BABY!!!

So, now that I've had my 1st ultrasound I can finally share the news that I'm pregnant!!! I am 9 weeks and 2 days according to my last menstrual period. But my ultrasound showed the baby 3 days bigger, so who knows! I found out on August 28th, the day of the Dierk's Bentley concert :) If the baby is a boy I was trying to think of a way we could incorporate his name, but I'm sure we won't. We are pretty set on names, surprisingly! For a boy we like the name Logan James and for a girl we like the name Kinsley Rose. I've done gender predictor tests online and most of them say girl, but the Chinese gender zodiac one says boy. We will be able to find out in December, hopefully before Christmas! I want to know ASAP so I can start shopping! We have already bought our crib and changing table - only because it was a GREAT sale I couldn't pass up! We aren't going to set it up until after 20 weeks though. And since we are living with my dad, the baby will not have it's own room - which is fine. A crib will fit in our bedroom just fine!

I love this time of year, the weather starts getting colder and all the fun holidays come around...
I am really looking forward to Thanksgiving. Betty and Lou will be coming up for a few days to have Thanksgiving with us. I will be around 16 weeks then. I hope by then I am showing a little bit!! I'm not showing any now, but my pants are getting a little snug. I might have to go out and get some maternity pants - oh no!

Seeing our baby on the screen was one of the best feelings I have ever had. I didn't cry, but I just had this feeling come over me and I was like "Wow, I'm going to be a mom!" The doctor said baby looked great and everything was where it was supposed to be and that my chance for having a miscarriage now is only 3%. I already love this baby so much!! I can't wait to meet it. This week it's the size of a grape! :)

Almost over.

I cannot believe that there is only 2 weeks of summer left before school starts up again. I am almost looking forward to it. It's going to be nice to actually have a paycheck and to not be bored during the day! On Saturday we are going to the Oregon State Fair. I don't think I have ever been before. James and I are going with Eric, and our cousins Sarah and Jacque. We are going to see Dierks Bentley! It's going to be a lot of fun. I think I am most looking forward to: FAIR FOOD! I want a big funnel cake, yummmmmy! Other than the fair, we don't really have anything going on until September 7th. We might go camping for Labor Day, but we are not 100% sure yet. I am really looking forward to the holidays this year :)
I posted this picture of James and I because we were eating at Voodoo Donuts. I'd really like to go back before summer is over and get a few delicious donuts!

First One...

So here is my first blog!

I used to have a livejournal back in the day...and it always felt good to write out how I was feeling or exciting things that were going on in my life.
Last September (2009) I made a life changing choice to join Weight Watchers. I was feeling really depressed and uncomfortable in my own skin. I hated going out in public because I felt so fat. On the BMI scale...I was considered obese. My mom has been kind enough to pay for my WW subscription. It was around $40 a month. I owe her a huge thank you for supporting me through this journey!
My first week of WW I didn't really "track" anything I ate and I surely didn't calculate any of the points. I was feeling like WW wasn't going to work for me, and that I might just stop. So after a week I went to weigh in and the lady behind the counter told me I had lost 3.4 pounds. I was speechless! I thought "Wow, if I can lose 3 pounds without tracking or calculating...just think how much I could lose being on track!" So with that, I started to track and calculate everything I ate. My dad let us borrow his elliptical machine and I started working out 3-4 times a week.
On Wednesday, August 11th - I became a WW free Lifetime Member! That means...I hit my "goal" weight (a weight that is acceptable for my 5'5 height) and stayed under it for 6 weeks. It was also a special day because I reached 101.4 pounds LOST! I got to celebrate becoming a lifetime member and losing 100 pounds.
Now that I am a free member, I no longer have to pay to go to the weekly meetings and I only have to weigh in one a month. And I also need to stay under my goal weight. If I go over my goal weight by 2 pounds I have to start paying again.
I could have never done this without my awesome and amazing husband James! He has been so supportive and we've done this together. He has lost a little over 80 pounds and he looks AMAZING!! I love you babe!!
This whole experience has made me open my eyes and realize that life is pretty short...you only get one life, one body...you should enjoy it while you can!!
My Before/After picture :)