The Little Engine That Could

Okay. This is my official comeback. I hope. I really want to be more consistant. Not because I'm doing so well at running and working out- actually the opposite. I need this to keep me more accountable. And I'm upset that I missed out on writing about all the excellent runs I had this summer and the one or two races I did. :-( Oh well, I start now. And because I am not running as much- just trying to be as active as possible I will write about activities. ;-)

Jordan and I walked the neighboorhood with Frank and it was FREEZING. But it felt good to get some fresh air and to take the poor pup out. He's been so neglected since I've joined the gym. But, it's my only option. Because I've completely given up waking up early and running/walking outside before work. It's impossibly dark, impossibly cold and when Jordan is gone I get scared. I'm a whiny baby, I know.

Went to the gym before work and was feeling awful, very nauseous. So, I ate my breakfast in the car and decided that maybe I could walk on the TM. But once I started running, I started to feel great! After 3 I felt so good and felt like I could've done way more. So, went to the weight room and did 3 sets of lunges, tricepts and crunches. Did I mention how much I LOVE the gym?! It's so nice, love it! I want to start swimming but I dont know what to do... Need to look up swimming workouts and what strokes are the best for burning calories. (That's what she said).

OH! Yesterday we had our second US and got to see our little baby. It has grown so much in the past three weeks! We even were able to see it move it's head. I swear I could see it's little profile too- cute little nose. Dr. said his head and brain looked healthy and big. :-) His heart beat was excellent and pumping like crazy, it's so weird because it's umbilical cord is so huge and you can see the blood pumping through that too. (I keep saying HE because we think it's a he, but we dont know!) We're finally done going up to Portland for the fertility specialist, woohoo! Now we can see our regular Dr. in Salem.

Felt pretty good today, at breakfast in the car again before work out.. thinking I need to just eat before work outs these days. After, TM did 10 minutes on stair stepper. I love that thing. I want to do more! Then I did crunches and a bunch of stretching that felt great.

3 Miles on TM, then lunges with weights, tricepts, crunches and stretching.

Ran with Jordan and Frankie, man was it cold!! Made lots of treats to hand out to coworkes/friends/customers... I was exhausted by the end. They are LOCKED in the freezer so I dont devour them like a gluttonous heathen!

Walked 3 outside by myself- well with Frankie. ;-(  Needed to get out of the house after J and I had an explosive fight about who won or lost a game of Yahtzee... Hormones are the best!

Went 3 on TM after work and did the stair climber for 11 minutes before the Christmas gathering at a coworkers house. It was fun and low key... good to meet peoples spouses and such. Too bad Jordie couldnt make it.

Went 3 on the TM before work, then did lunges, tricepts and sit ups... wondering how long I will be able to do sit ups? I want to keep my core strong so I can PUSH. ;-) I will have to start doing planks and push ups. Yuck.

The trick I play on myself in the morning seems to be working, although it seemed very cruel today. I did not want to go! Too tired. However, when I purposfully leave all of my stuff to get ready for work at the gym in my locker I am forced to go, I have no choice. Of course, I'm glad I went, always am. But now all I want to do is go back to sleep and get rid of this headache.

Went 3 on the TM and did stair climber for 10 minutes. Then situps and streatching.

Blood work today at the new doctors office and real Dr. appt. tomorrow. Hope everything is going well and I hope I finally get to hear the heartbeat tomorrow.

FOUR, yep thats right. ;-) After yesterday's doctor appointment he assured me that running and excersising will make a world of difference througout this pregnancy. Monitoring my HR is outdated and keeping it under 150 is ridiculous- it's actually good for the baby to have my heartrate high. Especially since everything looked so good, doc said all my blood work came back great, my hr and blood pressure were great too. So this was enough to convince Jordan that running more than 3 is okay and perfectly good for buddy and me. ;-) I also go to hear babies HR- it was awesome! Jordan couldnt be there so I recorded it.. If I knew how I would post it. A fast 160 BPM- old wives tale says its a girl if it's that fast! Seems like it's accurate about 50% of the time. Ha.

Anyway- it was a Happy Christmas Eve, Jordan and I went out at his parents house along westside highway. It was nice mild weather and an all around great start to Christmas Eve.

Merry Christmas! J and I did the same path as yesterday but we decided to walk... then the weather went crazy!! Windy and rainy, so we ran home. We were completely soaked by the time we got back. Glad we went out anyway.

It was so fun to see Addie! She was so sweet- crawling and going like crazy! She let me feed her, and cuddle lots. I can't wait!

Walked Frank after work the weather was horrible and I didnt make it to the gym this morning. My days are so screwed up because of the extra day off. I'm not complaining though!!

Too tired to make it to the gym... and since I havent gone yet this week I havent been able to play my trick! Boo! Had dinner with Kandra at Bridgeport after work, it was great to see her.

Finally made it to the gym! Ran 4 on the TM and then did squats, tricepts, situps.

I start my 13th week tomorrow! The I'm done with the first tirmester 1/3 of the way.. woohoo!

Cant wait to go see J in AZ and soak in some sun! Supposed to be 73= GLORIOUS.