{Ivy is 11 Months old?}

Who knew 11 months could go by so stinkin' fast... I can't even handle thinking about next month when she turns ONE!!! Her birthday will actually be on Thanksgiving DAY this year so we plan on having a HUGE RuBright-Hammett Thanksgiving dinner AND having Ivy's birthday bash afterwards!!! I can't wait to see all of our family under ONE roof! It's gonna have to be a huge roof thats for sure! HA! 

So I don't know if y'all have noticed but the last few photo sessions I have done with Ivy haven't been all that great.... Well I am learning that each month, it gets HARDer and harder to make Ivy sit still just long enough for a picture or two. This month my plan was to dress Ivy up as different things since the 27th was so close to Halloween. I had an 80's workout outfit, zebra, and scarecrow lined up. Well A few days before I actually took the pictures, I had make Ivy's tutu for her Scarecrow costume. I had finished it and put it on her and she absolutely HATED it! She wouldn't stop pulling at it and tugging at the straw and screaming her head off. Soooo I kinda knew that the scarecrow was just not happening. So I searched for a new costume and found that she had lots of cheetah print stuff sooooo that is how I added that one into the mix. Then came picture day.... We tried the zebra first and it was awful. She was in a bad mood, wouldn't keep her hat on, nothing was going as planned. So I thought I would just wait till after her morning nap. Well the nap came and went and then I put her 80's workout outfit on. Well that was a bust too. I think I got like two pictures of her with her headband on... She hates wearing socks and shoes so this was just not making her happy either. Then I went ahead and put her cheetah outfit on cause I knew the scarecrow was NOT gonna happen. I even put make-up on her face to make her look like a cute little cub. Then she smeared it and it looked awful and I tried fixing it but it still looked bad but I took the pictures anyways. I just has to try out the scarecrow tutu just ONCE so I put it on her just to see if she would leave it alone and NOPE! She started crying again {as you can tell in the picture}.

NOTICE FINGER IN NOSE.....

SO NOT HAPPY

I decided after looking back at all the picture I took and noticing that only a few were worth anything, I decided not to do a Halloween themed chalkboard and just do a normal board and outfit. So here is the normal ones. It was still pretty hard getting  her to be still but the stool helped! Ha!

LOOK AT THOSE PEARLY WHITES!

NAKED. FREE. HAPPY

She is happiest with no clothes on. Haha My mother said I was the same way as a baby....
As her chalkboard reads, Ivy is 19 pounds!!! She has been gaining a lot more weight now that she eats more "real food" and less of Mama's milk. She is getting too big for her walker already because her poor feet drag the ground when she walks around in it. She will only take 2 or 3 steps at a time but only if I bribe her with something... Usually me blowing huge bubbles with bubble gum haha! 

She will get brave any day now and she will just take off! My baby girl is growing up so fast. TOO fast! I get so sad thinking how fast time flies with her! I enjoy and cherish EVERY second of my time with her as her MAMA! :)

XO,

Meagan

{October Bliss}

HELLO OCTOBER!!!!

Anyone else just THRILLED that this month is finally here?! Already 2 weeks in and I am LOVING what it has brought!

So much to talk about where do I even begin!?!?!

Ok first off remember when I started my 21 Day Fix journey two months ago?! Well I finished as here are my results and how I achieved them! I ate pretty clean for the most part (had a cheat meal or two), I drank Shakeology EVERY STINKING DAY, did my workouts and I checked in to my challenge group for support and motivation!

I am still drinking ShakeO and still love it! I am starting a new workout in 2 weeks called Piyo! I am super excited to see what it does to my body!

Another awesome thing that has happened this month is that I have reached 2 of my goals that I made when I first signed up as a coach two months ago!! I didn't reach them in the time frame I wanted to but I have reached them and that is all I care about!

I have signed up THREE people to become a coach with me and that made me the Emerald rank! I have also got Success Club 5 qualified and that is super exciting! Now I am striving for SC10!

I have learned a lot from being a Beachbody Coach and I have had good moments and bad moments. My first month was really hard and discouraging and I almost wanted to quit. But my Coach Brittany gave me the words of encouragement that I needed to keep on going and I am so glad that I did! Reaching two of my goals already this month has given me HUGE confidence in myself as a business leader and I am going to reach my next goal SOON I just know it!!

If you would like more info on what I do as a coach or wanna know more about the 21 Day Fix,
find me on facebook or e-mail me at meaganrubright@gmail.com

XO

Meagan

{Double Digits}

My Ivy Ru is now the big DOUBLE DIGITS!

Ten months old!? Is that possible?? Where the heck did the time go?? I have been reflect A LOT the last few weeks since she turned 10 months and I am a very sad and sappy mother. The slightest videos online about babies make me cry. Ivy's baby pictures are giving me "baby fever" and I find that I don't like her getting so big so FAST! It hurts my heart! I wasn't prepared for the time to pass like it has. I wasn't prepared at all. Talks of adding another little to our family has begun since we want our kiddos close in age and having these talks make me even more depressed!!! Am I being selfish that I want another baby so soon or should I give myself more time with Ivy? Well I have decided to YET AGAIN leave it all up to the good LORD!!! He decided when it was time for Richard and I to have a baby. He picked the perfect time then and He will pick the perfect time with the next babe. So stop asking people!!! Haha In the meantime we will treasure every second with Ivy Victoria and keep making memories and taking millions of pictures of her!!! :)