Back on the Treadmill!

I started out the day attempting to work out for the first time in...well a long time. The workout started with a good stretch-reminding me of how not flexible I am these days. Then I started the battle with the treadmill that I have never won. This was also my first attempt at running since I tore my ACL in January. I was feeling a little tired after running only 3/4 of a mile (but the knee was feeling good) when Ayden started fussing-although I could have continued running-I was glad to have an excuse to stop. The workout continued with lots of sit ups (post pregnant belly), push ups, lunges and more stretching. Man am I out of shape! I am considering running a half marathon-the last time I had this plan I made it to 7 miles and then my running buddies bailed on me for various reasons-again-glad to have an excuse to quit. So the attempt begins again. I wonder if people who are not runners can ever be runners or am I destined to just giving it a good try every few months?

Happy Halloween! We went to a friend's Halloween party on Saturday night which was a lot of fun. Last year at this same party Kipp and I dressed up as the Incredibles and we won the costume contest. This year we could not come up with a good idea until the very last minute. We went as Dwight and Angela from one of our favorite shows The Office. Those of you who tune in your televisions on Thursday nights for this comedy know that Angela has an ill cat named Sprinkles who Dwight took it on himself to put him out of his misery. So he put him in the freezer to help him move on to the next of his nine lives. We needed a costume for Ayden-so a dead Sprinkles he was. He looked adorable with a little nose and whiskers painted on. Kipp made a great Dwight and me not such a great Angela. I had a horrible wig-plus that fact that I look nothing like her...but it was fun none the less. We got a good laugh from everyone and came in second in the contest. Not too shabby. I am an idiot though and left the camera at home. If we dress up again I will post some pics.

Bath Time!

Ayden was so funny today. In the past he will occasionally smile for us-but it is hard to tell if it was intentional. Today was a different story. He was in the bath tub-which he seems to really like until it is time to get out and then he cries-anyways I would smile at him and ask if he liked his bath and he would just grin. I was lucky the camera was nearby and snapped some cute pics of him. Can you believe how chubby he is getting?I thought this picture of him was pretty funny. It looks like (in Kipp's words) "he is relaxing so hard!"
Poor child has to deal with his crazy mother posing him-he loves photo shoots!

Blogging Challenged

I really need to take some time and figure this blogging crap out. I struggle! First of all-I just learned that you can comment on someone's blog-so to those of you who have written comments-hello! I don't know how to respond so give me some time. Anyone offer blogging lessons?

Motherhood

Mrs. Erin Shaha is one talented gal-all of the pics with this post are some she took of Ayden when she was in town. Ayden is already changing so much. First of all he put on one pound by his two week appointment. He started out with some chubby cheeks-and he is just getting chubbier. Being a mom is so fun and challenging at the same time. I really don't know what I did with my time before this child was born! Now my life is broken up into about three hour increments-so I have about two hours to try to get things done and errands run. Sometimes I don't get a shower until later in the afternoon if he has had a particularly demanding morning and sometimes I have planned to run to the store and it doesn't happen so we end up eating a odd combination of things found in the cupboard and freezer. But I wouldn't change it for anything. He is a cute little monkey-sometimes I think he has a fake cry. He will cry and then open his eyes just slightly and make sure you are looking at him and then close them and cry harder. He is especially funny when he is hungry and someone else is holding him-he will try to suck on whatever he can (arms, shoulders, noses, etc.) Speaking of hungry monsters-this one has awoken and I am sure he is ready to eat again!