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Would I run another marathon?  Marathons are a funny thing.  After I crossed the finish line at the Disney Marathon back in 2010, I declared, “I am never doing that again!”  I had never run that far before and found the experience of training and racing to be absolutely grueling.  Of course, it did not [...]

My little baby is growing up!   Oh, what a month.  Can you believe little BabyHTP is 10 months old (well, actually, now he’s ten and a half months old…).  The days just seem to flew by in one big, baby blur.  My beautiful Henry seems more and more like a toddler every single day. [...]

Here’s an awesome job:  Working for a big-brand running company like Brooks and being in charge of designing shoes and apparel – selecting colors and styles, determining where those pockets go, and even deciding the length of cute running tops. I recently had an opportunity to test out the new Brooks PureGrits and, in the [...]

For more on the topic of breastfeeding: Why I’m Stopping and Stopping Exclusively Pumping, Part I The Plan:  I detailed my plan for stopping in this post. I didn’t want to stop cold turkey (ouch), but I didn’t want the process to take forever, either.  Once I was ready to be done, I was ready [...]

When you bottle feed your baby, your entire life revolves around ounces.  I don’t think I really understood what a fluid ounce looked like before I had Henry – and was constantly filling up bottles. The other day, I was writing a freelance piece on what qualifies as a ‘healthy’ amount of wine.  Alcohol can [...]

Apparently, we are the kind of people who go to the grocery store in our pajamas. At least Henry looks cute in his footed onesie!  I just look like a trainwreck momma. We were publicly embarrassing ourselves for a good cause – fresh fruit!  And Nutella. One of the hotels that I stayed in last [...]

2:00 AM – I hear Henry crying on the monitor.  We follow a sleep training plan pretty religiously, but I can tell the difference between “wah, wah, I’m awake and shouldn’t be” and “Mommmma! I need you!”  It’s a “I need you” wail, so I go upstairs, change him, give him a bottle, and we [...]

Other Baby Gear Posts:  Newborn Baby Gear and 4.5 Month Old Baby Gear Toys and Books -  Henry loves to play, so I’m always looking for fresh ways to keep his mind engaged. We do a lot of games like peek-a-boo and “I’m gonna get you.” We make forts out of pillows, and I set [...]

Two great days of workouts! First things first:  Yesterday, I ran a 5K with my neighbor Christine.  Everyone, please look at Christine’s jogging stroller.  Yes.  That is a TRIPLET stroller. My stroller weights about 45 pounds with Henry; hers weighs over 95 pounds with her babies in it. NINTY FIVE POUNDS! Also, when I ran [...]

Note: I realize that this topic – switching from exclusively pumping to formula feeding – is something that probably interests or applies to a very small percentage of readers.  While there is information about this online, I found very few personal, detailed accounts.  Exclusive pumpers are a small group, and exclusive pumpers who decide to [...]

Creepin’ on the spin bikes… I am having the hardest time making it to a spin class.  It’s impossible!  All the darn spin classes are in the morning, right at nap time.  I can never make it.  And, to complicate matters further, the gym’s childcare is currently overloaded – I guess it’s just that time [...]

Eight months old! Oh, my little boy.  You seem more and more like a big boy every single day.  It makes me happy and sad all at once.  I remember when you were so tiny in my arms but couldn’t do many fun things, and now you make my arms ache from your heft and [...]

The animals wanted a chance to say hi and tell you what they’re up to these days! Let’s start with the newest member of the zoo family – Pippa the cat.   Pippa is adjusting nicely.  She’s a talkative, engaging cat.  She likes to cuddle in bed with Kristien and me as we read at [...]