Great weekend in WI watching our wonderful friends get married! Such a beautiful ceremony and the weather was perfect for being outdoors! This last Sunday I was in four states in one day… WI, Georgia, AZ and then WA.
The weather is sooooo much cooler here in Washington. I love being able to go outside and hike without sweating! I have been working on continuously eating healthy food with some slight indulgences every once in awhile and make sure to get exercise in every day. Today my mother and I went on a strenuous walk up a hill with over a 10% grade. It was a killer workout and it felt so good to get in some hill work, a great change to the walks I have been doing in “flatland” Chandler.
My belly has grown tremendously the last two weeks and I have found myself accidentally bumping my belly into things around the house. Clumsiness is continuing to haunt me.
Another side effect that I found extremely irritating was swollen ankles from this past weekend at the wedding. Gabriel and I landed after a 10 hr airport excursion from PHO to ATL to MIL and after two hours of sleep and a short nap at the hotel walked around the area and we walked the half-mile to the rehearsal( I wore three inch heels).Then starting early Saturday morning(the baby doesn’t let me sleep in) hiking around the city to a wonderful morning coffee, a brunch location, and an attempt to get to the main downtown area and shop. Then proceeded to the wedding later in the evening and it was magical! We got back from the wedding a little after midnight and were off on our airport adventure at 4:30AM Sunday back to ATL then to PHO. It was at this time that I noticed my ankles were swollen to the size of softballs and had bruises on them. Reminded me of the times I sprained my ankles throughout the soccer days back when. Let me say that it did not look pretty… Gross actually sums it up correctly. After three days of ice and elevation my ankles are back to their bony selves and I look normal-ish : ).
After reading various blogs and other stories I feel extremely blessed that I can feel baby kicking, head-butting, and squirming around in there almost 24/7. He wakes me up around 8AM every day and is the most rambunctious at 10:30PM at night. I love that my family members can also see him moving around and have been able to feel him kick and or receive an aggressive head-butt!
Such a quick little sporadic update, definitely not staying on any topic, sorry for the randomness : )
Feeling loved and blessed! <3
