Pic of the day: beanbag portrait.

We were visiting friends about a month ago, and I needed to entertain the baby. Lucky for me he loves to pose for pictures.






And I got for a run today. Unfortunately, it marks the first occasion on which I fail to finish my run due to lack of ability. Which is funny, if you think about it, because I've done this run before. The details:

Walk/Jog C25K Week 4 day 1.
Start time: 11:30 am MST
Run time: 29.5 minutes
Distance: 2.1 miles
Pace: 14.0 minute mile
Estimated Miles on Sneakers:
Pink Adidas 13.31
Blue Brooks 14.83

Notes: Living out here has started to teach me what it really feels like to be dehydrated. The first sign for me, barring plain old thirst, is a slight dizziness in the back of my head. It feels like I do when I get motion sick. I didn't feel it today until I got back to the house, but when I was running I felt something strange which made me stop and walk halfway through the last 5 minute run. I guess you could almost call it weakness. It could be an even earlier sign of dehydration that I hadn't noted before now. I will be more cognizant of it in the future.

Now, for those that are prone to such things, don't worry. I had water on me and drank it all the way home. I just don't think I was hydrated enough to run.

I will repeat week 4 day 1 on Friday. If at first you don't succeed...and all that.

Oh yeah, and Happy Tax Day!

Pic of the day: Flip Flop F(l)un.

I'm bigger than daddy's flip flop.



One day my feet will be so big.



Trying on daddy's shoes. I don't think they fit.

Pic of the day: At home baby portrait.

I realized today how far behind I am sharing some of the great pics of Russell we have. So here is some catch up.

On the 29th of January, I took a series of portraits of Russell wearing one of the sweaters his Grammie Georgi made for him, and they came out pretty well, if I do say so myself.





He's such a fantastic kid, I think he even enjoyed the photo shoot.

How did I carry all that weight?

So today we went for a walk around the complex, it is so lovely out. Instead of pushing a stroller though, I used it as a practice run with the Moby Wrap (our baby wrap/sling). He was very happy all the way around the complex, but good god was I tired by the time we hit the apartment again.

I can't help but wonder how (just last week) I carried him +/- 10 lbs of 'other weight' that I lost in delivery. I cannot wait to have my stamina back up.

Pic of the day:



Look - already a Red Sox Fan! The thumbs up was all him - we didn't even notice until hours after the picture was taken. Looks like being born on Long Island doesn't automatically make you a Yankees fan. Good to know.

RMG pic of the day

(taken June 9th - 3 days old)

Yep, he's still cute.

For today's "mega-milestone" he puked on me for the first time today. Not really earth shattering, but quite exciting in it's own way.