Seriously

(Photo taken my my phone, hence the poor quality)

Seriously I love this little baby so much.

I know I'm the biased mother but isn't she so darling?

Love

Love my two bunnies.

A master

This Could Be Dangerous...

My cute friend Jen gave me an award on her blog. The master of friendship award.

I'm intimated by this award/tag.

I'm supposed to come up with six things I have mastered, then tag 6 bloggers who are the master of friendship.

I don't feel like I have mastered anything.

But I figure this is a good opportunity to recognize things I am good at, because let's be honest, how many of us actually recognize and APPRECIATE what we are good at?

Here goes nothing...

1. I am a master of achieving things I want to get done.

If I want something bad enough, I do it.

Some examples:

3 marathons

Finishing school

Getting an internship in college

Becoming a teacher

Learning how to sew

2. I'm a master of loving people.

Weird thing to be a master of but I think I have a gift for loving people.

3. I'm a master of laughing.

Ask my sisters, and Mike I laugh at anything they say.

I love to laugh.

4. I'm a master of planning.

I love making lists.

I love organizing.

Some of my planning includes:

weekly meals/grocery list

race training schedule

daily tasks to accomplish

5. I'm a master of saving money.

Don't get me wrong, I like to spend money too.

But I love saving money and just having it sit there.

6. I'm a master of changing diapers.

Some days I feel like this is all I do.

Now I'll pass this award onto:

Sarah

Lindsey

Lacey

Megan

Allison

Stacy

Word post

Another WORD post

Some things to APPRECIATE...

-Bottles

-Grandmas and Grandpas

Both items allowed Mike and I to go out on our first date WITHOUT Charlotte Saturday evening. We missed her, and it was weird to not have her with us, BUT it was really nice to go out just the two of us. Thanks Grandma Kris and Grandpa Kent!

What have you appreciated lately?

This little bunny...

slept from 11:00 p.m. to about 4:15 a.m. (that's a good 5 hour stretch!)

then from 5:15 a.m. until 7:45 a.m.

I'm one happy mama today.

Hope your day is filled with LOVE and HAPPINESS!

Back to square one

I had my first real test of MY WORD today.

I went for my first post-pregnancy, post-delivery run.

I told myself I would be happy if I could go three miles without stopping. (Keep in mind, I haven't just run 3 miles for years, I would at least run 4 when I would go, including pregnancy)

I knew it would be hard. It's been nearly 8 weeks since I have gone running.

I had no idea HOW HARD it would be. I barely made it 1.5 miles before I had to stop and take a break. WHAT?

I was even running slower than I ran during my pregnancy.

I couldn't believe how weak my legs felt.

Needless to say I was very frustrated to during my run at this point.

I really didn't think I would have to start ALL OVER with my running, and be THAT out of shape.

My dreams for races this spring and summer seemed far fetched and impossible.

Then I remembered my WORD.

I tried to refocus my thoughts and enjoy the last 1.8 miles of my run. I didn't end up running faster, in fact the last half of my run was slower and it included some walking. But I thought of my sweet Charlotte and remembered what my body went through not too long ago and I told myself it was ok to go slow. I took a moment to enjoy running in the rain. I took a moment to enjoy the view of the mountains. I tried to APPRECIATE my run for what it was worth.

Don't get me wrong, I still had some negative thoughts and I came home wanting to cry, feeling like I had lost how far I've come in my running. But it's the beginning of a new mind set for me. I've got to appreciate how well I did knowing what my body did 6 weeks ago. My running can only get better from here on out right?

**Hey mom runners out there...how long until you felt like your old running self? Did you ever feel like you got back to where you once were?