A Year And A Half Later...

So it's been a while.  Last time I posted I had just finished running my very first Marathon!  It was such a neat experience and I hope to some day do it again!  What I didn't mention in that post was right after the marathon my husband and I were going to try and start our family.  But when I went to my girly doctor she told me not to get my hopes up.  She said due to the stress I had put my body through in training and the weight I had lost we would not be able to conceive for at least 3 months.  It was disappointing, but we figured we would focus on some shorter races and allow the winter and holidays to fatten me back up!

Little did we know God had other plans in mind.  Just a short month and a half after my race we were pregnant!  We were in shock.  I didn't believe the lines on my test until taking another that actually spelled out "pregnant".

My pregnancy was wonderful.  I didn't have any morning sickness.  I thankfully didn't have many cravings.  I was able to finish out the school year and still have a good 2.5 months of time off to get ready.

Unfortunately I was unable to continue with running because I couldn't keep my heart rate low enough.  I tried a few pregnancy work outs I found on pinterest, but it didn't keep that extra weight off.  I walked a lot toward the end when the weather got nice, but by then the damage to my body was done and I was in the "I'm huge anyways...why not eat 10 cookies" stage.

That's a stage right??

Anyways...after our sweet little guy was born I had a really rough time nursing.  My milk just wasn't coming in.  We tried a few different things to help, including lactation cookies (14 a day!) and different pumping methods, multiple trips to lactation and so on.  It was a tough start and eventually we had to switch to all formula.  I was very disappointed in myself and my body.  I wanted to be able to provide that for him so very badly.

He is now a healthy, strong and happy 8.5 month old.  And I am thankful that we were able to still provide for his needs.