Lil' Princess

Kamma & Papoo brought this onesie home from Wisconsin for Piper. Mom, you keep asking if she's able to wear it yet and she wore it yesterday! It's cute on her little body! :)

Progress Report

I was supposed to "weigh in" Sunday. With that being Piper's Dedication and me getting food ready, I totally forgot. Then yesterday I was all puffy from all the salt I ate on Sunday...so I weighed in today. I haven't gained, but I haven't lost! I know I'm supposed to be happy that I haven't gained...and I am! The problem is, I don't get any motivation to get back on my point counting. I think "well, I'm not gaining so I might as well eat whatever I want for one more day!" And I say that every day so it never stops! LOL!! Today the weather is finally cooler and that makes me want to BAKE! Evil fall and winter baked goods. Anyway, I'm rambling. So my report for this week is that I've stayed the same! I should rejoice in the lack of gaining!!!

Piper's Dedication

We had Piper dedicated to the Lord Sunday! It was a great day full of love, family, and even food! haha! :) We missed those of you who weren't able to come but we know you were with us in spirit!

The Service

Grandpa standing to show his support!! (Look at Haley ducking! So funny!!! LOL)

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God" Matthew 5:8. That's the verse we chose for Piper's life verse. We want her to be pure in heart and we want her to see God!!!

We had an awesome amount of family show up for support!!! We took up three rows in the Sanctuary! Mom & Dad Broyles, Aunt Pam & Uncle Joe, Korie and Chris, Kelly and Cathy, Dustin and Kayla, Grandpa John, Haley, Mom Lisa, Dan and Mandy with Owen, Chase, and Blake, Paul Gene and Jo! Thank you all for coming!! We love you all so much!

Diva Dad

Dad made the mistake of falling sound asleep in a room full of pranksters!

He woke up when Korie tried putting lip gloss on him! So if my dad won't even TOUCH my mom's purse...how does he feel about being diva-ised???

Jammies!!

What's With This Weather?!?!

Seriously....I'm so sick of having the A/C on!!! Hehe! Anyway...the munchkins were looking cute in their diapers together. :)

Return Of The MCC

I decided to give Piper a try in the ol' MCC (mobile command center for those of you who weren't around when MJ used it!) and she liked it!! She's growing up so fast. :( The last picture is MJ his first time in the MCC...don't they look alike!!!

Cereal!!

We tried to give Piper her first cereal tonight. She did not understand why Momma kept trying to put this weird thing in her mouth! LOL! We'll keep trying. :)

Funny Little Girl

Kaeleigh loves her room. She loves to play in it, and if you come to our house and she's here, she will very likely tell you to come see her room. She also loves her bed to be made. As soon as she wakes up in the morning or at naptime, she makes her bed!! We have never asked her to do this, it's something she does because she likes her bed to be made. She doesn't let Macky play on it (usually...unless she's the Mommy and it's his bedtime!) because she doesn't want it messed up. Well...tonight when Jason went to put Piper in her crib, he found Kaeleigh sound asleep like this!! I asked him if she went to bed like that and he said "No! She was tucked in with the blankets up to her little chin!" Such a funny little girl!!! I bet you anything she didn't want her bed messed up while she slept!

SERIOUSLY

I have NO will power. I'm so ashamed of myself!!! I woke up this morning and said "TODAY I get back on track." Then I take MJ to get his hair cut. After that, he wanted "Donalds" (McDonalds). Like the rest of the country, we're on a very tight budget so I wanted to get something off the Dollar Menu. So I got a double cheeseburger AND a McChicken! WHY did I get both??? That is just silly. I didn't need both of those! But you know I ate them. At least my tea was unsweetened. Then supper time rolls around. Jason wanted breakfast for supper. So I made scrambled eggs. Only a dash of milk and no butter or oil in the pan. And I had 2 slices of my light bread with light margerine. Sounds good, right? Well not when I kept eating peanut M&M's and dry cereal while cooking the food!!! Later we watch "The Office" and I sit and eat Heaven-only-knows-how-many tortilla chips with salsa.

What is wrong with me?!?! Why can't I say NO to food? I feel disgusting, ashamed, and like a failure right now. And it took everything I had to be honest and actually tell you I ate TWO sandwiches for lunch. I'm thinking if I embarass myself enough on the internet, maybe I'll actually stick to something for once! LOL

Pictures For Grammy

Grammy - I saw you asking on Mom's blog for a picture of me as a baby with Great Grandma Darter. I'm not sure if either of these are the one you're looking for, but you sent these to me when Mackinley was born.

For everyone else: These are some pictures of me as a baby with my Great Grandparents in the top one, and with Great Grandma Darter, my Grammy, and my silly Dad in the bottom one.

**Later Edit**

There is now a discussion as to whether or not the picture with the Greats is even ME! So I posted my newborn picture to compare...what do you think?? Unless the newborn picture isn't even me either! LOL! Whoever the newborn is, I think it looks like Piper!

Kelly's "Wedding"

Kelly and his girlfriend, Cathy, went on a trip to Las Vegas recently. We were keeping in touch a little bit through text messages when it hit me....they're in VEGAS together! So I sent him one that said "Hey it just occurred to me...you're not out there to get married are you?!?". He never responded. Then when they got home, these pictures appeared on his Facebook with the captions I have under them. I don't buy it. Nice try, Kelly!!!

I love you

The Chapel

Accountability

So...I've been doing Weight Watchers Online since July. I lost 10 pounds and then the weight stopped coming off. No...it's not because I've hit a plateau. It's because I love to eat!!! I haven't been gaining so when I'm tempted to eat something I shouldn't, I give in easily thinking "if I start to GAIN then I'll go hard core again". Then I eat it and feel guilty. I'm not happy with what I see in the mirror and even though it's not getting worse, it's also not getting better and when I have to wear something other than my daily yoga pants and t-shirt, I get really upset with myself because I still can't wear my pre-pregnancy clothes. And I wasn't even where I want to be before I was pregnant!!! Ugh.

I've seen on other blogs lately that people are blogging their weight loss battles in hopes to keep themselves more accountable. That kind of makes sense. I mean, if the whole world (like the whole world reads my blog...ROFL! So this is for the 10 of you that happen to stumble by once a month) is keeping an eye on your waistline (or in my case, your thunder thighs!!!!) you might be more apt to actually stick to your weight loss plan.

Some people are posting pictures....ummm trust me on this one, you do NOT want to see pictures of me in anything other than what you already have. I'm also not going to post my weight, I'm too ashamed! So I'm thinking I will probably just post whether I gained, lost, or stayed the same and I might do something about my daily food intake...on a weekly basis. Something not too long and boring or no one will help me out!!!

Please keep me accountable!!!! My overall goal is to lose 22 pounds. I am allowed 33 points a day (while breastfeeding, that will change when I stop) and 34 "extra" points that I can use throughout each week. I'm asking you to please be brutally honest! I won't get mad or hurt...I NEED to lose this weight and I need YOU to help me!! If you see where I go off track...lecture me! Stay tuned for Sunday when I'll make my first installment (you're on pins and needles, I'm sure! haha)!

Dr. Chuck Baldwin

I am not going to turn my blog into a political one. This will most likely be my only political post. I did not know this candidate existed until a friend pointed it out yesterday. If you're like me and don't want to vote for Obama OR McCain...take 3 minutes and 42 seconds and just listen to this man.

Baldwin 08

Please Continue To Pray

The following is an email Pastor Matt received regarding the Indian family who has been arrested. Please continue to pray!!!

"Hello Matt,
Here are the pictures of Laxman and his family suffering for preachig the gospel, the newspaper flashed the news in a negative way accusing us of converting hindus by force promising them monetary gain.which is false, by the grace of God Hindus are accepting the Lord in droves.
One challenging task ahead of us to bail them out, had it been for one person I should have handled out, now it is four people that we should get them of out, pl pray that the Lord will provide us the funds needed to pay towards the legal system, the police after taking bribe from us have released Laxman's wife and daughter-inlaw and have filed a case of forceful conversion attempt against Laxman, his two sons and a church mmeber.
We really need your prayers at this, the pro-hindu government in our State has order probe on all Christian NGO's , as well have stepped up attacks on us.
Thank you for your prayers
Solomon"

This is a copy of the newspaper clipping that has a picture of the family.

Peek-A-Boo

I see you!

Giggles

There's no better sound than a baby's giggle!

My Little Peanut

More Street Fair

Last night Mackinley, Piper and I went to the Fair with Haley and my Mom & Dad. We had fun! Piper started sucking her thumb while we were there, too!

Carousel With Papoo

Mackinley got to ride the carousel again! This time with Papoo!

Bluffton Street Fair 2008

The Bluffton Street Fair is here! This is the very first time Kaeleigh has been able to go with us! She LOVED it!

Piper's usual rowdy attitude!

Mackinley was dancing and Kaeleigh was cracking up!!

I thought they were too cute watching the parade together.