Yup, I walked today...

...and I can't believe I did. I was looking for every excuse possible when I woke up, but I couldn't find one...BUT, I did it :) In fact, I did more than just walk-I started the long road towards running. I started off by walking for 10 minutes, then I ran for 2, walked for 4, ran for 1, walked for 6 (hey...there was a BIG hill) ran for 2, walked for 4 ran for 2, walked for 5, ran for 2, then walked the rest of the way home. Okay...at least I think that's what I did :) All in all I did my 3.42 mile route and it took me 50 min. 42 sec.-almost 10 minutes less than last time doing the same route. I was pretty pleased, and very hot and sweaty when it was done. Eli did pretty good-he fell asleep for the last 10 minutes, but seemed to enjoy the fresh air. I am really looking forward to going to Michigan in a couple of weeks so I can run in the cool air up there!

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In other news...have you brushed your teeth today? Well...I hope so :) Eli has been 'brushing' his teeth for about a month now...and he LOVES it!

I brush his 6 little teeth for him, and then let him play with his brush while I brush mine.

He does pretty good!

He does get mad when I take it away, though. Must get that from his oral hygiene lovin' dad...

Eli has also attached himself to his bottle of lotion. He gets so squirmy while I change his diaper, that I started handing him his lotion to distract him...well...he loves his bottle of lotion, and tends to keep it with him after diaper changing is done :) He cries when it's taken away too :)

We're trying a new schedule today. I'm still trying to figure out how to best work this new 'nursing 3 times a day' schedule. SO, today we cut out the morning nap...he did pretty good, but didn't make it to 2:00 when his normal afternoon nap is. We ate lunch at 11:30 and then he nursed at 12:45. He fell asleep while nursing, and is out now. Hopefully he will take a nice long nap this afternoon. We'll see how it goes with him not nursing again until 7:30...we may or may not make it :)

I have a bunch of stuff to do because tomorrow is my first day back to teaching. Fortunately my mother-in-law is coming with me tomorrow to watch Eli then we are going to go look at some houses. I can't believe it is time for school to start...

Alright...I have stuff to do!!