Mommy update

Tonight I registered for the Dallas half marathon on December 8th!  I ran this same marathon (the full, not the half) in 2008, and it was pretty awful.  I was great with my training at the beginning, but I did not follow the training regiment nearly as diligently toward the end, and the second half of the marathon was pretty tortuous.  I swore I would never do another full marathon again after that race.  However, I found the first half of the marathon to be quite enjoyable, and I am very excited to run this race!  Frank suggested I run a half marathon one night a couple of weeks ago when I was complaining about my weight.  That night I looked up training programs and local marathons, and I found a marathon that was exactly 12 weeks away, which was just the amount of time I needed to complete my training program.  I started my training the next day--this was last Tuesday--and I was really surprised with how easily I was able to run three miles that first day.   I am now two weeks into training, and I am feeling great!  I really hope that I will be able to stick with the training program once I go back to work.  Lily is making it very challenging since she has been sleeping so poorly, which equals Mommy sleeping bad too!

Speaking of baby weight, I am still about 3-5 pounds over my pre-pregnancy weight, and 8-10 pounds over my goal weight.  I can fit back into my pre-pregnancy pants, but they really only look presentable if I am wearing spanx underneath.  I still have a long way to go before I will be happy with my body, but I am hoping all of this running will be a big step in the right direction.

I am scheduled to go back to work on October 14th, which is just over two weeks away.  I am both sad and happy about this, but mostly sad. I am really enjoying my days at home with Lily, and I am sad that I am going to have to give those up so soon.  She is at such a fun stage right now, and I am going to miss her sweet noises, smiling face, and constant rolling over.  I am going to miss our sweet morning walks and dressing her up and taking her picture.  Today I visited the infant room at her school (the same school Frankie goes to) , and I was happy to see that the babies in the room were all happy.  It really seemed like a good environment for her.  As sad as I am to say goodbye to my days at home, I am also happy to be getting back to work.  I feel like I get pretty lazy when I am not overextended, and I am ready to get back into a good routine and be busy again.  Of course, I am sure everything is going to swing in the opposite direction, and I am not sure how I will be able to get everything done when I am back at work.  I am very scared about that, so I am trying to do as much as I can now when I still have time!  I really, really hope that Lily (and I) do not have as rough of a year health wise as Frankie and I did his first year in day care.  I am going to need each and every bone of my body to be healthy in order to handle taking care of my job, my house, and my two kiddos.