Sorry no pictures:( Just updates!

I had all good intentions of taking some pictures this weekend but I didn't. (Bad Siri) I do have some updated news so here goes:

-I have officially hit the 15 lb mark! Considering I had 2 parties this weekend both of which consisted of food and alcohol that is pretty darn good! So happy.
-I went to Seattle this weekend for my best friend's engagement party. It was really fun and nice to meet some more family and friends that I hadn't met. On Saturday, we did some bridesmaid dress shopping which was fun. We think we may have found the dress but we are thinking it over!
-Chris and Matthew didn't get to come to Seattle because Matthew had the stomach flu and we didn't want to drive with him. I was going to go by myself but my mother talked me into bringing Maggie. I remember now why you don't sit on an airplane with a 14 month old. She was so mad because she wanted to roam everywhere. God Bless the patient woman who sat beside us on the way there. On the way back, it was better because the plane was only 1/2 full so we got our own row! My parents had a blast with Maggie but my poor mother woke up with the stomach flu this morning...oops hope it wasn't from us:(
-Chris and I have officially started our training for the Windermere 1/2 marathon May 15th! I am actually very excited. We have never done anything like this before so it will be really fun. I guess Bloomsday is going to be just another run for us this year!!! I am trying to convince him to do the Seattle 1/2 marathon in the fall. I have to say that it is definitely easier to run 15 lbs lighter!
-The countdown to Vegas is on!!! Chris and I are going to the WCC tournament in March! YESSSSSS! My parents are coming over to watch the kids. We are so excited. In other great basketball news: this fall Chris bought tickets to the 1st round of the NCAA tournament in Spokane for fun. Well if the Zags keep playing well, they might be put here!!!!! Hell Yah how cool would that be!

Anyway, sorry that I don't have any pictures but I did want to put some tidbits of information. I will take some soon. I do have another cake coming up!

Seahawk's Cake

The Seahawk Logo and the football are fondant. The rest is buttercream.

I got this cool new tip that looks like grass. I love it! (FYI D. This will be the tip for RC's cake)

This is the newest cake. It was commissioned by the same person who asked for the first Toy Story cake. Wow repeat customers already;) It was for a 11 year old girl who loves the Seahawks. Happy Birthday!!

Gum Paste Class

I took a gum paste class to learn some new skills in the cake making world. The flowers were really fun to make and not terribly difficult considering it was my first time. Just adding to my mad skills;)

SO CUTE!

Poor Mags has been feeling a tad under the weather. Nothing serious just a bit of a bug. Unfortunately it has made napping a bit tricky. I won't go into the (literal) dirty details but her tummy is bothering her. Today, thankfully, Chris had the day off. (She ADORES Chris) and she would not go down for her nap. He went up there, changed her diaper, and laid down on the couch with her. Of course she fell right asleep on him...she would never do that for me. Anyway, Matthew climbed up and of course Otis was right there. Before I knew it, it was very quiet. I look over and they are all asleep. So cute! This is big considering Matthew doesn't even nap anymore!! I had to snap some pictures.

Cakes

Here are two more cakes that I did for a sister's birthday party. Jenny (the mom) forwarded me what she wanted and I tried to replicate it. Actually I did a pretty damn good job replicating it if you ask me;) You be the judge. Here is the link she sent me: http://www.pinkcakebox.com/images/cake443.jpg

CHD aka "creepy hair doll"

You are probably wondering "what the hell is that?" Yes I too wondered that when I first saw it. This past September, I went to Friday Harbor to visit my friend Jen Horn and she has a 2 1/2 year old named Lila. (We have the same birthday but that is not crucial to the story!) Anyway, she was carrying around this thing and I was kind of creeped out and intrigued at the same time. Jen told me that she had to buy this for Lila when she weaned her because she was OBSESSED with Jen's hair (btw it is made with real human hair). Well a couple of months later, I was trying to wean Maggie and I realized that Maggie was not going down without a fight. (If you don't already know this about Maggie, she too is OBSESSED with hair.) I approached Chris and said "I think we need to get one of those creepy hair dolls for Maggie." And the name was born!! Anyway, we ordered one off the internet: http://www.loveybabies.com/ and it came. Please don't judge me for the next part of this story, but I slept with it for about 2 weeks then we gave it to her for her birthday. By this time I had decided to wean her to the bottle but I thought at least it smelled like me?! So at first she was kind of skeptical, but now she LOVES this thing. At night when I put her down she finds it, grabs onto the hair, pulls it underneath her, sticks her little butt in the air and then goes to sleep. It is so cute. We still find it kind of creepy but hey whatever works right?!?!

Officially!

Well I have some great news:) Two official things to report. 1st and foremost is Maggie-moo took three steps today! Yay, she is average:) (the average age for children to walk is 13 months and today she is 13 months) I am so excited. She just needs a bit more confidence and that girl is going to be running everywhere. 2nd is that I have lost 11.4 lbs! I am pretty excited especially since a very bad headache sidelined me a bit this weekend and I didn't really work out as much as I wanted to. Life happens though and I am trying to look at it that way. Hopefully by the time I weigh in again (3 weeks) I will have lost another 5lbs. "I think I can, I think I can..."