Blast from the Past: Baby number three.

Charlie was born December 2003. Charlie in her blessing dress. Not my favorite picture but I did love her dress. She was such an angel at 5 months. I had to put a hat on her for her pictures because at nine months she had no hair. Hangin' out with dad while he was working on his car. One Sunday morning. My poor girls, I loved to dress them alike. Now that they are such different sizes it is hard to find them matching clothes. Charlie's 1st birthday. At one year she still had no hair and I was still using honey to put bows in her hair. This year Charlie started Kindergarten and will soon be out for the summer. Charlie is very feminine. She loves pink and dolls. It is fun to watch Charlie play outside because more often than not she is surrounded by boys. At least once or twice a week I have little boys ages 4 and 5 at my back door asking if Charlie can play. At first I would ask if they wanted Derek but they always said they wanted to play with Charlie so I stopped asking. She loves to dance and wants to be a ballet teacher when she grows up.

Totally losing it...

Those who know me know that my mind was gone long ago. So I am talking about the extra weight I have gained over the last 10 years. I love my children and I was happy to gain the weight I needed to help them be healthy during my pregnancies. Every time I tried to exercise while I was breast-feeding I would lose my milk so I couldn't breastfeed and exercise at the same time. Danica turned 1 year in December so in January (and after all the yummy treats and goodies of Christmas) I got serious about getting healthy. It was a little hard at first mainly the eating part. I never would have guessed that I enjoy exercising so much but like I said before I have already lost my mind. I started out walking on my eliptical for 45 minutes everyday. My secret, I would pop in a Veronica Mars episode and only allow myself to watch it as long as I was walking. Well my Veronica Mars obsession payed off because I soon found myself walking for 90 minutes every morning. For my birthday Ryan got me a wii fit so now I walk for 45 minutes and play on the wii fit for 45 minutes. I am hoping I can keep this up. I am fortunate that Irelee and Jenna get up early for school and Charlie goes a little later because that is my time for getting healthy. I have noticed that I now have energy to play with my kids and I no longer get tired in the middle of the day. I hope I can keep it up during the summer when they are out of school. Thanks for letting me pat myself on the back. Now if I could only do something about my hair losing it's color.