Baby Weight

Here's the thing.  With very few breaks, I have been pregnant or nursing since August 2005.  Wow.

Noah was born in 2006, Chloe in 2008 and Rachel in 2010.

What I'm tryin' to tell you is, I've got a few pounds to lose.  (By the way, Rachel is asleep in my arms as I type this and she just sleep laughed and it was the sweetest little thing.)

I get big, really big when I'm pregnant.  Like, a fat roll on the back of my neck big.  Like, my fingers look like hot dogs big.  Like, people constantly ask me if I'm having twins big. Here, I'll prove it:

I was just 33 weeks along in this picture.  That's Myra from My Blessed Life AND also from her beautiful new blog The Casabella Project. This was the last night of The Relevant Conference and we were taking pictures like it was the last day of school.
 
With each pregnancy I gained 45 pounds.  And I didn't care because I was making a baby and I was so excited to be a Mama.

So far, I have lost 22 pounds without trying.  I am already down to a svelte 188 lbs, and my baby is just 6 weeks old.  Yes, people you can do the math and see that I was 210 lbs when I gave birth.  And it wasn't much weight from said baby:

This fall I am turning 40 and we are thinking about taking our very first cruise.  I would love to be in ship shape {hardy, har, har} for both of those events!

So, I tell you what I'm gonna do.  I'm gonna lose 40 lbs by the time I turn 40.

And I hate to exercise and I love to eat.  Let's do this thing!