Hello again, it's been too long

Oh well hello there, it's been awhile. Sorry for that. I know I dropped off the grid and it's because life has been busy and I guess, it felt rather boring for awhile there. I'm not really sure which, but I have been having a hard time tapping into my creative side in the last 8 months or so. My brain just sort of stopped and I hated it. I have been slowly getting back into the swing of things though so I hope to pick this back up and I hope that by next summer I will have some running to log about. Right now I don't have much to talk about running wise because....


That's right! One big reason for not running is this pregnancy. During my first pregnancy I felt good and I ran until about 10 weeks in. After that my back hurt so bad when I ran I had to stop. This pregnancy has been aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawful. Not gonna lie, I can't wait for it to be over. I've had every terrible pregnancy symptom you can think of this time. Horrible nausea that lasted all day. I could barely get off the couch. A gross metallic taste in my mouth all the time that was only cured with Peppermint Patties. Craving food and then wanting to puke after. Gaining weight really fast. Having to take iron supplements because my red blood cells are low but they make me sick. I passed my glucose screening test, but just barely so I have to watch the amount of carbs and sugar I eat just to be safe....it's been a real picnic. I can say for SURE that this is it for us. We are done. No more kids. I never want to be pregnant ever again. And not just because this pregnancy has been the pits, but because I think 2 kids is the perfect number for us. We love being parents and our son is amazing, but we know our limits and this is it.

My first bump picture. It wasn't so bad but people told me they could tell.
 


Then I exploded.
 

Not going to lie, I'm pretty miserable these days. The only relieve I get is when I lay down and this kid has room to spread out. Otherwise he's trying to spread out and gravity makes this miserable. So I've stayed pretty vertical lately.

Oh yea, and it's another boy.

We were convinced that it was a girl because my pregnancies have been so different, but it was plain and clear on the ultrasound at 22 weeks. I needed a moment, I've always seen myself with a daughter, but I will be a boy mom. I've been calling him Deuce for now since he's the second one and we haven't come up with a name yet. As we get closer to the day I get more excited. I am ready to be done with being pregnant forever, and concentrate on my kids. B has become a lot more fun as he has gotten older. Every stage hase been fun and special but now you can actually have a conversation with him and it's a lot easier to take him places. I'm looking forward to having a baby again but I'm really looking forward to having 2 boys who can play together and we can take places and do things with.

So that's my big update! I hope to be running next summer and eventually be running races again. It took me 3 years to get back to what felt "normal" for me. This past summer I was finally happy in my own skin again and felt really good, and then BAM, I got pregnant. I don't want it to take 3 years to get back to that again, so I'm blogging again to hold myself accountable.

Here we go!

Deltaville 5K 2016

I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing holiday weekend over the Fourth of July! We spent the last 2 days of June alone at the river celebrating our 5th anniversary! It was so relaxing and I had a great time being alone with my husband. 

On Friday my parents came down with B and on Saturday I ran my 3rd Deltaville 5K. I like running this race because it is small and flat and the start and finish are right at the end of our road so I can walk there and don't have to worry about parking. It makes it quite nice!

Last year I found out later that they have crab races and I made sure that I was there to see them this year. It was so funny to watch the kids squirt the crabs with water bottles to make them run, although I must admit I did feel a little sad for the crabs!

After watching the first race, B said he wanted to do it. I wasn't sure if he could participate since he is only 3, but the guy in charge said anyone could participate so he got the chance to try! We got a feisty crab but once we started squirting him he did not move much. It was fun though!

Squirt! Squirt!

Go B go!!

I finished in 35 minutes. Not my best time but not my worst. I wasn't really trying to make a great time because I haven't been running. I was going to a chiropractor this past spring and wanted to get through that before I started to really run again. It was a gorgeous day for a race. It had been rainy the night before but it pushed the humidity out and although it was warm, it wasn't as awful as last year. Last year was SOOO humid it was gross, but this year was quite enjoyable!

I hope that more races are as enjoyable as this one. I went slower than usual and I finished without pain. My knee was good, my hip was good, and it makes such a difference!