A "me" day

The first of September has come and gone and the labour day weekend is drawing to an end. Where did the summer go?! 

Although I enjoy the summer I do really love fall the best between the cooler weather and more comfortable clothes, the hot apple cider and the apple picking -- not to mention the beautiful leaves changing colour that I never really appreciated as a child I really love this time of year. 

As school starts again it is often a time for new beginnings and changes and that often involves recommitting to goals we had previously made to ourselves. 

Today I had the treat of having a me day. My first in a very long time. Sean has watched Rylee in between feeds before so that I could have a break but it was not the same. Now that Rylee is on some

bottles she is not as dependent on me -- which gives me some more freedom. Sean offered to watch her all day so that I could have some "time off". 

I had a very simple agenda today which was to do what ever I wanted! I slept in a bit and then went to the gym with a friend and did a good solid cardio session. Afterwards I went to get some fresh veggies for dinner from a local corn stand. 

When I got home I had a long hot shower which felt SO nice. In the afternoon I met with my parents and did some business stuff while painting my toe nails. 

For dinner we had an amazing, oh-so-simple crock pot dinner of shredded chicken tacos:

All you do is put frozen chicken breast in the crockpot and cover with salsa. Cook on low for 8 hours and voila -- shredded chicken. 

We added it to wraps to make the taco part and had some fresh green beans and corn on the cob on the side. 

Very very tasty! We will be having this again soon I am sure. 

So September is back to basics. Time to start focusing on yourself and your healthy and making your self a priority. Today I was able to reflect on some goals that I had set for myself and make sure that I am on track or re-evaluate and make some new plans. It feels great to be able to spend some time on me, which will only make me more effective to my family. Retreat - to take a step back and then propel yourself forward!

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I'll leave you with these two pictures of Rylee who is quite possibly the cutest baby girl I've ever seen:  

Until next time! 

Material things...

I am quite excited that the weather today is a bit cooler for a VERY exciting reason...I got into a pair of jeans comfortable that I haven't fit into for a while now. Friday I thought to myself, maybe I should just try them on...and low and behold they fit great. What an amazing feeling. I'm now down 16.6 pounds and I did not retake my measurements. 

I don't do it as often as I should being a new mom and all the excuses come too easily. But I know that when you put the time and effort into yourself but grooming and dressing nicely it makes a world of a difference how you feel about yourself. I'm not saying that you need to buy designer clothes and always have your hair done, but a little self loving goes a long way, at least for me it does! 

I had good intentions yesterday of waking up early and going to the gym before a long day with lots of food challenges. But I didn't get a restful sleep the night before so staying in bed was too much of a temptation and it won. I did however map out my meals for the day and tracked it all before I ate it. 

We went to a birthday party for a friend and I opted not to have a bun with my burger or a cupcake in order to save points for home made pizza we had with friends. Over all it was a good day and I am happy with my self control and the food choices I made. 

Today we are going to Kitchener to celebrate Sean's parent's anniversary and his Opa's birthday. I like going to Kitchener because we get to see Sean's older brother and sister in law. We don't get to see them as often as we would like to. 

Yesterday afternoon I had to do something that was much harder than I ever thought it would be. I packed away some clothes that are too small for my baby girl now. I went through her drawers and pulled out stuff that was too small and went through new clothes that now will fit her. It is hard to believe that just a few short months ago she was only 8 pounds - now she is growing so fast and I know time will fly by!!! 

Tomorrow Sean is off work so I am going to spend the day doing "me" things while he watches Rylee - I just don't know what I want to do yet haha!

Until next time...