Plumped up

December has been great
(minus having to have the car towed twice, Siri having the barfs, and getting a speeding ticket...but let's focus on the good stuff).

My Mom and John have a beautiful tree, train set going around the bottom and everything.

We saw the lights at Temple Square, as I believe everyone should this time of year. There was the best free hot chocolate...although Siri says she just likes 'warm chocolate'.

The usual baking with the girls

Christmas day was cozy, we stayed home all morning, then visited the Thackerays in the late afternoon, went to see Grandma Thack, then back to Milt and Sandy's. Everyone had gone so Siri was left to play with Charlie the dog (which she seemed to enjoy). If you ask Siri what she got for Christmas she usually says "A SUCKER!"...yeah, she got a dumdum sucker in her stocking, and a lot of cooler stuff she doesn't care about so I hid it.

I went to the Dr today, 38 weeks. I was happy that I didn't gain any weight in the last week, seeing as how last appt I had put on 5lbs the 2 weeks before. Yeah, baby and I are plumping up nicely. Even though I've done this before, I still have that feeling of the unkown, who knows how, or when, this labor will go. I'm *excited though and ready (er, as ready as I could be) to have our world shaken up. *Part of that excitement may be that I look forward to getting rid of restless legs, congestion, heart burn, a huge belly, and being able to go running and sit Siri on my lap once more.

Ironman Update

So it's been 4 months of training and so far so good........i think.

Two weeks ago, I went down to St. George with Cody, Andy, Adam and their wives to go ride the bike portion and do some of the run course as well. Friday we went and rode from the first transition at San Hollow through the first loop and back to the house, which put us around 75 miles and took us about 4.5 hours. (The actual race course contains a second loop and then back to the Tabernacle for the second transition). I had never ridden that far (or that long) and my neck was killing me. I was definitely tired but not as beat as I thought I might be.

The next day we ran half of the run course (13 miles) and that was tough. The first 10 miles actually felt pretty good but the last 3 were brutal. My muscles started to tighten up and I just felt sluggish. Definitely have some serious work to do.

But it was super nice to get down there and experience the course, not to mention go workout in some nice weather. I have to say I feel pretty good about where I am at as far as training goes, but also pretty stoked that I still have 5 months to become stronger! I am certainly going to need it.

Ali has been so so good with me and my crazy training schedule - so lucky to have such a stellar wife like her. (and to think that she is 8 months prego and still is so good to me)

So anyone who wants to come down for the Ironman race this May (May 7th) it's going to be a PAR-TAY. You can come and watch me fall flat on my face (more than once I am sure) and watch all the rest of the stupids trying to finish this crazy race.

"I want to go back to Alta Mommy"

We haven't been up the canyon yet this ski season. We don't have season passes, and being 8 mo pregnant doesn't help either. (I think knowing my sis Liz was up there yesterday inspired me). So today Siri and I went up to Alta.

It was her pre-lesson to skiing...watching people ski. And she loved it! We walked around a bunch, I pulled her in the sled for a while. She waved to the skiers as they passed by and would name the color coat they had. We stopped in the lodge for some snacks, and had a snowball fight before we left.

I hope hope hope she will love the mountains and the beauty of the snow as much as Mark and I do.