Football Time and Lucy/Life Update

 Boy, am I ready for Football season! I am ready for some sort of normalcy back into our lives. UT's first game is against South Carolina on September 26th, and Soddy Daisy started their season on time already playing two games. 

We got our Soddy Daisy Football pic like 6 days after we took it! I was absolutely shocked! Usually it takes 10-11 months!

                                                          

                   I always knew she would be a football dog! :):) My beautiful girl!

I have been doing well. After July went by, I started to mentally feel normal again and I didn't think about the miscarriage every hour of the day. I made a trip to Knoxville to spend some time with my mom in her new house and had so much fun! I got to see my cousin who is pregnant with her first baby!

This month, my cousin Hannah is due with her first baby, a girl, and this was when she was 34 weeks along! She then Katy are having the first Becker great grandkids. My cousin Nick had the first and only Dyar great grandkid over 3 years ago.

Also, this month, my cousin Nathan also is getting married. The last adult cousin to wed. 

 I have been overjoyed because Lucy's last booster shot (at 16 weeks) was complete and the two week wait period is over for us to go into public without worry of parvo and distemper dangers. Walks are so good for my soul. Especially taking her to my favorite Greenway walk!!!

 

Lucy is now fully vaccinated and in the clear to go to public places so we took her to her first dog park experience (unfortunately no dogs were there to play) and her first public walk at the Greenway! She LOVED the walk and pranced around looking at all of the new sights and people! No Fall leaves yet though! 

I have a feeling we will be taking many more walks here!

Huge empty dog park!!

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I have started Weight Watchers also. I need a lifestyle change and just something to wake me back up and get me into the swing of losing weight again. During my 14 week pregnancy, I lost 8+ pounds (which should have been an initial sign that something wasn't right) but those came back plus, with all of the pregnancy hormones leaving my body and now re-adjusting, and getting back on the pill for at least 3 months as my doctor advised (to make sure I don't get pregnant until 3 full cycles are complete) and then we will go from there. But I am on the blue plan and am loving it so far. 2.6 pounds down! I need to lose about 45 pounds as my doctor recommended within the next 8-11 months before we start trying again to help my chances of taking out all of the "what if's" of preventing a miscarriage.

 

Tic Tok egg sandwich! It really works and is so delicious!! Only 2 points too! 

                                                                Grocery haul ww staples!!!

0-1 point foods (on blue plan)!!

Zero point foods!!! I love the lifestyle change and the option to have whatever you want as long as you stay within your points. No deprivation. 

0pt dinner! Fat free refried beans, with fat free cheese, scrambled eggs, and olives! Very good!

1 point breakfast! Sugar free jelly, 1 pt 40 calorie toast, and a boiled egg!

1 point dinner! 1 point tortilla, fat free refied beans, fat free cheese, ground turkey, and a dollop of fat free plain greek yogurt and cherries for a side!

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Also, Lucy and I have had so much fun spending quality time one-on-one since Cody is back at football. We get from 5:30pm to 8:30pm just the two of us and I also get to play with her before work too!

Can't go outside without my blanket or mom's shoe!

Summer fun! Lucy and I LOVE playing in the sprinkler and pool together!!!!

My beautiful girl!

 

Don't workout mom! Play with me!

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Cody and I took a date night together on a Friday night at 6:00pm and only had to wait 45 minutes at Cheesecake Factory! Victory!! We also went to Petsmart afterwards to get Lucy some treats and new toys! We are such parents 😅. #dogmom #dogdad

 

LOL! Why does my hair look red and my eyes look so blue?

Waiting for dad to come home!

Thanks for always tagging along!

Kayla Raborn

8/30/2020

Fall HOUSE Decor!!!

 Oh how I have been waiting for over 4 years to say that, this is my Fall HOUSE decor!! No more apartment. I honestly thought we would be moved in at the latest mid October of last year 2019, but no so once again, I had missed out on decorating our house and celebrating all of the holidays inside the house. This year and next year we will have celebrated all of the holidays in our new house (we were still majorly fixing the house up, moving, and closing out the apartment out until March 7th and then Cody and I finished our last major house project the last week of May so that knocks out all of those holiday's until 4th of July) (which we didn't even get to celebrate at all since I had my D&C surgery just days before), so Halloween will truly be our first true 'holiday' to celebrate! So that is ironic, full year circle there. 

I'm just blessed we closed on the house, officially, January 13th 2020, a month before the covid craziness hit. We would still be building our house if it was delayed even just one month after that. Praise God. 

 

1 ww point, pumpkin spice hot chocolate (because I don't enjoy coffee at all).

Almond milk with my pumpkin spice cookie straw!

 

My first Fall outfit of the season!!

And our Fall House :):):)

Peep the soap! Bath and Body Works Pumpkin Cupcake soap with a marbled pump!

Hello Lucy! Yes, you fit the Fall vibe perfectly!

I'm so excited for the Halloween Fall decor vibe! The cat is my favorite!!!! I just love our fireplace!

Our sweet coffee bar decor. I LOVE having a coffee bar!

Third counter top decor.

 

Kitchen table decor.

  

Entryway decor!

 

Our outside decor!! I LOVE the hay bale but it was messssssy!

Mom, are we done decorating? I'll chew barbie while I wait.

 

Football time in Tennessee!

 

This is Lucy this time next year😁. I picture her looking like this. I also can't wait to carve a pumpkin with her this year!

 

Enjoy the Fall time everyone! The greatest time of year!

With so much love,

Kayla

8/30/2020

P.S.- I'll post more about Halloween set up closer to October and of course our family costumes! (you bet Lucy will be dressing up too :)). We also plan on going on a family corn maze adventure in late October and doing all of the normal family Fall festivities!!!

Also stay tuned for a Raborn family update post next.

4th of July 2020

We had a fantastic 4th of July with family despite the covid restrictions. This weekend we were supposed to be at the beach with my dad's side of the family but oh well. There's always next year!

For the 4th, my father-in-law made a fire in his fire pit for us and we roasted hot dogs! It was so relaxing and so peaceful. Very much needed as I had had my d&c surgery just 3 days prior. 

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The second half of my birthday took place the following weekend with my Nana who was visiting.

We started at the driving range and then went to my house for presents and games!

I was so proud of everyone how well we did! Cody got 200 yards, me 150, Morgan and mom 125! That is big considering it was our first and second times EVER doing this!

Lucy helped me open presents! Here Lucy, pull on this side.

Here new fluffy bed thanks to my mom! She now has a place to sleep in the office when Cody is working.

Lucy watching the sunset. Isn't she SO beautiful!

Lucy has been doing such an amazing job on her training that we granted her off-leash time in the front yard for 30 minutes and she did GREAT! We are so proud of her! She already knows 15-20 commands!

Look how long she's getting!

God is shining His light on me. He is always watching over me and always there.

Love,

Kayla

7/18/2020