Last WWW of 2013!!

Mon, Dec 16^th – 2mile run with Molly (Mile 1 @ 10:11, Mile 2 @ 9:57) and continued with the 30day squat challenge - Day 8 – rest

Tues, Dec 17^th – Just did Day 9 – 9reps of each x2

Wed, Dec 18^th – 1.62mile walk with Molly, P, and G after work, followed by Day 10 – 6reps of each x2

Thurs, Dec 19^th – 2.11mile run with Molly (Mile 1 @ 9:34, Mile 2 @ 9:53, and 0.11miles @ 9:55) in the morning, 1.65mile walk with the family after work, and Day 11 – 5reps of each x4

Fri, Dec 20^th – 3mile run alone (Mile 1 @ 9:40, 0.47miles @ 9:27, 1:30min walk break, 0.46miles @ 9;05, 1mile @9:17) Day 12 - rest

Sat, Dec 21^st – H-family Christmas morning and then G’s work Christmas party, so no running or walking.  I did do Day 13 – 7reps of each x3

Sun, Dec 22^nd – Super rainy soaking day spent inside and then the evening at a baptism and Christmas party.  I did do Day 14 – 6reps of each x2

Mon, Dec 23^rd – Travel day!  Headed to my home for Christmas!! Day 15 – 5reps of each x5

Tues, Dec 24^th – 1.97mile walk with my mom, P, and G to Starbucks for morning coffee!  Day 16 - rest

Wed, Dec 25^th – Merry Christmas!! 2mile walk around the neighborhood before going to Grandma’s house for dinner.  Day 17 – 9reps of each x3

Thurs, Dec 26^th – 1.94mile walk to Starbucks! Day 18 – 5reps of each x3

Fri, Dec 27^th –  Another 1.9mile walk to Starbucks! Walking to Starbucks is a fun family tradition when we are home.  Day 19 – 7reps of each x4

Sat, Dec 28^th – Travel day home. Day 20 - rest

Sun, Dec 29^th – More wet and then we went to a football game.  P’s first NFL game!  Day 21 – 10reps of each x3

Mon, Dec 30^th – 2.20mile run (this puts me at 200.17 miles running this year!!!) with Molly (Mile 1 @ 9:54, Mile 2 @ 9:46, and 0.2miles at 9:29) in the morning and Day 22 – 8reps of each x2

Tues, Dec 31^st – Happy New Year!! Day 23 – 8reps of each x4

Hope you had a great 2013.  It was wonderful in our house and we look forward to may more adventures with baby P!!

Enjoy!

ELH

WWW

Mon, Dec 9^th – Pinterest workout day!  I decided to start a 30daysquat challenge – various number of reps of the following 5 moves – Narrow squat, Narrow squat with back kick, Basic squat, Basic squart with side leg lift, and Sumo squat.  Day 1 – 6 reps of each. Then I did -

Tone-up tight routine (website is down so I don’t have the url, just a picture of the workout)–

3x{10push-ups

25 crunches

25 squats

30 lunges

50 jumping jacks

60sec wall squat}

Tues, Dec 10^th – P and I walk 1.66 miles and I did Day 2 – 10reps of each.

Wed, Dec 11^th –  Molly and I ran 2.01 miles in the afternoon in shorts! (Mile 1 @ 9:28, Mile 2 @ 9:20) and Day 3 – 6 reps of each x2 (actually did rest day).

Thurs, Dec 12^th – Molly and I ran 2.1 miles in the frigid morning! (Mile 1 @ 9:57, Mile 2 @ 9:54, 0.1miles @ 9:49) and Day 4 – rest (actually did Day 3).

Fri, Dec 13^th – Molly and I ran 2.01 miles in the morning! (Mile 1 @ 9:38, Mile 2 @9:45) and this leaves me with ~10miles left before I hit 200!) and Day 5 – 5 reps of each x3.

Sat, Dec 14^th – The plan was to walk, but then baby P had a rough night.  He was up at 3am, 5am, and 7am!  We figured out that he had a fever (100.6) and is probably starting to teeth (lots of drool and when the paci falls out he sucks on his hands) so no walking.  I was able to get in Day 6 – 10 reps of each.

Sun, Dec 15^th – The fever broke and P is feeling great!  Later in the afternoon, we all walked 1.77miles and I did  Day 7 – 8 reps of each x2.

Full Performance of "The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)" from "Puppet Mast...

Having a baby definitely prevents one from keeping up with pop culture!
We were introduced to "What does the Fox say?" just a few weeks ago and now the song is repeated daily in our house!
This Glee version made my day!


Enjoy
ELH

November Mileage

3month old baby P, 9month old baby C, and 4month old baby S.

P and S are cousins, C is a 2nd cousin and she loves P!

Running - 15.25miles

Walking - 29.27miles

Yearly totals - 

182.71miles running

350.27miles walking

Enjoy!

ELH

2weeks worth of WWW

Some more out of sort weeks!  Thanksgiving, lots of rain, G traveling, and I went back to work, have thrown of any sort of regular workout or even keeping up with “regular” posts.

We all survived my first week back at work and now sort of have an idea about schedules/what to expect.

For the short term – running will be for fun, no long races/specific training any time soon.

Mon, Nov 25^th – Running 2miles with Molly (1^st mile @10:20, 2^nd mile @10:15) and then abs. 

Tues, Nov 26^th – It was pouring rain, so I did the “morning workout” 

3x {25 push-ups (on my knees)

       30 crunches

       50sec wall sit

       10 dips

       45sec plank

       30 lunges on each leg

       15 squats}

Wed, Nov 27^th – Does Mall walking count?  We went to 2 malls?!

Thurs, Nov 28^th – It was a bitterly cold morning, so we skipped walking in the official Turkey Trot.  My Mom and Molly and I, did walk 2.04miles later in the morning.

Fri, Nov 29^th – 2.05mile walk with Molly, Mom, and P.

Sat, Nov 30^th – Another busy day of shopping with my Mom in the morning, watching football, setting up the Christmas tree, and taking our Christmas card pictures.

Sun, Dec 1^st – Lazy day around the house recovering/getting ready for going back to work.

Mon, Dec 2^nd – Back to work.  It is/was bitter sweet.  I have enjoyed my time with baby P, but love my job. 

Tue, Dec 3^rd – More rain = “morning workout”

Wed, Dec 4^th – 2.03mile run with Molly – (1^st mile @10:03, 2^nd mile @9:55)

Thurs, Dec 5^th – More rain = “morning workout”

Fri, Dec 6^th – Tired, so I hit snooze a few times!

Sat, Dec 7^th – 2.35mile walk with baby P and then I finished the Christmas shopping!

Sun, Dec 8^th – The jury is still out on what I will do today – it is raining, so walking is out.  Boo.

On the bright side, I only have 16miles to run to hit my goal of 200miles!  Exciting!

Enjoy!

ELH

Thankful

I am thankful everyday and I make sure to say "Thank-you" to everyone I interact with during the day.

I wanted to give a shout out to our yard guys!  We live on a corner = lots of yard and we have a ton of pine trees.  In the Fall, our yard is covered in pine straw and leaves.  I raked leaves as a kid.  It is fun once.  We need to do it every weekend.  Not interested!

Our yard guys come every other Monday and I love them.

This is our yard Sunday -

This is our yard Monday after the yard guys came - So pretty!

This is our yard on Wednesday -

Not to bad.

Tons of pine straw.  Hate it!

I love the yard guys and if we had unlimited funds, I'd have the yard guys come every week!
Thank-you yard guys!

-ELH

2 weeks of WWW

Soo… lets just say the last 2 weeks have been out of sorts.  Having a baby will do that.  Having a baby and a massive cold does that.  Having a baby, a massive cold, and a traveling hubby does that.  Having a baby, a massive cold, a traveling hubby, and celebrating your birthday does that.  Having a baby, a massive cold, a traveling hubby, celebrating your birthday, and celebrating your hubby’s company’s 3^rd anniversary does that.  Yes, thing having been crazy!

Mon, Nov 11^th – Off/rest/work at home day.

Tues, Nov 12^th – 2mile walk with the baby, 200 abs, and some arm exercises with 5 and 10lb weights.

Wed, Nov 13^th – 2mile walk with the baby, 200 abs, and some arm exercises with 5 and 10lb weights.

Thurs, Nov 14^th – 2mile walk with the baby, 200 abs, and some arm exercises with 5 and 10lb weights.

Fri, Nov 15^th – Lazy day

Sat, Nov 16^th – Super early morning standing in line to get Pappy and then just a lazy day after.

Sun, Nov 17^th – Sleep in morning!  The baby stayed with his grandparents while we stayed in a fancy hotel celebrating my birthday and the 3^rd anniversary of G’s company.  They had a huge soaker tub.  It was wonderful!

Mon, Nov 18^th – Another busy day – physical therapy for the baby.  He has tortcollis and we need to get his neck straighten out.  After that, I had a work meeting at a local children’s hospital, a follow-up OB appointment for me, and a hair cut!  I was able to get home before it started to get dark, so I took the baby for a 1.65mile walk.

Tues, Nov 19^th – 2mile walk with the baby and 200 abs.

Wed, Nov 20^th – 2mile run with Molly (1^st mile @ 10:10, 2^nd mile @ 10:09) and 200 abs.

Thurs, Nov 21^st – 2mile run with Molly (1^st mile @ 9:55, 2^nd mile @ 10:20) and 200 abs.

Fri, Nov 22^nd – 2mile walk with the baby and 200 abs.

Sat, Nov 23^rd – 3mile run ALONE!  Crazy girl!

Splits –

1^st mile @ 9:25

0.46miles @ 9:26

1min walk break

1mile @ 9:30

0.49miles @ 9:32

-> 3miles in 28:55

I did do 200abs after the run.

Sun, Nov 24^th – 1.89mile family walk and then I was able to run some errands alone.  I love being with the baby, but being able to go to Target and the grocery store without him is a good time.  I was even able to get a mani/pedi!

I go back to work soon, so I need to get on a better consistent workout schedule!

Wish me luck!

-ELH

WWW

Mon, Nov 4^th – 2mile run with Molly (1^st mile @ 10:36, 2^nd mile @ 10:16) and one round of 5-to-50 AB workout.

5 V-Up crunches

10 side plank rows with leg lift on each side(I skipped the leg lift since my balance is a little off)

15 full body tuck’n spreads

20 alternating superman planks

25 plank jacks to jumps

30 windshield wipers

35 leg lifts

40 side-to-side foot taps

45 sec elbow plank

50 bicycle crunches

Tues, Nov 5^th – 2mile walk with P in the afternoon.

Wed, Nov 6^th – Morning workout –

3x {25 push-ups (on my knees)

       30 crunches

       50sec wall sit

       10 dips

       45sec plank

       30 lunges on each leg

       15 squats}

Thurs, Nov 7^th – 2mile walk with P.

Fri, Nov 8^th – 2mile walk with P, one round of 5-to-50 AB workout, and then 100 extra sit-ups.

Sat, Nov 9^th – 2.21mile walk with P, 200 various sit-ups, and various arm exercises with 5 and 10lb weights.

Sun, Nov 10^th – 2mile walk with P.  Today is a busy day with the girls going to see the Radio City Music Christmas show.  It should be a great time!

Fun times!

Enjoy!

-ELH

Best Baby things

Baby P is now 8weeks young and I feel like I have handle on some of our favorite baby things.

1. Baby Sleeper -This is our favorite thing!  It was a recommendation from friends and we can't thank them enough!!  Baby P has slept in this every night since coming home.  He isn't a fan of his crib, but is fine in this sleeper in the nursery.  One of the great features is how easy it folds up, can be moved from room to room, and is easy to transport!  I can't recommend this sleeper enough!

2. Burp cloths - These are extra thick and wonderful for wiping P's chin and to protect your clothes while burping.  They also make bibs!  I am ordering some now!

3. Nursing cover - I don't know if this is the best nursing cover since it is the only one I have, but it is great!  I really like that the corners have terry cloth edges that can be used to wipe P's face or catching dripping milk.

4. Swing - This was a recommendation from my bestie who had used it for her two babies.  P sleeps in this during the day.  The best part.....the AC adapter!!  Now if it only came with a remote....the swing noise drives me crazy when I want to nap (I'm like the princess and the pea - any constant noise drives me bonkers!)

5. Ergo baby carrier - I think "wearing" your baby is one of the coolest things.  This is great because most of the weight is on your hips.  I do have a Moby wrap, but haven't quite figured it out.  I am going to a local Baby Wearing International meeting on Friday to get help!

6. Paci - Our friends got P a mustache paci, but he hates the shape of it.  I think he likes this paci because it is the same shape as the bottle nipples and the girls.  Fortunate for us, he isn't too attached to it!

7. Pottery Barn Kids blanket - I am a sucker for all things personalized.  Probably has something to do it my uncommon name!  My mom got P this blanket in grey with his name in orange.  Matches the nursery and the BOB.  P does have another great blanket from The Uncommon Kid, but it looks like she isn't selling anything now.  We have a few other great blankets, but I don't know where they are from.  Soft is the key!

8. Bottle brushes - Great for cleaning out all the bottles and pumping stuff.

9. Swaddle wraps - P does not like to be swaddled.  He likes his arms out and kicks his legs a lot.  We don't use these to wrap him, instead they make great car seat covers when we go out in public!  I keep one in the car and one in the diaper bag.  Some people are super noisy with a baby and this keeps them out!

What other favorite baby things do you recommend?
Enjoy!
ELH

October Mileage

First some Halloween pics -

My mom and I when I was 6 or 7 years old - notice the chair...

Same chair!  New cover.  I figured that P and I won't be able to be pumpkins, so the next best thing, sort of matching shirts and matching hats that I made!  Showing off my Halloween creativity!

My knitted hats!

Definitely better than last month!
Running - 1.19miles

Walking - 37.96miles

Yearly totals - 

167.46miles running

321.18miles walking

Enjoy!

E&P

 

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WWW

Mon, Oct 28^th – I did a “morning workout” from pinterest.

3x {25 push-ups (on my knees)

       30 crunches

       50sec wall sit

       10 dips

       45sec plank

       30 lunges on each leg

       15 squats }

Tues, Oct 29^th – 2.19mile walk with baby P in the morning and then 5-to-50 AB workout (again found on pinterest) – you are supposed to do 3 rounds.  I did 1.  Weak abs!

5 V-Up crunches

10 side plank rows with leg lift on each side(I skipped the leg lift since my balance is a little off)

15 full body tuck’n spreads

20 alternating superman planks

25 plank jacks to jumps

30 windshield wipers

35 leg lifts

40 side-to-side foot taps

45 sec elbow plank

50 bicycle crunches

Wed, Oct 30^th –  "Morning workout" and 1.46mile family walk in the evening.

Thurs, Oct 31st – Happy Halloween!!

I decide it was time to start running…. I did a 1.19mile RUN with Molly in the early, dark, cold morning.

The first mile was @11:32 and the 0.19 was @10:53.  Not the best times, but the times don’t matter now, getting the distance is!  Baby P was still asleep when I got home, so I did one round of the 5-to-50AB workout.

Fri, Nov 1^st – off/rest day

Sat, Nov 2^nd – 2mile RUN with Molly and then 1.19mile family walk.

Splits – Mile 1 @10:34, Mile 2 @10:30.

Sun, Nov 3^rd -  2mile RUN with Molly.  This one had some hills!  It was hard!

Splits – Mile 1 @10:38, Mile 2 @10:48.

I like the “Morning Workout” and “5-to-50 AB workout” so I am going to do them more this week with a little running as G’s schedule allows. 

Enjoy!

ELH

WWW

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Lots of walking this week and some new workouts!  I was cleared by the Dr to start working out.  Exciting!  I am going to take it sort of slow getting back into it, since it has been awhile since I ran or even used my stomach muscles. 

Mon, Oct 21^st – 2.07mile walk with baby P and then some arm work with my 5lb weights.

Tues, Oct 22^nd – Off/busy day.  I had a meeting at work at 11am and then needed to run some errands.  G stayed home with P and loved it!  We lucked out with an amazing baby.

Wed, Oct 23^rd – 2.02mile walk in the cold with baby P.

Thurs, Oct 24^th – 1.54mile walk with baby P and I did a “morning workout” from pinterest.

3x {25 push-ups (on my knees)

       30 crunches

       50sec wall sit

       10 dips

       45sec plank

       30 lunges on each leg

       15 squats }

Oh my!  My body was sore that night.

Fri, Oct 25^th – 2.18mile walk with baby P.  This was a tough walk trying to warm up my muscles and get out some of the soreness.  I did do a “300 ab challenge” from pinterest.

25 In-n-outs

25 bicycles

25 reverse bicycles

25 crunchy frogs

25 cross leg/wide leg sit-ups

25 scissors

25 Hip butt ups

25 Heels to the Heaven

25 Roll-up V-ups – I couldn’t do these, so I just did crunches

25 Leg climbers

50 kayakers

I definitely looked like a fish out of water doing some of these.  I am sure my son was thinking, “what is that crazy lady doing?”

Sat, Oct 26^th – 2.02mile walk with baby P and the “morning workout.”  I can feel my legs getting stronger!

Sun, Oct 27^th – We just did a 2.02mile walk and rested/did chores around the house.

I love feeling sore from a workout, but ouch I didn’t know I would feel this sore!

Enjoy!

ELH

Some more knitting

I made this cowl awhile ago -

It is cotton yarn and the pink color is called flamenco and is a bright pink, but paired with the black yarn it looks more red.  Oh well.
This is one of the first pieces that I have made for myself.  I have very sensitive skin when it comes to fabrics.  Wool, even a small amount is itchy.  I have some wool sweaters, but I have to wear long sleeve shirts underneath.  So I haven't made anything for me, until I found this great cotton yarn.  Fun!

This past week I made a pumpkin hat for baby P!  I am working on one for me (cotton yarn), so we can match on Halloween!  Nerdy!  

The day before baby P was born I made these fun owl gloves!
They are a labor of love and each glove was made twice.

The pattern called for size 6 needles for the cuff and size 8 needles for the hand - see the left hand!  When I made the right glove I forgot to switch to size 8 needles.  Opps! 

Ok, I'll just remake the left glove.  As I was working the 2nd left glove I noticed that I had forgotten a few rows of knit between the cuff and hand on the right glove.  Ahh!  I didn't really like the fit of the right glove, so after I finished the left one, I tore back right glove and started the hand again.  Fun times!!

I do love how them came out.

In addition to my pumpkin hat, I am working on a cable scarf and a square blanket that is supposed to be for baby P - this one might take me awhile!

Enjoy!
ELH

WWW

Humm… this was a weird walking week.  Motivation not there, missed opportunity waiting to go when G got home, and rain.  Oh well!  It is one of my last weeks of not “being allowed” to workout (OB said no workout for 6 weeks), so I’ll take it. 

I did do arm exercises with my 5lb weights almost every day.

Mon, Oct 14^th – Super busy day running errands.

Tues, Oct 15^th – 2mile walk.  This was an interesting walk since ~10min into the walk, G called and told me to pick him up because he had been in a car accident.  On the bright side, baby P was already in the car seat!  After we got home and G left in the truck to go back to work, we finished our walk.

Wed, Oct 16^th – Lazy!

Thurs, Oct 17^th – It rained all day :(

Fri, Oct 18^th – 2.4mile walk!

Sat, Oct 19^th – We had a busy day at a pumpkin patch in the morning and it was off and on raining all day, so we didn’t get in an official walk.  I did “wear” baby P for almost 2hrs at the pumpkin patch.  That counts as a workout?!?

Sun, Oct 20^th – 1.65mile walk with G and Molly!

My 6week check-up appointment is on Wednesday, so if everything goes well, I’ll have better WWW posts.  I am thinking about finally trying out some of the workouts I have pinned!

Enjoy!

ELH

Saying good-bye to a friend

In 2004, I bought my first car.  A Volkswagen Passat 1.8T.

It was a wonderful car, but was getting up there in mileage -> ~96,000 miles.  German cars start breaking around 100,000 miles and fixing it starts to get pricy, so we had sort of talking about selling it.  Wonder if we jinxed ourselves!?!

After we bought the Outback, the Passat became G's primary car and to be honest he hated some of the features.  The biggest hate was that the car would relock itself if you hadn't opened a door within 30sec of unlocking it.  Also, the doors autolocked if you drove over 15mph.  I could do without the relock, but I loved and miss the autolock.

In the past few weeks we toyed more with the idea of selling the truck and Passat and getting G something else.  No clue what something else is....
I do know that the truck is G's baby and the H Family way is house, dog, truck.  I would be really surprised if the truck ever goes away.
My family way is owning one extra car.  Since we got married we went from 3 (truck, Lexus, and Passat), to 2 (truck and Passat), back to 3 (truck, Passat, and Outback), and now back to 2 (truck and Outback).  I like have a back-up car!

The Passat died on Tuesday - sad day.  It was declared a total loss.  Sad.
G's was driving near an entrance area to the freeway that has one-way roads.  2 tracker trailer trucks were going the wrong way on a one-way, the SUV in front of G slammed on her breaks and G ended up rear ending her.  The impact cause both air bags to deploy and did a number on the front of the Passat.  G said there was brake and transmission fluid all over the pavement, which would indicate engine damage.  Not good.

Fortunately, G and the other driver were ok.  A little emotionally upset, but nothing physical.  G did say that the airbag pushed his hands off the steering wheel and he had some irritated skin on his wrists.  And the SUV had the VW logo "stamped" into her bumper.  Thankfully everyone it ok.

I took these pictures at the tow lot before releasing the Passat to the insurance company.  I needed to see the car and make my peace with it.  I know it is just a car, but I get emotionally attached to things.  I did shed some tears, but felt better about the situation once I left.

Love ya Passaty!
-ELH

The great stoller purchase of 2013

Once we found out we were having a baby I knew I wanted a BOB stroller.  Went went to REI during their members spring sale and test drove the Motion and Revolution SE.  I liked the compact form of the Motion, but G and the sales guy convinced me that I needed a running stroller.  I don't plan on running regularly with baby P once he gets older, but I will want to run when G goes out of town, so we went with the Revolution SE.  Also, because of the sale we decided to get the matching Britax B-safe infant car seat.

We picked orange to match Molly!

And that is were the fun ends...

The BOB is great for walks but it is large and awkward for taking in and out of the car and into stores.  I wanted/needed something smaller and easy to deal with.  Based off of friends recommendations I bought a snap n' go stoller that says it will fit most infant car seats.  I guess it depends on how you define "fit."  The B-safe didn't "snap" or fit level on the frame.  The extra strap to wrap around the car seat seemed like a bad idea.  It went back.  Fail #1.

During all this, our friends gave us their Baby Jogger City Mini.  Wonderful!  It isn't as small as I would like, but I thought I could make it work.  We just needed to get the infant car seat adapter...
The Baby Jogger website said this adapter would work with the City Mini and B-safe.  It didn't.  Fail #2.

Our friends were able to find the adapter pieces that came with the stroller.  We installed the adapter and again our car seat didn't fit.  No snap/lock the car seat in place.  You could balance and wrap a strap around the car seat to hold it in place.  Sure, let's put a bungee cord around the baby and call it a day!! I don't think so!  That baby needs to be snapped in place!!  Fail #3.

At this point I was feeling super defeated and frustrated with our decision to purchase the B-safe.  Obviously, the B-safe wasn't made to play with other brands.

I went to the Britax website and searched for stroller options.  After watching the B-Nimble product video, I was sold!!.  An umbrella stroller that fits the B-safe, is only 14lbs, folds up flat, and will grow with baby.  The only down side, the price.  According to Britax, B-Nimble sells for $200.  Ouch!! 
I was able to find one on albee baby for $90 with free shipping!  It came with correct car seat adapters, cup holder!, and a rain shield.  And since it is an umbrella stroller, baby P will able to grow into it as a toddler and maybe even last for another baby.  Win!!

I actually purchased the B-Nimble the morning I went into labor! That morning, if you would have asked me if I would go into labor that afternoon, I would have laughed at you!

The only downside, if you even want to call it a downside is the color.  Albee Baby sold the red version for $90 and for $170 we could get it in silver to match our orange car seat.  Hummm, not interested in almost double the price for silver fabric.  Red and orange it is!!

Moral of the story - there is no such thing as universal when it comes car seats and
strollers!  Do your research and make sure you get strollers that are compatible with your favorite car seat before buying anything.

Enjoy!
ELH

WWW

Mon, Oct 7^th – We didn’t walk and honestly, I don’t remember why!  Probably just lazy.  Ha!

Tues, Oct 8^th – Walked 2miles with baby P.

Wed, Oct 9^th – Walked 1.64 miles with baby P.

Thurs, Oct 10^th – Walked 1.02miles with baby P – we made it a short walk since it seemed like something was off on the BOB stroller and P was bouncing around a lot.  I did check the tire pressure and played around with it a little and everything seemed ok.  Weird.

Fri, Oct 11^th – We had a really rough night and busy morning, which resulted in a long afternoon nap for both of us.

Sat, Oct 12^th – 2mile walk in the morning with baby P.

Sun, Oct 13^th – 2mile walk in the afternoon with baby P.

I did do arm weights with my 5lb weights almost everyday.  Mommy needs tone arms!

Enjoy!

ELH

September mileage

Not that exciting!

1st family walk with 6day old baby P!

Running - 0miles

Walking - 13.28miles

Yearly totals - 

166.08miles running

283.22miles walking

3week old!  Love his faces!

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy!

ELH 

WWW - It's back!

Sort of...

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Sept 9^th – 24^th – mostly off recovering from labor.  We did take a few short walks of less than a mile, but I didn’t record them.

Sun, Sept 22^nd – My mom came into town to help/hang out/meet baby P.

Mon, Sept 23^rd – My mom walked…. P and I napped!

Tues, Sept 24^th – 1.7mile walk with my Mom, P, and Molly.

Wed, Sept 25^th – it rained ALL day.  We didn’t leave the house.

Thurs, Sept 26^th – 1.7mile walk with my Mom, P, and Molly.

Fri, Sept 27^th – Lazy!

Sat, Sept 28^th – My sister was coming for the weekend to visit and we had to leave the house ~10:30am to pick her up.  It takes P and I awhile to get ready in the morning, so my mom just walked alone.

Sun, Sept 29^th – 2mile walk with Molly, Mom, sister, and P.  My mom and sister left later than day – sad. 

If G is too busy to walk with us, then Molly will be staying at home.  She is a puller, I can’t deal with her and control the stroller.  Especially since P is so little.  Maybe when he is bigger and can sit in the BOB without the carseat we can try taking Molly with us.

Mon, Sept 30^th – 1.65miles with P in the stroller.

Tues, Oct 1^st – 1.63miles with P in the stoller.

Wed, Oct 2^nd – Happy 3^rd Anniversary to G and I!!  It is the leather anniversary (traditional) and I got G a credit card holder wallet from leatherology and he got me a fancy leather purse.  It has been an amazing year and even better 3 years.  I look forward to many many many more!

P and I had to run some errands for dinner and buy cupcakes, so we didn’t go for a walk.

Thurs, Oct 3^rd – 1.0mile walk with P.  P was pretty upset at ~half a mile, so we turned around and went home to eat!

Fri, Oct 4^th – 0.77mile walk around the block with P, Molly, and a visiting friend.

Sat, Oct 5^th – talk about lazy!  We didn’t get out a bed until 10:30am!  We did go on a family walk – 2miles.

Sun, Oct 6^th – Family walk on a nearby running/biking path – 2.34miles.

Monday will be 4weeks since P was born, so I technically have another 2 weeks workout free.  I will keep walking and maybe start adding some arm exercises with my 5lb weights.  My mommy arms need to be tone!

Enjoy!

-ELH

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Mon, Sept 2^nd – Tired and lazy – day off!

Tues, Sept 3^rd – 1.64mile walk with Molly and G before work.

Wed, Sept 4^th – 1.7mile walk with Molly and G before work.

Thurs, Sept 5^th – I borrowed my friend’s gym pass and went swimming.  I was feeling pretty stuffed from the cold I caught, so it was a little tough.  I just did 1000yds – 100 swim, 100 kick.

Fri, Sept 6^th – 39 week Dr appointment early in the morning.  I napped after work, since this cold has been kicking my butt.

Sat, Sept 7^th – Slept in since I was tired and we had a busy day with G’s family watching the nephews play football and soccer.

Sun, Sept 8^th – When I woke up this morning, I realized I had lost my mucus plug… not a big deal but usually means that labor could be in the next few days or weeks.  I did mean that swimming is not allowed and probably need to make our walks more casual.  We did take Molly out for a short walk (0.77miles) in the morning before going to brunch and running errands.

Weekly Workout Wrap-up is taking a break….

As is turns out, passing my mucus plug did mean labor was starting.  We went to the hospital at 5:30pm on Sunday, and our son was born at 2:50am Monday, September 9^th!! 

We will be doing some walking, but nothing too strenuous for a few weeks and definitely not anything resembling a workout for 6 weeks.

Baby P is doing great as a 1week old.  We are all figuring out our new life and loving it.