Gilmore Girl's Wordless Wednesday

Leah requested I take a picture of her "leg trick"

Mean big sister!

What I Wore Tuesday: Week 5

I am actually back in the office today!

I kind of have this wonderful new problem where almost all my clothes are too big for me...

Except for some really old items.

Like this dress, it is 6 years old!

And it's fitting me MUCH looser than it ever has. 

Dress: Banana Republic 2006

Belt: Target... also many years old!

Here is my in the dress in Nov 2006 at a friends wedding. I remember the dress being tight to a point of buttons popping open at times!   Definitely no fear of that today!

Rain Coat: Eddie Bauer

I realized that all my coats were also too large so I ventured over to my mom's and asked if she had any older jackets around she would want to donate to me.

(my mom is like me and has a love of coats so I knew she had plenty!) 

This jacket I have always eyed... I was so excited when she actually brought it out for me to try on!! 

Luckily it fit my broad shoulders and long enough for my arms too!! SCORE!!

Earrings: Styled Simplicity on Etsy

I won a $10 credit to the Style Simplicity shop on etsy last week! At $6 dollars, I LOVE these earrings! Im a studs kind of girl, not a big danglie earring wearer so they are right up my alley!  You can pretty much buy them in any color!  ... I also bought a necklace that hopefully I will show you all soon.

And I mentioned before how my mom and I have similar pictures at age 22....

Here we are... both in our black shirt dresses!

Body After Baby: Week 19

Another week.

Another 2.0 lbs down.

I actually saw 3.2 lbs down on Saturday morning, but then Saturday night happened and Sunday's weight was not as friendly.

This whole past week was kind of a weird one...

I had been averaging about 18 miles per week, but this week I only made it a little over 12.

Maybe it was the 3 doctors appointments for me...

(1 blood test, 1 Mirena insertion and removal 1 hr later, and 1 bar inserted into my arm all part of Project: No 3 kids in daycare at once!)

Oh and a health assessment at work.

My body was a little beat up.

And my days were not as flexible as normal.

 Boot Camp started back up on Thursday.

And after 3 weeks off, OMG my legs!

Friday I could barely sit down onto the toilet!

Since then  my runs have been SLOW.

10:30 - 11:00 minute paces, even at shorter distances.

I feel like I am in some sort of funk or something.

And then I ran around Fenton & my parents house yesterday because they wanted to see the girls and I wanted a change of scenery...

The Hills!

They KILLED me!

I only made it 2.78 miles.

With times of walking!

My brother is right...

He will beat me on the hills!

But just my luck, Joplin is FLAT!

1 month till race day...

Hopefully I can get out of this funk and start getting faster!!

This week's action plan...

Monday = 3.34 mile run... this already happened, at a 10:25 minute pace or something crappy like that.
Tuesday = Boot Camp and hopefully a quick 2 mile run on the treadmill at a 8:45 minute pace.
Wednesday = WAH, hopefully a run around the new Eureka City wide trail system! I love my town!
Thursday = Boot Campy and another 2 mile run on the treadmill.
Friday = Office... probably a longer run on the treadmill.  Lets say 5 miles...

Ready.. Go!

Spoon Fed Fail

I decided to attempt Emily's first solid feeding today.

Lately if we have food around her she tries to dive and grab it.

I guess baby cereal is not as enticing.

I do not believe she ate any of it.

It would go in, and come right back out.

Leah was very excited for Emily to get to eat something other than a bottle...

I even caught her pretending to feed Em with a spoon later in the day.

But Leah might have been a little bummed about all the attention being on Emie.

She was drinking a yoohoo juice box when suddenly she spit it out all over her shirt, the wall, and the floor...

I honestly have no idea what happened.

I asked her if her tummy hurt and she spit it up on accident or if it was on purpose.

She said it was on purpose...

I guess she saw Em spitting out her food and thought she would give it a try...

Not how I pictured the first feeding to go....

Let's Talk Tattoos

My fellow STL mommy, Goddard school lover, runner, and blogger, Melanie, is hosting a link up on her blog where we are supposed to discuss Tattoos.

I haven't put my view of tattoos out there in the universe lately so I thought it would be fun to write about...

I have one.

If you noticed from my "What I Wore Tuesday" posts I have a star & moon painted mirror.  Its from old bedroom at my parents.  My room was a star and moon theme. Something I have loved since I was a young teen, and I still love.

Something about a star...

Its my favorite shape.

That sounds ridiculous...

Maybe its the mathematical elements in the shape...

How the angles have to be perfect for the star to be perfect...

I always wanted a simple star tattoo... on my right hip.

The day after I turned 18 I got it.

A few months later, the addiction of tattoos was calling and I added another star to it.

I loved it.

But admit I often, and still do, forget that its there.

A very small glimpse of it on our honeymoon.... 

Then I got pregnant...

First pregnancy, 10 weeks along... already starting to round out. 

 From the picture you can see where this is going...

I carried my babies way out front.

I was giagantic with both.

The star's black outlining now sports some stretch marks thru them.

I will not be showing you pictures of their current state...

I do not regret my tattoo, just maybe the placement.

I even consider getting another.

Something with the girls, and numbers.

Maybe our anniversary and their birthday days in roman numerals...

XXI XVIII VI

(21 18 6)

My favorite days.

On my wrist...

In white, or pale pink.

Something that might not be visible to all, but there.

Marked on my body forever.

There is something about that I really like.

But I want to wait till we are done having kids before I get anything.

People who put their first kids name on their wrist or something crack me up.

What are they going to do when they have more?

Is it going to be a list going down their arm?

I like tattoos.

But I think they should mean something.

Simple is key in my book.

My sister has brought up getting a tattoo many times.

I usually tell her no...

Not because I am against them, but because whatever she is listing as what she wants to get I know is not something important or meaningful to her...

Its something she will probably regret in 5 years.

I tell her she needs to think about it more...

And I will be sure she does not put it on her hip.

What I Wore Tuesday: Week 4

Sorry kids, I am working at home again today.  

And in typical WAH style, I am in my sweats... 

Jacket: Nike - Kohls

Shirt:  Eureka tshirt... supporting our town! Bought my by husband for Christmas last year. My husband is an Eureka graduate while I graduated from the rivaling high school.  He was trying to ensure that I support my kids future school and stop wearing my Summit gear around town. 

Pants: Old Navy... They used to be tight yoga pants... now baggy yoga pants. 

Shoes: Asics

I did take a picture of what I wore to work on Friday though.  

I had these boots for a few years now.  I originally liked them, then hated them, and now I think I am liking them again. They are a bit biker chick, which I am not...  I think the key to wearing them is that I need to be dressed pretty casually. 

Shirt: Eddie Bauer

Under Shirt: Banana Republic... probably my most favorite undershirt ever. I have had it for probably 5 years and I wear it ALOT. 

Jeans: Target. 

Boots: Target

Body After Baby: Week 18

First order of business...

Another 2.4 lbs loss.

Officially below wedding weight!

Officially 55 lbs lots in 18 weeks. 

18 weeks since we brought Miss Emily home from the hospital! 

Holy Moly!

I ate a ridiculous amount of candy corn this week...

I guess running does my body good.

***Update:  My blood test came back normal.  I have started taking a daily vitamin and I have been feeling alot better. ***

It was a goal breaking week...

I ran 6 miles last Monday!

And in 1 hr and 2 minutes!

That goal of running a 10k in under 1 hr 15 minutes pretty much will happen asap!

Ran the Harvest Moon 5k Saturday evening...

In 28:35!!

I was feeling mighy proud of that time...

Dropped 2 minutes in 5 weeks.

Until my brother ran a 5k Sunday morning in 28:08!

That stinker!

So last night I went out and ran 2 miles with Leah, the 41 lb kid, in the stroller.

The first mile was at 10 minutes, and the 2nd mile was around 11!

She's HEAVY!

We will have to do it more often.

I just let my phone play music for us both to enjoy...

She loved dancing along.

And viewing all the neighborhood Halloween decor.  

I also decided to seriously consider running the Go St. Louis half marathon in April.

I already ran 6 miles at once....

What's another 7.1?

This is probably the only time I will be able to put in the effort to train for the next 3-5 years.

I am in the middle of modules, with no exams until October next year.

When its exam season, hours spent running just cannot happen.

This spring is about my only open window.

BUT...

Spring = tax season.

Brian working late nights.

Brian working Saturdays.

Limited family time.

Do I really want to suck up Sundays running rather than actually being a family of 4?

My only option really is to depend on grandparents to watch the girls Saturday mornings while I go for the long runs.

Running around their houses may be a nice change.

I talked to Brian about it and all he said was "I wont tell you yes or no. Just think about it for a bit first."

I want to decide soon since the price of the run goes up Oct 31st...

Oh decisions decisions...