is super healthy and developmentally sound.  The Dr was impressed that she was sitting on her own so well.  That's my GIRL!!!  Now, we just need to work on getting her to sleep through the night.

Sloane

My sweet little Sloane sat for the first time by herself!  She is 5 1/2 months old and is growing up entirely too fast.  She is such a ham and she will chatter and smile at anyone who gives her the time of day!  She is quite the wiggle worm too, the other evening we found her under her swing (she was on the floor to begin with), she had scooted and/or rolled over to it and she was rocking the swing and talking to it.  It was the funniest thing!  We still are unsure what color her eyes are going to be, I think they're going to be brown, Todd thinks her eyes will be green or hazel.  Sloane also sits and watches Teagan with such intensity, she is learning so much from her "big" sister.  Sloane and Teagan now "fight" over toys - and so it has begun...dun dun dun.

Day 1

I did it, I did not die.  For a little longer comment, view the P90X page attached.

P90X Day -1

Day -1 meaning the day before I start.  I am giddy with excitement, yet terrified of what is to come.  I have heard that the next 90 days will be a true testament to stamina and will.  The pull up bar is installed, I just need to clean out the basement TV room tonight, take my measurements and take my "Before" photos.  Today I am a "Before", here is sweating to become the "After"!

P90X

I just tracked the shipment...I should have the DVD's this afternoon!  I'm stoked.  Gotta go get a tape measure and a pull up bar!  WooHoo!

Running Update

As the 4th of July nears, I am getting more anxious and excited; my first 5k in, gulp, 16 years is now 3 days away. The longest distance I have run to date is 2.5 miles. So, Sunday morning will prove to be my biggest test and my biggest challenge to day. I am excited to get out there with other people and run. I do hope to run the entire way, I can do it. I should be a Nike commercial...too bad my shoes are Aisics...*snicker**snicker*

I am on week 7 of the Couch to 5k plan, but I figure it is time to get my "race on". My goal is to finish the race, 3.1 miles in 45 minutes or less.

So far, this running has not helped me lose any weight, but, this month I will be more diligent in my eating habits. That should give me some positive results.

Have a safe and Happy 4th of July all!!!!

Photo Shoot 6-29-2010

On Tuesday I took the girls to get their pictures taken. Both of them were in such good moods on the way there, I was thinking to myself, "oh, this is a great day and time to be getting these pictures!" Boy was I WRONG!!!!

Teagan decided she wanted nothing to do with being in front of the camera....

But, the photographer got this picture of her before the next melt down...so, we decided to get Sloane's pictures and let Teagan get a little more comfortable there. And this is how Sloane's session started:

But, she quickly changed her attitude...







I love this photo of Sloane. It shows how much personality she has.
And in my infinite wisdom, I thought it would be a good time to get a picture of the two of the girls together...and this is what we got:

Yes, folks those are tears...

A little better, but, in the end there were no pictures of the two girls that were decent.

At least Teagan was trying to give Sloane a kiss...


Sweet Sloane's little feet


And her little hands


Oh, it would have been cute to get Teagan's hands too, but we instead got me gripping my daughter's hand.

Ah, but there was a silver lining. Toward the end, Uncle Matt had Teagan in a fairly good mood and there was a large flower for Teagan to play with and we got a couple of good shots of Teagan.

Memo to self: Don't do photos without Daddy.