Married 10 months

Yesterday Matt and I took a little day trip into the city. This was my first actual 3 day off in a while, so we made it worthwhile.
We headed out to Coney island, which I bet was something amazing back in the day. Today, not so much. It's like a dumpier seaside. Is that even possible? After walking around it started to rain, so we headed for the aquarium. It was a small quick tour but cute nonetheless. We had the brooklyn pizza and then headed to the single A mets game. The Brooklyn cyclones game was fun. So much easier to negate than Citi Field. But I think we must get a real Mets game in before October.

Running +1

Its super important to me that I continue to workout while pregnant and eat well. I am so scared of gaining weight and well, too much weight. I don't want to be one of those yo yo dieters, doing cleanses, detox, or only eating this or that. So it is my goal to continue on with a healthy lifestyle and not eat any fried pickles.  Keeping that in mind, its my goal to log about 300 miles, running for as long as I can and then switching to the elliptical. I hope to get to some spin classes and some yoga while I am at it.

Week 4: June 11th completed a total 10 miles. Mainly in the gym.
Week 5: June 18th completed a total of 4 miles. We are not off to a good start here.
Week 6: June 25th completed a total of 5 miles.
Week 7: July 2: One stinking workout the entire week. For whatever reason I picked the 4th of July. It was so hot but we managed 2.5 miles.
Week 8: July 9. Clocking in at 9 miles. We are getting back up there.

No belly pics yet and thankfully none showing yet either. Not that it should.  The pics above are the last few weeks since we found out. The test, walk way over the Hudson, my first ultrasound at 7weeks, and the 4th of July.

Back to healthy

It has been a while since I blogged. I went back to work 3 weeks after getting bit. I had to have multiple follow ups with the plastic surgeon. Some people say you can tell, but others say they see the scar. I can see it in photos. My bottom lip is hard and I lost feeling in it, but occasionally, if I get hit it hurts. That being said it is much better than I anticipated so let's just be happy about that.

Speaking of healthy, we started TTC in March and got a BFP on June 7th. It was quicker than I thought because of the whole coming off of BCP thing. But we are happy, healthy, and excited. I have my 10 week appt in 2 weeks, but already went in for a confirmation and u/s. the HB was 142. I can't wait until the next. I'm hoping to keep up with running. The heat and exhaustion has been killing me, but I'm still tracking. I'm aiming for 7-10 miles a week for as long as possible. Down from 16-20 but I'll get back there at some point. I just want to stay healthy, eat right, and exercise. I think the long term benefits out weigh any cravings...so far anyway.

Dirt, dirt, and more dirt. Trying our hand at landscaping.

Matt and I finally dug up all that mulch. When we bought the house the original owners had a bad ass swing set in the backyard. Unfortunately they took it with them but left the mulch, the wood borders, and that ugly sandbox turtle. Back in April I had big dreams for our backyard...and I still do, but it's hard work.

There was a 1/2 assed flower bed behind the garage and some over grown weeds. We decided to make it less weeds more flowers, plant some veggies, and grow some grass.

Well after getting bit I pretty much didn't do anything for a month. Kind of late for veggies and grass, but we tried anyway. I planted tomatoes, cucumbers, summer squash, eggplant and watermelon in pallets with inspiration from pinterest. Also planted lavender, sunflowers, and sweet peas. If they don't bloom I will be super sad. I'm hoping to make it a wild flower/veggie garden. Next year I'm hoping to get on the ball sooner and yield more blooms. If the grass doesn't seed I'll be calling in the pros for some sod, but I'm hoping we don't have to go that far.

But before I post before & afters I need to share my top soil fiasco. We don't have a truck, so I needed a delivery. I called 2 companies and they both said about 6 yards. The trucks came and dumped it. Holy shit that's a ton (probably literally) of dirt. 2 dump trucks. I was nervous it was too much AND I was right. Way too much. If I wasn't such a dope I could have saved about 100.00 but I digress. My neighbors and co-workers got their hands on dirt, lots of free dirt. I couldn't stand the thought of paying someone to remove it. Ugh! Hopefully next year will be much easier since the hard stuff is out of the way. Thanks Matt for filling the flower bed and lugging block for me. <3 your hopeful green thumb of a wife!