Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Training Advice Needed

So I am in my 6th week of training for a half marathon in April. This is the workout sheet I have been following

http://www.halhigdon.com/halfmarathon/novice.htm

I am looking for any advice about running and completing half marathons...

cramping in diaphram?
nerve pain in feet?
bathroom while running?
bordem?

these are just some of the issues I am having right now. But I am enjoying staying in shape and having a schedule I need to follow. Now I just gotta tone down my sweet tooth so all this running will actually be doing something!

Please give me any and all the advice you have about running so I can improve what I am doing. thanks!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Valentine's Day N' such

It's back! Yep, I really took away Jaxson's chair and gave it to him again on Valentine's Day. I don't think he noticed :) He was really happy when he walked out into the living room and found this! It is so much fun to do little suprises for Jaxson because he is always so happy about it - makes being a parent that much funner!
He is getting the hang out sitting in it too! He is watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse quite intently here...
Ryan (&Jaxson) were such sweethearts to me. "Jaxson" suprised me with this beautiful tear-drop shapped diamond neclace - it has a smaller heart on the bottom made up of a mommy holding her baby- so cute and thoughtful! Ryan then suprised me with a beautiful white gold/gold diamond bracelet. He is such a sweetheart!!
For our Valentine's Day breakfast, we ate red velvet pancakes with whip cream and berries. Along side that was fresh pinapple and turkey bacon. YUM! This is Jaxson telling me to get back in the kitchen and cook while...
he snarfs down his whip cream.
Other things Jaxson has been up to.... He has successfully learned how to tip over his basketball hoop and ride it.
He still loves eating and making big messes.
He has also learned how to pull his diaper down. Not sure where he learned that one, but he has got a cute plumber butt!
Grandma H suggested we clean out this cupboard for Jaxson (since he just threw the stuff all over the floor anyway. Well, he loves it. He crawls in there all the time!


and again
This is one of my new favorite things... a gate that is STRONG enough keeps Jaxson out of my kitchen (we had to try multiple ones) Love it!
the silly peek-a-boo kid himself!

Wish he would start feeling better. He has had a rough couple of days -- really snotty nose, coughing, not sleeping well (wakes up lots). He did sleep in this morning, but then he wouldn't eat breakfast and he threw up all over his new car seat and our new car. Sad! So Mommy & Jaxy bear are having a pajama and TV day today!

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

A visit from SC

We had a super fun weekend when Ryan's parents came in to see us from South Carolina. They were supposed to get in Friday afternoon, but ended up getting here late Friday night, due to the bad weather in Dallas. We actually had our first snow here in Austin late Thursday night, so that was exciting! Unfortunatley, it was all melted by Friday afternoon :( Oh well. Once we all got rested up (Ryan's parents were tired from spending 8+ hours at the Charlotte airport waiting for their new flight cuz their other one got cancelled) we drove to San Antonio for the day. Ryan's parents were great to watch Jaxson while we went to the temple. After that, we all went apartment shopping because we will be moving in a few short months when Ryan completes his masters degree and starts full-time work. After the temple and appt shopping, we were quite hungry and stopped at Ghengis grill -yum! This is just outside, we are sporting our newest addition to the family ... the car. We like it a lot :)

Showing off our delicious food inside the grill. You choose your meat, seasoning, veggies, and sauce and they cook it up for you. So good! I made mine a bit tooooooo spicy, I will have to tone it down next time!
Back at the apartment, Jaxson loved (I mean loved!) getting into Grandma's and Grandpa's suitcase. He would go lift up the top and hop right in.
When we got home from the temple, we iced Valentine's Day cookies while we watched the DVR'ed BYU vs.UNLV game. It was a good one, glad we won! And this is somewhat embarassing, but all the cookies are gone too (4 days ago till now) I probably ate 75% of them...



Ryan coaxed me into getting out Jaxson's Valentine's Day present early for the super bowl. He had fun sitting in it. That night, I hid it so I can give it to him again on V-day. He won't remember right? We enjoyed watching the super bowl, eating LOTS of yummy food, and playing games of Monopoly Deal, Rook, and Eukere.

Waking up Jax early from his nap so we could go out feed the ducks at the pond before the super bowl started.
Yes, that duck is about 0.25 seconds away from pecking my leg. It didn't hurt, but it scared me when it started following me.
Jaxson is really good at giving Grandma High 5's
Riding home from the Round Rock Outlets and a DELICIOUS lunch at Chuy's (ummmmm...creamy jalapeno sauce....)
We also stopped for some frozen custard at Freddy's... it was pretty good. My favorite still might be the Sub zero ice cream in the town center mall in Provo though (the cookie dough signature creation in the waffle bowl, for around 5$ is unbeatable!)
Loves him some ice cream
Jaxson entertained us all weekend. Just playing with Grandpa
Getting attacked by a wild monkey and lion. These are cute hand puppets Grandma and Grandpa brought for Jaxson.
Tag team operation: getting Jaxson dressed


Just a fun video so you can check out Jaxson's arm. He is suprisingly good at throwing the ball (and other things)