I Am Beautiful In Every Single Way

In addition to my previous post I wanted to be bold and post pictures of myself that I actually like.  I suppose it may be dull reading someone else's journey to a sense of self...so if it is, I guess you won't be frequenting this page much longer!  This is good for me - this declaration of saying, "Hey, I think I look pretty darn good in that picture!" makes me feel empowered.  In times previous, I would not have felt safe in saying that because I felt there may be someone out there who would say, "Really?  You think you look good in that picture?"

But now, I don't really care what anyone else thinks.  These are pictures where I am happy with the way I look.  In each one of these I can pick out things I really like. 

Hey, it's a start!

This picture shows me in July 2008.  I was 10 pounds away from my goal weight and feeling great about how I looked!

In this picture I am about 12 weeks pregnant.  Glowing!! (Or is that sweat from throwing up in the mornings?  LOL)

I like my hair and smile in this picture.  And I like having a handsome man with his arms around me. :)

Still prego here...about 12 weeks...and I like my hair and I LOVE those boots I'm wearing.

This was exactly three years ago today...the night of our wedding and we finished opening presents.  I loved my wedding hair do.  If I ever win the lottery I will hire someone to style my hair EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I really like my hair color in this picture and my eyebrows and my smile and my eyes.  See now that I'm a mommy I pay less attention to getting eyebrow waxes.  Seriously, don't look at my eyebrows right now.

Holding some friends' new baby in college.  I was about 19 or 20 here.  Ah, the beauty of youth.  (Yeah, like I'm a real old lady at 28 year old now.)

Being with my honey makes me smile.  Same trip as all the other prego pics...happy to be growing a baby in the belly.  Other happy picture include all my prego pics.  I LOVED being pregnant!!