The Plan...

So after seeing a number of my friends and relatives over the past few months I have realized that I am out of shape. I am ready to change that! I am thinking that I am going to get a membership somewhere (where ever its cheapest!) and whenever James gets home at night I will go work out.
The goal is to get at least 3 nights a week to start. I am also going to (finally!) start watching what I eat and how much. The how much is my biggest problem right now.
My weight loss goal is 70 lbs. The ticker to the side here is my marker. I will weigh myself once a week on Sundays.
The final goal is to have lost the 70 lbs by....((drum roll please))..........Christmas. I have 20 weeks to loose 70 lbs! Whick is roughly 3.5 lbs a week, well within the range of 'normal and safe'.
If there are any takers that want to join me on my weight loss challange I would love company. These things always work better if you have a partner or support.
I am hoping that going back to work (when ever I can find a job) will help too! Let me know if you want to be my belly buddy (lol) as I do love company!

2 months and then some

Its so hard to believe that little Ms. Pepper is 2 months and 5 days old already!!!! She went in for her shots today (those always make me sad) but here are her stats from todays appt: 23 3/4 inches and 14 lbs. 4 oz. She amazes me all the time. Her head control is amazing and now she stands on hard surfaces (like your lap or hands or floor) and if you put her feet on the floor (we have hard wood floors) and the rest of her on a blanket during tummy time or even on her back she will scoot. And the other day she got up on her elbows and knees for a bit. She is in a hurry to grow up and I just want her to stay little lol.

Thats my grandma (they came up for a visit for 2 weeks) and my cousin Cheryl holding PJ

The 4th of July

my grandma and baylie holding pepper

my grandma and grandpa holding pepper

family shot: grandma, grandpa, mom, me, james, pepper, bob, baylie and daisy. 4 generations of Avery women :O)


Baylie had her MRI in Rapid at the beginning of this month. She did very well and the results were clear of anything! Daisy is Daisy....she just is. James' mom took the kids and me to Devil's Tower about a week ago, they had lots of fun.

the girls at my aunt's house, that's their cousin Avery with them on the swing

Playing in the pool at our house!

more more more...

Hi ho everyone! Lets see...PJ is a month old, wow where did that month go?! Today she had a check up to make sure she's better from the infection that landed her in the hospital a week ago. She got the doctors seal of approval! And she weighs in at a healthy 11lbs 10oz.

James and Baylie made the trip to Denver, we have started her on an antiseizure medication. She is sechuled for an MRI in Rapid City on the 2nd of July, but to do that she has to go to our pedi. to make sure she's ok to go under the sedation, so thats happening on the 28th of June. On this past Monday she underwent a surgery to remove her tonsils and adnoids and is recovering from that now.

Daisy is a trooper and is just chuggin along. She too underwent the the tonsil and adnoid removal surgery on Monday and is recovering just fine from that. Both girls had enormous tonsils and adnoids. Daisy had her teeth cleaned at the beginning of the month and her dentist said her teeth look great!

James is still working for TSI, though not very happily as they keep messing with his hours. So when he has time he is in search of a new job.

I am doing fine as well. I go in for my 6 week check on the 29th, I hope that goes well. (I dont see why it wouldnt) Its been an adjustment for me getting used to the three kids instead of two. And we have been beyond busy with all the appointments. We've seen pediatricians, neurologists, dentists, and ENTs all in the span of one month. The average week since Peppers birth has had at least one if not two or more doctors appts in it. The 13th of July should be the last of them for a while. That one is a dentist appt for Baylie for a cleaning- though I also know that somewhere in there is Pepper's 2 month well child.

WHEW!!!! I am soooooo tired of doctors! lol

a new nick name is born

As most people do, we have given all of our children nick-names. Baylie is affectionately referred to as Roo-Roo, Daisy is lovingly called Bananas, and now Pepper has a nick-name too: Mighty Mouse.

Most of you know she was in the hospital for 24 hours this past monday and tuesday for observation. While she was there they took some blood and put in an IV. It took two nurses to hold her down for the blood draw and 3 for the IV. These ladies work on infants constantly and absolutely could not believe how strong Pepper is. And so we have bestowed the name Mighty Mouse to her.

And now some pictures from the past couple of weeks...in 6 days she will be a month old!

BABY!

Sorry this is taking so long. We welcomed Pepper Jeannette (PJ) into our family on Saturday May 15, 2010 @ 7:51 pm. She weighed 8lbs 9.6 oz and was 21 1/4 inches long. She is healthy and beautiful with a full head of brown hair and dark blue eyes. My labor lasted 16 hours and with the help of oxytocine and an epidural I only had to push two times! There's not much more to her birth story other than my water broke naturally on its own at 4:30 am. and by 12:30 my body just wasnt doing as it should have with contractions so they gave it some chemical help, I asked for the epi at 6 pm. and went from 4cm to 10 in two hours. I have lots of pictures, but I'm going to wait until this weekend to post them as I just dont have the time right now. Just saying both baby and mom are fine and home and adjusting to life!

falling to pieces

Well with 7 days to go until 40 weeks I am now fighting two things. First a cold/allergies that oh so nasty and coughy...but I am making some progress towards getting better there. Second, a tooth ache. I had a filling put in my third to the last molar on the upper left side last summer. Last night that whole side of my head started throbing. I thought it was the tooth behind it, but after a 'squeezed in' trip to the dentist I found out that it was indeed the tooth with the filling. Apparently (this I was told was pretty uncommon) I have an elongated nerve in that tooth, so that the filling is touching the nerve of the tooth. This caused an infection in the nerve and the surrounding tissues...up to my nasal cavity on that side, back to my jaw, up to my temple and into my eye. Needless to say OW! They gave me an antibiotic to clear up the infection and my OB gave me a painkiller to help manage the pain until the antibiotics clear up the infection enough that my face doesnt hurt constantly. After baby is born that tooth will require a root cannal, which because I dont have dental insurance will cost $1800, or an extraction with some sort of spacing device to keep my teeth from moving. Again I say OW! Pulling it sounds like a pretty good idea at the moment.

Baby girl is pretty darn cozy in there, so I suspect I will still be pregnant clear thru to week 40+. We will just have to see, I am using the spa day my sister gave me for my birthday on Saturday so maybe they can get the ball rolling!

Hope everyone has a good week, or what's left of it, and a great weekend!!!

week 38....9 days left to the big 40

we are making slow and steady progress...we went from 1-2cm 2weeks ago to 2-3cm 1 week ago to 3-4cm today...i do believe he scraped me too, i get an u/s next week if i am still prego to check baby weight and fluid levels- if baby is over 9 lbs or the fluid is low we will set a date for induction.