Southern at Heart

I realize I just gave birth 13 weeks ago but not sure how long I can use that excuse. I'm fat. Ok maybe fat isn't the right word. I'm chunky and this weight isn't all from my precious son. I happen to love food and seem to love it even more when I'm exhausted. I have never been such a fatso in my life. Back fat? Y'all, I have back fat. I'm mortified and even more so with swim suit season upon us. This is going to take some serious work and I don't even know where to start. My arms, my legs, my back, my stomach, my face...holy smokes even my calves! I lost 30 pounds when Kate was 7 months old and I have 20 pounds to go this time and LOTS of toning to do.
My handsome man is in this with me. He gained sympathy pregnancy weight so I wouldn't feel so bad. Isn't he sweet? We're going back to the basics. Cutting down on carbs, dairy and sugar and adding more protein, fruits and veggies. Cutting down on sugar will be the hardest for me since I have…

My favorite time of year is here!
Sunshine, blue skies and spending our days with our toes in the sand..

Kate and Cam rowing the boat

My crabby boy :)
laying out and eating chips, what could be better?
eating and watching daddy build a castle.    snoozin' away in his sun tent

so happy to have a day with daddy
  beach bum
So happy to be back in my beach chair and share our days with sweet friends on the island!

Our William is possibly the happiest baby I've ever known. He is Mr. Mellow and holy cow has he captured my heart! I could not be more crazy over this boy! He is FILLED with smiles and is just starting to coo. We have some pretty awesome conversations. If someone overheard me talking to him they would probably think I'm crazy. This is one of my favorite ages, he's still tiny but is starting to interact and recognizes our faces and voices. SO much fun!  
This boy has two favorite things. Sleeping & Eating. They happen to be my favorite things too! He's been sleeping through the night since 8 weeks and he finally willingly took a bottle for the first time last night. He knows what he likes and it will be a miracle if he takes formula one day! He's chunkin' out and one of these days I'm going to eat one of those delicious rolls! Will weighed in at 14 pounds this week! He's going to pass his big sister up in no time who is only 29 pounds at 2 and a hal…

There was something so sweet and blessed about this Easter. We were all wondering how we would get through our first big holiday without grandma and grandpa there with us, but we did and it was beautiful. We were surrounded by 30+ very close friends and family at my parents house and enjoyed an incredible brunch.
Kate was on a sugar high the entire day while Will was grumpy and tired as you will see in the pictures below.


 ...and the meltdowns begin
 Found her in the corner of her playhouse eating a cadbury egg. She is so my kid!
Egg hunt time! I stuffed 100 plastic eggs not realizing Kate was the only hunter this year!

 Good thing I bought good candy :)
Finally snoozin'

The sweetest little man face I've ever seen I love Easter. It's always the perfect way to kick off spring, spend time with loved ones and a humbling reminder what Jesus did for us over 2,000 years ago on the cross (Good Friday)...and 3 days later conquering death so that we can have everlasting life with Him! The…

Thanks to the Android family finally getting up to date, I finally have Instagram.
Pretty sure all my pictures will be of my kids and food. Sorry in advance.
My username is Southernatheart
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