I promise to do a blog post in the next couple of days with updates on us and pictures of the little girl who is the most awesome kid in the world. For now, I'm about to head out to school so I just wanted to do a quick post about my Advocare experience. I had alot of people ask me to let them know how it worked for me and if I liked it or no. Well the answer is YES!
I've always been very skeptical of any type of "system" that promotes weight loss, increased energy and just an all around "good" feeling about yourself. About a month ago I decided to buy the Herbal Cleanse system from my best friend from home (Tiffany Horton! Look her up on FB!). It came within 2 days. I will admit that the "fiber" drink was kind of rough the first day but the 2nd days I added more water and it was just "pulpy". The system calls for drinking a "fiber" drink on days 1,2,3 and 8,9,10. It also comes with a "vitamin" cleanse type pill that you take at night days 1-7 and a "good bacteria" pill (name is skipping my mind right now!) days 1-8 (I think). Anyway, it worked out fabulous. Yes, it is a "cleanse" system but not a "keep you in the bathroom all day long" system. I felt full after the fiber drink and really didn't feel "hungry" all day. In fact, several days I had to remind myself to eat lunch. I changed my eating habits (no whites, lots of veggies, fruit etc) and went with it.
I am currently down 6lbs in the last months. UNBELIEVABLE, as I'm not a person that loses weight easily. Hence the reason it took me so long to lose all my baby weight. After the cleanse I invested in Catalyst which is like an amino acids pill. Totally natural but really good for working out. I haven't tried to Spark yet but I've heard it awesome!
Overall, I LOVE advocare and would HIGHLY recommend the system. Feel free to contact Tiffany Horton from FB if you are interested in the system or if you have any questions!!
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
A lonnnng overdue update.
It has been so long since I updated. I can't believe it's already March!! Just to catch everyone up (I'm sure you are all updated through FB), Snuggies is much better. He is fully recovered from his episode of pneumonia and is doing great. NOW, yesterday he peed on my when I tried to change his cage so he's treading on thin ice around here. Just kidding!
We have been so busy these last couple of months. One of several things we did in the month of February was a parade. We headed out early on Saturday morning to West Monroe to spend the day and enjoy the parade with my parent's and family. We had a blast! Lexie loved getting so much stuff and we were at a great spot at the beginning of the parade. We were able to get out without too much of a hassle and head back home. We all had a great time!! This was a few pics I took before we left. I am too cheap to buy Mardi Gras stuff but this shirt was on clearance at the local kids consignment earlier this year for about a buck. Can't beat a buck!
The faces she makes now adays!
Two weekends ago we went to a birthday party of one of my old coworkers. I still keep in touch with this awesome group of ladies and it was so nice to be able to catch up with them and Lexie enjoy time with the kiddos. This was her 1st time skating and she had a blast. Of course now a days you can pay 3 bucks for what we referred to as a "walker". She loved it!
I love this picture even though it shows a spot where she spilled TEA all over her in the truck.
We have also been doing alot of this...
She is supervised of course but she is LOVING to go around the neighborhood in her police car, 4 wheeler or tricycle. It's good exercise for us and she loves it and is really good. She doesn't get tired or anything!!
School is going pretty good. I am about to take my 2nd round of test. I get my 1st Chemistry test back tomorrow (took 2 weeks to grade it) but I'm thinking I got either an A or a B on it. Hoping for an A. I made a 101 on my Anatomy test and I made a 92 on my nursing test so the 1st round of tests went pretty good. Now it's just time to finish the next couple of rounds and take my TEAS test. I pretty much spend all my time studying b/c I am just trying to absorb alot of information!! Ryan and Lexie are doing wonderful and Lexie loves being back at school with all her friends all the time. :)
We have been so busy these last couple of months. One of several things we did in the month of February was a parade. We headed out early on Saturday morning to West Monroe to spend the day and enjoy the parade with my parent's and family. We had a blast! Lexie loved getting so much stuff and we were at a great spot at the beginning of the parade. We were able to get out without too much of a hassle and head back home. We all had a great time!! This was a few pics I took before we left. I am too cheap to buy Mardi Gras stuff but this shirt was on clearance at the local kids consignment earlier this year for about a buck. Can't beat a buck!
The faces she makes now adays!
Two weekends ago we went to a birthday party of one of my old coworkers. I still keep in touch with this awesome group of ladies and it was so nice to be able to catch up with them and Lexie enjoy time with the kiddos. This was her 1st time skating and she had a blast. Of course now a days you can pay 3 bucks for what we referred to as a "walker". She loved it!
I love this picture even though it shows a spot where she spilled TEA all over her in the truck.
We have also been doing alot of this...
She is supervised of course but she is LOVING to go around the neighborhood in her police car, 4 wheeler or tricycle. It's good exercise for us and she loves it and is really good. She doesn't get tired or anything!!
School is going pretty good. I am about to take my 2nd round of test. I get my 1st Chemistry test back tomorrow (took 2 weeks to grade it) but I'm thinking I got either an A or a B on it. Hoping for an A. I made a 101 on my Anatomy test and I made a 92 on my nursing test so the 1st round of tests went pretty good. Now it's just time to finish the next couple of rounds and take my TEAS test. I pretty much spend all my time studying b/c I am just trying to absorb alot of information!! Ryan and Lexie are doing wonderful and Lexie loves being back at school with all her friends all the time. :)
Monday, January 31, 2011
Our Sick Bunny
What a long day. Ryan and I noticed yesterday that Snuggies was not acting like himself. He was somewhat lathargic and had some nasal discharge going on. Seeing as how it was Sunday, there wasn't much we could do other than clean his nose and watch him really well. Today I made an appointment with the only vet in town that sees "exotic" animals. I guess rabbits are considered exotic.
We got there and they took us in immediately. When she first saw him she said she could hear him "wheezing". She looked him over and listened to his heart and lungs and said that he most definately had a case of pneumonia. She put him on a 10 day round of antibiotic injections. She was a super doctor and even walked me through giving him his first injection. Rabbits have very tough skin so it didn't hurt him at all. He didn't even flinch. She advised us to keep him inside for the next 2 weeks and to feed him what is considered "treat foods". Lots of apples, carrots, and grass. So far tonight he is eating okay but is not acting like himself. He is very lathargic. :( I sure hope he pulls through!! Here is a picture of him today at the vet.
We got there and they took us in immediately. When she first saw him she said she could hear him "wheezing". She looked him over and listened to his heart and lungs and said that he most definately had a case of pneumonia. She put him on a 10 day round of antibiotic injections. She was a super doctor and even walked me through giving him his first injection. Rabbits have very tough skin so it didn't hurt him at all. He didn't even flinch. She advised us to keep him inside for the next 2 weeks and to feed him what is considered "treat foods". Lots of apples, carrots, and grass. So far tonight he is eating okay but is not acting like himself. He is very lathargic. :( I sure hope he pulls through!! Here is a picture of him today at the vet.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Silly Girl
I have decided I have the silliest 3 yr old that I know. This girl is just too funny. Lexie has been asking for a "baby sisser" for about 6 months now. Two of her classmates have new babies in their houses so I think "babies" are all the rage these days. :) It's been a couple of days since she mentioned that she wanted a baby "sisser" so I was starting to think that was out of her mind. Well it was until last night.
Ryan and I were sitting on the floor of the playroom while she went "grocy shopping" with her baby in her shopping cart. Now Lexie's idea of "grocy shopping" is to put all sorts of ANYTHING in her basket. This includes doll accessories, play foods, legos etc. We just laughed at her. Anyway, Ryan and I were discussing school. I attended my 1st nursing class on Monday and the instructor told us they had roughly 70 spots open for Clincals for the Fall 2011 session. They have close to 200 people that they expect to apply. Needless to say, alot of people are NOT getting spots. I mentioned to Ryan that I was doing the best I could this semester and I would give it a shot. If I didn't get in, then at least I know I did my best. I also mentioned that if I DID NOT get in I would not be reapplying for the Spring. We then started talking about if that was the case we may start TTC in the late summer.
Sometimes I totally forget that my 3 yr old has the eyes of a hawk and the ears of some spectacular animal that can hear EVERYTHING! She all of a sudden walks over and says "Yeah! Let's have 3 babies. One for me, one for daddy and one for you". Ryan and I just started laughing. We proceeded to ask her where these babies would sleep. Here is the conversation:
Lexie: in the crib!
Me: We don't have a crib.
Lexie: My bed is a crib (we have talked about her bed being made from a crib to a big girl bed)
Me: So where are you going to sleep?
She pauses for about 10 seconds and it's one of those times you can literally SEE her wheels turning.
Lexie: Nevermind. I don't want a baby!
She realized if she gave up her bed she wouldn't have a bed. We have laughed and laughed over that. This is one silly girl!! Who knows, her wish may come true. :)
I took this picture this morning with my cell phone. I was brushing her hair for preschool and she was "brushing" her baby dolls hair. She informed me "Mommy, if you have one of these, I pwomise I will help you with it, Ok?". She is so sweet!
Ryan and I were sitting on the floor of the playroom while she went "grocy shopping" with her baby in her shopping cart. Now Lexie's idea of "grocy shopping" is to put all sorts of ANYTHING in her basket. This includes doll accessories, play foods, legos etc. We just laughed at her. Anyway, Ryan and I were discussing school. I attended my 1st nursing class on Monday and the instructor told us they had roughly 70 spots open for Clincals for the Fall 2011 session. They have close to 200 people that they expect to apply. Needless to say, alot of people are NOT getting spots. I mentioned to Ryan that I was doing the best I could this semester and I would give it a shot. If I didn't get in, then at least I know I did my best. I also mentioned that if I DID NOT get in I would not be reapplying for the Spring. We then started talking about if that was the case we may start TTC in the late summer.
Sometimes I totally forget that my 3 yr old has the eyes of a hawk and the ears of some spectacular animal that can hear EVERYTHING! She all of a sudden walks over and says "Yeah! Let's have 3 babies. One for me, one for daddy and one for you". Ryan and I just started laughing. We proceeded to ask her where these babies would sleep. Here is the conversation:
Lexie: in the crib!
Me: We don't have a crib.
Lexie: My bed is a crib (we have talked about her bed being made from a crib to a big girl bed)
Me: So where are you going to sleep?
She pauses for about 10 seconds and it's one of those times you can literally SEE her wheels turning.
Lexie: Nevermind. I don't want a baby!
She realized if she gave up her bed she wouldn't have a bed. We have laughed and laughed over that. This is one silly girl!! Who knows, her wish may come true. :)
I took this picture this morning with my cell phone. I was brushing her hair for preschool and she was "brushing" her baby dolls hair. She informed me "Mommy, if you have one of these, I pwomise I will help you with it, Ok?". She is so sweet!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Birthday Parties and School!!
I can't believe it's been 2 weeks since I last blogged. I intended to keep up blogging a little better. Oh well, too much going on here. Last Saturday we had Lexie's 3rd birthday party. Before the party we met up with our family at the Boardwalk for some Build a Bear fun. My cousin (who is 16 months younger than me!) met us with her mom and daughter. My sister, niece, brother in law, step-mom and dad also met us. IT was a full house. My aunt had decided that since Lexie's birthday is in January, Bri's is in February and Aimee's is in March, it would be fun to let them all three build a bear for their birthdays together.
They had a blast! Brianna and Aimee are very familiar with Build a Bear. Lexie has only built a rabbit and up until last Saturday had NO IDEA that all those clothes were for buying! She picked out the cutest little outfit. All 3 of them stuffed the bears and we attempted a picture!
After we did that we all went to Buffalo Wild Wings for a quick bite to eat before the party. I was impressed. They seated 11 people and got us our food in about 20 min. Then we headed to Lexie's party. We had a blast! Lexie had so many little friends. I think I counted 16 kids all together and the adults had a great time chatting. She really enjoyed her birthday party and I'm so glad that we were able to do this for her!
The cake!
Notice we had a similar cake last year? Yep, she picked Jill's Gymnastics for the party place last year and this year. We went to pick out a cake and she HAD to have a Mickey Mouse cake. Thankfully, we got a different one than last year. Silly girl!
Blowing out her candle.
I thought this picture was hilarious. I asked her to take a picture with Daddy and this was her reaction. Typical silly girl!
This was taken before her party. I love this shirt and I got it on clearance for 4 bucks at the end of the summer. Doesn't she look so big??
School is going good. This is my 2nd week in school and I have spent majority of my days making flashcards, recopying notes, doing chemistry problems, reading/highlighting key points in my books etc. I have a schedule sort of worked out and the days that I get out of class early (Mon) and the days I don't have class (Tues and Friday) I go and get Lexie right about 2:00pm when she gets up from her nap. This allows me to have some time with her before Ryan gets home and we start on supper and our nightly routine. I started to think that I'm taking the 2 hardest classes together (Chemistry and Human Anatomy) but they have gotten progressively easier to understand over the last 2 weeks. I go to my 1st "nursing" class on Monday. :) School is very time consuming but I love it!!
They had a blast! Brianna and Aimee are very familiar with Build a Bear. Lexie has only built a rabbit and up until last Saturday had NO IDEA that all those clothes were for buying! She picked out the cutest little outfit. All 3 of them stuffed the bears and we attempted a picture!
After we did that we all went to Buffalo Wild Wings for a quick bite to eat before the party. I was impressed. They seated 11 people and got us our food in about 20 min. Then we headed to Lexie's party. We had a blast! Lexie had so many little friends. I think I counted 16 kids all together and the adults had a great time chatting. She really enjoyed her birthday party and I'm so glad that we were able to do this for her!
The cake!
Notice we had a similar cake last year? Yep, she picked Jill's Gymnastics for the party place last year and this year. We went to pick out a cake and she HAD to have a Mickey Mouse cake. Thankfully, we got a different one than last year. Silly girl!
Blowing out her candle.
I thought this picture was hilarious. I asked her to take a picture with Daddy and this was her reaction. Typical silly girl!
This was taken before her party. I love this shirt and I got it on clearance for 4 bucks at the end of the summer. Doesn't she look so big??
School is going good. This is my 2nd week in school and I have spent majority of my days making flashcards, recopying notes, doing chemistry problems, reading/highlighting key points in my books etc. I have a schedule sort of worked out and the days that I get out of class early (Mon) and the days I don't have class (Tues and Friday) I go and get Lexie right about 2:00pm when she gets up from her nap. This allows me to have some time with her before Ryan gets home and we start on supper and our nightly routine. I started to think that I'm taking the 2 hardest classes together (Chemistry and Human Anatomy) but they have gotten progressively easier to understand over the last 2 weeks. I go to my 1st "nursing" class on Monday. :) School is very time consuming but I love it!!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
The New Year
I can't believe it's already the 5th of January! This past week has been fun of fun, tears (for mommy) and birthday celebrations. Lexie's birthday was last Sunday and on Monday she started back daycare full time. The last 6 months we have been on what I refer to as our "fun schedule". Basically for 3 months we did whatever we wanted and napped in the late afternoon. Starting in August Lexie went back to preschool (mornings only) and we still had our late nap time. This worked out great but doesn't work out so great now that I'm starting back to school full time and she is now staying at daycare all day long.
Monday was her first day back full time and she did great. According to her teacher she ate great and napped right along with the rest of the class. I am so thankful that she has adjusted so well. Mommy on the other hand hasn't adjusted as easily as I thought I would. It's been very hard for me NOT to rush out the door at 11:30 to pick up her smiling self. Instead I have done as I promised my husband and waited until after nap time. Yeah, that means I make it to 2:30 or 3 at the most. Then I'm rushing out the door to go and get her.
I have already paid my tuition, got my books and I picked up my Student ID this morning. I am so super excited about going back to school. This is something that I have wanted to do since before we even got married and I am thankful that we are in a position to be able to do that. I know that Lexie and Ryan will adjust just fine and I know that starting next week my days will be spent studying, studying and studying some more. I'm excited to start a new chapter in our lives.
These pictures were taken on her Birthday.
Mommy and Lexie
Daddy and Lexie. This picture really captures her silly self!
This is what she looks like after tons of birthday celebrations and no naps!
Admit it, you just want to kiss those cheeks!
Monday was her first day back full time and she did great. According to her teacher she ate great and napped right along with the rest of the class. I am so thankful that she has adjusted so well. Mommy on the other hand hasn't adjusted as easily as I thought I would. It's been very hard for me NOT to rush out the door at 11:30 to pick up her smiling self. Instead I have done as I promised my husband and waited until after nap time. Yeah, that means I make it to 2:30 or 3 at the most. Then I'm rushing out the door to go and get her.
I have already paid my tuition, got my books and I picked up my Student ID this morning. I am so super excited about going back to school. This is something that I have wanted to do since before we even got married and I am thankful that we are in a position to be able to do that. I know that Lexie and Ryan will adjust just fine and I know that starting next week my days will be spent studying, studying and studying some more. I'm excited to start a new chapter in our lives.
These pictures were taken on her Birthday.
Mommy and Lexie
Daddy and Lexie. This picture really captures her silly self!
This is what she looks like after tons of birthday celebrations and no naps!
Admit it, you just want to kiss those cheeks!
Monday, January 3, 2011
Lexie is 3
Yesterday was a very big day in our house. Saturday night we put to bed a 2 yr old and yesterday morning we woke up with a 3 YEAR OLD. She had a wonderful lunch of Olive Garden (mommy helped her pick out the place to eat!) and then we went to a friends house for his little birthday party. He and Lexie share the same birthday! Her party will be on the 15th and the gymnastics facility (anyone surprised??).
These last 3 yrs have been full of ups and downs. I have watched a 5lb 11oz baby girl who was completely dependent on me for everything, grow up into a 26lb little girl. She no longer depends on me for food and nourishment (other than getting her a snack or a meal). She can now feed herself and requires little or no help! She no longer depends on me for clean diapers as she has been potty trained for almost a year. In fact she now tells me "I not need help. I do it myself. Shut the door" when she needs to go to the restroom. She no longer depends on me to be able to get "around" in this world as she has been walking for over 2 yrs and is a PRO at walking, running and most of all jumping (her favorite activity!). She of course still needs for me to supervise her, play with her, wash her clothes, help her take a bath and all that other good stuff that we do on a daily basis, however, she doesn't depend on me for every waking minute of the day.
Just this past week I realized how important her "fwiends" are to her. We left the house to go to Sonic (HEY! HAPPY HOUR!) and she said "Mommy, are we going to preschool?". I told her no that preschool was closed for the holidays. We passed by and of course there were cars there b/c daycare was still going on. I explained this to her and she replied "I want to go to daydare and see my fwiends. I want to see my barba (Barbara)". At that point I realized that as much as I love having her under my feet all the time she is at the age to where her "fwiends" are important to her. It made me feel proud to know that she has developed such a wonderful relationship with her daycare and friends but in the same sense made me realize that she's growing up and isn't going to be a "baby" forever. Who am I kidding? This little sweet thing will ALWAYS be her mama's baby! Here are a few pics of the last 3 yrs.
1st Birthday (I LOVE THIS FACE!)
2nd Birthday
3rd Birthday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATALEE ALEXIS SULLIVAN! We love you!
These last 3 yrs have been full of ups and downs. I have watched a 5lb 11oz baby girl who was completely dependent on me for everything, grow up into a 26lb little girl. She no longer depends on me for food and nourishment (other than getting her a snack or a meal). She can now feed herself and requires little or no help! She no longer depends on me for clean diapers as she has been potty trained for almost a year. In fact she now tells me "I not need help. I do it myself. Shut the door" when she needs to go to the restroom. She no longer depends on me to be able to get "around" in this world as she has been walking for over 2 yrs and is a PRO at walking, running and most of all jumping (her favorite activity!). She of course still needs for me to supervise her, play with her, wash her clothes, help her take a bath and all that other good stuff that we do on a daily basis, however, she doesn't depend on me for every waking minute of the day.
Just this past week I realized how important her "fwiends" are to her. We left the house to go to Sonic (HEY! HAPPY HOUR!) and she said "Mommy, are we going to preschool?". I told her no that preschool was closed for the holidays. We passed by and of course there were cars there b/c daycare was still going on. I explained this to her and she replied "I want to go to daydare and see my fwiends. I want to see my barba (Barbara)". At that point I realized that as much as I love having her under my feet all the time she is at the age to where her "fwiends" are important to her. It made me feel proud to know that she has developed such a wonderful relationship with her daycare and friends but in the same sense made me realize that she's growing up and isn't going to be a "baby" forever. Who am I kidding? This little sweet thing will ALWAYS be her mama's baby! Here are a few pics of the last 3 yrs.
1st Birthday (I LOVE THIS FACE!)
2nd Birthday
3rd Birthday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATALEE ALEXIS SULLIVAN! We love you!
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