Half Baked!

Tomorrow is "officially" the 20 week mark! I can't believe we're already to the half way point but I definitely don't feel like time is flying by! Despite having a visible "bump" pretty early, around 10 weeks I'm still very much in an awkward bump position at 20 weeks. Its obvious to me and friends/family but a stranger I still just look like I ate a big lunch or have been putting back to many beers lately. Here is a 20 week bump pic....

I'm still not in love with being pregnant or obsessed with the belly so I have been slacking on regular pictures.  At this point I really can't complain though. I've gained about 10 lbs total and other than pretty rough round ligament pain at times I feel pretty much normal.  I am noticing I get full faster when I eat and will get indigestion if I eat too much/fast but, again, nothing to complain about.

The ultrasound on Monday was incredible. It so amazing what we can see with technology today! I'm still in awe/shock that there is a little person growing inside of me. Since everyone who reads this blog is also on facebook I won't re-post those pictures or the one of cutting the cake to find out we were having a BOY but that has definitely been the biggest highlight of pregnancy so far.  I'm very glad we chose to do the cake and enjoy that moment with close friends.

Now that we know we're having a boy and tomorrow is Father's Day I made my first "gender specific" purchase for Todd...

Todd said when he bought his Harley that he hoped he'd one day give it to his son so I guess we better raise him loving the bike!

Sorry for the random hodge podge of a post.  I need to post about my teaching experience with my student! Its been fun so far :) And next weekend we're going to Denver to shop for furniture so hopefully I'll start adding nursery pictures soon. AND the backyard demo to fix the basement flooding problem should start in the next 2 weeks so I'll add pictures of that.

Running for Two

I always say that running is my drug of choice. I. Love.To.Run.  It makes me feel so good and is my own time of the day that I don't have to talk (or listen) to anyone, I  can zone out and just be in my own world.  I deal with life while running.  I am thankful everyday that I am still able to run while pregnant. My doctor has said since day 1 that as long as I wasn't having any complications, was staying hydrated and not exhausting myself I could keep running as long as I wanted to.  So far I've been able to maintain my pre-pregnancy 25-30 miles a week. Though I have started to slow down and I take more water and bathroom breaks on long runs I am thankful I can still do it.  I don't know how far into this pregnancy I will be able to run. It seems that somewhere around the 30 week mark it starts to get pretty hard from what friends have told me so we'll see. 

I was fortunate enough to get to run the Mickelson Trail Half Marathon this past Sunday for the second year in a row. Its a great race in Deadwood on the famous Mickelson Trail. It got pretty warm for running but I didn't have any trouble since my pre-race game plan was to get water at every water station and take walk through the station to cool down for a minute. I ended up drinking 2 cups of water at each station because of the rising temperature which made me have to stop twice to use the bathroom but I still managed to pull a 2:04:38! By far not my PR but at 18 weeks pregnant I was very happy with it. Here are a few pictures Todd took:

Around mile 10 & P.S- WHY has nobody ever told me how wonderful running skirts were?? First time I ever ran in one (came free when we ordered our jogging stroller :) ) and it was amazing!

After finishing! Baby Saksa has run his/her first half marathon! 

Running for two is definitely different than running for one. You have to listen to your body more and not push yourself too hard but I think the rewards and benefits are worth it.  I doubt I'll run more than a 8 or 10 miler from here on out but I'm very happy with 13.1 while running for two :)