tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:05:31 +0000http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Leah)Blogger216125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-4893717487471233850Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:07:00 +00002009-10-19T17:50:49.572-04:00I am thinking I may have used this blog title before, and for probably about the exact same topic. Behold, the new hotness ...I was hoping to get out tonight once baby girl went to sleep. But I ended up watching Marley and Me for the first time, so I opted to spend my evening taking the dog for a long walk instead. He also got to eat a whole mess of leftover ravioli tonight too.***This should http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-hotness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-7280289589926044831Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:28:00 +00002009-10-09T21:39:29.226-04:00I feel as though I made that last post two years ago instead of two weeks ago. It's been a busy time here, and (thankfully) the baby is changing quite a bit. She's actually smiling now and being as social as 8 week old babies can be. Whatever it is that she's doing, it's working. I've stopped resenting (and sometimes worse emotions) her. Slowly I came to like her, and today, in my jubilationhttp://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/10/exhale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-2091800387767018321Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:55:00 +00002009-09-21T16:57:32.410-04:00Not only have I been given the green light to resume running, I have actually had it given to me in prescription form as a combatant to the lingering baby blues. I wonder if I can somehow apply my insurance/co-pay to that new pair of shoes I tried on the other day?http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/09/thank-you-doctor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-5550939962479556256Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:30:00 +00002009-09-15T10:34:57.283-04:001. My daughter has been napping in her crib for 40 whole minutes. I love this. 2. The other night when I took the dog out for I walk I accidentally ended up running about a half mile. I can't even explain how good it made me feel. 3. My doctor approved me to take a very small dosage of Ambien at night. It's safe to take while breastfeeding and it means that I will actually be able to sleep http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/09/things-that-are-making-me-happy-right.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-7222138443288739015Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:29:00 +00002009-09-08T08:05:51.009-04:00Wow, we have survived the first four weeks. And I'll be one of those folks that says "OMG time has flown by, I can't believe it's been 4 weeks." Baby girl is doing well. She's only getting up two times a night, and she even gives me a nice 4-hour stretch of sleep during the first part of the night. According to the kitchen scale, she's up to 6 lbs, 15 oz. That's up 20 oz. from her birth http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/09/28-days.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-2807122578613012548Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:20:00 +00002009-09-03T15:28:54.954-04:00... cause I'm workin' for a living.As a freelancer/contract employee, I don't really technically get maternity leave. I'll get paid the same for the year no matter what. It's nice, but at the same time I don't want to completely leave my employers out to dry, especially at this uber-busy time of the year. So when boss man called me up 14 days post-partum and asked if I felt up to editing some http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/09/takin-what-theyre-giving.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-7860932025475454831Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:11:00 +00002009-09-03T15:19:56.356-04:00 http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/09/fun-for-baby-and-dog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-3292713075051998641Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:47:00 +00002009-08-29T19:55:21.437-04:00We may have some colic. Or perhaps our baby turned into a howler monkey between 6 pm and midnight last night. I also discovered that the combination of laying her on my shoulder while I sob (not so) quietly will put Megan to sleep in about 5 minutes. Either way, she hasn't started up yet tonight, but we are still bracing a repeat performance. Once she calmed down last night though, we had http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/08/day-18.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-5578102336559576683Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:42:00 +00002009-08-24T15:46:13.274-04:00So a few weeks ago I practiced using my Moby Wrap with my 25 year old stuffed Wicket the Ewok. It is much more satisfying using your very own baby!notice the awesome framing job of the PhotoBooth photo, which cuts off my eyes and my sweet under-eye circles. Pro-fessional!http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/08/moby-in-action.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-907976238592791977Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:11:00 +00002009-08-22T21:19:45.061-04:00Okay, so about 24 hours after that last post I was admitted to the hospital, getting ready to birth a baby. The whole process was actually a great experience, and I am quite thankful to have had the good time that we did. And in all honesty, I felt worse after I ran the half marathon than I did after I gave birth. I will say that drugs do help though.Our great experience in the hospital kind http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/08/megan-hamil-is-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-3358864351270848565Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:36:00 +00002009-08-10T00:39:55.424-04:00I will start this post by saying that I actually did get up before the alarm at 6:30 yesterday morning, walk the dog, shower, PUT ON MAKE UP, wear real clothes, and go to work for a few hours. I was spent by noon though and came on home. Times like now I am rather thankful I have a redonkulously flexible job.I lunched, napped, walked the dog again, paid several bills (which I did online - not ahttp://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/07/day-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-8308708882040174501Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:22:00 +00002009-07-23T23:36:17.555-04:00Left all alone for the weekend as her husband flits off to Nashville for a swim meet, the 37-week pregnant woman gets a bet bored. I'm never up at 11:23 pm, but I am afraid to go to bed. Afraid I will be awakened in the night by some sort of pregnancy/impending delivery pain, only to reach for hubs to say "honey, it's time" (just like in a 1950's sitcom, right?) only to remember that he is in ahttp://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/07/behind-closed-doors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-8479910467522338758Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:32:00 +00002009-06-23T08:57:17.174-04:00So last Monday we took a little trip to Labor and Delivery, for what turned out to (thankfully) be nothing. For a while the possibilities of what ailed me went from appendicitis to kidney stone to "you are contracting every 3-5 minutes to "you are closed up tight as can be - it's just growing pains." The whole thing was never really scary or anything, but the after effect is that I have had to http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/06/grounded.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-8739641382904802241Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:38:00 +00002009-06-05T18:52:27.599-04:00Wow, if only I had waited until tomorrow to make this post, I could have gone a whole month with my one follower to only look at that last post about Uggs and Nike Tempo Track shorts.I still love my workout clothes. And I'm still wearing them for working out purposes! I have finished running for the pregnancy, but I can still break a good sweat on the old elliptical and I hope to start swimminghttp://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/05/ol-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-1574749416119581030Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:46:00 +00002009-04-15T07:46:33.100-04:00elasticMaybe I'll become a bi-monthly blogger - that is rate I am going at least.Can I tell you how much I love all of my running clothes these days? Because they all still fit. Lots of elastic makes me a happy woman. Technically the Nike Tempo Track short is probably not appropriate to wear to work, remember that I work on a college campus where the Nike Tempo Track short is like a uniform for all http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/04/ahhh-running-clothes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-7546867609265933636Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:00:00 +00002009-04-02T08:19:43.863-04:00There was a brief break in the rain yesterday, so when I was home for lunch, I packed up my running gear and took it back to the office with me. It has been ages since I've run outside (since early December maybe) and luckily my office is one block away from my favorite in-town running route.I was only planning on running about half an hour, but I was geared like it was a 10 miler. Water http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/04/outside-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-6468170261806752368Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:21:00 +00002009-03-28T10:43:54.807-04:00picturesEvery time we ordered drinks for our table, we ordered "Three Guinness and a water, please"And I've discovered that posting and organizing pics on here is a total pain in the ass. So there is absolutely no order to these pics.A roadside sign point us to some druid-y (druish?) ruins.From the Cliffs of Moher gift shop. I love this picturePart of the Cliffs of Moher. Also knows as The Cliffs of http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/03/three-guinness-and-water.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-3864364933878898956Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:17:00 +00002009-03-28T10:21:12.387-04:00That was a nice 5-week blog sabbatical! Really, I was quite busy and then quite lazy. The quick update is that all is well with both myself and zee bebe. I'm 20-weeks pregnant, so halfway there. I also am posting from my shiny, new MacPro. Oh, it's so pretty. And I should change my blog header to "Before I'm 32," as I had a birthday about 3 weeks ago. Next post - those pictures from that http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/03/not-quite-dead-yet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-6584247900495483017Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:18:00 +00002009-02-19T20:31:59.622-05:00So I never did go for that run on Saturday. Or on Sunday. On Sunday my body decided to finally start acting pregnant and I slept. Oh how I slept. But on Monday I went to the cardio room. I was a bit rusty and ended up calling it just after two miles. I wanted to keep going, but I just had the lead legs bad. I finished up my workout with some leg lefts and planks. Tuesday I made it back to http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/02/heartrate-above-5o-for-first-time-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-1852826593118147971Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:38:00 +00002009-02-13T20:52:28.525-05:00Well, thirteen weeks are done, approximately 27 more to go. I feel good. I never really lost any energy much in the first trimester (maybe I did but was too busy to notice?), so I don't have the 2nd tri energy burst that I keep reading about. I put on 3-4 pounds, which I am pleased with. I have no problems gaining weight, I was just afraid I would go crazy and pack on way too much early on. Ihttp://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/02/2nd-trimester.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-9100929513553871050Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:26:00 +00002009-01-30T00:34:48.602-05:00Well, as is want to happen on Thursdays, the first part of the week caught up with me and knocked me into a sleepy haze for the day. In a few days I am leaving (on a jet plane) for a week in Ireland with some girlfriends, so of course I have tons of work to do. My boss however sent me home after lunch. Man, I must have looked rough. I know he was planning on bailing out of work early as well,http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/01/empire-run-up-here-i-come.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-4801967046405289032Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:14:00 +00002009-01-27T21:11:49.827-05:00Okay, I always said that being registered for a race made me run more consistently (okay, pretty much everyone says that). I have discovered that this pregnancy is as motivating as have a race number assigned. I've been more consistent with the miles in the last few weeks than I have been since this summer when I had a 10K on the calendar. As previously mentioned,my doc recommended keeping up http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/01/old-habits-die-hard.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407541060041945189.post-7608506073427490425Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:40:00 +00002009-01-23T18:52:51.195-05:00Well, I am now training for a new marathon: motherhood.I was going to keep the news under wraps for a while longer, but word got out in my real life, so I figured I would go ahead and reveal here. Hubs and I had hoped to wait until I got all the way through the first trimester to do a big reveal of the news, but some of his swim team kids overheard some loud adults who were in-the-know speaking http://beforeimthirty.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-marathon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leah)6