My new nephew, born today June 11, 2006

7 lb 13 oz
20 3/4″
black hair
brown eyes

Super cute!

I’ll try and post pics soon…

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So, I’m at the hospital, letting my new little nephew wrap his fingers around mine, trying to distract him from the fact that he’s getting a Hep B vaccine.  The nurse gives him the shot, Anderson cries a little, then she looks at me and cheerfully says, “Oh!”  followed by the 4 words no woman who is self conscious about her body EVER wants to hear

“when are you due?”   

“Oh, I’m not.”  I mutter, mortified, in front of my sister, her husband and my mom.   

My mom, later, privately says something to me about, are you sure you don’t have a hernia, this isn’t fat…I can’t even remember…I was so embarrassed even though I know she was trying to make me feel better.   

I mention it to Doug on the way home.  His response, “you know, your body hasn’t been the same since (you gave birth to) Zevan.  It just changed shape.” 

I spent a good portion of the rest of the ride home from Denver trying not to cry.

Guess who went on a 3 mile fast walk / run today when she got home from Denver. 

My emotions want ice cream, but my ego says no.  We’ll see who wins.

I’m so off the wagon with my diet that I can’t even find the wagon!

TRUE CONFESSION: I have eaten ice cream every day for WEEKS. I blame the heat! Well, at least it’s Breyers LIGHT ice cream.

Let’s tally the exercise then, shall we?

Sunday June 4: Run 2.6 miles
Monday June 5: Help mom unpack! Climbing in the evening
Tuesday June 6: Walk 2.6 miles with the family (and pushing a stroller uphill)
Wednesday June 7: Help mom unpack some more, move BIG tv…

I need to run tomorrow night. I can’t get up early enough to run when its cool, so I will have to wait until evening…EXCEPT that we are going to a barbecue at 5:30 PM, so unless I run after that (yeah right) it won’t be very cool.

Damn.

I did the work out! Yay for me!

I’m trying to get back into the swing of things, but it’s so hard.

I’m disappointed in myself for eating badly and not exercising, but I can’t seem to convert that into motivation 

I went shopping yesterday with my mom for a dress to wear to my cousin’s wedding in NJ June 22.  UGH.  Nothing fit right.   

But, we did go for a little hike last night after dinner at Garden of the Gods with the boys and my mom.  It was right at sunset, so it was nice and cool but still light enough to see.  Perfect hiking weather. 

I don’t like the heat. YUCK.  I need to get up early to run when its cool, but that would mean fighting my night owl nature.  If I wait until the end of the day to run, it’s easy for me to not do it.   

I *will* run on Sunday morning.  I will get my lazy ass out of bed by 8 AM and just go.
I *will* run on Sunday morning.
I *will* run on Sunday morning.
I *will* run on Sunday morning.
I *will* run on Sunday morning.
I *will* run on Sunday morning.
I *will* run on Sunday morning.

I’m so far off my training program by missing just one week.    I’m supposed to be up to 5 miles this Sunday.  I’m going to go for 3 miles instead – allowing myself to fastwalk if I need to. 

I need a workout routine to use with my exercise ball.  There was on All Star Workouts, but the flaming instructor just annoyed me.  I prefer the sensei/drill sergeant type.

Dangit.  I need to get my ass in gear.  I am going to do a Tae Bo work out right now.    I need to get out of this FUNK!

I am almost afraid to write this so I don’t jinx myself, but I believe Zander is potty trained!

We’ve been good with peeing in the potty for a while now, but for the past week, he’s even gone #2.  In the potty.  On his own.  I can’t tell you how wonderful it is to have one of them out of diapers.

He still wears a night time diaper, although it is always dry when I change him in the morning.  We may need to at least put him in a lighter diaper at night.  Just in case.

Now I can concentrate on Zevan.  He actually will go if I pay attention to the signs.  He pooped on the floor today though.  So I cleaned the floor instead of a diaper. 

Yay for Zander!  Make sure you congratulate him for being a big boy and going on the potty the next time you see him…he thrives on positive reinforcement!