Tiff's Turn

First bath without the net support holding her up! Live and Everclear concert My sista and her hubs Aria's first overnight at Mimi's Jillian and Colbin got to spend the night too Aria's rockstar look

Today was a big day for me. I reached my first weight loss goal! I've lost 10% of my body weight so far. My next step is to lose another 10%. I'm using what Dave Ramsey has taught me about goal setting and paying off debt and applying it to losing my baby weight, what I lovingly call my "thunder thighs". Each goal must: * be specific (10%) *be measurable (again, 10%) *have a time limit (by Sept. 6) *be yours, and (my thunder thighs) * be in writing (you're lookin' at it) The last couple of days I have been so lazy about writing. I don't have an excuse, but I do have an addiction. Don't ever start the game Words with Friends unless you want to have such a strong addiction that you end up like Alec Baldwin not being able to "power down" because you don't want to stop playing. When I'm not playing this game in the evenings, Aria and I are still keeping busy during the day. Yesterday, Aria had her first experience with go...

Today I noticed many things that Aria is doing to show me she is becoming a big girl. First off, Aria is finally enjoying the swing! Once we established that she likes swingin' now, I put her in front of the TV and tuned in the Baby Einstein: Beethoven DVD. She watched the whole 30 minute movie! Then she fell fast asleep and had about a 30 minute nap in the swing. This made for a happy mommy. The more obvious sign of her growing, growing, growing is that I continue to try on 3-6 month clothes on her. As you can see, they're fitting comfortably! (Aria is watching more Baby Einstein on my laptop in this picture. When can I get her her own iPad???  ;) ) Here's another: our morning walking routine is getting easier because she's learning that being pushed in the stroller is tons of fun, and I don't do it to torture her. She hasn't been fussy the last few walks, except for a little cry that tells me she's about to go to sleep...