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 So about a month ago, everyone in our house got sick. ALL 9 OF US. Norovirus is AWFUL. We then all got blessed two weeks later with another great illness. Needless to say, I fell off the daily workout wagon and just started back up this week. I have been combining days this time. Today I did days 3 and 5. I felt like my body could handle it and the two videos made up roughly a 30 minute

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 It's been a few days since I last posted, so I wanted to jump on and say that I am still going with the 28 day wall pilates challenge I found on YouTube. I am starting to feel better physically and am sticking around 154lbs. I haven't changed my diet a whole lot but I am still fasting for 14-16 hours. I'm going to go ahead and post each of the videos so you can see what I've been using.

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Happy Sunday! Days 10 and 11 are finished. Yesterday was a full body workout and it made me sweat! Today was a quick and relaxing 10 minute workout that was more like stretching. It's amazing how much better I am mentally after my workouts. Today, my youngest son asked me why I do the workouts in the morning and I told him because it makes me feel better. I was being very honest. Raising 7 kids

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Day 8 and Day 9 were a few days apart. I went back to school this week and just couldn't bring myself to do the workouts at 5am before getting ready for work. Today is a snow day so I'm back to the grind and started with one that made me feel it! I will need to figure out a routine for me going forward because I really missed working out for those three days. Though I will say, I think my body

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As you might have noticed, things got a bit busy around here the last few days. I haven't had much time to update here but I did complete day 6 and day 7 of the 28 day wall Pilates challenge. Today should have been day 9 but life had other things going on and I just didn't get in my workout on those mornings. I have also, until today, been adding in an additional 30 wall pushups and 3 sets of

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Yesterday was rough. I didn't do any workouts, ate McDonalds and had an over all craptacular day. Today, today, was better. So here I am bringing in 2025 with workout #5. On top of this, I added 30 wall pushups and 3 sets of wall sits with 15 arm raises. As far as fasting goes, I have been sticking to betwen 14-16 hours. Getting to the 16 hours does seem to be getting easier and doing these

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Day 4 is complete! Today, I did both day 4 and then day 3 that I messed up on yesterday since today's was a "gentle" pilates workout. Honestly, I'm not sure I really did a day "wrong" per say, as much as I just did a different one, either way, I wanted to be sure to get in that glutes, abs and arms workout. I'm so glad I did because it was great! On top of today's workout I included 30 wall

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Day 3 complete! Here's to honesty though, I messed up and picked the wrong day 3 video (there are different challenges) and didn't realize it until after I did the entire workout, plus wall sits with arm raises, wall pushups, and a repeat of the Day 1 workout. Soooooo, I'm just going to press on and be proud of myself for continuing this journey today. I have the worst cluster headache that is

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Okay! So day 2 may or may not have (definitely may have) made me feel it a bit. I'm going to be honest here and say that I was sore from yesterday and today really got my abs burning, as are my arms and legs. I'm thankful to be sore though because it means I'm using muscles again that I haven't in quite some time. I went ahead and weighed myself this morning too. I am not necessarily doing these

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This morning, while half the kids and husband were still sleeping I went ahead and started day 1 of the 28 day wall pilates workout I found via Rachel's Fit Pilates on YouTube. After finishing the workout, which took less than 20 minutes, I completed 30 wall pushups and 3 sets of wall sits with 10 arm raises. I am working towards 16 hour fasts, starting the night before so that part of my fast is

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Woah! I can't believe it's been 8 years since I last updated this blog. I have thought of it often and decided to jump back in. As noted in the previous post, our family did indeed grow. We now have 7 (yes, SEVEN) kiddos, the youngest is now 3 and the oldest will soon be 14. This blog began as a way for me to discuss the process of my infertility 15 years ago, so it's hard to believe that we were

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So a lot has happened since April! Biggest news though is that we are going from a family of 5 to a family of 6! I'm currently 9wks and 1 day pregnant with Baby G #4! I'm pretty much nauseous 24/7 and NEED to eat regularly so I've already gained 5lbs. I had my first dr. appt back in June and was only 5 weeks along then so U/S only showed a sac and fetal pole. I had my second appt yesterday and

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6 months have passed since my last post and all I can say is life is busier than ever! Between working two days a week, taking 16 credit hours and taking care of the family there isn't much time left to just sit and do a blog post. I am today because I took myself off facebook two weeks ago and don't plan to return to it for at least another month....when this semester is over. During this break

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Has it really been 3 months since my last post?! I'm so sorry y'all. I've been beyond busy and to be honest, I just don't have to the time to keep this updated like I would have in the past. Things have been wonderful with the upgrade from two to three kiddos. We still haven't made the decision as to whether or not this is the last one but I'm leaning towards yes, it is. With me being in school

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Time seems to be going by so quickly. Inara is going to be a month old this Friday! This past Friday I took some sibling photos of the kids and then this morning was able to snap a few patriotic ones since the 4th of July is quickly approaching. Rory stated that we had never done these before and I told her that I realized that and it was a big reason why I wanted to this year. I hope you enjoy

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I took these photos this morning. I could look at this beautiful little girl all day! God has truly blessed our family with three beautiful and happy babies.

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Miss Inara arrived at 1:24pm on May 15th weighing 8lbs 12oz and was our shortest yet at only 20 inches! She is just perfect and has been such a content baby. My labor and delivery were by far the easiest this time  and my postpartum self has been awesome too! If it weren't for the uterine contractions while nursing (which have pretty much gone away now) you might not know I just had a baby!

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I haven't updated since my last appt on Monday and I have another coming up this Monday so I will keep this post brief! I'm being induced on the 15th if little miss doesn't show up before then. One more week max to go!! Here's a photo from today, 38 weeks and of course the kids had to get in on a shot (We still haven't cut the boys hair yet and not sure when we will)   :)

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Today I'm 36wks 3 days and had my first cervix check and the lovely strep b test. I'm currently 2cm dilated and 60-80% effaced. In the words of my dr. I'm very "ripe". Not much longer and we will be meeting our second little girl!!

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So this is possibly the easiest thing I have ever made in my life! No joke. There was absolutely zero sewing involved and only one cut! Materials 1 yard jersey knit fabric (or other knit like fabric, mine was actually Knit Fabric Oatmeal Stripe Knit Rose) - I got mine at Joann's for around $7 on sale tonight Scissors Directions Take your piece fabric and fold it in half. (The width could

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I am officially 35 weeks along as of yesterday. My weekly appts start at 36, not much longer! Baby girl is very active, especially in the evenings. I've been having contractions recently as well so I'm curious to know if I've already started progressing like I did in previous pregnancies. Today I decided to take a few of my own maternity shots while the kiddos napped. It's a lot harder

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Calloway turned 2 on the 9th! I can hardly believe it, time is definitely going by quicker. We celebrated his birthday on Easter this year since the hubs would be gone the following weekend. The mother in law was totally against that but it worked out really well, plus he got to do a fun egg hunt on his birthday! Who doesn't think that's awesome?!

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I was 32 weeks on Friday. So not much longer!! My dr hasn't discussed inductions or anything yet but that will be coming up around 36-37 weeks. I don't feel as big as I did with Calloway so I'm guessing she will be between 8-9 lbs when she arrives like Rory was. I had some 3d photos done at 30wks and the girl has lots of hair already! Totally explains my wicked heartburn. I will post

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So over Spring break we headed to Ohio and I got to do my younger sisters maternity session. She's having twin girls and is 30wks today, she's 29wks in the photos. I hope you enjoy them!

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