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02-02-12

Addy’s 1st Birthday

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I can't believe my baby niece is 1 year old already! Last week I was down in North Carolina to help my sister get ready for Addy's party, there were LOTS of details that had to come together. Such a fun week! It was a lot of work, but I think it was worth it - everything looked amazing:) Here is a peek at all of the details:

My favorite part - the hot chocolate bar. AMAZING.

Isn't this cake amazing? And you can't even tell I actually took a huge hunk out of the icing when I took it out of the box! WOOPS. A few re-arranged snowflakes and some creative cropping....it was as good as new:)

These were my 2nd favorite part of the part - melting snowmen cookies! They were just as tasty as they look. She found a LOT of these ideas on Pinterest:)

This part was probably the most work on her end - she took a weekly photo of Addy for her ENTIRE first year. So she bought these snowflakes and printed out each weekly photo, then strung all 52 snowflakes across the living room....with a slideshow of photos running in the background:)

The cups were dipped in white chocolate and sprinkles.....add some hot chocolate, caramel and marshmallows, and you pretty much have the most amazing hot chocolate EVER.

The birthday girl and her very own mini smash cake:)

Here's the cake progression:

Touched the icing, isn't sure what to think of it:

Quickly looks to mom saying "what's on my hands??"

Starts crying because she doesn't like being dirty:)

Finally realizes she can eat it:

Claps because it's so tasty:)

I'd say this is the face of a girl who thoroughly enjoyed her first piece of cake:)

Happy Birthday Addy Marie! Aunt Tina loves you to pieces!

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Sarah - February 3, 2012 - 10:25 am

I love the weekly photo idea… and everything else about this party! Addy is a lucky girl. The cake sequence is great!

Jess - February 3, 2012 - 9:29 am

Yay for the big party! These pictures are so great and I was so thankful to have you there to help and capture it all! You are the best!

02-01-12

Ireland Month!

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It's February 1st and that means one thing - I'm going to Ireland THIS MONTH!!!! I'm beyond excited, if you couldn't tell by the quantity of exclamation points. I've never been to Europe, and I've been DYING to go, so I'm thrilled that Jay and I area finally making this a reality:) It's always been on my list of things to do before kids, so I'm glad I can check this one off the list at the end of February!

We'll be heading there for 5 days (a short trip) with my sister and her husband, and another couple....it's going to be amazing, and I. CAN'T. WAIT. Only a few short weeks until we leave! Happy February!

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ashley - February 4, 2012 - 9:04 pm

Jealous!! Mark spent a semester in Ireland in college and loved it. Have an amazing time!

Allison - February 1, 2012 - 6:30 pm

Wow, LUCKY DUCK!! that’s so amazing! Can’t wait to see pictures!

Cait - February 1, 2012 - 11:23 am

So very jealous!! It’s gorgeous there!!! You’re gonna have so much fun!!!

jess - February 1, 2012 - 10:42 am

Soooo excited! !!!!

01-27-12

January Self Portrait: The 4 Hour Body

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This month, Jay and I started on a new, healthier way of eating. It's called the 4 Hour Body - I first heard of it from Becker's blog, he lost a TON of weight in the last year. We both had some weight we wanted to drop, and overall just start having better eating habits, so we decided to give it a shot.

The first week was ROUGH. To say I like my sweets is an understatement (obviously you aren't supposed to eat sugar on this diet). I had a REALLY hard time not having a little something sweet after my dinners. Plus, when you're first trying diets and trying to find recipes you like, it can be pretty hit or miss. By day 3 I wanted to stop, but good thing Jay is on board, he made me push through. So far we're about 3 weeks into our new, healthier, eating ways, and I'm glad I stuck with it. I feel a LOT better lately. And the best part of this diet? It requires you to take one cheat day a week. One day where you can eat anything and everything you want. It's just what I need to get through the week, knowing I can have anything I want to indulge on by Saturday. Mentally knowing I'm not TOTALLY cutting out everything I love really helps me get through the week:) Also - you're allowed to have red wine! I never loved red wine, but since it's allowed on the diet, I've become a fan:) That's where my January desktop came into play!

So far, after 2 weeks I'm down 6 pounds, and Jay is down 10 - I consider that a pretty huge success! We'll be adding in the exercise portion of the 4 hour body in the next week or so, I'm excited to see even more results:)

Here is my breakfast every morning - two eggs and a tomato. Even though the diet is getting easier and easier every week, it's STILL a diet. And this is how I feel a lot of times while eating:)

Happy Friday!

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Maya - January 27, 2012 - 5:40 pm

I’m interested to see what you think of this moving forward. We read the book, tried it a bit and changed our mind on it after how I felt from eating the meats. Hopefully it works better for you guys though!!!

Allison - January 27, 2012 - 11:45 am

Eggs and tomatoes?! oh man you have dedication, girl! Grant has actually been on a very low carb diet since October hand has lost over 50 pounds! If you want some really tasty low carb dinner suggestions, let me know!

Keep it up!!

Gail - January 27, 2012 - 10:48 am

Oh gosh girl….I could never do that breakfast. Tomatoes? Blech. Here’s hoping it gets easier! And no fruit on that diet either??? I live for bananas – haha…

I will say, I’m glad you linked to that post of Becker’s — those veggies he made look DELICIOUS! Gonna try that!

Sarah D. - January 27, 2012 - 10:39 am

That diet sounds a like the GM diet that Simon and I did a while ago. It was not fun! But sounds like you guys are doing great at it!!

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