Since I've been a bad blogger I've neglected to share that Nanna, the woman who has watched Liam since he was 7 weeks old, is retiring from being a childcare provider. I cried and then my type-A kicked in and I found a new and formal daycare/pre-school for Liam. He loves it there but the transition was hard. V's mom will be retiring and watching Liam 3 days per week but until that officially happens he goes to daycare Mon-Tues, Nanna's Weds-Thrus and G'ma on Fridays. Thankfully next week will be the last week we have to do this before V's mom has Weds-Fri off to watch Liam. (We intentionally chose to have Liam in a daycare/pre-school two days a week for a lot of reasons I may someday write about)
Oh yeah and we are about to move so our lives are in boxes. I swear each morning Liam counts his toys!
And Liam is cutting a molar or molars.
And Liam and I have been sharing the same cold back and forth for about 5 weeks (but who's counting).
Poor little Liam just hasn't been himself and understandably so, there has been so much going on in his life, way too much change at once. I just can't wait to close on the house, get in there and all settled in so that his life can return to normal.
Tick Tock Tick Tock
April 18, 2013
I'm officially 30!
Today I entered a whole new decade in my life (and age category in running as my bestie noted). I wasn't weirded out last night nor this morning, although Liam is cutting a back tooth and didn't sleep well so I was a bit too tired to be too concerned with my age.
V and Liam surprised me with two charms for my Pandora bracelet, Liam was especially excited to present me a gift which was super cute! V has been giving me these charms our entire marriage but since they are a bit pricey the frequency has gone way down with the addition of Mr Liam. I was totally surprised since we had agreed to no gifts with the finish of the house so close! V told me he tried to find a house charm which I thought was super sweet. After some hugs and kisses we all succuried to get ready and out the door.
At work I received many kind emails, facebook has been a flood of kind words and my bestie surprised me with flowers for my desk! They have found a prime spot to get any possible sunlight! My sweet co-workers took me to lunch at one of my favorite places, we ate and laughed until we thought we'd explode! (Bosslady is traveling so that is a nice little break too.) Tonight Liam gets a sleepover with Grandma & Grandpa while V and I go on a rare date night!
I have no deep thoughts on turning 30, I'm slightly glad my 20s are behind me but only because of my excitement for the years to come. The bombings in Boston have taken up a lot of my mental space lately but mostly because of the pride in a community I consider myself part of; the running community has stepped up in big and heartfelt ways...My bestie (and Liam if the weather is good) will do a organized run on Monday night with all the proceeds going to the The One Fund and I can't think of a better thing to do at the start of this decade!
And if anyone is counting approx. 8 days until we close on our house.....tick tock tick tock!
Much Love,
Jen
V and Liam surprised me with two charms for my Pandora bracelet, Liam was especially excited to present me a gift which was super cute! V has been giving me these charms our entire marriage but since they are a bit pricey the frequency has gone way down with the addition of Mr Liam. I was totally surprised since we had agreed to no gifts with the finish of the house so close! V told me he tried to find a house charm which I thought was super sweet. After some hugs and kisses we all succuried to get ready and out the door.
At work I received many kind emails, facebook has been a flood of kind words and my bestie surprised me with flowers for my desk! They have found a prime spot to get any possible sunlight! My sweet co-workers took me to lunch at one of my favorite places, we ate and laughed until we thought we'd explode! (Bosslady is traveling so that is a nice little break too.) Tonight Liam gets a sleepover with Grandma & Grandpa while V and I go on a rare date night!
I have no deep thoughts on turning 30, I'm slightly glad my 20s are behind me but only because of my excitement for the years to come. The bombings in Boston have taken up a lot of my mental space lately but mostly because of the pride in a community I consider myself part of; the running community has stepped up in big and heartfelt ways...My bestie (and Liam if the weather is good) will do a organized run on Monday night with all the proceeds going to the The One Fund and I can't think of a better thing to do at the start of this decade!
And if anyone is counting approx. 8 days until we close on our house.....tick tock tick tock!
Much Love,
Jen
April 11, 2013
No Rock N Roll Half Marathon for Me
*blows dust off little blog*
This post could easily get long and whiny fast so I'm just going to spill it...I'm not doing the 2013 Rock and Roll Half Marathon in Portland as planned, and I'm about as bummed out about it as you can get.
My kiddo got this nasty cold that has been going around here and then shared with Momma, as luck would have it that cold turned into a nasty sinus infection/chest cold that I am still fighting nearly four weeks later. I haven't run in a solid month, not once...in fact I did yoga yesterday and it kicked my butt. No fun. I had worked my way up to 7 miles but right now that feels impossible...heck 3 miles sounds painful! The RnR half is little over a month away, I know I could force myself to train SUPER hard at the cost of free time with my family (and perhaps much of my sanity), I could still take the time off work and spend all the money to travel there only to be disappointed with my performance. Not worth it, especially when I'm still coughing like crazy at night (and thus not sleeping through the night).
There is a wonderful Marathon (Half and Full) in our city every July but unfortunately we will be out of state for a family reunion. So I've been searching and searching for another race, I flat out lost my reregistration fee for RnR Portland (which I simultaneously understand and loth) so part of the search has been that I don't have to travel, let's try and keep cost down, shall we?
I have a race or two that I am eye-balling, both are in later fall which will be beautiful and give me lots and lots of time to train. I'm super tempted to attempt a full since I'll have the entire summer to train but the husband thinks that is a bad idea (he can be the logical one sometimes).
The part of my life that doesn't revolve around running (you know marriage, kiddo, work and that whole house thing) is good but crazy busy, perhaps why I got so sick? The house is supposedly going to be done by May 1, I'm excited and nervous....I've been using this extra energy to start packing which is surreal.
Someday I'll write a post about all that, maybe even include pics...someday!
Much Love,
Jen
This post could easily get long and whiny fast so I'm just going to spill it...I'm not doing the 2013 Rock and Roll Half Marathon in Portland as planned, and I'm about as bummed out about it as you can get.
My kiddo got this nasty cold that has been going around here and then shared with Momma, as luck would have it that cold turned into a nasty sinus infection/chest cold that I am still fighting nearly four weeks later. I haven't run in a solid month, not once...in fact I did yoga yesterday and it kicked my butt. No fun. I had worked my way up to 7 miles but right now that feels impossible...heck 3 miles sounds painful! The RnR half is little over a month away, I know I could force myself to train SUPER hard at the cost of free time with my family (and perhaps much of my sanity), I could still take the time off work and spend all the money to travel there only to be disappointed with my performance. Not worth it, especially when I'm still coughing like crazy at night (and thus not sleeping through the night).
There is a wonderful Marathon (Half and Full) in our city every July but unfortunately we will be out of state for a family reunion. So I've been searching and searching for another race, I flat out lost my reregistration fee for RnR Portland (which I simultaneously understand and loth) so part of the search has been that I don't have to travel, let's try and keep cost down, shall we?
I have a race or two that I am eye-balling, both are in later fall which will be beautiful and give me lots and lots of time to train. I'm super tempted to attempt a full since I'll have the entire summer to train but the husband thinks that is a bad idea (he can be the logical one sometimes).
The part of my life that doesn't revolve around running (you know marriage, kiddo, work and that whole house thing) is good but crazy busy, perhaps why I got so sick? The house is supposedly going to be done by May 1, I'm excited and nervous....I've been using this extra energy to start packing which is surreal.
Someday I'll write a post about all that, maybe even include pics...someday!
Much Love,
Jen
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