Yummmmmmmy

So you all know I am on  a diet and I've lost 7.8 pounds so far!!!!!

But, I am soooooo looking forward to eating some carrot cake this weekend. It's my favorite!!!

I wanted to post the recipe I am making.. It's from the Pioneer Woman and everything she makes it always AWESOME!

I'm gonna have to workout hard on Sunday! Ekkkkkk!

Carrot Cake

Ingredients

• FOR CAKE:
• 2 cups Sugar
• 1 cup Vegetable Oil
• 4 whole Eggs
• 2 cups All-purpose Flour
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
• 2 cups Grated Carrots
•  
• For Icing
• 1 stick Regular Butter, Softened
• 1 package (8 Oz) Cream Cheese
• 1 pound Powdered Sugar
• 2 teaspoons Vanilla
• 1 cup Pecans, Chopped Finely

Preparation Instructions

Cake:Preheat oven to 350F
Mix together the sugar, oil and eggs in a large bowl. In another bowl sift together flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon. Add to first mixture and combine. Then add carrots and mix well. Pour into a greased and floured (Baker’s Joyed) pan (bundt, sheet cake, 9 x 13 pyrex) and bake at 350F until done, 25 (sheet cake) to 50 (Bundt pan) minutes, depending on the pan you use.
Cool completely.

Icing:In larger bowl, cream butter and cream cheese. Add sugar and vanilla and blend, then mix in the nuts. Spread on cooled carrot cake.

Eat. Faint. Repeat as needed

Maddie's angelversary

Sometimes I wonder if Maddie's angelversary  or birthday will ever be any easier. I think the answer is no. It's always going to be hard. We will always miss her...always. Those special days without her are unbearable and always will be.

It's  hard looking back on those days. I remember how very sad I was. Jackson of course made us all laugh and smile. Praise God, for him. He is truly the glue that keeps us together.

Here are some pictures from Maddie's 2nd angelversary on February 17th, 2013. We went and visited her spot then went to my moms house and sent her balloons.
 

We love you Maddie. Miss you so so so much!!

And he's off

We have been working so hard at PT and at home to teach Jackson how to crawl. I was told it was going to take him longer then most babies.

Yesterday, Jackson proved us all wrong....he started crawling! He is army crawling and its so darn cute!

I'm one proud Mamma!!! We have all worked hard for this moment.

I have tried to get it on video but he only wants to do it when HE wants to (which is not often). Hopefully I'll get it soon.

Go Jackson Go!!!

(Jackson is 10months and 16 days old)

My new journey

After I had Maddie I think I lost all of my baby weight before I even left the hospital. No tummy, nothing. GONE!

Well, this time it has been a struggle. I breastfed Jackson until he was 7 months old. I didn't want to exercise because it could jeopardize my supply (remember I have horrible supply issues?). Well it's time to stop with the excuses. It's time to get back into shape.

For the past week I have started to watch what I eat, count calories and exercise. Let's just say it's been hard...like I feel like I'm starving..hard! A few times I wanted to give up. I always start this and 2 or 3 days in give up! Well it's been a full week and I'm still going strong! It's going to be a long journey but James and I are doing it together. I hope at some point  I will feel like I'm not starving. lol

Is anyone else doing something like this? If so, what are you eating. Do you have any tips or recipes to share?

Good Bye 6.6 pounds I hope I never see you again!!

Watermarking

I have had a lot of questions about watermarking.

Yes, I do think you should water mark your pictures. It's easy and if anyone gets a hold of your pictures it will make it a tad bit more annoying for them.

This is how I watermark pictures. I have lighroom. Lightroom is a photo editing software like Photoshop but WAY easier to understand. I just import my pictures, edit them and export them with the watermark, then add to blogger. I have researched and haven't found a way to watermark in Blogger. If anyone knows a way please comment and tell us!

Just wanted to share a quick picture of Jackson and I. He is getting SO big!

Still here

Thank you all for the encouraging comments!

This particular incident actually happened a month or so ago and it is still bugging me. There was a lot to it and I don't care to post about it just due to the fact someone might read about it and do it to someone else! I have been watermarking Jackson's pictures since the incident can yall not see the watermark?

I think I have come to a decision.. I am going to keep blogging but it may be less often due to the fact that Jackson is pretty mobile now and I'm chasing his around a lot!!

Can you believe his first birthday is coming up? I can't! Where did this year go? This is such a HUGE milestone for our family. I'm so excited!!! His birthday party is going to be a HUGE bash! I can't wait to show you everything we are planning.

Blogging.

I have had a really hard time lately with wanting to blog.

Not long ago I found out someone did something horrible with pictures of my babies. So I've been kind of put off from blogging. I want to blog. I love looking back and reading all the happy memories, but when something like that happens it kinda makes me resent posting so much.

So hang in there with me. I may be back. I may not. It make take some time. I am just not sure.