Thursday, March 1, 2012
Monday, November 14, 2011
A Quick 4 Month Review
My, my I have been negligent in my blog-updating, though it seems I don't have quite the excuse now that blogger has made uploading videos so fast and easy! Anyway, things have been a bit unruly around here yet quite exciting:
Miss Alice is now almost 19 weeks old (I hate it when people make me do the math so let's just say almost 4 1/2 months).
In August we left our friends in Arkansas for a 13 hour drive to Atlanta to see Kyle's family and give little Alice her baby blessing.
Then 4 1/2 hours up to our new home in North Carolina (we're just renting a townhome while we search for the perfect place) —p.s. we sold our old house within a month and were so relieved! Having an infant sure doesn't make seeing houses very easy...thank goodness for the internet. Goodbye old house and Arkansas—we will miss you, especially the Apple Strudel muffins topped with fresh whipped cream and amazing salmon salad. My mouth is watering.
So to make up for my negligence, here are a few favorite snapshots of her many facial expressions:
All Aliced out yet? Not me. Like any new parent, I'm absolutely annoyingly obsessed with her! She is so funny. Last week she started rolling from her back to belly and this week she'd started giggling when you say certain things or tickle her belly! She's been pretending to talk for some time now but giggling is equally as fun. Seriously so entertaining. I don't even miss the fact that I haven't seen a film since before she was born.
Alice TV is just so much better.
Kyle has some videos of her "talking" that I'll have to bore you with because they are super cute.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
And Then There Were Three...
Presenting:
Welcome to the family, Alice! We're already so in love with her! More pictures to come of this not-so-little, but quite adorable bundle of preciousness.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Almost Father's Day + New Bookshelf
This year was Kyle's first "Almost Father's Day!" I know that he'll be an absolutely fantastic dad to our little pod.
Since this man loves a good pizza, the fetus and I figured we'd buy him some cool tools to whip up some tastiness whenever he wanted: pizza stone, pizza peel and cookbook. Who am I kidding? I quickly realized while he was opening his gifts that those gifts weren't really for him—they were for me. I must've been hungry for artisan pizza when I ordered them because there are a ton of other gifts I'm sure he'd rather receive. Wow, I'm such an awesome gift-giver, but at least he pretended to be delighted. Do I get partial credit for not just simply buying him socks?
38 weeks along in this pic and so excited to eat some of that gourmet goodness! Hopefully we'll see the little babe soon...her due date is this Saturday, but who knows when she'll actually come. Hurry little one, we want to snuggle you!
On an exciting note for me...Kyle slaved many a night building me this monstrosity of a bookshelf—its made from solid oak and 8 feet tall! Woohoo! I'm so proud of him and so excited to welcome this much needed new piece of furniture into my studio to hold my plethora of books. Hmm. I could use another one for the other side of the window...
Thursday, June 9, 2011
3 Weeks To Go!
With all of this Arkansas heat, we tend to drink a lot of water these days. I try to keep hydrated by drinking a glass of water per hour if I can remember. Thus far the babe and I have been healthy and strong...and gaining lots of wondrous weight. It will be so much fun trying to loose it all after this little darling comes into the world.
{Week 33}
I had been trail running in my favorite Vibram 5 Finger shoes well into my 7th month, but then eased off and have only been hiking and walking during my 8th and 9th month.
I'm simply aching to run again—once I have this little bundle of joy, I believe I will treat myself to Merrell's new Minimalist running shoes or New Balance's Minimus.
After our lovely hike at Devil's Den State Park, we thought we'd hit up the local theater. Though I don't particularly care to go to the movies—I prefer my clean sofa to snuggle up on and being able to pause the flick if I so desire—we decided to catch one more film before the little one arrives. Here we are shoving burritos in Kyle's pockets. So sneaky, but we were hungry!
{Week 36}
I still haven't bought any maternity clothes! Only 3 weeks to go—let's see how far I can get before I start wearing sheets with cutouts for neckholes and armholes...of course I'll be sure to belt it nicely.
These days, little Nel especially likes to tuck her feet up and press firmly on my ribs, which is a constant treat. Nothing like a little daily pain. But she's just so adorable, I couldn't possibly be upset about it.
At the rate that I post, the next one will most likely include images and updates on our newest addition! Woohoo!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Kyle's 1st UltraMarathon!
April 16th was the big day: the Ouachita 50K Trail Race. That converts to 31.07 miles for us Americans.
The race began at 6 am while it was still dark out and there were some re-fueling stations but most people brought there own camel-backs or water bottles for the 6 or so miles in between each station.
Above is a graph of the elevation of the race. The 50 km course has a total of 4175 feet of up and down (and yes, many people got lost at least a time or two on in the middle of the forest).
One leg of the race—at about mile 3—included the dreaded Pinnacle Hill (yes, that part of the graph that quickly escalates from 300 feet elevation to 950 feet elevation). You have to essentially boulder up this mountain of sheer incline up 950+ feet and then climb down the other side. What a nice way to warm up those muscles which still have over a marathon to run!
The video below shows the geography of the race. Its rather unnecessarily long, but check out that mountain!
Here he is receiving his medal by a lady in bunny ears, of course. Such a grueling race but so worth it (so he says) after putting in endless hours of training, running marathons on our treadmill, and fueling like a champ, this man certainly deserved the fabulous long-sleeved technical T-shirt and Arkansas-shaped medal for all of his hard work.
I'm so proud of him! Cutest ultra-marathoner ever! I made him pose at home for this shot so I could get a pic of him in all his gear. Next on his list is the 50-Mile Trail Race. I'm thinking I'll just start with a 25K after our little babe is born and he can sport the "Pro Almira" shirt.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Week 25 & 27...
I'm not a big fan of documenting the pregnancy bump—its a little weird to put up pictures of my expanding self—if I had my way, I would just post a picture of the adorable little babe and say "Surprise!" However, I doubt friends or family would really appreciate that, so since I am documenting a little here and there, I rather wish I would've done all our pics a more mug-shot profile manner so I could compare, but alas, I didn't, so here are some updates.
{Week 25. Compared to a robin's egg—for educational purposes only}
{Week 27. Some lady in the grocery story told me it was unusual for me to carry my baby so high and be having a girl. Apparently as the old wives tale goes, if you carry your baby "high", you're having a boy...I seem to be an exception to that rule. I suppose we got a new-hire stork.}
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