Oh Boy! Oh Boy!

Yup...thats right...we are having a baby BOY!  We just couldn't be more excited!  His name is Logan Scott Shaffer and he is already one little spoiled baby.  We had our ultrasound and the Dr. put the picture in an envelope so we could give it to our baker.  No, we didn't peak!  Julie did an AMAZING job on our cake as shown below.....

We went to my grandma's house and everyone from the family was there.  It was a crazy time but I loved every minute of it!  I swear our family survives on chaos.  Anyway, Jeremy and I cut open the cake to find a BLUE center!  It was such a great moment.  Yes, I cried :)  All the family brought gifts (one blue and one pink just in case) even though I said NO GIFTS....but my family never listens.  Logan got some pretty cute stuff out of the deal!  Super cute outfits and blankets.  It was like Christmas!  And now that we know that our little bump is a boy, Grandma Shaffer has been spending a fortune!  Baby boy blankets, outfits and shoes OH MY!  Here is the latest baby bump picture.  Eat your heart out :)  Loves!


xoxo

Baby

Last time I wrote, I was on a Medifast diet which I never got the chance to finish because...I'm Pregnant!  We are just so super excited to be adding to our little family!  I'm 19 weeks today and feeling pretty darn good!  I'm a little tired since the baby tends to suck the life out of me but I haven't been sick this whole pregnancy, just nauseous at times and that is starting to fade. When I was only about 3 weeks into my Medifast I started to really dislike the food.  To the point where I completely stopped eating it.  Turns out, 2 weeks later I find out I'm 6 weeks preggo.  So that explained my sudden urge to throw out all the nasty diet crap.

The morning that I took that pregnancy test, I honestly thought it would be negative.  We have taken so many tests in the months before my pregnancy and every one said negative that we were starting to lose hope.  I waited 2 weeks past my period before I finally took a test since I was very irregular for a long time and I would be a week late and then start a couple days after testing.  I woke up pretty early that Sunday morning and went in the bathroom without any hurry, just KNOWING I wasn't pregnant.  Before I was even finished going to the bathroom that plus sign showed up with a quickness.  I was so stunned!  I just walked back into the bedroom where my sleepy husband had one eye open, thinking the same thing as always.  I started crying and said, "Honey, I'm pregnant!"  He just couldn't believe his eyes...he was so shocked!  He gave me the biggest hug and was so excited. 

We went to the store later that morning to get another test.  One of those digital ones that actually said Pregnant and Not Pregnant.  I took it in the Fred Meyer bathroom and low and behold...PREGNANT!  That was exciting to see it in writing!

We find out a week from today what we are having!  Well, not really.  I go in for my ultrasound but we are having the Dr. put the results in an envelope and then I am going to take it to my baker who will then bake a cake either blue or pink inside.  The outside will be decorated in neutral colors and on the 20th we are going to cut the cake in front of my whole family to find out together what the sex is!  It will be such a fun time!  I don't know how I'm going to be able to wait 2 whole weeks to find out!  I don't care either way what we are having, I just want our baby to be healthy!


I will keep you all posted on the sex as soon as we know!

xoxo

Journey to a new ME

Well....I was on weight watchers for a little over a year.  It was a great plan and I lost 60 pounds on the plan.  But sad to say, I quit WW because they changed their plan and I just hit a road block.  Instead of losing weight I kept gaining it.  Month after month of disappointment.  So I decided to start this new plan.  It's called Medifast.  Basically I eat 5 of their "meals" and 1 of my own meals with a certain amount of lean protein and greens.  Their "meals" consist of many powdered delicacies such as scrambled eggs, chocolate chip pancakes, soups, shakes, and oatmeals.  They also have a bunch of bars and snacks. 


 For the most part I actually enjoy all the food.  Some of it is pretty bland so I have to flavor it.  My dinner consists of chicken breast and veggies.  Pretty boring for the most part but I spice it up with different recipes.  There are a lot of different things you can do for dinner I'm just not that creative lol.  Needless to say, this plan is Dr. approved and I get all my daily vitamins from all the things I eat.  I mean I eat 6 times a day so I'm not hungry at all.  Your supposed to lose weight really fast.  After my first 2 days I weighed myself the morning of my 3rd day and I had already lost 3 pounds.  Not bad if I do say so myself.  I'm going to do this plan for a month and cross my fingers and hope it works!  I'll keep ya posted!


Loves!

Horses

Soooo....I have another itch besides the baby itch.  It's an itch that I have had for some time now.  I want to start riding horses again!  Jessie, I miss those days.  I miss the smell of horses.  I miss the excitement of being on top of a horse and feeling like I can take on anything.  I'm scared that I am "too old" to start riding again but if I don't start now then when will I ever start? 


My girlfriend Keshia owns a horse named Mable.  I talked to her about possibly riding Mable.  Keshia could give me lessons and I will help pay her bording costs and food costs...kinda like co-owner her.  I ran this idea past my husband and he is fine with it.  When we buy a house, he wants to buy acreage so that I can own my own horse.  I would love to have a ranch and board other people horses for a fee, and run my own place.  That would be amazing.  But first thing is first.  I have to get back up on a horse.


So I'm going to text Keshia today and ask her some more questions and see if we can set up a time where we can get together so I can try out Mable and see if riding is something I truly want to do, or if it's just a faraway dream of my childhood.  I will keep everyone posted.  Fingers crossed that I don't fall off my first try! haha


Much Love,


Amy

A Year Later.....

Greetings!  Wow it has been over a year since last time I wrote on my blog.  Main reason I haven't been on here is because my background looked all kinds of messed up because it was outdated or something.  But FINALLY I figured out how to customize my blog to the way I like it.  And I LOVE IT.  Makes me want to write a lot on here...inspiration! 

Not a whole lot has happened in the missing year of my life.  My wonderful husband and I are still married of course.  We still have our wonderful kids (dogs) and live in the same house with the same old jobs.  How boring is that?

I have been thinking a lot about going back to school.  Just take a couple little college courses a Clark and see where it leads.  Something I have always wanted to do in my lifetime is write a novel.  My twin (cousin Katie) and I have been playing with ideas for a 5 book series and we are really loving it.  We have a general outline established with characters and personalities but we haven't taken the big step to writing the first chapter.  We just need to jump on the band wagon and do it already!  To be honest, I think I'm scared.  I haven't written anything in so long that I'm not sure if I am even good at it anymore.  So I want to take a fiction writing class and see how I do.

I've also thought about taking a Nursing Assistant program at Clark.  I have no idea what has been making me want to do something like that since I hate needles, and don't like poop or pee.  Yet it seems so interesting to be doing something to help other people.  My best friend Steph is doing it right now and said its great!  Just an idea I'm playing around with, nothing official.

BEFORE May 2009

AFTER July 2010

Oh I know what is new!!!  I cannot believe I forgot to write about this!  It has taken me a year to do but so far I have officially lost 66 pounds!!!  That is a huge accomplishment for me.  I have struggled with my weight on and off my entire life and I have never been happy with my body.  I started Weight Watcher's in November of 2009 and it has worked miracles!  I look at pictures from back then and think, "Wow, I really looked like that?  I was really that HUGE?"  These pictures are before and after.  The after picture is when I had lost 50 pounds.  So I am actually 16 pounds lighter than this picture and I think I look GREAT!

I am very active, going to the gym at least four times a week and really trying to change my lifestyle.  Jeremy has also benefited from this program.  No, he is not actually doing Weight Watcher's but he saw how great I was doing on the program and started eating a little bit healthier and going to the gym about five days a week.  He looks amazing and sexy and has lost 25 pounds.  My mother in law has been doing weight watchers with me and has lost 50 pounds!  She looks amazing too!  I still have about 20-30 more pounds to go but I can do it!  That is, if I don't get pregnant first.

Yes, we are officially trying.  We have only been trying for about a week and it will happen when it happens.  We just were just so tired of waiting.  If it wasn't one thing, it was something else.  We kept saying, "We will start trying after we____."  Fill in the blank.  It could say buy a house, make more money, pay off more things, save up money and etc.  But the fact is, when is anyone EVER truly ready to have a baby.  If you waited for the PERFECT time in your life then it would never happen.  So we will see if I have any exciting news for my next blog. :0) 

Oh and by the way, shhhhh...it's a secret...

xoxo

Amy

A Long Time Coming.....

Ok...so this is my first post!! It's been a long time coming and I feel totally bad because when my best friend Jessie was pregnant and bored, she spent hours customizing my blog for me because I, apparently, am incapable of figuring this whole blogging thing out! Jessie made my blog for me months and months ago!!! So I'm sorry it's taken this long to post but I love you Jessie and you did a rockin job!!!

Anyways....Engagement Photos...

I am officially Mrs. Amy Shaffer (weird that is the first time I have actually written "Mrs." lol) Jeremy and I were married July 26th 2009 and it has been so amazing so far. People always say that your relationship changes after your married but we feel that our relationship has gotten so much stronger. There isn't anymore stress about what color the linens for the tables need to be or how much money we need to spend on catering. We are just enjoying being newlyweds. Only now, we are getting the "baby itch."

Yes, the "baby itch." We aren't going out of our way and "trying" but we aren't preventing it either. We feel like it will happen when it happens. We are looking forward to starting a little family and sharing our love with something precious that came from us both. Where did the time go? I feel like all my high school friends are either married, pregnant, or already have one or two kids. It really is crazy how fast we all grow up and become successful adults.

Jeremy and I are renting right now, in the house that we have lived in for almost two years and we are ready for a change. We are hoping that by this time next year, we will have purchased our first home and starting building our foundation of happiness.

Anywho... I will post start blogging a lot more I promise, and I will post some wedding pictures soon!

Loves!