The Half Marathon

Yesterday Clint and I ran the SLC half Marathon. Clint was going to run on his own, but changed his mind after I got pregnant, but he didn't tell me this until yesterday. It was a great surprise. Not that I couldn't run on my own, it was just nice to have him by my side the whole time. It threw the time he would have had, but he said he didn't care there were other runs to beat his old time with. (Sorry Logan Clint says he'll have to beat your time with another race.) I think that meant more to me than him doing the run in the first place. We finished in 3:09 something. I thought it was good considering all the stops we had to make on my behalf. We spent a lot of the run going potty, very frustrating. It was a beautiful day to run though. I really couldn't have asked for a better day. I got sunburned and am a bit sore today, but nothing serious. Clint may have fared worse than I did simply b/c I trained more than he did. We had a great time though. It was fun to run with my best friend and have him cheer me on along the way.

As far as the baby goes it all seems to be ok. I started cramping after I didn't have to pee anymore. I really tried to listen to the needs of my body and I think I did a good job. We walked for a long while and I while I was frustrated by that fact, but I understood the reason behind it.

We are going to run another 1/2 next year and we'll start training in December after the baby is born.

Wisdom from my 5 yr old

When you know your cleaning habits need to change.

"Mom, Why do we need to clean the house, is someone coming over?"

Pregnancy Questions

Lots of people have been asking how my pregnancy is going and if I have ANY idea on what we are having. Also they have asked me if it's anything like the other two. Since everyone else is asking I thought I would post an answer to all of these questions.

The first 8 or so weeks weren't as bad as they were with Conner, but I was still nauseous and lacked tons of energy, not as much as the other two though. It didn't help that I got really sick after I found out I was pregnant. 13 weeks hit, BOOM, that day I ran 5 miles and had energy left over. I am now almost 15 weeks and have little to no nausea left and most days I actually forget that I'm pregnant.

No idea or inclination on what we are having. This whole pregnancy has been a surprise so I think we are going to keep it that way, meaning we probably aren't going to find out what we're having.

This one is NOTHING like that other two. If anything it's more similar to Kaily's than Conner's, but even then it's drastically different from hers. Let me explain. When I was preg with Kaily I was wking 2 jobs and I ate whatever I wanted whenever I wanted with no holding back. I had the thought I was eating for 2 and that I would just loose it all after she was born. I was wrong of course. I also never exercised other than running from class to class on campus. With Conner I was really overweight and I was REALLY tired all the time. Even before I found out I was pregnant I was taking naps during the day and I felt like I had no energy. I did walk, didn't wk and eat better while pregnant with him though, which made a difference in the weight I gained, which wasn't much. This one, I'm running a half marathon on Sat and I wk out every other day still. I eat smart unless I have a craving. I haven't gained any weight yet and I still feel great. I get tired, but nothing unmanageable. The feelings , emotions and just EVERYTHING is different this go around. I am healthy, am in a healthier place mentally and just overall I'm in a better place.

Just some Info

A little over a week left until Spring semester officially comes to an end. This go around I am really excited to have Clint home for a couple of months before going back. We have camping planned for the first time since Conner was born and even though I'm preg I'm still excited. I want to go hiking and if we had bikes I would want to do that too. Kaily gets out the first week in June so we have to wait until she is done, but all of this means that Summer is arriving. In a few weeks we are going to put in our garden, just another sign. It has been a busy few months, it'll be nice to take a breath before he has to go back.

I would LOVE to show you Clint's wk, but most of it is on programs that we don't have. I'm really proud of all he has accomplished this year. He'll be taking Summer semester starting the end of June and then Fall starts in Aug.

Here's the 411 on Clint's job status. We have a few options,

1. Take severance pay
2. Wait for them to transfer us to a new location anywhere from Logan to Draper
3. Transfer ourselves to any place within the Continental US

We are thinking of just taking the severance pkg and moving on to something more in Clint's area of interest. They did say that it will happen sometime in 2011. We'll keep you posted though on what we decide.

Clint gets creative

In our house decorating eggs isn't just about dying them different colors. Since being married to Clint I've learned it's more like a form of art. His are WAY more elaborate than I would do, but he IS the artist.

The orange ones are Clint's attempt to draw an armadillo and the dark green one is a bunny face and then the light green one Kaily asked me to draw a smiley face.