Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Day 30
We survived the first 30 days of our Beach Body challenge! We've had great results! Dave and I both lost 3 inches from our waist! Dave lost a total of almost 7 inches and I lost about 4.5 inches overall. We are totally hooked on our workouts and drinking Shakeology! We are excited to see what the next 30 days has in store for us! Being part of a challenge group has made all the difference and is totally keeping us motivated! I am so excited about this, I am hosting a challenge group in a few weeks! This totally works and I am hopeful I can help other people get healthy and fit!
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Its time!
Day 1: I'm starting Turbo Fire today. Its time. I'm done being fat! Turbo Fire is part of the beach body family. A friend of mine in Vegas is hooked on it and got me interested. She is actually a coach and I'm doing her 90 day challenge group. About 15 of us working out to different programs (P90X, insanity, turbo fire etc.), checking in every day, sharing our successes and failures as well as encouraging each other along. I got Dave on board with me too! He is doing 10 Minute Trainer. Tony Hortons latest and greatest. Only10 minutes a day because you work out several muscle groups at the same time. We are also incorporating Shakeology, beachbody's heathy meal replacement shake. "The healthiest meal of the day" You should see the ingredients! We are excited to see our body's transform! I have to get rid of this belly! I'm sick of looking like I'm still prego, and will summer just around the corner its time to get going! I plan on tracking our success her on the blog, so wish us luck! I signed up to be a beachbody coach, mostly because it saves us some money while we are in the program, but who knows maybe this will me something I love and want to do to earn some extra money. But mostly, for now, I just need to be me again.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Milana is growing so fast and learning so quickly. About a month ago I was ready to give up on teaching her sign language and now she has several words down pat. Her very first word she ever signed was bird. It was while I was reading her favorite book to her. On a page are a few birds that I always point out and do the sign to and when we got to that page she just started doing it! So cute. Then, the very next morning, she woke up and did the sign for milk (has always has a big swig first thing in the morning). She also knows "more". She recognizes so many signs but is selective on what she will actually do. She does the actions to "Popcorn popping" and "Wency Weency Spider" She loves to say prayers and throughout the day she will fold her arms, and then throw them open to say amen.
She loves being outside and everyday stands at the back door and begs to go out. She even brings her shoes to me, letting me know she want so play outside.
I think Milana has the "class clown" personality. She is always trying to do something to make us laugh, and loves having all of us watching her while she entertains us. She love to tickle! She will put her hands on me and twirl them against me while saying tickle tickle tickle, sounds more like tika tika tika.
She loves music! As soon as she hears it she is dancing. She begs Dave to play the guitar the second he gets home and she will dance all over the front room while he plays. Its so cute to see her moves.
She loves to clean! Yipee! Give her a rag and she has entertainment for a good half hour. We call it washy washy, and she goes to town. She cleans the floor, couches, whatever I am wearing, walls and cupboards. Whatever she can reach. Its so funny. She also loves to sweep. We have a small little sweeper and dustpan that she uses while I use the big broom and she just drags it across the floor (usually in the pile of dirt I've just swept up) she is my little helper. She also loves to throw things into the trash. Usually its when we are too lazy to get up, we will give her something and she dumps it for us. I've only found the play station remote in there once so far!
Cute little fairy outfit from Grandma Murphy!
Sunday, March 3, 2013
The summer I lived in an RV
To all 7 of you who follow my blog, I am officially done with my hiatus and will be regularly blogging again! I need to do some catching up...
August 2012- after several months of praying, discussing and several failed attempts to find a job in Vegas, we moved to Utah! We moved up with little funds and a lot of faith that it would all work out. We moved to Payson, Ut after after my aunt and uncle offered us a place to stay with them. Did I mention it was in their RV? Yep! They just finished their basement and it is beautiful! My parents lease was ending and they didn't want to sign for another year, so they moved into the basement a week before we got there, as a temp place until they could find something. So, essentially we all lived in the basement apartment for a while, and we used the RV as our bedroom. This RV is pretty awesome, as far as RVs go, but still an RV.
So we would bounce Milana inside the house, then once she was asleep we would very carefully walk around the yard, hoping she wouldn't wake up, and put her down in the RV. Bouncing in the RV was hard because it shook the whole thing like an earthquake. Often times she would wake up in the middle of the night, so I would have to make the trek, flashlight in hand, back to the house to bounce her back to sleep. Its impossible to bounce when someone else is asleep. Things got tricky in the rain and wind as well.
My favorite part of staying there was the roosters! Sometimes, when they were out of feed, my aunt would let the chickens and roosters out to eat free range. Every morning a rooster would come and stand right outside the window and crow like it was his last day alive. Often times he would wake up Milana. I would get so tired-angry every time that guy came around! He had no idea I'd been up all night bouncing my baby trying to get some sleep. So annoying. The RV is made of metal with out much insulations, so he was so loud! I can laugh about it now.
I threw Dave a surprise party for his 30th! He didn't have a clue. It was at his parents house and when we walked around back all his friends we there and shouted "surprise" even my sister flew up from Az to come to the party! It was so much fun! I scrapped the bottom of our account to put it together ha ha and everyone brought a dish and the party turned out perfectly!
Daves Dr. Seussical Cake
Dave studied for the MCAT constantly! He went to my dad's office, where they set up a study room, and he practically lived there. A few days a week he came home early, and I went to the office to massage. It was our only source of income for about a month. I generated as much business as I could, and somehow, we ate and payed our bills that month. I hated leaving my sweet baby at home, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
Milana loves the farm animals at the house. Dave puts her on his shoulders and walks her out there. She freaks out about the cats! She wants them so bad. She screams and giggles when she sees them and tries to wiggle down to pet them. The dogs are also pretty entertaining for her. I walk her in her stroller back and forth in the horseshoe shape trail so she can see all the animals everyday.
September- Dave retook the MCAT on 9/11 and he aced it!!!! I am so proud of him. He studied so so so hard! This was his 5th time taking it and 3rd time in 2012. What a trooper! He decided to apply to PA school as well as DO school. This was the plan since I met him: try for 3 year to get into med school, if that doesn't happen, come up with plan "B". So plan B for us, was PA school. He sent out applications and we waited. Dave started his job at Install Pro, working for Dish Network. Another reason we are here, is for this job. We were told there was a big earning possibility, but of course nothing is guaranteed. We have to make a major investment in tool and painting the truck white. We paid close to $4000 to get everything he needed and are just praying it was a good decision.
While all living together we talk about just continuing to live together until we move. So we start looking for a place that will accommodate all our needs and the task seems almost impossible.
Milana loves playing with her cousins and they come downstairs a lot to see her. Little Zacky calls her "Mewanna" and the nick name has stuck. Ha Ha.
Milana and Izzy playing
She is spending time on her hands and knees, and is pushing forward, but no crawling yet. The only way I can get any liquid down her is with a medicine dropper. She refuses a cup, sippy, water bottles anything! Its a dropper or mama's milk for her.
She is still having a difficult time with life, so we decided to get her feet zoned. I took her 3x a week for quite a while. Our zoner, Julie found a lot of interesting things. She had mold in her ears and lungs, lots of issues in her bowels (which was a main concern of why we were there) and lots of hormones still pushing through her body. We were hopeful that Julie could help her to sleep, among other things. i felt so fortunate to have the opportunity (she trades with my dad, and she "owed" my dad a lot, so she saw us for free.) I felt like this was a reason why were in Utah again, to have all these options at our finger tips was great. She was able to clear out the mold (we did Back Flowers to help that as well) and after a few weeks Milana started having regular bowel movements for the first time in her life!!! Unfortunately, sleep never came, so I decided to stop going and give her body a rest with the idea of picking back up in a while to see if more improvements could be made. Her favorite food is zucchini from the garden. I steam it and put a coconut oil on, and she wolfs it down. She sits in her chair and says "eh, eh, eh, eh" till I give her more. She'll say that for just about any food these days.
October- Dave got an interview to Touro PA school! We couldn't be happier! Dave called me from work to tell me and we just screamed on the phone together!
Milana get cuter and cuter. She was a lady bug for halloween! So cute.
November- Brent Moser, who owns my dads office building, knew we were looking for a place. He is a builder and one day went to my dad's office and told him he had a town house available Nov. 1! We said we'll take it! The only problem was that the people living there before had totally trashed the place! Holes in the walls, taking off kitchen drawer fronts, scratches in the paint etc. So in order to move in by Nov, we volunteered to renovate the place. We spent about 2 weeks patching it up and it looks as good as new now! Its a really cute place, about 2 years old 3 bedroom 2.5 bath, and best of all about a minute walk for my dad to get to work. Milana loves to take a bath at night and then run around "noony" she squeals and plays, its the highlight of her day before bedtime. Its so cute!
She is growing up so fast and getting so big. We thought she was big when she was born, now we just can hardly believe how much she has grown. Dave and I went on our first date in 10 months for my birthday! He took me to The Killers concert and we had a blast! I love them and the concert was awesome!
Milana is starting to allow grandma Crockett to bounce her to sleep, which is how we were able to get out for some much needed time together. I am starting to get the itch for another baby! AAAHHHHH! Dave got accepted to the PA program at Touro. We sent them our money to hold his seat, and were excited knowing that we were for sure doing something next year. Dave also got invited for an interview in Alabama for DO school!!!
Dave at his interview. The school is brand new and still under construction when he interviewed.
December- Milana is starting to walk around while holding hands, onto couches or her favorite, the back of your pants. It is so cute and she so proud of herself. We had so much fun this christmas!! Milana loved to play with the presents under the tree, especially the curly ribbon. She would occasionally tear the wrapping paper, but never really totally open anything. I am so excited to have her first Christmas! Everyone came home for the holidays and Milana had so much fun being spoiled! She even had her first taste of chocolate chip cookies!
her first chocolate chip cookie
We went on a little boat cruise on the Provo River, it was really cute and all decorated with lights and christmas displays. Milana had fun until Santa rowed out on a canoe to say hi and she freaked out!
She will eat just about anything I give her. She loves loves loves food. Murphy's came down and spoiled her some more with cute outfits and musical instruments. Baby's first Christmas was a success. DAVE GOT ACCEPTED TO DO SCHOOL IN ALABAMA!!!
We withdrew from Touro and sent our money to Alabama. We are so grateful that Dave got in. 3 years of praying to this and it finally happened! yahoo! Great job, Babe! I love you and am so proud of you and all the hard work you put into this. So proud to call you my man! He also got asked to interview at a DO school in Arizona. I am hopeful that he will like it and decide to go there, but in the back of my mind, I know we are going to Bama. I finally lost all the baby weight! 80 lbs! woot woot. Unfortunately my body doesn't look anything like it used to. So while I celebrate the loss, I still realize there is a lot more work to do!
January 1- Milana takes her first step! So cute and so proud of her. She was quite proud of herself as well. It took her about 2 weeks to master it and now she just cruises around like a champ.
She is really doing a lot of "baby talk" she is practicing a lot of new sounds and its so cute! She imitates a few words. She says "thank you" in her own way, as well as "dropped it". She loves when we sing popcorn and other primary songs, and she does the actions as best she can. Its so cute so watch her pudgy little finger try to follow along. I have pretty much given up on her signing to me. I have been really diligent in signing a few key words that we always use, and she just doesn't do it. I know she has the capability though because when she does pat-a-cake, she claps her hands and even "pats" the cake. She LOVES kids! She loves to play and interact and sometimes just stand there and watch them play. Her personality is getting really fun, and she is becoming a very happy baby! Dave interviews at Arizona and absolutely hated everything about it. We had been praying that he would feel strongly one way or another, so we would know what decision to make, and that definitely happened. So we set our sights on Alabama and started figuring out the logistics of getting out there.
We are getting out of debt before we start school! We sold the Corolla (shorty) to Cass and Byron and we paid off the Vespa. We are just driving my parents vehicles and Dave takes the truck to work, and we will most likely buy something once we get to Alabama, and pay cash, that way we won't have to register it twice. It feels really good to not have those monthly payments anymore!
February- Milana turned 1!!!! Dave and I joked about how all 3 of us survived the year! Milana is our pride and joy and she just gets cuter every single day! We have noticed a big change in her the last few weeks. I have been able to rock/nurse her to sleep for nap and night time. What a miracle! For the first time in her life I can rock her to sleep. It love doing it, and bedtime is becoming more and more enjoyable! Unfortunately, Dave sleeps in Milana's room on an air mattress, while she and I have the bed. She is becoming a crazy sleeper where she is all over the place, kicking, putting her legs up on me, sleeping across my neck etc. and since Dave is up at the crack of dawn, and sometimes earlier, it really is the best situation for all of us. It just sucks not sleeping with him, and what is really going to suck is when we do start sleeping together again, I'm not going to be able to sleep cause I won't be used to having him there. Ha Ha Ha. I'll have to retrain myself.
I love waking up to that cute face in the morning!
Happy Valentines Day! Dave wanted ribs for the special day and it turns out Milana wanted them too! She would eat right off the bone. Ha Ha such a daddy's girl!
August 2012- after several months of praying, discussing and several failed attempts to find a job in Vegas, we moved to Utah! We moved up with little funds and a lot of faith that it would all work out. We moved to Payson, Ut after after my aunt and uncle offered us a place to stay with them. Did I mention it was in their RV? Yep! They just finished their basement and it is beautiful! My parents lease was ending and they didn't want to sign for another year, so they moved into the basement a week before we got there, as a temp place until they could find something. So, essentially we all lived in the basement apartment for a while, and we used the RV as our bedroom. This RV is pretty awesome, as far as RVs go, but still an RV.
So we would bounce Milana inside the house, then once she was asleep we would very carefully walk around the yard, hoping she wouldn't wake up, and put her down in the RV. Bouncing in the RV was hard because it shook the whole thing like an earthquake. Often times she would wake up in the middle of the night, so I would have to make the trek, flashlight in hand, back to the house to bounce her back to sleep. Its impossible to bounce when someone else is asleep. Things got tricky in the rain and wind as well.
My favorite part of staying there was the roosters! Sometimes, when they were out of feed, my aunt would let the chickens and roosters out to eat free range. Every morning a rooster would come and stand right outside the window and crow like it was his last day alive. Often times he would wake up Milana. I would get so tired-angry every time that guy came around! He had no idea I'd been up all night bouncing my baby trying to get some sleep. So annoying. The RV is made of metal with out much insulations, so he was so loud! I can laugh about it now.
I threw Dave a surprise party for his 30th! He didn't have a clue. It was at his parents house and when we walked around back all his friends we there and shouted "surprise" even my sister flew up from Az to come to the party! It was so much fun! I scrapped the bottom of our account to put it together ha ha and everyone brought a dish and the party turned out perfectly!
Daves Dr. Seussical Cake
We were in the RV till November 1st, and there were a few weeks in October that got pretty cold. We brought in space heaters to keep us alive and that seemed to do the trick. Milana and I usually slept in the back bed, and Dave in the front room bed, sometimes we would get so hot in the back cause the air didn't go anywhere, while Dave froze all night in the front room. Poor guy, but he refused anything we had in there to make sure Milana and I were taken care of.
Dave studied for the MCAT constantly! He went to my dad's office, where they set up a study room, and he practically lived there. A few days a week he came home early, and I went to the office to massage. It was our only source of income for about a month. I generated as much business as I could, and somehow, we ate and payed our bills that month. I hated leaving my sweet baby at home, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
Milana loves the farm animals at the house. Dave puts her on his shoulders and walks her out there. She freaks out about the cats! She wants them so bad. She screams and giggles when she sees them and tries to wiggle down to pet them. The dogs are also pretty entertaining for her. I walk her in her stroller back and forth in the horseshoe shape trail so she can see all the animals everyday.
September- Dave retook the MCAT on 9/11 and he aced it!!!! I am so proud of him. He studied so so so hard! This was his 5th time taking it and 3rd time in 2012. What a trooper! He decided to apply to PA school as well as DO school. This was the plan since I met him: try for 3 year to get into med school, if that doesn't happen, come up with plan "B". So plan B for us, was PA school. He sent out applications and we waited. Dave started his job at Install Pro, working for Dish Network. Another reason we are here, is for this job. We were told there was a big earning possibility, but of course nothing is guaranteed. We have to make a major investment in tool and painting the truck white. We paid close to $4000 to get everything he needed and are just praying it was a good decision.
While all living together we talk about just continuing to live together until we move. So we start looking for a place that will accommodate all our needs and the task seems almost impossible.
Milana loves playing with her cousins and they come downstairs a lot to see her. Little Zacky calls her "Mewanna" and the nick name has stuck. Ha Ha.
Milana and Izzy playing
She is spending time on her hands and knees, and is pushing forward, but no crawling yet. The only way I can get any liquid down her is with a medicine dropper. She refuses a cup, sippy, water bottles anything! Its a dropper or mama's milk for her.
She is still having a difficult time with life, so we decided to get her feet zoned. I took her 3x a week for quite a while. Our zoner, Julie found a lot of interesting things. She had mold in her ears and lungs, lots of issues in her bowels (which was a main concern of why we were there) and lots of hormones still pushing through her body. We were hopeful that Julie could help her to sleep, among other things. i felt so fortunate to have the opportunity (she trades with my dad, and she "owed" my dad a lot, so she saw us for free.) I felt like this was a reason why were in Utah again, to have all these options at our finger tips was great. She was able to clear out the mold (we did Back Flowers to help that as well) and after a few weeks Milana started having regular bowel movements for the first time in her life!!! Unfortunately, sleep never came, so I decided to stop going and give her body a rest with the idea of picking back up in a while to see if more improvements could be made. Her favorite food is zucchini from the garden. I steam it and put a coconut oil on, and she wolfs it down. She sits in her chair and says "eh, eh, eh, eh" till I give her more. She'll say that for just about any food these days.
October- Dave got an interview to Touro PA school! We couldn't be happier! Dave called me from work to tell me and we just screamed on the phone together!
Milana get cuter and cuter. She was a lady bug for halloween! So cute.
November- Brent Moser, who owns my dads office building, knew we were looking for a place. He is a builder and one day went to my dad's office and told him he had a town house available Nov. 1! We said we'll take it! The only problem was that the people living there before had totally trashed the place! Holes in the walls, taking off kitchen drawer fronts, scratches in the paint etc. So in order to move in by Nov, we volunteered to renovate the place. We spent about 2 weeks patching it up and it looks as good as new now! Its a really cute place, about 2 years old 3 bedroom 2.5 bath, and best of all about a minute walk for my dad to get to work. Milana loves to take a bath at night and then run around "noony" she squeals and plays, its the highlight of her day before bedtime. Its so cute!
She is growing up so fast and getting so big. We thought she was big when she was born, now we just can hardly believe how much she has grown. Dave and I went on our first date in 10 months for my birthday! He took me to The Killers concert and we had a blast! I love them and the concert was awesome!
Milana is starting to allow grandma Crockett to bounce her to sleep, which is how we were able to get out for some much needed time together. I am starting to get the itch for another baby! AAAHHHHH! Dave got accepted to the PA program at Touro. We sent them our money to hold his seat, and were excited knowing that we were for sure doing something next year. Dave also got invited for an interview in Alabama for DO school!!!
Dave at his interview. The school is brand new and still under construction when he interviewed.
December- Milana is starting to walk around while holding hands, onto couches or her favorite, the back of your pants. It is so cute and she so proud of herself. We had so much fun this christmas!! Milana loved to play with the presents under the tree, especially the curly ribbon. She would occasionally tear the wrapping paper, but never really totally open anything. I am so excited to have her first Christmas! Everyone came home for the holidays and Milana had so much fun being spoiled! She even had her first taste of chocolate chip cookies!
her favorite christmas song. this is soooo cute! She loves to dance!
We went on a little boat cruise on the Provo River, it was really cute and all decorated with lights and christmas displays. Milana had fun until Santa rowed out on a canoe to say hi and she freaked out!
She will eat just about anything I give her. She loves loves loves food. Murphy's came down and spoiled her some more with cute outfits and musical instruments. Baby's first Christmas was a success. DAVE GOT ACCEPTED TO DO SCHOOL IN ALABAMA!!!
We withdrew from Touro and sent our money to Alabama. We are so grateful that Dave got in. 3 years of praying to this and it finally happened! yahoo! Great job, Babe! I love you and am so proud of you and all the hard work you put into this. So proud to call you my man! He also got asked to interview at a DO school in Arizona. I am hopeful that he will like it and decide to go there, but in the back of my mind, I know we are going to Bama. I finally lost all the baby weight! 80 lbs! woot woot. Unfortunately my body doesn't look anything like it used to. So while I celebrate the loss, I still realize there is a lot more work to do!
January 1- Milana takes her first step! So cute and so proud of her. She was quite proud of herself as well. It took her about 2 weeks to master it and now she just cruises around like a champ.
She is really doing a lot of "baby talk" she is practicing a lot of new sounds and its so cute! She imitates a few words. She says "thank you" in her own way, as well as "dropped it". She loves when we sing popcorn and other primary songs, and she does the actions as best she can. Its so cute so watch her pudgy little finger try to follow along. I have pretty much given up on her signing to me. I have been really diligent in signing a few key words that we always use, and she just doesn't do it. I know she has the capability though because when she does pat-a-cake, she claps her hands and even "pats" the cake. She LOVES kids! She loves to play and interact and sometimes just stand there and watch them play. Her personality is getting really fun, and she is becoming a very happy baby! Dave interviews at Arizona and absolutely hated everything about it. We had been praying that he would feel strongly one way or another, so we would know what decision to make, and that definitely happened. So we set our sights on Alabama and started figuring out the logistics of getting out there.
We are getting out of debt before we start school! We sold the Corolla (shorty) to Cass and Byron and we paid off the Vespa. We are just driving my parents vehicles and Dave takes the truck to work, and we will most likely buy something once we get to Alabama, and pay cash, that way we won't have to register it twice. It feels really good to not have those monthly payments anymore!
I love waking up to that cute face in the morning!
Happy Valentines Day! Dave wanted ribs for the special day and it turns out Milana wanted them too! She would eat right off the bone. Ha Ha such a daddy's girl!
we love our beautiful baby girl!!! She melts our heart every single day!
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