Body After Baby

 Trying to make this a super fast update as this week I am pressed for time..

SO many fun things to do...

1 exam and 1 Interim Assessment to get thru first...

Santa Dash 5k this weekend was alot of fun!

It was cool seeing everyone dressed alike and running/walking down the street...

But not so much a run you want to see if you can reach any particular time...

The first mile was spent testing out our agility as we had to weave around walkers.

I ended up with a time of 29:49...

Not my best by any means but still not horrible and pretty good considering we had to run thru all these people!  I think I was like 474 out of 2500+ runs... not bad.

Work friends... Melanie knows how to take awesome pictures of me... 

So glad I met up with these ladies!  I love having people to run along with! 

The aftermath... 

Ha! Got you! 

You can read Mel's recap of the race HERE.

Today I took a PTO day to get caught up on my studying...

If you havent caught on, I do HORRIBLE with managing my stress right before an exam or anything so I knew I needed to take today off to calm my nerves and review.

Hopefully no panic attack - " CANNOT SLEEP! must clean the house" episodes will occur...

So I was hoping to get thru my material so I could take a run around 2...

I started to question my sanity because the weather channel told me it was 29 degrees out, but felt like 19.

But I knew I had to get out there...

If I skipped today I would end up skipping many more days come January & February when I am supposed to really be training for a half marathon!

So 1 pair of under armor running tights, 1 pair of cold weather Hidu pants, 1 cold weather Hidu shirt, 1 nike running jacket, gloves, head band, and 1 pair of AMAZING Mizuno Body Warming Thermo socks that were gifted to me this weekend by Brian's Aunt and cousin and I was ready to hit the road!

PS - I have a new to me phone!! Upgraded to an Iphone4 thanks to Brian's cousin who happened to get a new phone I day I killed mine! 

7.26 miles & 1 hr and 14 minutes later I was back at home. 

The run was awesome and I never felt cold at all! 

I even wanted to take my jacket off but I figured that was probably crazy of me and I would end up sick or something.... 

I can totally conquer running this winter!

I actually really cannot wait to run in the snow too!! 

How fun would it be to run with the snow falling down!? 

I am crazy... 

And in case you are wondering... 

down another 1.8 lbs... 

I guess I can drink more beer and eat more pizza and still lose weight! 

This trying to run 100 miles in December is really burning the calories... 

And if you are counting... 

Thats 70 lbs in 6 months. 

27 lbs from pre baby... 

Oh and I am a little behind on my December milage... 

Day 10 & 27.5 miles down... 

I skipped 4 days of running since I was phone less...

aka no music and no distance tracker... 

Back at it now! 

I will get back ahead! 

Brian's Family Christmas Party 2012

Brian's family gets together earlier in the month every year and it is always a good time.

The 4 older girls were pretty crazy this with them being 2-3 year olds, but next year, when we add in 2 more little girls that will be walking I am sure it will be even more entertaining!

(background, Brian and his cousins all had 6 baby girls around the same time... Leah is the oldest and Emily is the youngest of the 6!)

And for the photos....

Attempting a family picture.... 

My love.. 

The girls too excited for Christmas presents! .... Leah could actually recognize her name and pick out which presents were hers!! Kind of awesome! 

They love each other so much!! 

Opening her first gift of the season!

Brian's cousins that I somehow convinced to run the half marathon with me in April! Cant wait! 

Emily got lots of lovin! 

Running from eachother... pretending Selene was an animal about to get them... 

Tried to get the girls to all sit for a picture... Watch as the girls slowly escape up the stairs... 

My sister n law Tara wrangling them up and getting them back downstairs... 

Olivia giving pony rides.. So funny! 

My mother n law on the left, with her twin sister Patty. 

Someone started giving the girls airplane rides, and then they all wanted to do it... 

2 of them standing on their Great Aunt Patty's stomach! 

And pony rides began! Too funny! 

It was a great time...

All the girls left tired, crabby, and ready for bed!

3 Year Olds are Crazy

I think it will be fun this year to keep track of all of Leah's ridiculousness that comes with her age.

We are not even a month into 3 and she gets wackier, funnier, and more awesome by the day.

...

The other evening Disney had a Mickey Mouse Christmas special on...

I really wish I could remember the exact name...

She wanted to watch TV and I was trying to find something appropriate for her on, and came across this show that had already started.

Because it had already started I did not record it...

Leah LOVED this show.

An hour later when it was over, even though it was already 8 oclock, she asked to watch it again.

And I rewound it, and let her...

Mommy wanted some time to relax!

So, with the help of skipping commercials it was over by 8:45.

She asked to watch it for the 3rd time.

What is with kids and wanting to watch the same thing over and over and over?

Of course I told her no and insisted it was bed time.

She started scream and crying for more "Mickeys trees".

I carried her to her bed while she continued to cry.

I laid in her bed for a bit waiting for her to calm down.

But she continued to cry like she had just lost her dog.

Like I told her she could never eat candy again.

Like her grandma just died.

She would quiet down for a few minutes and then it would start...

"Miiiiiiickeyyyyy"

"Pleeeeeeease"

"Miiiiiiickeyyyyy!"

This went on for atleast 20 minutes!

She finally just crashed mid cry.

It was almost hilarious how hard she was crying for it.

Brian even came in her room as one point because of her crying.

He probably thought I was beating her or something with how emotional she was.

And the next morning the first thing she asked for when she woke up ...

"Mickey's Trees"

And again after school, and after dinner, and the next day...

WHY DID I NOT RECORD IT!?

Now I am off to youtube/google to see if I can find it or buy it!

Mommy wants some more quiet time.

What I Wore Wednesday

Trying something new today....

Its Wednesday and I am going to link up with The Pleated Poppy because I want to dress as cute as all those ladies!!

New Scarf! ... From Kohls. 

First attempt to take a picture... with Emie's help... 

Sleeper: Carter's last year Christmas jammies... it was the first baby item I bought after finding out I was pregnant and that I had another stubborn child that would not let me know if they were a boy or a girl. 

Dress: Merona from Target a long time ago... 

Scarf: Kohls

Tights: Also Merona from Target ... they are blue if you cant tell. 

Boots: Nordstrom

And did you notice the pictures with the ipad...

Yeah that would be because last night I was talking to my brother on the phone...

We happened to be talking about his new phone, and my old phone...

While Leah was taking a bath...

We get off the phone, I go to check on Leah with my phone in my sweatshirt front pocket...

Lean over the tub...

And in goes my phone!

I wanted to cry.

So here is my phone in some rice... 

Except I did not see everyones messages on instagram until this morning that it was supposed to be in a closed container! 

 (You can find me on instagram @kblgilmore3 by the way)

Ugg! 

It is now in a Tupperware container... 

And hopefully tonight it will be working! 

I cannot live without a phone! 

No house phone means no working from home... 

No knowing how far I may or may not have ran. 

No music for runs. 

No social media during the day... 

Hopefully Brian's cousin will be bringing me her old phone Saturday... 

But Saturday is a long ways away! 

It's only Wednesday guys! 

I seriously have the worst luck with phones... 

I go for a walk and they fall out of my pocket and are lost forever... 

Put it in my pocket of my coat, pull it out later and it has a shattered screen... 

Just randomly lose it somewhere between the walk from my office to the parking garage... 

And now dropping it into the bathtub... 

Maybe some day a phone will last me more than a year... 

Tuesday Smoozday

I am a bum and working at home today.

I went to the office yesterday and I am completely spoiled and unable to handle 2 days in the office in a row!

Sweatshirt: Nike from Kohls

Tshirt: 12 year old tshirt from high school soccer...it's fabulously soft and full of holes.

Pants: Tek Gear from Kohls. Awesome bc they come in longs!

Another cute conversation between Leah and I last night while getting ready for bed...

Leah: I am going to drink all of Santa's Milk! 

Me: You are going to drink his milk!? 

Leah: Yes, he just likes cookies! We need to make him cookies. 

Me: Oh you are right.  But no milk? What about the reindeer? Should we make them some reindeer food?

Leah: Yup,  they want fruit snacks! 

Leah had I have never talked about leaving milk and cookies out for Santa or anything like it... 

Maybe they have been talking about Santa alot at school? 

Where does she learn these things!? 

Body After Baby

First things first…

Down 0.4.

…

In November I participated in “Pile on the Miles” where you were to choose a goal of miles to run and attempt to reach that goal…

I wanted to run 75 miles.

I came in at 68.87. 

Boo!

But I am curious…

A few runs with the running club, I used my phone to track the distance at the same time as others used their watchers or phones…

I always showed a shorter mileage, by almost ½ a mile at times…

And slower pace…

Duh… same time + shorter distance = slower pace.

That ancient phone of mine!

It made me start thinking that maybe every run I was doing I really was going further and faster…

It would make a whole lot more sense as to why I was able to run a 5k at a 8:48 pace when I swear I rarely get below 9:30 on my usual runs…

Now every run I feel is a lie!

A Garmin watch is turning into a MUST.

Especially since my brother is beginning a new December challenge…

What can I say? We like to set goals and compete.

He is planning on running 100 miles in December.

As he said “it’s only a 5k a day!”.

True…

Only 30 minutes of exercise.

But I did not even reach my goal of 75 miles in November…

I am already off to a good start.

The first 2 days of December I already ran 10 miles…

I think…

That is 10% done already!

So why not try?

It would put me in a great routine for when I officially begin half marathon training next month.

So… wanna do it with us!?