Sunday with my sweeties

We've had a low key weekend, here are some pictures of my sweetie pies. I love those pigtails on Betsy AND the dimples on Ella.

Wramblings from Europe

I know I have some family that follows my blog, and I thought you all might be interested in following little sis' Lauren and boyfriend Sean on their fabulous European vacation! Lauren arrived this morning and Sean has already blogged about their day, so follow those Gator-Jackets!

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Bobo's birthday

Betsy and William call my brother-in-law Uncle Bobo. It's a term of endearment. All week Betsy practiced singing Happy Birthday to Uncle Bobo. When the time came to call and sing to him she pulled out a unique rendition that went along the lines of "Happy TUESDAY Uncle BO BO!" His birthday was on a Friday, but I think he still appreciated the song.

Saturday was JD's surprise birthday party at his and Tiffany's new house! The house is beautiful and they've got everything looking great already which is AMAZING when you consider they moved in about 2 weeks ago. Betsy and Will, along with some other little friends played T-ball in the backyard.

The birthday boy opening presents. The girls picked an Otterbox cover for JD's iPhone off Amazon. Isn't that sweet of them?

Mary and cousin Will

Bets and Bobo

Ben and Bets, I believe in this picture she was dictating which piece of birthday cake she wanted.

How about this dinosaur dress? The kiddo loves it, and my Mom made it for her! Betsy loves to 'rawr' like a dinosaur.

Birthday boy with niece and nephew

Betsy and Will offered to carry one of JD's larger gifts to the backyard for him. They'll do anything you ask. I suspect toddlers are like ants and can carry 100 times their body weight.


Hugs all around, Betsy, Will and school friend Ryder.


Here's Aunt Kitty (Tiffany) wishing JD a happy birthday.

Betsy and William's PawPaw

Our friends Michael and Tiffany...they're getting married in 18 days! We can't wait to attend their wedding!

Those kiddos were sure excited about birthday cake!



And sweet Ella was so good at the party. She's Memaw's baby as Betsy is Pawpaw's girl.

Since you asked...

I've been asked a few times today how the low-carb diet is going, and I have to say it's going pretty well! I've stuck with the program 100% except for planned indulgences that I can count on one hand. Those would be:

A margarita and a cookie at Gina's bachelorette night
A piece of cake for my boss' birthday
A piece of JD's birthday cake

That's all the sugar and flour I've had in 18 days. I eat a big salad for lunch most days, and for dinner many days. I eat lots of cheese, chicken, eggs, 1 ounce of almonds per day. It's not terribly hard to stick to this because I'm eating full-fat products. Regular ranch dressing, cheese, etc. I've recently added low-sugar fruit back in my diet. Mostly strawberries.

The weight...it's coming off slowly. I've lost about 7 pounds. I wish it would happen faster but I'm setting small goals for myself. We're going to a wedding June 18th and my goal is 13 pounds lost, and I think at this pace I'll meet my first goal.

Even better than WL is feeling better, and I do. I don't feel sluggish or 'stuffed' ever. And I think I've been addicted to sugar in the past, it's hard for me to stop after one serving of something sweet. Yesterday I took my almonds and diet coke to the movies and it was just as satisfying as a box of candy.

My dear sweet Mom took me shopping in Atlanta and I have some cute summer clothes in my current size, so it makes me a little less anxious about losing quickly. Don't get me wrong, I really want to lose some weight and be slimmer, but getting to my 'goal size' is not going to happen overnight and I just try to enjoy my life every day no matter when size I'm wearing!

That's all for today, I'll give another update in a couple more weeks.

6 month compairison

Ella at 6 months old

Betsy at 6 months old


I think they look alike, but I think Ella looks more like me and of course Betsy look just like Ben.

Spring football game

Friday night my sister-in-law Mary and I took our kiddos to Ben's spring football scrimmage. I took a few pictures of my sweet girl before we left (see below). The girls were WORN out after two hours in the sun and they were both asleep by 8:15. Ella still isn't awake and it's almost 12 hours later.

Now it's time to enjoy the rest of our three day weekend!

Update on the girls

My sweet babies are developing so much! Ella can sit unassisted for short periods of time, and I think in another couple of weeks she'll be sitting on her own all the time. She is thisclose to crawling. She is already throwing her feet around trying to inch from one place to the next. AND last night we practiced walking. She held my fingers and walked about 15 yards to watch big sister take a bath.

BETSY loves to see Ella doing new things. She cheers for her "YAY!! Ella sitting! Ella cwaling! Ella walking!" I can't imaging how much fun those two will have in about a year.

Betsy is no longer a baby but a full fledged kid. She runs, jumps, climbs, talks, eats, plays and reasons like a child, not a baby.

I love those girls, and I think they love me back :)