Now and Then

So for my whole life I have been super tiny. I was always the last one in the row at

class pictures in Elementary school. I was always really skinny and could fit into Jr girl clothes until I was 18. I think the jeans I wore during my engagement pictures were size 14 in the Jr section.

I always liked my body despite the fact that I had no butt and no boobs.

Ben liked my pettiness especially my legs! I had great legs!  

Once I got married I started developing into what I considered a "real woman"

My butt got bigger, my arms got fuller and the curves started.

Pregnancy added even more curves, plus a belly.

But despite the somewhat bloated look of my abdomen after childbirth, I love my new body!

Instead of feeling like I look like a teenager, I feel like I look like a 23 year old mom.

Things fit me better and I just feel better about myself.

I found this picture of me from 4 years ago when I was dating Ben and I feel like I look like a completely different person. I have matured physically and mentally from that little 19 year

old swimming at the lake with a cute boy.

Now I am a mommy, who still goes swimming with that cute boy!:)

 

 

 

 

 

(The moral of this story is that skinnier is not always better, and confidence is key!:)