Today marks my 25th birthday. A quarter century- it’s hard to believe! It doesn't seem like that long ago when I was reflecting on my 24th birthday.
My 25th year of life is going to be quite the mile-stone year. Our lives are going to be changed completely in just a few months with the addition of our son, and we couldn’t be more excited!
It’s a little overwhelming to think of all that’s going to change within the next year. We’ll be parents- trying to balance full-time jobs with a new family member and our crazy little fur baby Colby. We’ll be figuring out a whole new routine and way of life.
This is going to sound like I’m starting to go off-topic here, but I promise it has relevance in looking forward to what my 25th year is going to be like. For about the first 4 months of my pregnancy I didn’t gain any weight at all, even though my belly was growing. Then, suddenly in early December the scale jumped up dramatically. I blame my parents. During the week that we were visiting them I ate a ton (it was the holidays!) and at my doctor’s appointment following that trip my eyes bugged out at the number on the scale. I went from gaining hardly gaining any weight at all to being on the high end of my pregnancy weight gain. Now, I’m not freaking out about it or anything- I just want to make sure that both the Peanut and I are healthy. Whatever weight that happens to be is fine with me, as long as it’s healthy. In all reality my jump in weight probably had more to do with a growth spurt for the Peanut than me eating a few extra holiday snacks!
How does this play into my plans for my 25th year? Well, as I mentioned in my 2011 Goals, I want to lose the baby weight. I just know that I’m not going to be as happy or feel good about myself if I don’t do my best to achieve that goal. When I found out that I was pregnant I was in the middle of training for my first marathon, so I’d love to get back on that track. I don’t want to set unrealistic expectations for myself, so I don’t have my sights set on a marathon for 2011 (maybe not even 2012 for that matter), but I do want to get back to running. It’s something I really enjoy and I just feel better when I’m in good running shape. I’m doing my best- especially lately- to exercise more so that after the Peanut is born I don’t end up feeling like I’m completely starting from scratch. Within the last week Colby and I have walked 12 miles together! Plus, when it comes to deciding between exercising more or cutting out some extra calories, I’ve always chosen the exercise route- I like to eat whatever I want!
But thinking about trying to balance a new baby with a full-time job AND squeezing in time for myself for running- it’s definitely going to take some creative thinking to make it all work together! I feel blessed to have a case of eternal optimism though, so I don’t feel like it will be impossible. I’m sure some days it might feel like it, but we’ll work through it!
I have a feeling that my 25th year will be one of the best ever :)
My 25th year of life is going to be quite the mile-stone year. Our lives are going to be changed completely in just a few months with the addition of our son, and we couldn’t be more excited!
It’s a little overwhelming to think of all that’s going to change within the next year. We’ll be parents- trying to balance full-time jobs with a new family member and our crazy little fur baby Colby. We’ll be figuring out a whole new routine and way of life.
This is going to sound like I’m starting to go off-topic here, but I promise it has relevance in looking forward to what my 25th year is going to be like. For about the first 4 months of my pregnancy I didn’t gain any weight at all, even though my belly was growing. Then, suddenly in early December the scale jumped up dramatically. I blame my parents. During the week that we were visiting them I ate a ton (it was the holidays!) and at my doctor’s appointment following that trip my eyes bugged out at the number on the scale. I went from gaining hardly gaining any weight at all to being on the high end of my pregnancy weight gain. Now, I’m not freaking out about it or anything- I just want to make sure that both the Peanut and I are healthy. Whatever weight that happens to be is fine with me, as long as it’s healthy. In all reality my jump in weight probably had more to do with a growth spurt for the Peanut than me eating a few extra holiday snacks!
How does this play into my plans for my 25th year? Well, as I mentioned in my 2011 Goals, I want to lose the baby weight. I just know that I’m not going to be as happy or feel good about myself if I don’t do my best to achieve that goal. When I found out that I was pregnant I was in the middle of training for my first marathon, so I’d love to get back on that track. I don’t want to set unrealistic expectations for myself, so I don’t have my sights set on a marathon for 2011 (maybe not even 2012 for that matter), but I do want to get back to running. It’s something I really enjoy and I just feel better when I’m in good running shape. I’m doing my best- especially lately- to exercise more so that after the Peanut is born I don’t end up feeling like I’m completely starting from scratch. Within the last week Colby and I have walked 12 miles together! Plus, when it comes to deciding between exercising more or cutting out some extra calories, I’ve always chosen the exercise route- I like to eat whatever I want!
But thinking about trying to balance a new baby with a full-time job AND squeezing in time for myself for running- it’s definitely going to take some creative thinking to make it all work together! I feel blessed to have a case of eternal optimism though, so I don’t feel like it will be impossible. I’m sure some days it might feel like it, but we’ll work through it!
I have a feeling that my 25th year will be one of the best ever :)
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