AW: Pumpkin & before/after

Elsa1984 · October 2012

I took Gator to the patch today and dodged sprinkles of rain. I did manage to get a few pics.....not great ones, but that was to be expected since there were cows there and she would rather look at them than at me and the camera!

She was born 38min shy of Halloween (which is my favorite holiday), so when we went from Team Green and announced we were Team Pink to friends and family, we posted the picture on the left. While I was pregnant, she had the nickname "Patches". My former nanny kid was two and he said "When you and Jason have a baby, it is going to be a girl and her name is going to be Patches." I wasn't pregnant at the time, but that same month I got pregnant....and my due date with "Patches" was during pumpkin patch season. There was only a handful of people that thought we were having a girl, and he stuck by the fact that we were having a girl. Low and behold, we had a girl....although we did change her name and she is no longer "Patches". Anyhow, a picture of "Patches" at 4hrs old, and a picture of "Patches" a year later.

And I tried to load a before picture of me at 225lb (right before I had Gator) and a new picture of my current weight that was taken at the pumpkin patch, but for some reason it is not loading. I know, I know...."If there is no picture, it never happened...." so I will have to figure it out....or not. It seems that my face is refusing to thin out and may be fat forever. Sad.

aml+japan · October 2012

You may not notice the difference in your face but I'm sure everyone else does. Great pics of Gator and did you buy the two outfits back when she was born? Pretty smart!

ally510 · October 2012

Such cute pictures! I love the chevron dress! Where did you get it?

LCass · October 2012

So cute! The comparison shot is amazing. And I love the story about "Patches".

morsey2011 · October 2012

Love the comparison! So cute!

Ariana2O11 · October 2012

great pictures and I love her dress. I want to see your before and after. I think your weight loss is totally amazing.

Elsa1984 · October 2012

Thanks ladies!

The dress was actually made by my mom. Since Chevron print is currently popular, pillowcase dresses on etsy are going for 3050 dollars....double the price of other pillowcase dresses and then you still have to pay shipping. So I got the materials and my mom made it for under 20 and still had a ton of materials left over.

And the skeleton jammies, I bought the infant one thinking maybe we would be going home around Halloween so I packed it in our bag. Had no idea she would actually almost be born on Halloween. The current ones I bought this year....both are glow in the dark ones made by Carter's.