Go me!!

Day 11 of the 30 Day Shred DONE!!!

Today I moved on to level 2. Whew, I'm going to be sore tomorrow! I'm incredibly proud of myself. I am a fairly sedentary person, and I've never stuck with any exercise this long before. I added on an additional cardio workout video last week that I do MWF, and I'm really looking forward to starting the Couch to 5K training at the end of the month!

My end goals are to be fit, healthy, and run a half-marathon by my 30th birthday next year. I feel like I'm really on my way.

I know I wouldn't be nearly as motivated if I hadn't joined a group of friends to be accountable to. Their support and encouragement keeps me going!! Thanks, girls :)

OUCH!

I started Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred yesterday...ouch!!
I want to start training for a half-marathon, but I learned my lesson two years ago when I hurt my knees, and won't run without proper shoes. I hope to get some Vibram Five Fingers at the end of next month, so until then I'll work on my strength and cardio (and hopefully get rid of some of this baby belly!) with the Shred.

Maybe I'll get brave and post some before pictures. Or maybe I'll wait until I have some afters, and I'll share both.
 

Oh, my heart...

...my heart is feeling called, convicted.

As I scroll through the sweet faces on Reece's Rainbow, my heart aches. With sadness, and with longing. The time will come when God puts us in a place to bring home one of those sweet angels, I'm sure of it. I just pray that the time comes quickly!

This little face, especially, is just breaking my heart, in good ways and in sad ways.

Thadius

This is Thadius. Oh, sweet boy, I'll be praying for you. For a mama and a daddy to love on you, to make sure you are always safe and warm. I wish I could be your mama, but dear boy, I hope that by the time God prepares a way for us to adopt you will already be home with your forever family!





Lord, You know the desires of our hearts, and You long to give them to us! I'm so thankful! The time will come. I don't know when or how, but it will!

Just Maybe

I might be able to force myself to keep this up.

Thinking about trying again.

Life is much the same, but different.

I wonder if I can do it?

Just maybe...

Catching Up

Sorry about the lack of posts lately, I just haven't been feeling very bloggy lately.
We've had a lot of stuff going on, some big, some small...so here's a quick rundown!




*Lucy had her first dentist appointment on July 1st, and she had cavities on four teeth. :( We went in on Friday August 5th to try to take care of the cavities with nitrous, but it was a no-go. Lucy fought like a tiger, so we had to take her back in on Monday and have her put under general anesthesia. That was a very difficult day for me, but praise God, it went wonderfully. The dentist and anesthesiologist were both wonderful, and Lucy's teeth look perfect. The whole thing took about 45 minutes, and she woke up quickly, a little pissed, but very alert!


*We're getting ready to start homeschooling with Riley (I can't believe he's kindergarten age already!) at the end of this month. I'm nervous, but excited about this new adventure!


*We've started discussing adding another baby to our family again. We still want to adopt, but that's looking like it won't be a possibility for a few more years. Now that our hearts have healed a bit more from our early loss in May, we're considering trying again.

*We have friends from Oregon coming out on Monday! They are bringing their daughter out to go to college near us, and I can't wait to spend some time with! This brings me to my next thought...

*I have a ton of housework to do! And I need to go grocery shopping. I should probably get on that, huh?

*My sister and her husband had their homestudy visit this past week, and things are moving right along with their adoption. I can't wait until they get their referral, and I get to see my sweet new niece's face! I *think* it'll be about 4-6 more months until they get to that point, but I'm praying things come together more quickly than that.


I guess that's it for now! I'm going to try to get back in to the swing of this blogging thing...I have a huge backlog of pictures I need to get through and post, but how about one for now?

My kiddos had so much fun with their cousins in Oregon!