Moving

We are moving! I hate packing and actually moving the stuff though. We will be staying at my grandparents for 2 weeks and then moving into a house we are renting! I cant wait to be in a house and not an apartment. Our apartment was so expensive and we were busting at the seems with all of our stuff. Our new house has lots of storage and I couldn't be happier with it. I will be with out Internet for a couple of weeks so I will update as soon as I can!!

Weight Loss Wednesday

This is the start of a weekly post about finally loosing the rest of the baby weight I gained! I have been lazy and less than motivated for way to many months now. Before I got pregnant with Grace I always teetered between 118 and 125 pounds. Both were the low and high end of my weight spectrum. I am 5'3" so if I put on any weight you could easily tell. At my last doctors appointment I weighed in at 135. Grace is going to be 9 months old next week so I think its definatly time to get rid of the last 15 pounds. I maybe setting the bar high on that goal but I am certainly going to try.
Over the weekend Ryan and I signed ourselves up for YMCA memberships and I bought a new pair of running shoes. I am in love with my shoes. I cant take credit for finding them because Ryan was actually the one to spot them. But now that I have new shoes and a membership that I am paying for I have to get my moneys worth! My other big motivation is fitting into old clothes without a muffing top and trying on wedding dresses and looking hot! Muffin tops and thunder thighs are so not attractive to most people. Im going to be honest each week about whether or not I lost weight. Hopefully this will also push me to get off my lazy butt!

Week 1:  135 pounds

My new Nikes <3

Also here is a few pics of Gracie on Valentines day :)

Um what are these things mom?

Flowers from my love! My favorite flowers!

Grace was obsessed with the roses and loved to feel them.

Family

Sorry this video is sideways and probably not the best quality. Ryan took it on his droid. Today I experienced a defining moment in life. I already knew this but today really solidified it. FAMILY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN MY LIFE!! Especially my daughter Grace. Today I was basically told that my job is more important than anything else in my life and that it didn't matter if I had no one to take care of my daughter. If they need me to work an extra 8 hours of over time that day I would have to stay. This is not what I want for a job.
I was working full time working my ass off! I was doing the work of 3 people and pregnant. Needless to say I was so run down and stresses out from all of this I was told at 36 weeks that I was no longer aloud to work and if I did it was half days only! 3 days later I went into labor. Grace was born 4 weeks early and was healthy besides a scare when she came out of her not breathing and bad jaundice. I'm thankful for that but I realized that I didn't want to work like that any longer.
 While I was on maternity leave I found another job that I would be working a .8 rather than a 1.0 or full time. I was so happy about this and I felt the anxiety fall right off. Fast forward 6 months into the future to what was said to me today. I just couldnt believe it. I truly like my job and the people I work with but I will never put my job before my family! Ever. I work short staffed every day and I do work over my pointage every week. I think today I was just done! That feeling of dread and anxiety has slowly been creeping back into my body. I dont want to feel that again. Today I decided that I will be actively pursuing another job. Maybe I will never be truly happy anywhere, maybe I will. But I owe it to myself and my family to be happy with my job!

We set a date!!

So we set a date for our wedding! We are getting married on Friday August 16th, 2013. Im glad we decided to wait a little while on getting married. In our town it is very hard to find venues if you dont have more than a year til your wedding. Our town is small and everything tends to book up right away. i didnt want to be rushing to do anything and this way we can save money and take our time to plan our dream wedding! We put our deposits down on the Holiday Inn for the reception, Double Trouble DJs for our music and ET Images for our photographer.
The Holiday Inn is getting a make over in the next few months and will be getting rid of the ugly wall paper on the walls and new carpet. I was told everything will be more modern. I dont think anyone really looks at these things anyways so Im not to worried! Double Trouble DJs are twin brothers who started their buisness while in college. I can remember going to parties and them playing music and then to bars where they were the entertainment! They are the best in town and really know how to get everyone up and moving. We are also renting there photo/video booth for the night. ET Images is Ryans cousin Emma! She is a 17 year old High School student who has a passion for photography! She did our family photos and Graces 4 month pics. She has a great eye and takes beautiful photos so Im glad she is family and I can book her for our big day!
We still have yet to decide on a ceremony site though. Our theme is a beachy feel so we are hoping to do something outside. I would love to have a beach ceremony but that may not be an option so we have some other sites in mind. The only problem is right now is that everything is covered in snow so its hard to picture what we want at the moment! Im not to worried about it though. Marquette is a beautiful place and its surrounded by water so we have plenty of options!
Next month we are taking a trip to Oshkosh, WI to visit a few of our friends that live there. While there I am goign to try on dresses with a few of my bridesmaids. I am sooo excited to do this! Im hoping I can loose a few pounds of this baby weight before. I have an idea in my mind of what I want so Im hoping I will find the dress! And maybe the girls will find bridesmaid dresses they like. Im thinking of a blue color for the girls but that could all change! Over all I am very excited to finally begin planning. I know I have 18 months of time til the big day but Im excited to have the time to put our own personal touches on everything.

8 months!

Grace turned 8 months on January 29th. Seriously its going by so fast! She is on the move. She has no fear and thinks she can walk. This has involved many falls and its to the point that she doesn't even cry when she hits her head on things anymore. Grace is teething again so we have been dealing with one whiny girl! She also prefers her mama and cries mommmmm when she wants me. Its cute but I'm starting to get exhausted from her always only wanting me to do everything.  I love her little smile though when she sees me and how cuddly she is with me!