I'm going to South Beach...

Of course I had to throw a pic of Hunter in here...he's wearing my glasses cause he's already so smart! But with Colt and mine's bad eyes, he probably will end up with glasses at some point.

Ok, well not exactly. What I am doing is the South Beach Diet. I have been trying and failing miserably to lose weight. Those of you who knew me in high school remember that I was very little and when I went away to college I gained a little more weight. When I got married I was pretty ok with my weight, but then Colt started working at Domino's and then it has gone down hill since then. I have steadily gained weight and even though I have tried multiple time to take it off, I just can't. Now that I've had my first child losing the weight is just about impossible. It doesn't help that some of the meds I take make me gain weight but also make it impossible to lose. It has finally gotten to the point where I am just uncomfortable and I hate looking this way plus I have no energy. I'm so tired all the time which I always have been but it's getting really bad, and with a one-year-old to run after I need all the energy I can get. Another motivation is that Colt and I are going to Florida at the end of June and I would love to look half descent in a bathing suit; although because of hideous stretch marks a two piece will never again cross my mind. After all that, Colt and I have decided to try the South Beach Diet. I have heard many good things about it, read the book and I really do think that I can do it. Now whether Colt can do it is another story. The boy only like two vegetables, corn and frozen sweet peas, and he can't even have corn in the first phase. The only foods you can have are meat vegetables and dairy, so I'm hoping he will do ok, but we'll see. I also have doubts for me because the main focus is to get off sugar and bad carbs, well I can get off the carbs, but man do I love my sweets! I can have sugar-free things so that will help. Needless to say, this is going to be quite an undertaking and I could use all the prayers and encouragement I can get. My overall goal is to lose 35 lbs which I know will take a while, but I really want to do this. So everyone, wish me luck!

Such a Cutie!!!

Here's an adorable picture of Hunter. Nothing else to say, just showing off my adorable son.

Hunter turns "1"!!!!!

Blowing out the candles on his Seasame Street cake.Digging into his own little cake.

Realized he loves birthday cake!

Opening birthday presents.

Yesterday my baby boy turned one! It was a great birthday and a wonderful party. We had the party at Paul and Sharon's house and a ton of people showed up! We counted about 43 people who came to celebrate Hunter's birthday with us. It was so wonderful to have everyone there (my mom and sis traveled from WV to come also!) to help celebrate his first year.

Here's a video of Hunter enjoying his birthday cake.

Just some pictures

A picture we can use at Hunter's 16th birthday!Lola taking Hunter for a ride.

Just a cutie!

First Week

Isn't this the cutest picture of my dad and Hunter?!?! This was taken the day they left after Christmas and Hunter had just woken up, he's so cute! And you can just tell how much my dad loves him, he's papaw's boy.

Well, I'm into my second week of class and I have to say that I am quite rusty! There is so much reading and because these are accelerated courses, there is so much to do! I do like learning, I just don't like homework and not being in school for 4 1/2 years, I'm kinda stuck in the routine of watching a lot of tv and being busy with household chores. Its a big adjustment, especially since I can only study when Hunter is asleep and he has not been taking very good naps lately. I know this all sounds really negative, but it's not, it's just very different. So, if everyone could keep praying for me, I could really use it!
On a lighter note, Hunter was playing with my phone today and somehow called my mom and dad's house twice! My mom called and said she was worried cause I called 2 times in like 5 mins and it was Hunter, he's so rotten!

Walking!!!

Playing in his chair with his new computer keyboard. It fits right over our keyboard and has a program with it, he loves it!Playing with Lola.

I'm afraid Hunter is gonna be as addicted to coke as Colt is, he hasn't had any yet though, just likes to play with the cans.

Hunter has started walking!!! I'm so excited! Everyone says now he'll be everywhere, but he's everywhere already so oh well. He started Thursday night by Colt standing him up a little ways away from him and then getting him to come towards him, and he did it! He's walked like 5 or 6 steps 4 or 5 times since then and it almost made me cry. He's just getting so big and growing way too fast!

School

One of Hunter's new faces, when he does this he goes "oooooooo"....so cute!A gorgeous scene off the front porch of my parents house.

Aunt Manda was playing with his hair.

Hunter is sooo close to walking! He will definitely be walking before he turns 1!

Here's a pic of Hunter opening up his rocking horse from "Mamaw & Papaw" on Christmas.

As most of you know, I stopped going to school shortly after Colt and I got married. I was an English major, but I decided that I was tired of it and really didn't know what I was going to do with it, so I quit. Colt has wanted me to go back to school for a while, but I just haven't been ready. Well, I'm finally ready so I'm going back to school! I've decided to go back finally, but I'm doing it online. With Hunter, there is just no way I can go to a campus every day for hours at a time, plus I don't want to be away from him that much. I'm going to major in Psychology, which a lot of people will probably say isn't a good major, but I do have intentions of getting my masters, which I can also do online. I start on the 29th and I have one class every five weeks. I'm a little nervous cause it has been a while since I was in school, so everyone send up a prayer that I will do well!