Decorating with $0

Did I ever post pictures of the baby's room? I don't think so... so here they are! It's a little hard to decorate on a $0 budget and with walls that have to remain white, but we did the best we could. I'm pretty proud of it myself. The quilts that inspired the room were made by Grandma Heaton, and I even made the bumper pad! It's not as fancy as yours Mandy, but you are getting VERY domestic!
I think if I make curtains it might help the room. Anyone have any suggestions?

Shurtliff Slimoff

I'm not very good at updating this regularly, so typically, I have to wait a while, and then post LOTS and LOTS of things. We'll see how much gets posted during the baby's short nap.
First things first. A few weeks ago we began a Shurtliff-slim off competition. Honestly, I wish I had been the one to think up this idea because then we could have started it when I REALLY started losing weight: June 15. We would have won, I'm sure of it. But, since I'm on the downhill slide of losing my weight, it's still a great motivation. We're all paired up (Tim is my partner) and the weight loss is calculated by percentage of your body weight. It's a great idea really. If you want to see the progress, there's a link on this page to the Shurtliff Slim-off Blog.
Anyways, I began by just walking about 2 miles every morning with Brooklyn. I seemed to plateau about 10 pounds above my pre-pregnancy weight, so I decided I needed something else. That's when I asked Tim to start running with me in the evenings. He's horribly mean when we run, but, since I asked him to be that way to push me, I suppose I can't complain. :) I think my top distance so far is about 1.5 miles running before I have to walk for a bit before I can run again. Who knew 2 miles could be so enormously long?! I thought I would walk every morning and then run with Tim 3 times a week, alternating days with strength training... but let's be real, how much strength training will I do with the TV on in front of me? Ok, I can tell you-- not much. So much for that thought. Now we've decided to continue the running and walking, but we're also working on portion control. Ugh. See, when I like something that I'm eating, I don't want to stop until I'm full. Don't you think you should just enjoy it?! Apparently not if you're trying to lose weight. I'm beginning to get used to the idea of being satisfied rather than full. I'm not saying I like it, I'm just getting used to being less than content after I eat. Blah, that is no way to enjoy one of the greatest things ever, but oh well.
Brooklyn is my training partner, but she's not super great at motivating me unless she starts screaming while she's in the stroller. THAT kicks me into gear. But most of the time, she falls asleep... Hmmm... I must be really exciting when I exercise.
This is my training partner in the morning...

3 months old, you better believe it

Wow, I can't believe Brooklyn is 3 months old already. WE MADE IT!!!
We decided that the occasion called for some 3-month day cake (What occasion doesn't call for cake? Honestly...)
Also, we are trying to take a picture of her each month with this sock monkey so we can see how much bigger she's gotten in relation to something else. She's definitely growing!

Corn, Corn, Corn

Finally the pictures from the cornfest!
We went to Enterprise for the annual cornfest and as usual, had a great time. We wandered around the booths for a while, finally spending a little cash to get some jalapeno jelly and then some AMAZING scones with honey butter. MMMMM they were good.
Then we headed over to the pavilion to help Larry B with the dutch oven dinner he was doing with the Basketball team as a fundraiser. We helped shuck the corn for the dinner, and thankfully, were told we could stop a little before we finished shucking all 1500 ears. Yeah, I know. That's a lot of corn.
Thanks to our hard work, we earned ourselves a wonderful dinner!!!

Date Night-- Finally!

So I've realized.. I actually do have things to talk about. Here I was thinking there was nothing to say, and VOILA! My life isn't as boring as I thought!...

So Friday night finally came around again, and though Friday night isn't exactly set aside as "date night" for us, I had been hinting that I desperately wanted to go on a date. I might have been thinking more along the lines of a date that included getting a babysitter... but hey, a date is a date-- and I'll take it when it comes! We decided to go up to Discovery Park, Park Discovery-- whatever it's name is, and take some pictures. Thought you might like to see them!

Bath Time!

It's too bad we all can't look so cute when we're completely naked and in the bath tub (Or is it... hmmm). Brooklyn loves bath time, especially when Daddy gives her the bath. He lets her play for way too long... particularly if I'm trying to get her to bed. He has a secret agenda: keep her up as long as possible so he can play with her. Who has to deal with the repercussions when she's exhausted and GRUMPY the next day? That would be me. But, for these pictures, I think it's worth it!

Nothing much to say

I don't really have any great news to report. We are still waiting on pictures from the cornfest to come back to us, so when I get those, I will surely post them. Let's see... In lieu of anything interesting to talk about, I'll just put up some pictures. Gosh, it's too bad these don't do Brooklyn justice. Seriously (and I'm not just trying to brag because she's mine), I think I have the cutest little girl in the world!