Sports Days & Triathlon

What a busy day for us! And I'm blogging on the same day to boot! We had such a wonderful day so far and the day isn't even over. Firstly, it's our town's "Sports Days" or community day weekend. You know, pancake breakfast, parade, baseball tournament, beer gardens? We skipped breakfast this AM, I made us all breaky and was in a mad rush to get us organized to leave for the parade and then right after to go to the triathlon!

 I have to laugh at this picture, because this is the first year Braden actually got the concept of safely (usually!) running out to catch the candy and bring it back to put it in his bag. He would sprint up to the candy, barely be able to stop (as seen here), and bend over and pick up his candy. Too cute!

Luke & Ella on the preschool float.

See Braden's poor legs recovering from his HFMD infection? Those are just the scars, they're fading really nicely though - don't worry! So then we went on over to the triathlon and I was too late to join the girls for the walk/run portion of the triathlon, but it was absolute chaos, I'm so glad Jay was with me to help with Braden, there's NO WAY I could have done it by myself. Braden was very tired, rubbing his eyes even before we started, he was very emotional, which is unlike him. But he loved practicing riding his Thomas trike around with his "Woody hat" aka Toy Story bike helmet on!

But before we knew it it was time for his race. Braden and I swam 1 lap of the pool together and Daddy was outside waiting for us!

Aaaaand this is what I mean by Braden being very emotional! I have to laugh at this picture, Braden was so upset he couldn't ride his bike yet, but the rules were to walk your bike out to the mounting area, and THEN you could ride it. Try explaining that to a 2 year old!

 Braden can't use the pedals yet, so he just pushed it with his feet like he always does, he was the youngest by far at 2 years, 4 months and everyone (us too of course!) thought he was so cute! Then it was time for me and Braden to run and finish the race!

And...crossing the finish line!

I'm so proud of him. He even fell off his bike, cried for a bit, I asked him if he wanted to stop and he said "no, I ride my bike!" so he finished. Next year I'll be doing it. I'll be almost 8 months post-partum and it will be a great motivator to get back into shape! Braden will be at a much better age to do it too! (P.S. Wow, I sure got puffy in the face a lot earlier in this pregnancy!!!)

20 Weeks!

What what? Half done? That was yesterday. And on the eve of my 20 week milestone...I couldn't sleep. That's the "mini panic attack" part setting in. My mind was racing that we are HALF DONE people! Well, if Squishy is anything like Big Brother it'll almost be half done! (He was 4 days overdue). Regardless, it's here already. I haven't even feel like it's flown by, it's actually gone at a very nice pace. But with summer fast approaching and then harvest, I know the next 20 weeks are going to go much faster. Here's some more pregnancy latelys:

• Grumpy Grumpus over here. Seriously. It's awful. I feel bad for my boys. I wish I could start an IV line in myself so Jay could inject coffee into it before I wake up. He's been a saint letting me sleep in pretty much every day, but those days that I don't sleep in (and even some I do) I'm so cranky before my coffee that I can hardly stand being around myself. Was NOT like this last time.
• The pregnancy acne has let up a lot, which I'm thankful for
• I got my pregnancy massage in, which was my Mother's Day gift and I plan on going every 4 weeks or more for the rest of my pregnancy
• The sciatic nerve, on my left side, has made it's ugly appearance again. If I sit too long on the couch or bed with my legs up, I can barely walk on my left leg after I get up. I'm only 1/2 done? Sigh. 
• I've had a couple of SI joint episodes as well. But I've been seeing my chiropractor after every prenatal appointment, so that is the only thing that helps with that pain. It's not bad yet, but I've had a few achy moments. I had this big time with Braden too, I really need an adjustment, it'll have been 5 weeks since my last when I go on Monday!
• I've decided not to do the full 1/2 triathlon that's only 8 days away now. It's too much for my pregnant body to take. I could swim 10 laps, bike 10 km, or run/walk 2.5 km....but not one after the other all in the same day, I've learned. If I had been training months and months before hand, like I intended to, it would be a different story...but such is not the case. It's okay though, my goal is to do the 1/2 tri NEXT year when Squishy (who will have a real name by then!) will almost be 8 months old. It will be a great way to get my post-partum butt back into shape, and that's about the time that I started weaning Braden too!
• I've been feeling like I'm looking great lately. I'm truly, honestly not going to focus on the numbers that the scales say at my appointment on Monday, all that matters is how I feel. I would estimate that I'm up about 15 lbs at this point, when I was only up 9 lbs last time. That's OKAY though. I've been making a very concious decision to eat healthier the last few weeks, more fruits and veggies and cutting out the junk. Having said that, I had a mozza burger combo with an A&W Rootbeer for the first time this pregnancy today and it was gooooooooooood! Especially the pop, I try not to drink it at all when I'm pregnant - always going for water instead!
• Turning 20 weeks made me want to get my butt in gear and get some things ready for Squishy! I'm glad I've got my nursery ideas and I also started sanding the cradle that my dear Grandpa B made for me when I was a baby. Squishy will be in the cradle for the first couple of months or so until s/he outgrows it:

Here's a bit of a flashback for you...21 weeks with Braden and 20 weeks 1 day with Squishy. What do you think? I think I'm the same size but defintiely carrying different. I know in this picture it looks lower, but it feels and looks higher most days to me!

8 Weeks

So technically as I write this today, I am 9 weeks 4 days pregnant, but I didn't tell you all until 4 days ago, so this is a bit of a catch up.


(P.S. Two bibs doesn't mean twins, we're Team Green, so we won't know if it's a little sister or brother until s/he's born!) So, as many of you have commented, we were in Vegas when I was 8 weeks pregnant. It wasn't that different for me being pregnant in Vegas. I'm not a huge drinker, and just had virgin daquiris when I did the little gambling that I did in the casinos. My nose is super sensitive to smells right now, so the smoke bugged me a lot and gave me a whopping headache. I truly felt hungover the morning after, just from the smoke induced headaches. I hope that one day the world will catch on to non-smoking in all public places. I highly doubt people will stop going to Vegas if they become a smoke free zone. It disgusts me that people can smoke everywhere there. This is why I just don't get that people take their kids to Vegas, SO many kids in Vegas. Strollers waltzing through casinos? Classy.

Anywho, I'm not going to do the typical pregnancy surveys that so many of us do. I'm just going to bullet point things going on.

• Gaining weight faster this time. I was SUPER health conscious with Braden's pregnancy. I cut out almost all sugar, didn't have any pop or junk food. I gained 38 lbs with Braden, and the last 8 lbs was in the last week! I feel like this baby deserves the same, so now that we're home from Vegas, I'm going to smarten up and get healthy again. I'm up 5lbs so far.
• I'm STILL going to do the 1/2 triathlon this June! My friend Carley and I are going to do it, just to do it. We aren't going to "compete" we just want to be able to finish it. It's 10 laps of the pool, 10 km bike ride, and a 2.5 km run/walk. We're going to do it together, and this makes me happy! I will be 21 weeks pregnant
• I am generally feeling crappy. So nauseous, but not getting sick. Working 22 hours...in 1 shift...probably didn't help my case. But I feel this time like I don't have time to be tired, so I'm coping!
• I am showing so early. The bump never goes away. I definitely get some bloat to add to the bump in the early evenings, but even when I wake up in the morning a good sized bump is still there. Do I think it could be twins? Sure. Do I really think it could be twins? No. 
• I have my first ultrasound on April 24th, this will be in my 12th week, it is very common practice to just have 1 big anatomy scan for a healthy pregnancy in Canada, this is technically the nuchal translucency U/S, but I don't care about the results...I just want to see the bebe earlier!

This is how I'm looking this week:

And since it's April Fool's day, the timing is right, and I'm showing so early, I had to humor people with this on IG:

That's my twin nephew's first ultrasound. Sorry that I fooled a lot of you...but that's it's intent. Even if I've "jinxed" myself into having twins...it happened 7 weeks ago if it did, so whatever! Have a great week!

Triathlon Update

I have gone on a couple of bike rides and one walk/jog/run since I last posted about my aspiration to do a triathlon. It's not really going to take a lot of work for me to get in shape, but it's going to take dedication and will. On only our 2nd bike ride together, Jay and I went quite a ways farther, did it faster, and weren't completely out of breath when we got home. I'm very excited to make exercise a part of my life again.

I've been talking to Lindsay at work about triathlons and she was informing me that the Tri-Smore was a sprint distance. It is 12 laps 20 laps of the pool 5 km 20 km bike ride and a 2.5 km 5 km run. So I thought the distances had changed quite a bit from what Carley told me! So the "full smore" at the Tri-Smore is what is called a sprint distance triathlon. A true full or Olympic triathlon distance is a 1.5 km swim, 40 km bike ride and a 10 km run. Then there's long distnaces and for the real go-getters, the Ironman. So I do have a choice of whether or not I want to do the full or half smore at the Tri-Smore.

Braden will be doing the "2 bite smore" race which is 1 lap of the pool (parents can help), 0.8 km bide ride and a 0.25 km run. I'm already glowing with pride!

Then Lindsay told me about this:

It's in May, in Airdrie. A try-a-tri even for women only. I'm super excited about this and depending on when registration closes, I'll do this one and then decide if I can/want to do the full smore for the Tri-Smore, if I have the luxury to do so!

Thanks for all the support and kind words so far, I appreciate it and I'll need more I'm sure!

I Am Going to do a.....

TRIATHLON!!! I can't believe I'm actually writing the words, because I detest running, biking hurts my arse, and I love swimming...but my arms don't! But, in the next 11 months I hope to tolerate...maybe even like running, get my butt in shape (literally and figuratively), and strengthen my arms so I can swim like a fish!

I will actually be doing a 1/2 triathlon in the Tri-Smore 2nd annual triathlon next June with my friends Carley and Lindsay from work! It`s 12 laps of the pool, a 5 km bike ride and a 2.5 km run. Carley and I talked about this the other day at Stampede and Lindsay has done a few, if I remember correctly. It will be so nice to have some girls to train with, it will get me out of the house, something to do, and a goal to look forward to. I've always admired my friends who have done triathlons and marathons...but just the idea of running totally turns me off on the idea.

I am doing this for me, not to see how fast I can do it or what place I come in, but just to prove to myself that I can do it. People look at me or see pictures of me and tell me that I look good and/or that I'm thin...and yeah. I think I look good and got lucky and lost all the baby weight and maybe a bit more, but I didn't do anything to lose it. I just breastfed and went on the odd walk. I might look good, but I don't feel good. I`m not in shape by any means and not toned in the least. Wish me luck and journey with me on my updates of training and eventually competing/completing my first 1/2 triathlon!

Jay is totally supportive of this and we went on a bike ride last night...probably about 2.5 km...and I nearly died. Felt great doing it, butt is sore as always, but because I truly haven`t been active for what seems like years, I`m not gonna lie - I kinda wanted to puke a little bit! Oh good time! And actually, the Tri-Smore is open to all ages so Braden is going to do his first triathlon, with the help of Daddy, with Mommy....it will be so cute!