Weekly Weight and Workouts - Week 4

Week of October 21 Height 5'10" Weight 160 (oh phew! Back on track. Was getting nervous there with my bad workout week.) Jackson and Bones just "hanging" out on our walk I quickly learned that I need to start these fitness blog posts as a new week begins and journal as I go or else I forget what I did and I'm not as excited to go work out because I've lost track and I think I've already failed. Where is that positive...

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Why Do I Have So Much Trouble Saying No?

Ever have those days where your brain is on FIRE? I’m not talking raging headache here. I’m talking… you have a million thoughts running through your head and you can’t focus on one of them? You don’t know where to start? You write out lists but never get through them? Then your brain feels foggy and this vicious cycle of getting nothing done progresses? Yep. There right now. OKAY, Dove! Sounds good to me!!!   We finally made it...

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Weekly Weight and Workouts - Week 3

Week of October 14 This week was a rough week. Lots going on. Little time. Tried my best. The weather was a bit nicer over the weekend! Height 5'10" Weight 161 (scale going the wrong way!) Some quick 6 month photos! Sunday - Long walk with Karl and Jackson - 45 minutes Monday - Took Jackson's 6 month pictures (no workout). Thanks MEEGAN!!! Tuesday - Had to get tailbone checked out at doctors. Couldn't go to gym. But ran 12 minutes...

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Weekly Weight and Workouts - Week 2

Week of October 7 Not the best workout week but better than nothing. Keeping at it... Height 5'10" Weight 160.5 Racing all over Minneapolis and St. Paul, trying to catch Jenna and Jill. Sunday - Chased Jenna and friend Jill around as they ran the Twin Cities Marathon. Got in and out of our car with stroller and would run up and down streets and hills. My guess is 20 minutes total of good heart pumping (I'm counting this as a workout...

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Baby's First Tooth - Month 6

We have a tooth!! Jackson's first tooth at 6 months old For my own records (First tooth: Thursday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m.), I have to most definitely write a little post about Jackson's first tooth! We knew it was coming with him chewing on EVERYTHING (and standing on his own just to chew on things), but here are some other signs we noticed: 1. Last week Jackson had a cold (or at least was getting over a cold) but during the night I'd...

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Happy Six Month Birthday Jackson!

Jackson is 6 months old!!! I can't even believe how fast time has gone. Really. I can only imagine how fast the next six months are going to go. Jackson wearing "My First Birthday" Shirt...even though he's only 6 months! Hey... it was $.97!! Here's what's new with Jackson... He's getting better and better at sitting. Yes, he needs to hold on to something to stay sitting for longer periods of time, but he can do it....

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Pumpkin Steel Cut Overnight Oats

To me, this recipe was AWESOME. Our house smelled crazy good at 4 a.m. when I got up to nurse Jackson! I felt like I was eating HEALTHY pumpkin pie for breakfast! I took a recipe I found on Pinterest and made it my own because I read all the comments underneath and people were saying it was too bland. Well...and it was a "no sugar added" recipe and I can't do those!!! Delicious Pumpkin Steel Cut Oats! This is what I...

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Being a Mom Means Learning to Let Go

When things don't always go the way you want... They still seem to work out in the end. Day-by-Day I spent every single day for nine months freaking out about daycare. Then all the worrying became a reality once Jackson was born. I spent three whole months hoping and wishing I’d find a way to spend every single day with Jackson once my maternity leave ran out. But every morning I inched just a little closer to the inevitable. I was going...

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