C25K and My Weekend

It's October!!  One of my most favorite months of the year!!  Bring on the Pumpkin Patch, Birthday's, our Anniversary, and  Halloween!!

Okay on to more important things...

I've been doing the C25K (Couch to 5K) program.  It basically trains a beginner to run a 5K in 8 weeks.  I'm about to start week 6 and let me just say that never in my life did I ever think that I could do this.  I've just never had an interest in running and always assumed that my knees couldn't handle it.  Or maybe that was just my excuse.  My routine at the gym was getting monotonous and I needed a new goal.  So I thought, why not?  I've read a few inspirational blogs lately about obese women that became runners and I thought, "If they can do it, why can't I?"  So for 5 weeks now I've pushed myself and everytime I step on that treadmill it gets a little bit harder.  But you know what?  Everytime I accomplish a run that was longer then last time, I feel strong.  I feel like I can do anything.  All those wonderful endorphins pumping through my body.  I can do this, and I will finish this program.  I ran for 20 minutes yesterday without stopping and when I was finished I felt powerful.  Another amazing benefit to all this is that I've lost 5 inches in my hips in just 4 weeks.  I had no idea that running could cause such a transformation in my body!  I'm planning to sign up for a 5K race someday soon.  I cannot wait to say that I did that!! 

Ah Monday, how I despise you.  You take me away from my angel face babies.  I'm missing them already and I've only been at work for an hour. 

I had such a nice relaxing weekend with my family.  I could watch my girls play together for hours.  They are so precious and watching Delaney make Harper laugh is the best feeling in the world.

Delaney and I had a little one on one time together on Saturday afternoon.  We met up with my friend Mindy and her (almost) 3 year old daughter Sophia.  Mindy and I relaxed while the girls played together in the water play area and later the playground.  I'm a bad mommy and didn't take any pictures, but it was a fantastic afternoon. 

Harper enjoyed her first cookie!  At least I think she enjoyed it.  You can't really tell by this picture, but she did devour the entire thing.

She spent the entire weekend rocking back and forth on her hands and knees.  We are going to have a crawling baby very, VERY soon!  I can tell she's about to hit a milestone because she's been waking up a lot in the middle of the night.  She always soothes herself back to sleep, but it's happened every night this past week.

I took out a tub full of Delaney's old 12-18 month clothes last night.  There were TONS of winter clothes in there that will be great for Harper to wear.  I'm thinking we'll get away with buying very minimal clothing for her which is great.  You see there is a benefit to having a bigger baby this time around.  Even though they were born during separate seasons we're still able to get lots of use out of Delaney's old clothes.

Yesterday afternoon the girls and I went over to my friend Jenn's house for a Thirty-One party.  Delaney had the best time playing with Jenn's daugher Janae.  They were cracking each other up while playing on the stairs.  Oh how sweet they were.  Love those little smiles.

Hurry up Friday!  I'm ready for another weekend!!