Photo dump and catching up...

So as most of you guys know by now hubs and I are expecting a boy, we also had very early on miraculously agreed on a boy and girl name quicker than we've ever come to any decision.  If it was a girl Adrianna and if it was a boy Aiden.  So we've been calling the little guy Aiden since we found out about a month ago.  Well just yesterday I saw that the name made #10 on the most popular boy names! AHHHHH!!!!!  I spent all of yesterday trying to convince hubs maybe we should go with Antonio or Marcus or Pierre.  He refused to even consider it he said nope it's stuck I've been calling him Aiden so it's Aiden.  Well I have to admit as I tried using the other names (just to bug him)  they didn't sound quite right.  So as much as I didn't want to our son will apparently have a popular name.  But we like it, it matches our personalities.  Aiden Richard Arnold :-)

My 5k and boot camp classes finished for the semester which made me sad but the ones who participated in the Run for the Zoo 5k did awesome and exceeded their goals!  I'm so proud of everyone in both my classes they have all worked so hard.  I am taking next semester off considering I can barely run anymore.  After about 1 mile I'm in excruciating shin and calf pain so I have decided to stick to spinning, swimming, walking and weight lifting for my last 3 months of pregnancy.  Or my stomach might get big enough to be in the way of spinning too!  I'm going nuts but I'll make it!  I'm just not cut out for the whole process of being pregnant but I know I will love the final out come.  So technically this will be my 1st mother's day which just sounds weird!!! But I'll get use to it. 

I took some pics of a friend for her first mother's day with her cute baby. 

So tomorrow hubs and I take off for a much needed and long vacation!!!  Guess it's kind of like a baby moon

since it will be the last vacation we'll be taking for a LONG time...  We are going to Colombia, SA which is where all my extended family are and hubs has never been or met any of them.  He's excited I'm just not sure he realizes what he's getting into :-0 I have a very big family!  Have you ever seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding?  Yup well it's like that! 

We will get to spend 2 days at this all inclusive resort and I can't wait!!  Just not so excited about wearing a maternity bathing suit but I'll get over it.  For me the best part will be eating all the fruit and foods that I miss so much from there.  So I will be MIA again for a little while, I guess you guys are getting use to that but I'll make sure and post photos once I get back.

Some photos I was playing around with to get some ideas for the babies room...........

Happy training!! Run a mile for me!!

New Classes and Photo Hike

Do you like how creative I can get with my titles?  I could lie to you and put a really enticing title but then the post wouldn't be about that at all, like, "Beyonce lip syncs and has wardrobe malfunctions during Superbowl!"

So something I am very excited about is that I have some classes starting where I work.  As part as a wellness initiative they wanted to offer some classes that people could take either at lunch or right after work.  I get to teach 2 of them!  I'm going to teach a Training for your first 5k Class and a Boot Camp class.  It was off to a rocky start because these classes were supposed to start about a month ago but due to some technical glitches they weren't able to start us until this week.  I hope people didn't give up on us and show up!

I'm also taking another photography workshop and had to get up at the crack of dawn over the weekend to get the good lighting for some outdoor photos so I thought I'm already up and out so why not hike too.  It was great getting to see the Bosque trails early in the morning with geese and hot air balloons.  There was also an unidentified dead animal hanging from a tree that I was afraid to get to close to so I couldn't tell what it was, do they have badgers in NM? 

What is your favorite boot camp exercise move?  Yes, I believe there will be burpees!  I will of course have modifications for everything because I want people of all levels to feel comfortable in this class.

If you were about to start training for your 1st 5k what is a tip you wish someone had given you?

Happy Monday and Happy Training!

Fall Family Photo Shoot!

 Happy Friday!  A little break from training, I know you guys really wanted to hear about my latest adventures in swimming but that can wait until next week. 

A couple of weekends ago I did my first family photo shoot.  I was a little nervous at first but as soon as I met the kiddos I knew this was going to be no problem!  I had so much fun doing this and I hope they did too!  It was a perfect day and a fun family!

What's Up?

Hi! Did you miss me? No, not really? Well, too bad cause I'm back anyway! I have a lot of catching up to do but here is just a glimpse in photos of what I've been up to. I've been spending a lot of time catching up and making up for lost time with this guy:

 Hanging out around town:

 Scouting new sights:

Teaching this one how to play tether ball:

Practicing for my rappel on Friday:

 Oh yeah and still training for my Ironman!!!  Only 9 more weeks left!  I did a half marathon this Sunday as part of my training.  I'll do a race recap soon!  Are you loving this fall weather for training?  I am!