3 - 3 miles
4 - 2 miles
6 - 1 mile
7 - 3 miles
15 - 3 miles*With my new birthday shoes!!!
16 - 3 miles
17 - 3 miles
20 - 3 miles
21 - 3.3 miles
22 - 2 miles
28 - 1 mile
Mileage total = 27.3 miles
Average miles per day = 0.88 miles/day
2011 Mileage total: 16.33 + 24 + 5.18 +32.17 + 27.3 = 104.98 miles
2011 Average Mile per day: (151 days into the year) = 0.695 miles/day
It's not spectacular, but considering the current Hapes family schedule, this is pretty darn good. And it's already SUMMER in our neck of the woods....complete with heat and humidity at 5 AM. I've realized that I have a difficult time running in 85+ % humidity. You know, just in case you were wondering.
I may have to look at jogging with the double stroller in the evenings some, considering our current schedule. But the heat...oh my the heat...Even the prospect of doing that makes me cringe. But, I managed to do it for May and June when I was training for the half a couple of years ago, so I know it's possible. And that was jogging with one kid in a stroller NOT designed for jogging, so I would have to do better with better equipment now, right?
This consistency thing is going to be tough, but it's the journey that is important....more than even reaching the finish line.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Jacey update
Time has flown and Jacey is already 10 months old.
WHAT?
*sigh*
She now has 7 teeth....
5/3 - top left (#5)
5/11 - top right (#6)
5/19 - bottom left (#7)
So she was at a nice stair-step pace of a tooth every 8 days there for a few weeks. I'm still waiting on #8.
She can say, "Da da" "Ma ma" and "Aggie". Don't laugh, I have witnesses (twice in one day and she hasn't repeated it since. It was an eventful Parent's Weekend). She likes the 'ba', 'da', and 'ma' sounds, but you'll mostly hear her with the 'ba' sounds.
She has started to scrunch up her nose when she smiles, and it's the most adorable thing! It just makes you smile right back at her, if you weren't already doing so.
She's taking up to a half dozen step at a time now. It's precious! She doesn't do that many all that often, but moreso a handful of steps now and then. Her most efficient mobility method is certainly crawling. And crawl she does. And FAST! We have mastered the art of moving furniture around in the living room to keep her contained. Or at least attempt to keep her contained.
It's interesting to watch her play with her toys. She certainly has some favorites, and they currently include the activity table, our Disney pop up toy, and her musical mirrored toy. She likes music and sound and thoroughly enjoys toys that have music and sound. This is, of course, much to Mommy's delight.
As for the food side of things, she is still in love with refried beans. Really. It's ridiculous how much this child loves her refried beans. She'll actually yell at you if you don't feed her the beans on her schedule. She still really likes the baby food meats, and recently explored the meat sticks (which she liked as well). She'll be my carnivore for sure! She doesn't really like veggies, other than green beans (and she likes those off of our plate...not necessarily the baby food kind). She'll now eat squash and sweet potatoes reluctantly, and still doesn't care much for many of the other 'normal' fruits. No applesauce, no pears, and she'll barely tolerate peaches.
But we're still trying, and introducing, and letting her go at her own pace. It's so different NOT to have a chubby baby. Kellen and Tatum looked like they were put together with marshmallows....and Jacey is my string bean. I certainly think she'll be tall!
She gave me a great birthday present this month, and on the night of my birthday, she slept all night long. She hasn't done it since then, and it had been a while since she had done that for me. It was so nice!! I now remember what a full night sleep feels like, and I'm wondering if I would have been better off to have forgotten that. Jury is still out on that one.
She is normally a pleasant, sweet girl. When she's upset - she's really upset. I think her temper might rival Tatum's....and that is really saying something.
She's not my good sleeper...but I guess every family has to have one of those, right? She doesn't typically just like to get laid in her bed while awake to go to sleep. She fights it. HARD. She'sscreamed cried it out for over an hour. Multiple.Times. And managed to not cry herself to sleep. Or finally calm down. Or anything remotely resembling how her older siblings learned to fall asleep. I have now realized that an hour is as long as I can listen to her scream.
This particular issue seems to be getting a little better. We've had a good sleep week, if you will. What I've realized - particularly tonight - is that I'm waiting too long to put her to sleep. I have been putting her down between 7-8 PM, but tonight, she made it clear that she was tired at 6:30. So I put her down. Yes, at 6:30. She didn't cry. She didn't grab at my neck as I was lowering her into the crib. She didn't tense up going near her crib. She laid down, put her thumb in her mouth, grabbed her silky blankie, and that was it.
So I think it's been a mommy-issue all along. She may have been over tired.
I'll update later if my current thought continues to be correct.
At any rate, I'm now looking forward to planning her first birthday party....and am picking up random "1st birthday" bibs and assorted birthday party ideas.
Time flies, doesn't it? I cannot believe that she's over 10 months old already!
WHAT?
*sigh*
She now has 7 teeth....
5/3 - top left (#5)
5/11 - top right (#6)
5/19 - bottom left (#7)
So she was at a nice stair-step pace of a tooth every 8 days there for a few weeks. I'm still waiting on #8.
She can say, "Da da" "Ma ma" and "Aggie". Don't laugh, I have witnesses (twice in one day and she hasn't repeated it since. It was an eventful Parent's Weekend). She likes the 'ba', 'da', and 'ma' sounds, but you'll mostly hear her with the 'ba' sounds.
She has started to scrunch up her nose when she smiles, and it's the most adorable thing! It just makes you smile right back at her, if you weren't already doing so.
She's taking up to a half dozen step at a time now. It's precious! She doesn't do that many all that often, but moreso a handful of steps now and then. Her most efficient mobility method is certainly crawling. And crawl she does. And FAST! We have mastered the art of moving furniture around in the living room to keep her contained. Or at least attempt to keep her contained.
It's interesting to watch her play with her toys. She certainly has some favorites, and they currently include the activity table, our Disney pop up toy, and her musical mirrored toy. She likes music and sound and thoroughly enjoys toys that have music and sound. This is, of course, much to Mommy's delight.
As for the food side of things, she is still in love with refried beans. Really. It's ridiculous how much this child loves her refried beans. She'll actually yell at you if you don't feed her the beans on her schedule. She still really likes the baby food meats, and recently explored the meat sticks (which she liked as well). She'll be my carnivore for sure! She doesn't really like veggies, other than green beans (and she likes those off of our plate...not necessarily the baby food kind). She'll now eat squash and sweet potatoes reluctantly, and still doesn't care much for many of the other 'normal' fruits. No applesauce, no pears, and she'll barely tolerate peaches.
But we're still trying, and introducing, and letting her go at her own pace. It's so different NOT to have a chubby baby. Kellen and Tatum looked like they were put together with marshmallows....and Jacey is my string bean. I certainly think she'll be tall!
She gave me a great birthday present this month, and on the night of my birthday, she slept all night long. She hasn't done it since then, and it had been a while since she had done that for me. It was so nice!! I now remember what a full night sleep feels like, and I'm wondering if I would have been better off to have forgotten that. Jury is still out on that one.
She is normally a pleasant, sweet girl. When she's upset - she's really upset. I think her temper might rival Tatum's....and that is really saying something.
She's not my good sleeper...but I guess every family has to have one of those, right? She doesn't typically just like to get laid in her bed while awake to go to sleep. She fights it. HARD. She's
This particular issue seems to be getting a little better. We've had a good sleep week, if you will. What I've realized - particularly tonight - is that I'm waiting too long to put her to sleep. I have been putting her down between 7-8 PM, but tonight, she made it clear that she was tired at 6:30. So I put her down. Yes, at 6:30. She didn't cry. She didn't grab at my neck as I was lowering her into the crib. She didn't tense up going near her crib. She laid down, put her thumb in her mouth, grabbed her silky blankie, and that was it.
So I think it's been a mommy-issue all along. She may have been over tired.
I'll update later if my current thought continues to be correct.
At any rate, I'm now looking forward to planning her first birthday party....and am picking up random "1st birthday" bibs and assorted birthday party ideas.
Time flies, doesn't it? I cannot believe that she's over 10 months old already!
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Scripture Memory (Verse 10)
So in a recent cleaning bout, I came across a book my MIL had given me on Mother's Day in 2006...The 100 Most Important Bible Verses for Mothers. I'm going to use one of those verses for my newest verse to memorize as part of this challenge.
Do not worry about anything, but pray and ask God for everything you need, always giving thanks.
Philippians 4:6 (NCV)
Here is the link to the main challenge!
Do not worry about anything, but pray and ask God for everything you need, always giving thanks.
Philippians 4:6 (NCV)
Here is the link to the main challenge!
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
When will you learn?
So as I was disciplining Tatum the other day (an occasion no longer a rarity in our household), I wondered, 'Why doesn't she learn? Didn't we just go through this?'
I was answered, but not in a burning bush kind of way. I distinctly felt God speaking to me, whispering, "She's just like you."
I responded with (does anyone else have full conversations with God inside their head?), 'She knows what's going to happen if she makes those poor choices. We have set clear consequences for her actions. She knows the consequences but still makes poor choices.' [exasperated sigh] 'Why?'
'Yes, why?' the Lord answered me. 'Why does she continue to make poor choices? ..........Why do you? Haven't you already learned? Aren't the consequences of your poor choices enough to make you see?'
My poor choices.
Raising my voice to the kids...or to Matt.
Running out of patience before the kids have even loaded up in the car and been dropped off at school/day care.
Not making my quiet time a priority.
Worrying.
The list is endless. My poor choices.
Yes, I know the consequences, but still make poor choices. Tatum knows the consequences, but still makes poor choices.
Most of the time it isn't deliberate. It isn't intentional. It just is.
It's habit. It's my sin-nature. It's me not allowing the Lord to walk with me or carry me throughout my day. All parts of my day.
I could feel God telling me how much my poor choices hurt Him. And that consequences are necessary for growth. For maturity. For learning.
As a parent, I don't like to discipline Tatum. It's not one of those 'fun' parts of the Mommy hat. But for her sake, I discipline. I correct. I teach. I explain. And I sometimes (many times???) cannot understand the why of her actions.
I'm becoming more and more convinced that one of the many reasons the Lord provides us with children is so that we'll understand Him better. Understand better His love for us - His children.
We try to model that love to our children, in an oh-so-human, I'm-gonna-fail-miserably-at-this kinda' way. With each interaction, we get a glimpse into how God feels about us.
My heavenly Father just wants me to seek Him and follow what He says. My discipline and instruction is designed for my spiritual growth and to enable me to develop into the person God intended.
If I desire that for Tatum, how much more - exponentially so - does God desire that for me? For Tatum. For us all.
I was answered, but not in a burning bush kind of way. I distinctly felt God speaking to me, whispering, "She's just like you."
I responded with (does anyone else have full conversations with God inside their head?), 'She knows what's going to happen if she makes those poor choices. We have set clear consequences for her actions. She knows the consequences but still makes poor choices.' [exasperated sigh] 'Why?'
'Yes, why?' the Lord answered me. 'Why does she continue to make poor choices? ..........Why do you? Haven't you already learned? Aren't the consequences of your poor choices enough to make you see?'
My poor choices.
Raising my voice to the kids...or to Matt.
Running out of patience before the kids have even loaded up in the car and been dropped off at school/day care.
Not making my quiet time a priority.
Worrying.
The list is endless. My poor choices.
Yes, I know the consequences, but still make poor choices. Tatum knows the consequences, but still makes poor choices.
Most of the time it isn't deliberate. It isn't intentional. It just is.
It's habit. It's my sin-nature. It's me not allowing the Lord to walk with me or carry me throughout my day. All parts of my day.
I could feel God telling me how much my poor choices hurt Him. And that consequences are necessary for growth. For maturity. For learning.
As a parent, I don't like to discipline Tatum. It's not one of those 'fun' parts of the Mommy hat. But for her sake, I discipline. I correct. I teach. I explain. And I sometimes (many times???) cannot understand the why of her actions.
I'm becoming more and more convinced that one of the many reasons the Lord provides us with children is so that we'll understand Him better. Understand better His love for us - His children.
We try to model that love to our children, in an oh-so-human, I'm-gonna-fail-miserably-at-this kinda' way. With each interaction, we get a glimpse into how God feels about us.
My heavenly Father just wants me to seek Him and follow what He says. My discipline and instruction is designed for my spiritual growth and to enable me to develop into the person God intended.
If I desire that for Tatum, how much more - exponentially so - does God desire that for me? For Tatum. For us all.
Monday, May 02, 2011
Scripture Memory! (Verse 9)
Don't let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.
John 14:1 (NLT)
And click here to check on the full Scripture Memory challenge.
How have your verses changed you this year?
John 14:1 (NLT)
And click here to check on the full Scripture Memory challenge.
How have your verses changed you this year?
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Review of running - April
4 - 3 miles
7 - 3 miles
9 - 3.18 miles (Diva Dash!! Note to self: REMEMBER SUNSCREEN!!)
18 - 2.66 miles
20 - 3 miles
22 - 2.33 miles
24 - 3 miles
25 - 3 miles
26 - 3 miles
27 - 3 miles
29 - 3 miles
Mileage total = 32.17 miles
Average miles per day = 1.07 miles/day
2011 Mileage total: 16.33 + 24 + 5.18 +32.17 = 78.3 miles
2011 Average Mile per day: (120 days into the year) = 0.65 miles/day
This month was so much better!
Now...to stay consistent and work on my deficiency of 41.7 miles.......
7 - 3 miles
9 - 3.18 miles (Diva Dash!! Note to self: REMEMBER SUNSCREEN!!)
18 - 2.66 miles
20 - 3 miles
22 - 2.33 miles
24 - 3 miles
25 - 3 miles
26 - 3 miles
27 - 3 miles
29 - 3 miles
Mileage total = 32.17 miles
Average miles per day = 1.07 miles/day
2011 Mileage total: 16.33 + 24 + 5.18 +32.17 = 78.3 miles
2011 Average Mile per day: (120 days into the year) = 0.65 miles/day
This month was so much better!
Now...to stay consistent and work on my deficiency of 41.7 miles.......
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