Yesterday was my birthday - I turned 23. I'm still so young eh? It was a good day. Greta had a doctor's appointment (more on that later) and we played at the park. Holly's an outdoor junkie so we went to a little park before Greta's appointment for 20 minutes and then we went to another park for almost an hour and a half afterwards. Yesterday was so beautiful and warm - Holly has tan lines now. 

Conor gave me a really great gift - some giftcards that I can only use to buy clothing. Hallelujah. My wardrobe needs a pick-up so badly. I'm so glad that's what Conor gave me! Now we need to go shopping!

Even though I'm exhausted (Conor woke me up last night to feed Greta because her wailing wasn't doing the trick - oops!) and my house is messy most of the time, I'm really happy with where I am in my life. It's so fun to be a SAHM and go to the park and be all domestic. It's totally up my alley. Life is good.

Me and my girls on my birthday.

The custom card and wrapping paper Conor made for me.

We left our home alone for the first time. Off to Utah we went for the long weekend to visit friends, attend a reception and spend 3.5 hours at Ikea (not kidding). We had a great time and Holly was so good despite the fact that we kept her up one night the latest she's been since she was a newborn and despite the fact we drove all over the Salt Lake Valley. She's seriously such a sweet baby. Speaking of babies, Holly loves babies. She gravitates towards them. She loves children and is such a social butterfly. I love it. She doesn't fully understand how to be gentle but she'll get lots of practice soon enough. And speaking of that baby, I've hit the feeling fat phase even though my maternity jeans are looser in the hips, behind and thighs than they were when I was pregnant with Holly. On the happy side, we have our BIG ultrasound in two weeks! Which I can hardly believe. How am I already this far along? Why is time speeding by so quickly? First baby and Second baby have already been such a different experience. I'm dying to know what Second baby's personality is. But not dying so bad that I want time to continue to move at light speed... my First baby is growing up too fast! 

Well folks, I did it! I went sugar free for 3 weeks and totally survived. It was hard. Last night we went to a party where the most ultimate ice cream sundaes and cones were being served. Hot fudge + vanilla ice cream is pretty much my favourite! Lucky for me, the host is one of my best buddies and she made me a smoothie. There were lots of opportunities to eat treats and desserts (and really good ones at that) in the past 3 weeks, but I resisted. The things I wanted the most was frozen custard and warm chocolate chip cookies. It was a good learning experience too. I found out when I want treats the most so I know when to watch out for those cravings now. 

This morning, I ate a bunch of taffies from a birthday party we went to on Saturday. They're the same brand of taffies that our friends brought to us in the hospital the day after Holly was born. And they came all the way from California. Yum!

Now the plan is to not dive back into sweet-eating, but rather eat treats more sparingly than I did before. Can I do it? Yes I can! 

Holly and I are whaley loving whales these days. Can you blame us?

For the next 3 weeks I will be sugar free. I feel addicted to the stuff, like I have to have some everyday. And I'm having trouble quitting it, so I'm going cold turkey. I think the first week or so will be hard, but I think by the end of it, I'll feel a lot better. Would anyone like to join me?