................... I've been BUSY getting our home sweet home ready for Christmas!!
This is was last weekend's Christmas with my sister and her finace...Christmas 1 of 4.
I've spent A LOT of time sewing a quilt for said sister's Christmas present...I'm SO thankful for my crafty friends that literally do everything but cut and sew my projects together. They tell me how much fabric...draw my pattern...come over when the friggin RUBIX CUBE of a pattern is IMPOSSIBLE to put together...And Max...don't forget Max...he didn't help the project go any faster.
TA DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Chevron Rag Quilt. I will be doing a HOW TO but not unitll AFTER Christmas. You can tell by the lack of blogging going on that this time of year is nudging me closer to that comfy, cosey, padded room.
One of my biggest fears of the winter is how stir crazy I've gone the past few years... But I'VE BEEN PREGNANT for the past 4 years of my life which in my world is not all roses.............................
So I'm actually looking forward to this winter with the crazies...Partly because I'm doing things with them that I previously wouldn't...
The best advice I've ever been given is to take my boys outside for 30 minutes every day. Even if that's as simple as a walk to the market that's 2 blocks from our house or driving around town searching for the biggest snow piles to play on. Not only is it good for the babes but it gives me and GUARANTEED 30 minutes when we get home of hot chocolate and snuggles while we watch Wreck it Ralph...Then Max gets his second wind and we're off again.
I've also been busy schooling all the kids at the Treehouse.
BUT in all seriousness this time of year is a double edge sword. It's a time when some people jump off the healthy bandwagon and say EFF IT! It's the holidays and I'm eating mashed potato sandwiches...................................................But I'm sticking to my everything in moderation mantra. The first week of December was B-E-A-utiful in Michigan! 45 degrees and perfect running conditions. I rocked the shit out of my lunch hour run. NEVER have I ran over 5 miles with an average pace in the 9:30's.
Then Mother Nature decided to catch on that it's December and we live in MICHIGAN and we got 7 inches of snow over the weekend. But I've just kept running. It's hard. Like running in sand hard.
Though the highlight of December...The holiday hustle. Not because of my time. Not because it was my first race pushing Tyler. Not because it was 20 degrees and I still ran. This was by far one of my proudest moments of my entire fitness journey because last year at this time I was 9 months pregnant with our 3rd babe in 3 1/2 years... I could hardly go from sitting to standing without help. I couldn't get out of bed without help. I was incredibly depressed. I hated playing with my kids. I was a very unpleasant person to be around. Everyday was a challenge and every morning I woke up and nothing had changed. As I've wrote about before...Tyler's pregnancy was horrible. That was the first time in my life I've felt helpless. LIke there as nothing I could do that would make my days easier.
For the finial event of this year I thought it was only appropriate to push the little human that taught me so much before he was even born. So we packed up the entire circus and off the the race we went!
It's about 70 degrees in that little tent...He was warm as toast.
The highlights from this race:
1. Ugly cried the first mile because....I can't believe my baby is turning one. I can't believe my baby is turning one. I've came so far in a year. I can't believe my baby is turning one. I can't believe my baby is turning one.
2. There was NO passing people. This course was TIGHT and really hard to even just run with a stroller let alone pass people. So after I finished crying I gave up my goal of finishing under 30 minutes and just enjoyed the race.
3. My hair COMPLETELY fell out of it's ponytail at mile 2 so I had to stop and put it back together. I need new ponytails.
4. That was the hilliest 3 miles I've ever ran!! Not just bunny hills but nearly HILL OF DEATH hills the ENTIRE TIME!! I swear Ty gained 40 pounds by mile 2.5.
5. I will never forget seeing my sweet big boy waiving like a crazy person yelling GO MOMMY!! as I crossed the finish line. Priceless.
We crossed the finish line at 30:44...Not the under 30 I was hoping for but 4 minutes faster than my last 5k pushing a stroller !!!
Tyler was sound asleep. Max was MISERABLE and had been crying since I left because he wanted to "Run-to-Run with MOMMMMYYYYY".
We took some pictures and retreated to a toasty warm mini van. Yeah I rock that baby with PRIDE!
Hubby was so excited to be there. Really he's amazing. Corralling 2 restless babes while I run for 30 minutes. In FREEZING weather. He is such a love.
I apologize for the randomness that is this post. But I wanted to make sure you know I'm still running. Still kicking ass and taking names.
I'm working on a really big project for you all that will kick off your New Year in a seriously badass way. Stay tuned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Left: December 2012...8 months pregnant with baby number 3
Right: December 2013. Just. Keep. Going.
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