Flying Solo

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I am flying solo today with both kids for the first time. MC assured me there won’t be a coup, but that Amelia looks like she is scheming just sitting there all the time.

W Sisters Story T Smash

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T has tries for months but today she succeeded in damaging my glasses.   Ironically this time it was an accident but the end result was rendering the glasses useless.   Thankfully I had a backup pair but they were giving me a head ache so i just got the original pair fixed so i am as good as new.   I think i need to listen to M”s advise.   She has been saying for months I need to buy a pair that is indestructible.   That search begins at kiddie nap time!

3 Million Steps

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Today my Jawbone UP told me I had walked 3 million steps since I got my first UP. So first thanks UP for pointing that out, and second way to go me!

I do need to not there was a 10 month break on accruing steps when my first up broke and Jawbone recalled the first gen to when I got the new 2nd gen one so here is to hoping the next 3 million is achieved much sooner.

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Amelia Nicknames

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Now that Amelia is two months old we are past the discussing important things like what to name her, will she be healthy, & how do we configure her room. We have moved onto less important topics such as what nickname will we use for her.

With Teagan we didn’t have many options. Our nieces Ailene and Alexis both came up with Teagie. It was nice to see that a 4 year old and a 24 year old came up with the same name to use. Of course the 24 year old is a teacher and said that Teagie is ligusisticly easy to say so that explains why the 4 year old came up with it. I am personally a fan of Teag’s but at present am the only one using that. There is also some use of T, but generally Teagan is a tough name to come up with a nickname.

For Amelia we have much more options to choose from. Since the time we started thinking about the name Amelia I knew if we picked that name I would use the nickname Ame (pronounced Amy). Others have liked and suggested Mia. A few other people offered up Milly however to their credit they didn’t like that option any more than we did. I heard a little girl on the playground call her sister Amia. MC suggested Mimi as another contender. MC says she thinks whatever Teagan decides to call Amelia is what nickname we will use so we are all on the same page with a name. My take is call me crazy but I am not leaving that decision up to an 18 month old.

I will stick with Ame, however I am happy for others to use different names as long as its not Milly or anything my brother in law Michael comes up with. OK, lets expand that to anyone in Michaels family. We love them and all but they have a bad track record with names and nicknames.

3 Months and Counting

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Today marks 3 Months after I hit my weight loss target.   So far I not only kept the weight off I am slightly down from my target.

I am watching what I eat but generally I am not hungry and when I splurge bad I bounce back rather quickly so I am very pleased.  I have 9 months to beat the odds since apparently 80% of people who lose weight gain it back within a year.

New Nexus 5

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Today I got a new Nexus 5. I had been pondering getting another Android phone for a while. Probably ever since i sold my old Nexus last year. I love my iPhone but I always hold out hope that I will like Android more. Every year or so I give Android another try. I am not jaded about the cycle. I end up just taking the money I earned selling the last phone and throw in a bit more and buy a new one. The Nexus ones make that easier since they are much cheaper than typical unlocked phones.

So far I have been pleased but less than a day is not a good amount of time to get a feel for it. The large screen is a nice change of pace from my iPhone.

The Past 7 Months Have Lead to Today

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Today I reached my weight loss target.  When I started in May I didn’t even have this target in mind.  I was thinking I wanted to lose 10-15lbs.  When I was well on my way to that target I adjusted it and was targeting 20-25lbs.  That quickly turned into a target that when complete would be 33.7lbs loss.  I have a few other posts that outline what I did and how i achieved this goal.  What is funny is after I got started I wasn’t afraid of the process of losing the weight.  I am concerned I will gain it back eventually.