My Life as I know it Edit w/ PICS in My Metamorphosis

EDIT: Thank you all for the sweet comments! I didn’t realize anyone read me/remembered me! I have crawled out of the stone ages and left photo bucket and got a imgur, so hopefully y’all can see the pics now! I’ll be back soon, promise :)

Hi. I’m alive. I just read my last entry from February I think. Geez, so long ago, so much has happened since then! When I last wrote I was apply to the dietetic internship - omg, the application process alone was rigorous. Lots of time (and money) went into that thing. Including a trip up to Atlanta for a four person panel interview, but I got it! And I just started the internship at the beginning of this month! Life has been so hectic ever since. I have been traveling out of town every week for 3-4 days at a time. It has been hard leaving my family, especially Shiloh because I am still breastfeeding - but I’ve managed to make it work.

Sidenote, what is up with photo bucket, it is like one giant ad now. Is there a less annoying photo sharing site out there?

Ugh. Okay really quick because I don’t have much time these days. Shiloh will be one tomorrow y’all, ONE. Can you believe that? This past year has literally flown by. I can’t believe my little man will be one in less than 24 hours boohoooo! I have loved every minute of it. I don’t know why I was so dramatic about it when I was pregnant. So worried about having a baby again, and a baby boy at that. But I have loved being a mom again! And I love seeing Bradley as his dad. He is a great dad, he is. And Shiloh is def a daddy’s boy and I’m jealous :(

It’s hard to believe that this time last year I was literally 200+ pounds and about to go into labor (well, be induced). I stepped on the scale for the first time in a long time today and was happy to see I am 140. My ‘happy’ weight is 135, so we’re getting there. Still no time to go to the gym. Shiloh nurses at least 2-3 times a night. Now that we have hit the one year mark, I am totally ready to start weaning. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. At daycare he eats baby food and drinks breast milk out of a bottle, at home he mostly just likes to nurse. So I don’t know how to break him of that. He literally has NO teeth yet, so he’s still not eating real food and isn’t very interested in food period when I’m around. Anyways, my point is I’m still not sleeping at night, so I there is no way I’m getting up early in the morning to work out and I damn sure don’t have time when I get home from work. Maybe one day....

Cassidy is doing great! Holy shiz she just turned 13 and started 8th grade. Knock on wood but she is still mildly pleasant for the most part. She has turned into a huge help with Shiloh and is an awesome big sister. She threw me and Bradley for a loop last night when she asked us if she could “go out with Hayden” - this little boy from our church and her school. I almost shit a brick. Actually, her dad about really shit a brick. Two seconds ago she was telling us how pointless “middle school relationships are” and now she wants to “go out” with someone. Hmmm. We’re good friends with his parents and like him and I’m okay with it but I’m just not ready for all this teenaged stuff yet :( I want my baby to stay a baby.

Bradley and I just celebrated our five year wedding anniversary! If you read me before, or if anyone even reads me period idk - you know it was a long, hard road to even be able to live together and be legally married due to legal constraints. On October 5th we have a court hearing to see about ending the probation early and getting his record expunged. Fingers crossed for that.

Otherwise life is good! I can’t really complain. I’m just trying to hold my head above water, finish this internship (in a year) so I can FINALLY be a registered dietitian!

Last updated September 01, 2017