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"The best style of all is the one that looks the best on you"- Coco Channel

I am a girl of BARGAINS! I like a good buy, anywhere. I think it's ridiculous to pay full price when you can find just as cute somewhere else. My theory is to pair some cute jeans that maybe are a tad more expensive, that fit right... with a cheaper top, cheaper shoes, & fashion it up with jewlrey, scaves, hats, or belts! You can make anything in-expensive look a million bucks! And someone once told me, it's not "cheap honey, it's IN-EXPENSIVE"!

Not only is style important but I think looking good is also the way you wear things. My BIGGEST pet peeve is the low rise jeans when you totally have a muffin top. Face it girls, we all have a little bit of a tummy. Especially us that just birthed babies! So cover it up. You may "feel" weird wearing higher wasted pants but trust me, it looks way better. My momma always told me that & I thought she was nuts, until I took before & after pics & noticed a huge difference. So style can look good by putting yourself in the right size. You may think you are a 2 but you really need the size 6! Nothing wrong with that! Wear what size flatters your figure. People that throw themselves into smaller clothes tend to look bigger because you are over flowing out of them! Just a few words from Ashley! ;)

So anyway, my favorite shops!

Curious George on rainy days

Rainy cold days sound like a CURIOUS GEORGE day to me! This morning I made myself roll out of bed & head to the gym. All I wanted to do was lay in bed all day. I heard the thunder all night & just wanted to SLEEP! Instead I went & now I feel great! Since we have been home we have pulled out all of Avery's stuffed animals & have been playing. One of her favorite's is Curious George. I pulled out the book & read it to her & she just laughed. It was so funny! She has enjoyed playing so much today. I love to watch her grow & learn new things. She is such a blessing to me. It's hard to imagine that in 2 weeks she will be 8 months old!






Last night we went to Mammee & Papa's house. I just love Chad's parents. They are such good grandparents to Avery & adore their grandchildren so much. I am so truly blessed to have them as my in-laws. Stella, Avery's cousin came over for awhile too. We just eat Stella up, she is a dollface! Her & Avery seem to get along great, accept Ave scratched her pretty bad!! We enjoyed a nice dinner & watched American Idol. Don't you just love that show?

9 lbs.... OH YA!!!

I have lost 9 whole lbs in 3 weeks! I truly feel I deserve it as I have done nothing but live for the gym & eat amazingly everyday. When I set my mind to something, I do it whole heartedly & don't cheat. I have had NO sugar, NO diet cokes, little carbs, & lots of veggies, salads, meats, & water.

Last week my friend Kelly did a "Show us your Life" diets & workouts & I never posted. I had a few people e-mail me asking what I am doing but never responded yet so I am sorry.

My plan exists of alot of this...

Tons of this...

Lots of weight training but small weights, more reps...

45 minutes a day of this...

And my end result hopes to look somewhat like this by June- but not THAT small, but toned...


The key is eating right while working out. I had a trainer before I had Avery & he whipped me into shape, in 2 months. You also have to know that it takes TIME. Nothing falls off overnight. As I have lost 3 lbs a week so far, it's going to slow down & my body will go into a state where I will just lose 1 to 2 lbs a week. You have to change up your workouts. Don't do the SAME thing each week. Right now I do arms & tummy Mon, Wed, & Fri. I do legs & back on Tues & Thur. My plan is to throw some boot camp classes in there as well to change it up & "shock" my body.

I have had a trainer the past few days & she taught me to keep my heart rate up. So in betweeen all of my weight lifting I keep moving & jumping around to keep my heart rate up. That way you are still burning a TON of calories.

So EAT right, WORK OUT daily, DRINK LOTS OF WATER, & GET REST. Those are the 4 things that have been changing my life. I have made lots of excuses. When I had Avery everyone said that it would fall off breastfeeding. That didn't happen. I was MORE hungry. Then they said it might happen after breastfeeding. That didn't happen, it was October so I was enjoying Halloween parties, candies... Then it was Thanksgiving, & then Christmas. Not to mention all my girl gatherings in between & lunches. I was just eating WAY over my calories & not moving.

Im excited to share all of this with my friends & family because it's a way to hold me accountable as well. I will be doing a blog every 2 weeks or so tracking my weight loss. I can honestly say I have never felt BETTER in my life. Not to mention my skin looks amazing from all of the water. No more dry skin! I feel less tired, less depressed, less everything. Thank God for some change!

Monday night Drama with the BACH!

**I need to add that I had "Rebecca's" name incorrect, I mean Elizabeth so sorry for the error & thank you for correcting me**

Wowzers, girls are D-R-A-M-A. . .

I just love watching the Bachelor each week & seeing what things they can "cook" up each week about each other. If I were in that house, I would have already had to leave, I just couldn't put up with it!!

One of the girls that I like in the beginning, Elizabeth went home last night. Can I just say AMEN? First impression, I loved her. But the girl was playing mind games with poor Jake. And can I just say he is a smart guy? He read it all over her face & called her out on it & didn't care. I just eat him up! Good boy! His momma taught him well. Elizabeth would say, "Don't kiss me, no kiss me"... ridiculous. BYE BYE sweetheart!

I'm still into Ali although she is kinda in the drama & likes to pick on Vienna. Vienna isn't my favorite. I haven't warmed up to her yet. But she still doesn't deserve to be picked on. I hope Ali can continue to be classy & just not get into it with her.

To be honest with you I am not really sure who I like the best. There isn't a ton to choose from. I'm not seeing one specific person with Jake yet. Maybe I will as the season progresses!

What a Monday!

Monday's! I usually hate them because that means it's 5 more whole days until Chad is off for the weekend! But, today was eventful & went by super fast!

Mom, Avery & I headed over to Chillis for some lunch with my cousin who is in town for a few days. On the way my car was acting weird. When I stopped it would jump almost like it was about to go dead. After lunch we took it in & ended up being 3 hours at the car place. Come to find out, it was bad gas! Imagine that! They had to drain my car of the bad gas & fill it back up & drive it a couple of times until it was fixed. Who would have thought that? I was scared something was really wrong with it, but thank goodness it was just, "BAD GAS"... hehe!

Tonight was the girls "Bachelor" night! This week was Italian & it was delish, as always! Next week we are doing breakfast! I'm looking forward to that one for sure. We all enjoyed catching up from the week & laughing at the show, it was a good one tonight. I will have a recap tomorrow with pictures.

Here is a pic of my mom & Avery on Sunday after church, two of my favorite people!

And a few pics of her today while we were out & about at lunch- big girl in her highchair!

Celebration Weekend

Yippee for 1st Birthday celebrations this weekend! Saturday we had TWO parties to attend for TWO wonderful girlfriends of mine who's daughters both turned 1!

First stop was my friend Kelly's house Saturday morning for a brunch celebration for Miss Harper Brown! The house was so warm, inviting & colorful, like Harpers room! Everything was decorated in brown, pink, & green. The table had all kinds of goodies! There was even a little candy table, so precious. Here is some fun decor/pictures from our 1st birthday celebration.


















Second stop was my girlfriend Allisha's for her daughter Ryleigh Kate's 1st Birthday! It was bright & colorful. It was decorated in butterflies & flowers. It was so stinkin' cute & totally Ryleigh Kate! They served so many great foods & had a TON or people there! It's amazing to see how special & loved all these little babies are!







My sister in law's sister Crystal is moving back to NWA from Little Rock. We are more than excited. Her husband got a job working at a local hospital & they are going to be back here in June. So we all went out to celerbate at our favorite restraunt, Rolando's, with some of our friends & family! It was so fun! I am so blessed to have good family & to have sister in law's that I love dearly. I love that I am friends with my sister in law's family & that we are all like sisters. Family is very important to me!










I also took several fun pictures of Ave today. She was so adorable & happy all day watching all the kids play at the parties. Made me excited to plan her fun summer party in June. I already have a theme & have been setting up folders on the computer so I can find ideas on the internet. Im crazy, I know!








Finally, over the weekend we introduced Avery to the highchairs in the restraunts. Its been a life saver. Carrying her in & out of places in her carrier has been so hard on me. She is getting so heavy & it's hurting my arms. She is finally able to sit up like a big girl, & it's been so exciting. Always new changes! Im so in love with her!


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