9/22/20 instastories

Liam had yogurt for breakfast. I drank my energize. Liam likes to play on the steps. He found a hat. He kept it on 2 seconds.  Dave tries to take Liam for a walk everyday while he has a talking work meeting. I try to workout in that 30 minutes except Ella always has questions and it never fails that it takes me 20 minutes just to start the workout.  I used Liam as my weight on a few of my workout moves. I also skidded on a mat and hurt my bad hip worse. I'm still in shock there is no cooldown at the end of the workout videos. Liam loves to get in the kid car. It's the perfect size for him but he cant steer or work the gas pedal. Nap time fails. He is silly and tries to run out. Ella does school. I did the last #mbfa workout. It was a recovery workout. I didn't want to skip so I did it finally. Then I did some PT exercises. My hip is so bad. I hope all this helps eventually.  Liam was so tired early. Miles is trying to show Liam how to step up on the pillows to climb onto the couch easier.  I was looking at Liam and thought he grew so later I measured him. He did. We got our One Potato box. Some of it was warm again but all good enough to use. 

9/21/20 instastories

 Miles likes to use blocks. (And I like to use various filters with the date/time on my first video of the day.)  Liam woke up with a fever. He always pukes when I give him medicine. But Miles helped and he took it right away. You can tell he was sick but then the medicine kicked in and he was good. Liam saw me open the pots and pans drawer. That was like a new discovery for him. He got a measuring cup out later. He was quite proud of himself. Dave and Miles still do learning everyday (well they do miss a few weekends because apparently they forget or one of them forgets.) Liam likes to point to the ceiling. He did a lot of whining but did not whine when on the swing. We picked a lot of pomegranates. I did my workout. I changed locations and had 3 different locations since Liam was asleep in the stroller. He woke up for the last round. Liam was just all around a little sad. He napped  less than 1 hour in the stroller. I had Miles give him more medicine. Then a little bit later the doctor called back saying not to give him medicine unless his fever was over 102. Nap time was interrupted by the phone calls so then he did not want to go to sleep and was escaping.  Eventually he went to sleep. Miles came in and kept bothering us then Miles wanted covered and he ended up falling asleep on the floor. Liam napped over 2 hours on me. I had a brief nap too if I remember correctly. Miles hugged Liam after they woke up.  Liam cries when I put him down. Liam was happy outside so I took the kids for  walk. Miles wanted to look for woodpeckers. We never see them. Miles enjoyed climbing on some rocks. He wanted to go somewhere else where he could rock climb. They rode the car around a little.  Liam helped Dave play piano. I got a power goal on a Monday! 

#mbfa

 After I did 2 rounds of muscle burns fat I did advanced. 

The workouts were a little bit longer. But they are more challenging. For the most part I like it but then some moves I just can't do. My hip won't let me do some moves on my right leg. My left shoulder doesn't like to support me for some stuff. Sit-ups are a little rough.  The workouts might be 10-15 minutes longer than the last program but that 10 minutes ends up being 20-40 minutes longer with all the interruptions. It's just too long for Liam. 

Instead of linking each video, I just made a youtube playlist. 

Here's Day 1.  I tended to caption the workouts more on the instastories for the day.

Day 1 - I upped my weights before the last set twice. Balance is hard work. #mbfa is so much harder than #mbf.

Day 2 - wow this is no joke. It is so tough. I had to stop the workout before I was done because Liam was awake and I had to do a televisit with the doctor.  I did the AMRAP with Liam around. He is crying and making it difficult. Lateral jump is hard when adding 25 lb. I just wanted to get through 4 minutes except I realized it was 6 minutes. Liam knocked over some stuff.  I made it 2.5 minutes. I attempted again and used a cookie to distract Liam. Adding 2 minutes seems so much harder. It's also more boring. I also have more trouble keeping track of how many I did.  Having a Megan Minute was pretty tough.

Day 3. It wasn't so bad but tricep push-ups are hard. The entire workout isn't on video. 

Day 4 - Ella joined me for a lot of the workout. The core work was tough. On the AMRAP I forgot how to do the skipping lunge. I couldn't believe how I couldn't figure out how to do the skip but during the workout I did fine.  I almost finished 13 rounds. It was so close. 

Day 5 - (9/5) Dave took the kids for a walk. I got right to my workout. I liked it. They came back with minutes left in the workout.

Day 6 - I had to get everyone to bed before I got to my workout. I hate late at night workouts. I get too pumped up. It was an intense 25 minute workout.

Day 7 I had to do Day 7 on Friday because my hip was so so so so so bad from PT. I definitely couldn' stretch as much as I thought I would be able to. Ella also joined me for most of it. 

Day 8 (9/7) Liam woke up before I was done. I didn't stretch before I went to Liam and my legs were cramping in his chair.  I finished and then did 1 exercise they told me to do at PT.

Day 9 - I improved my AMRAP from 6.8 to 8.2. I still have to modify the first move since I cant jump lunge. I cannot wait until my hip is better. 

Day 10 - I increased my weights. I felt so strong after the workout. I got Liam to nap and tried to do my 37 min workout.  It took me 62 min to complete it. Ella 

Day 11 - It took me a few hours to even start my workout. For the most part the kids left me alone. It only took me 40 minutes to complete the 37 minute workout. During the week, it has taken me over an hour and a half and sometimes I have had to stop and come back hours later.  I did not have to modify the move jumping from 1 foot to 2 feet to back to 1 foot. Last time I had to modify if I was landing solo on my right foot.  I don't stop between every round to mark it down like she says. But when I did stop, the round right after it was actually faster. I'm glad after this week we will be done with the side sit-throughs. I just can't do those with the pressure on my shoulder.  I beat last week's AMRAP. 

Day 12 I used the ipad as the baby monitor so I was sure it worked. Miles joined me and then made us workout more after. 

Day 13. I was short on time so I did it early. 12 minute shorter workout was needed. Wow was a lot of it hard. I had to modify because of my shoulder and hip. I couldn't jump for lunges, I stepped and still did them all. I couldn't support enough weight on my left shoulder for the side sit-throughs. I stepped on the burpee and did the loaded beast push-up on my knees. It seems like I had to modify a lot with this workout. As Megan always says modifying isn't less than but it still feels like it. Maybe some day I'll do this again when I don't have injuries.  My left shoulder has been bothering me a month but it's not that bad. My hip is getting a lot better.

Day 14 (I did Day 14 early since it was already 9:30 PM on Friday. I didn't want to get super sweaty and wound up. Also earlier in the day I wasn't feeling well from the smoke smell.) I really don't like the recovery day workout for mbfa. The one from mbf was so amazing for me that I had really high standards. The mbf was the best recovery workout from any workout program I ever did. It really helped my injury and problem areas instead of just doing it to check off a box. 

Day 15 - I did it 1 day late because PT did a number on my hip. I still had some issues when I did it. My hip is bruised from her massage.  It was hard to balance on my right leg because of my hip and the balancing on my left was a lot better.  My back was dripping sweat when the workout was over.  The 40 minute workout only took 44 minutes. That's so minimal for delays compared to normal. 

Day 16 - I opened the sliding glass door for fresh air since the air finally wasn't smoky. Ella did a bunch of the workout with me. The 37 minute workout took me 1:10 to complete!

Day 17 - I went to workout and Liam woke so I turned it off and then Liam fell asleep again. But then he woke up in the middle of the warmup so I stopped.  The he went to sleep. I started. Ella messed up my recording. He woke up. Then I finished my workout. I did upper body since I already did leg stuff at PT.  Liam played with the fan. Tricep push-ups were so hard. 

Day 18 - My hip hurt so bad when I was about to start the workout. I took Advil and delayed starting. I modified half the jumping moves since Colleen at PT told me not to do jumping yet. By the end of the workout I felt pretty good. 

Day 19 - I started my workout and Liam woke up.I finished it 8 hours later when the kids were in bed. 

Day 20 -  She made the moves harder but I couldn't do them with my shoulder or hip so then I ended up modifying to easier than they were in the past. the loaded burpee push-ups were ridiculous. 

Day 21. I did the recovery a few days late. I really was not a fan of this recovery. I just dreaded doing it but didn't want to skip. I liked #mbf recovery so much better. 

I didn't do the workouts in order. 

9/10/20 instastories

It was Miles's birthday and we hung out a bit. Air quality was bad. School had a sign for Miles on his birthday. Miles was being silly. I did my workout. I did PT exercises after. Liam was building blocks. Liam is always getting into stuff. Liam  is so sad the dishwasher was done being loaded. He did not want me to close it.  Liam napped in the crib and then napped on me.  Miles picked McD's for his birthday dinner. Then we had ice cream cake. We took family photos as we always do for birthdays.  Miles opened his presents. He was so excited. Liam swiped Oreos from Dave's drawers. Liam likes to go up in the lofted bed. 

9/17/20 instastories

I barely took any photos so missed out on a bunch of the day. I write this on 9/18 and already don't know what else I did.  Ella did PE in my workout room with my ring light on. Liam does a good job washing his hands in the slink and then slopping. I started my workout and got 12 minutes in. Liam woke up. Liam napped on me. I napped too. I woke up and listened to a friend's live about how to use  manual on your camera. It motivated me. I took a few photos. I did dishes. I finished my workout. I cleaned the island. 

2020 Week 21/52 photo

We got donuts and went to the park to eat them and have our family meeting. Liam stole Ella's bag of donuts when she got up and swiped 3.  Liam stole my donut. Then Liam stole Ella's donut. He took a small bite then would drop it and move onto the next stealing. 

Photo Taken May 23, 2020

8/29/20 instastories

 Liam woke up way too early. I drank Energize and Ella wanted to pose with it.  Liam used something that was not a step stool as one. I told him it wasn't a step stool and seconds later he fell. Ella was coloring Miles's cape that he got in 2019 for his birthday.  Liam helped himself to some donuts. I came downstairs and asked the kids what they were up to. Ella says nothing. Miles corrects Ella and says that aren't up to nothing. I cleaned up while drinking my energize. Ella has been making so many little clay things. I did my workout. Liam woke up before I was done with my workout. Then he slept on me for 2 hours. I wanted to shower but I let him sleep on me. My google storage is almost full. I just upgraded instead of trying to figure out what to delete. I decided to do a second workout.  Miles likes to use the elliptical even though he's so little. I took a picture of my August calendar to show how I document my workouts. I also use a spreadsheet. I finally showered and then I put on a dress. I then put in laundry. I didn't have enough clean shorts so I went fancy and did laundry. Miles liked my shoes because they were white. Ella was shocked about my dress.  I made the collage comparing Liam and Miles that I posted about already. 

9/11/20 Jumping

Instead of rushing to school like normal we spent some time jumping on the bed and throwing Miles and Liam on the bed. I'm surprised how much Liam likes it. It took him awhile to learn taking turns. I didn't record it all. 

8/11/20 instastories

My hair is longer than I thought. I looked at it before putting it up in a bun. My ankle still has a bulge. I've had it since I sprained it (2 weeks ago).  Liam got the remote out and turned on the TV.  Liam was trying to open the refrigerator himself. He was hungry. He found a snack himself. Luckily ti didn't come open or he'd have made a mess.  Liam sits on the step stool to play with the toilet.  Liam tries to get into everything. Ella is organizing and setting up her table for school.  Miles can be so tall standing on the car seat in the car. Miles helped clean off the table and cook. Miles wanted to eat as a family and Dave likes to eat in the dining room so we all ate in the dining room. We were very spread out.  Our living room is a mess from all the new hand me downs we got that I still have to go through and organizing.  Liam picked tomatoes.  He was so happy and proud.   I did my workout late at night. 

PE Class (5.7.20)

 

Distance learning was a real struggle. Ella had PE via zoom. Here she is doing her PE class.  Don't be confused. The chromebook is her PE class. The blue iPad has some show on it that Miles was watching. 

Photo Taken May 7, 2020

Miles/Liam

I was working on an old post and realized Liam had worn the same romper recently that Miles had on. I had been saying Liam wouldn't fit into it much longer. Miles wore it even older.  I didn't have similar poses and also Liam always had a bib on. I think they look even less alike when you see them side by side.

4.10.20 Crawling

 

Liam cried to crawl through the cat door. His butt got stuck.  You can tell he already did make it through since there is cat food all over the floor. 

Photo taken April 10, 2020

4.10.20 Sharing

Miles's preschool class had a sharing during zoom since they couldn't in person. Sharing is like show and tell except at school they would also pass around their item. 

Miles decided to share Liam for his sharing item. 

Photo Taken April 10, 2020.

*Who knew how long preschool would actually be closed by this point! It seems crazy to look back. 

2020 Week 20/52 photo

Ella put on Liam's sleep sack for fun. Then she showed Dave.  An hour later she fell asleep on the couch wearing it!!!

Photos Taken May 12, 2020

5.17.18 Roadtrip Day 17

Dave’s alarm went off at 8.

I’m so tired. 

We both chilled in bed until 8:30. Then got dressed to get to breakfast… and it was not good. I cannot get my fitbit to charge :( 

8:40 both kids still asleep. 

8:50 I went down and settled on Cheerios. Then I went to the car to get dry shorts. 

9:10  I woke Miles up digging for my brush.  He had it last and I asked if he knows where it is. His response “I know” but cereal distracted him so he’s eating. 

9:26 I get up to get ready. 

9:38 hair and make-up are done.

10:42 Car loaded and on our way to Amarillo. 

McD’s   - It’s so salty. 

11:38 lady changed lanes and almost into us. With horn for over a minute and she never noticed.  

We checked out Vernon town.  It’s amazing. The little town. What places they have - farm equipment places, steam generators, deserted restaurants, motel with couch and grill in the parking lot. 

11:46 Stopped at little store to get pretzels. 

Semi carsick today. So not fun all the turning to the kids for various things. 

12:52 Super charger

Cleaned windshield at gas station

1:31 on road

3:29 hotel    cookies

Rest in hotel

Kids wanted apples at front desk (Well they wanted cookies but I said no.) 

4:42 to dinner 

traffic/construction

4:51 at dinner  - Torchy Tacos

Hard for me to decide what to get. Chips and queso is a huge hit with all 4 of us. My taco is good. Kids' hot dog was good. Dave got 3 things and they were good. 

6:11 Swim

We get out of the pool so I can go buy puddle jumpers and then back to the pool again.  I went to target at 7 pm . 

7:25 - back from target

8:45 out of the pool

9:15 done with showers

Miles got so brave and then Ella with puddle jumpers was crazy. They had a blast our first time in the pool.  

“More splash” 

Miles even jumped in while holding hands. Miles liked “baby throw” 

Anne Margret, a 4 year old, had puddle jumpers (and nobody else in the pool with her) and made us want to get them for Ella. I also bought for Miles even though he’s not 30 lb yet.  They are speedo brand and slightly different but still work. 

Easy mac

Some snacks

Get ready for bed

Miles in crib at 10:45.  Ella looks so tired. 

Everyone fell asleep quick by 11:15