A Texan Odyssey

South Padre here we come! Sean was so happy to be out of the carseat! He is so attached to my mom! Before we put him in bed that night he ran out  to her attached room to give her a hug. It was precious! As soon as we could all get changed we headed straight out to the beach! Sean wasn't scared of the ocean at all, but he was getting a little sleepy at this point so he wanted to be held a lot. Sadly I never got to just dive in and get completely wet. Next time for sure!  My sister's girls are the cutest things! I think my guys are pretty cute too! A big crowd of people showed up on the beach and after a while these guys went into the water as the others chanted and shouted. We realized we were viewing a Hindu funeral. We all cleaned up and went to dinner at Blackbeard's. I loved my Seafood Chef Salad and Ryan and I shared ice-cream and pecan pie for dessert. It was oh so scrumptious!  Family at dinner. After Sean and my mom were asleep in our rooms, Ryan and I went o...

So here's the full outfit from last week's date night! The last time I wore these pants I was  NOT  happy with how they looked and I knew I needed to tweak the proportions a bit the next time I wore them. ( Link ) See how unflattering they were?! Yuck! So this time I added a belt, did a pseudo half-tuck with my shirt, and wore heels with the pants rolled up a bit more. I like this look so much more!  I felt confident and comfy all evening, two ways clothes should always make you feel in my opinion! The color didn't come out quite true to life in these pictures, but trust me, they are pink! (Albeit a subtle pink.) My hubby says "Puh, puh, puh, PINK PANTS?" every time I wear them just to mess with me! The only thing I didn't like about this outfit was the shoes I picked! I wanted heels, but I don't think these ones go well! Any advice on what would look better? I'd appreciate the help! - Top: Borrowed from...

New  Same Weight: 137 Yay I maintained this week! :) Insanity Update: I did three Insanity work outs this week. Next week my goal is to fit in five. I love that image from pinterest up there because it reminds me that even if I'm going slower than the super fit gals on the Insanity videos, I'm  still doing something and that's what counts! I need to pack for our trip tomorrow so instead of continuing on with Bethenny's rules for healthy eating, I'll just throw my measurement improvements out there.  First measurements are from 4/30/11 and the second ones are from today.    Bust: 36 ---> 36  Waist: 29 ---> 28 Hips: 36.5 ---> 35    Rear: 41 ---> 38  Thighs: 41 ---> 38     Calf: 14 ---> 13  Ankle: 9 ---> 9 I've lost 18 pounds since 4/30/11 and 9.5 inches. Ok, time to pack!!

First I cut up three squares of Baker's semi-sweet chocolate. You can use chocolate chips too but I didn't have any around. Next step was to measure out all of my ingredients. We have applesauce, brown and white sugar on the left, oatmeal and raisins in the middle, and flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon on the right. Then I mixed together the chocolate, oatmeal and raisins. Doesn't that look tasty already? Then I added my applesauce mixture to my dry ingredients, before combining it with my oatmeal mixture.  Lastly I formed small cookies and placed them on a greased cookie sheet. Here are the cookies straight out of the oven. They didn't change much! Last step: NOM NOM NOM! I adapted this  healthy cookie recipe to make these slightly less healthy cookies (I added chocolate). Sean's allergic to eggs so that's why I went with an egg-free recipe. You think he liked them? (I think so!)

Beach Look #1 , Beach Look #2 , and Beach Look #3 by valfox I'm eagerly anticipating a trip to the beach with my family this weekend and I wish I was there already! Since I can't be there in person yet I made these three beach looks on polyvore instead. I especially love the cute ikat shorts in my first look, the anchor necklace in my second look, and the vibrant yellow sarong in my third look. I'll be making do with the stuff I've already got in my closet for this trip though (except for some two dollar flip flops and a tee shirt I bought today), and focusing on having a blast and making memories with my family instead of fashion! It's the first overnight trip we're taking with Sean and I'm praying all goes well. I have a lot to get done before Saturday and I plan on being a busy bee the next few days! P.S. The last time I was at the beach I was 32 weeks pregnant with Sean. I was so big!

 I may have had food poisoning on Friday (worst day I've had in a LONG time), but by Saturday evening I felt good enough to go on my date with Ryan! Yay! We took a little detour to our old college and got some pictures of my outfit in a field behind the buildings. The light was beautiful as the sunset was approaching and there were lovely clouds in the sky. You'll see the outfit pictures next week for this month's Everybody Everywear! (Colored Pants/Jeans) I will put this one picture from the "shoot" up though. It shows my pretty new feather earrings from Glass Cocoon Jewelry . I won them from the sweet owner of the shop through a facebook giveaway!  Deer are a common sight on campus! We went to see "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and it was really good! (Images from Google) I took some pictures in the car while we were waiting at a red light.  I think the people in the car next to us probably thought it was weird, but I don't care!  For dinner a...

Eek I'm so behind on these weight loss updates! Here goes! New Weight: 137 Two pounds down. I'll take it! (But honestly it's just 'cuz I didn't eat anything yesterday because I had really bad food poisoning. Hopefully I can keep the pounds off even after easing into eating again.) Insanity Update: I've failed colossally with keeping up with Insanity the last few weeks. I'm still trying to exercise several times a week, and sometimes I do an Insanity workout but I'm not doing the day to day schedule anymore. I don't know whether I want to be strict about finishing month 2 or not. Some of the routines are fun, but I find myself resting so much that I feel I'm just wasting time. We'll see what I decide to do. Here is the next rule from Bethenny Frankel's  book . "Check yourself before you wreck yourself." I'm supposed to be getting ready to go on a date with Ryan, (Yes I'm still going despite be...