Yoga Baby

About a week ago we headed to the outlets in Park City where I found the cutest little workout outfit in the Adidas Store. On sale of course! 

I couldn't wait to see the outfit in action!

We set up my yoga mat and Jade proceeded to show off her yoga skills.

She is an expert at the "downward dog" pose.

Shirt and Leggings: Adidas  

(I was able to get it on sale for much cheaper!)

She is so much fun! I love her funny little yoga poses and how energetic she is. Being a mom is the best thing ever!

An Important Discovery

Have you heard of Natalie Hodson??

I just discovered her website. Seriously, if you need some motivation and ideas for eating healthy and working out, check this out:

www.nataliehodson.com

She is a MOM and she looks AWESOME. :) She has great "clean eating" recipes and tips for looking good. 

Sometimes "eating clean" (no processed food) can seem boring or daunting.....but her website is full of recipes that are yummy and nutritious. Hooray!

And another plus? No skanky pictures on this website! 

A run in the Dark

- Lance typing - So Saturday night was the women's conference. Samantha and Jade went with Grandma Nielsen to go watch it (and left Daddy all alone). What does daddy do when he is all alone? He cuts the sleeves off more old t-shirts to use them as gym shirts and jumps on the tramp. The girls got home around 8:30 pm.  Samantha went back to her parents house to get her gym cloths so we could go to the gym while Grandma watched her.  We were still in the drive way ready to head to the gym when Grandma calls my phone and all we can hear is "waa, waa, waaaa" Jade had woken up and she was not into the whole gym idea. So, Samantha went back in and fed her and calmed her down.  The gym closes at 10 pm on Saturdays so by the time we got there now, we'd have only 10 minutes to work out. So, instead of going to the gym we went for a run in the dark.  We ran up to Park Lane elementary school and did a bunch of pull-ups and push ups on the play ground.  Samantha is super silly cuz as we are getting ready to start our run she says, "Don't leave me." (K so Samantha thinks that I'm in really good shape or something and I guess when I run she is afraid that I'll hit some silly speeds and just leave her in the dust to be picked up by some dude in a painted van) yeah right, my side cramps up as soon as we make it to the first hill and Samantha is just talking away during our run and going on and on about her fitness goals and I can't breath, she'll ask me questions and my responses are "Eh huh" and  "Nn's" (more Nn's and less Eh huh's as the run went on, Eh huh took too much oxygen). It was fun though.  Samantha is quite impressive, she has only been de-babied for 3 months and she can do 6 pull-ups.  Props to that crazy asian woman :) Well there you have it, our run in the dark. It was awesome, for sure we'll have to do it again.

Out of the house!

Last night my brother went through the Draper Temple for the first time! Lance stayed home and had a daddy-daughter night with Jade while I went to the temple with my family. This was my first time away from Jade! Okay, actually it was my second time... my friend, Aimee, took me to Walmart last week and I bought diapers.

Anyway, it was wonderful to be in the temple with my parents and my brother. It's wonderful to remember that we can be together as a family-in this life and in the next. I am so happy my brother made the choice to receive his endowment and to go on a mission. After the temple, we were talking about how sad it would be had he decided not to go, because he would've missed out on so much more knowledge and understanding about the gospel of Jesus Christ. I am very proud of him and I know he'll make a great missionary.

It was a little strange being away from Jade. Everyone kept asking me if I was worried, but nope! I knew she was with Lance and he is the BEST dad ever! I wasn't worried at all. What was strange was since Jade wasn't around, I kept expecting to feel her move inside me-like she had for months while I was pregnant. Other than that...it felt so good to be out of the house!! Yesterday was the first day where I actually felt like my old self again. My body is finally getting used to being a mom! yay!

So...since I have been feeling good, I have started exercising again! Lance wrote up an easy workout for me to do everyday, which I started yesterday. It consists of exercises I can do while I am at home with Jade...so no gym required for the time being. I want to ease my way back to working out the way I used to...but not ease too easily. haha. So today we used our jogging stroller for the first time. Lance, Jade and I went to Cottonwood High and ran around their track and guess what?? I ran 1 mile without stopping! Okay it was more of a very slow jog rather than a run, but it was faster than a walk, and that made me happy!

By the way, nursing a baby is fantastic for losing baby weight!! I gained about 35 pounds during pregnancy, and I am already down 25 pounds JUST from nursing my baby and eating healthy...and perhaps lack of sleep. Now that I am sticking some exercise into my day, I feel pretty confident that I will get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. :)