Mixed nuts - Baby P edition

Passed out on daddy!

Gallery wall.  I really like how it is turning out.  The clock is set to the time he was born.

Eating is "4month old" sticker!

First gifts from Citrus Lane and an Arti-tail.

Baby love - P and his cousin S - she is a month older than him!

His new knitted hat from a friend.  She is an awesome knitter.

Holding Daddy's hand on the plane home.  He slept the whole way home!

Baby teeth!

Brrrr

I know...Polar Vortex blah blah blah.

It is just down right cold where we live - no snow or rain, just sun and 12degs.  I am ok with snow and cold.  Grew up with some snow (6-12" total a season) and survived the 81+ inches of snow in the DC area in 2009-2010, so when schools here closed in advance because of the cold temperatures, I laughed!  That is crazy.

I shouldn't have laughed.

Sometime before ~5:45am this morning, our heater went out.  I woke up at 5:45am and felt a little cold - the house temp was 66 and the thermostat was set to 69.  Not good.
I turned off the thermostat and pumped.  ~20min later, turned it back on and nothing. The first option when something electrical isn't working, turn it off, let it rest (meaning let it reset), turn it back on.  Take that PhD in electrical engineering and having a former IT help desk hubby!

We called G's dad and he said he would be there in an hour to look at it.

By the time he got to the house, we were at 61.

G's dad figured it was a bad thermocouple, so he went to the Depot (adding Home is just too many letters to type or say) and got a replacement part.  I took the baby to daycare.  It is warmer there!  Not the baby P needs it - he is a little heater who would rather be naked than in clothes. 

Around 12:30pm, the heat was back on!  The house had gotten down to 52deg.  Brrr.
Seems to be working as we are now at 61deg.

Note to self - do not privately mock decisions people make about cancelling things because of the weather!  It will undoubtedly bite you in the a$$.
Or for that matter, make fun of hubby's new car which has a heated steering wheel!

Happy 2014!!
Enjoy!
-ELH

Happy 2014!! and December mileage

Tired baby P on Christmas morning.  Check out those socks!!

Running - 17.46miles

Walking - 16.86miles

Yearly totals - 

200.17miles running

367.31miles walking

I met my running goal for the year!  200 miles.  This is down 202 miles from 2012, but baking a tiny human will do that.  On the plus side, walking was up 100 miles!

I am not sure what running and walking goals I will have in 2014 (full-time job and baby don't leave a lot of extra time, but I'll figure it out!) As I type, I think doing a fall 1/2 marathon seems like a good goal, but we will see.

I wish you all a great, happy, and healthy 2014!

ELH 

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