Let the Fun Begin

Half-marathon training officially starts tomorrow. It is pretty sad how excited I am about this! There have been times in the not-so-distant past that I would have thought running 1 mile would kill me, and I'm about to go on a journey that will take me 14 miles on one run in a matter of weeks. Crazy! But so exciting!

Tomorrow I will strap on my new Garmin Forerunner 305 (thanks, Mom!) and go for my first "official" training run. At 5:15 a.m.. Wow. Wonders never cease.

And on a totally different note, I made the really bad decision to not fight Kingston about taking a nap this afternoon and instead let him lay in my bed and watch a movie in hopes that he would doze off. What actually happened was I laid down with him and fell asleep for about 15 minutes but he never once shut his eyes. And I paid for it later, that's for sure! My boy still needs his afternoon nap. So much so that I put him in bed at the record early time of 7:15 and he was quiet (and asleep, I assume) by 7:30. Lesson learned. Crisis averted.

So tomorrow, I hope 2 things: 1. I hope my first training run is wonderful with my new watch! 2. I hope Kingston doesn't wake up at 6:00 since he went to bed so early!!!

Wish Us Luck!

Tonight is the first night Kingston is attempting to sleep through the night without being swaddled. Yikes! Last night he woke up twice after busting out of his swaddler so we figured if he was waking us up while being swaddled, we might as well bite the bullet and take the swaddler off. We have selfishly been putting this off because, well, if it ain't broke. . . He had consistently slept through the night for about 3 weeks straight until last night. I think the time has come.

I went to Belk and bought him some cute new jammies to get him inspired. They have flying dragons on them. Nothing says sleep like flying dragons, I like to think. I covered him in the crochet blanket his Great Grandmama made him. Does anyone know how old they should be to sleep covered by a blanket? It might be too soon, and I will probably take it off of him before I go to bed.

So wish us luck. If you see me tomorrow and I am really grumpy and tired looking, you'll know it didn't go so well!

It's Always Something. . .

It seems that there is always something you want to work on when you have a baby. Trying to get them to eat, trying to get them to sleep, trying to get them to eat rice cereal, etc. Our latest event is trying to get Kingston on at least an afternoon nap schedule. I have been selfishly avoiding this one due to the fact that it will force me to be home at a certain time in the afternoon in order to put him down. I have decided today, actually, just moments ago, that it is time to do this.

So here's the plan. I am going to try to get Kingston to take an afternoon nap somewhere between 2-3 every day. I am hoping to get more than a 30 minute nap out of him every afternoon. We will just wing the morning nap since it usually takes place in the car seat while I am working, but we will try our hardest with some crying and patience to make the afternoon nap happen. This is going to be huge for me since I like to have no time restrictions on my day (except, of course, fun stuff)!

I just put Kingston down in the crib knowing that he was NOT in the mood for a nap. I let him cry for 15 minutes then went in there and put him on his stomach and rubbed his back and he fell right asleep. Hopefully he will sleep for at least an hour but that is unlikely-no, I will think positive and say that it will definitely happen. The other kicker is that I put him down un-swaddled, which could prove to be disastrous, or it could prove that we can stop swaddling him at night. He is sleeping on his stomach, though, which may help the nap but wouldn't be how I would put him down for the night. We'll tackle the swaddle another day! One project at a time!

We are planning to go to Manteo to First Friday tonight with Nana and Grandpa and eat at Grandpa's favorite Mexican restaurant, Ortegas. First Friday is a monthly community event in Manteo where they close off downtown and have a live band and stores and restaurants stay open late. Mom and Dad go a lot in their boat and I've never been. It is a beautiful day so I am very excited about it. With a little luck we will be well-rested and ready for a big night on the town!

I'm committed to the new nap schedule. But tomorrow is Saturday and what if I want to be at the beach or somewhere else in the afternoon? Oh no. I can already see some holes in my plan. . .