Jen Paxton

Here’s a recent picture of the wee one.

Rosa sat so Martin could walk. Martin walked, so Obama could run. Obama is running so our children can fly.

So, I managed to get up at 7 am this morning despite going to bed at 12:30 am last night. I “exercised” for 32 minutes total. I started with some strength exercises and then moved on to aerobics. I finished up by doing some yoga poses. I didn’t do better than last night in everything, but I’ll keep working on it.

I really liked the new advanced step aerobics. They’re a bit more challenging and also more fun. There’s a side step that involves putting your feet up on the board sideways. It took me a few steps to get used to, but it’s pretty cool. Also, there’s a step and knee lift of sorts. Its kind of hard to explain. You step your left foot up onto the board and then lift your right knee up and then back down to the floor. Your right foot never touches the board, but the game can tell if you do it right based on the shift in your weight and the pressure of your left foot. I have to say that’s some cool technology.

My plan is to get up at 7 am again tomorrow morning and to work out again. I hope I do it!

I finally found a wii fit! Target opened up at 8am with 40 and when I got there at 9am there were at least 20 left. Woohoo! So, I waited all day to try it out. I knew that if I started I wouldn’t want to stop and I had homework to do. So, once I got almost all my homework done I broke out the wii fit. I was a little nervous to try it out and I wasn’t shocked when it told me I was overweight. Well, not overweight, but obese. I’m not sure if that is accurate and I’m in self denial, or if its just being plain old mean. I guess I’d have to have Ivy test it out to see. She’s probably one of the most health-conscience people I know.

Anyway, back to the WF. I really liked the aerobics. It felt more like a game to me than excercising. I have DDR in the basement for the same reason, but this was a bit easier. I was having fun and I felt my heart rate increase at the same time. The yoga was much harder than I thought it was. I knew I didn’t have very good balance, but I couldn’t even do the tree one where I had to balance on one foot. I guess I need more WF training. The mini games are cool, but they too wanted to jump out of the screen and yell at me “YOU HAVE NO BALANCE!”. I got terrible scores, one of them being a 0. I imagine most people would tell me its almost impossible to get a 0 in a game like that, but leave it to me to prove people wrong.

So, after 33 minutes of WF timed play, I have 1 complaint. I wish they had a workout program to set up. A program that would start with a warm up and then get harder and then a cool down. I would love it if I could say, “I want to work for 26 minutes today” and it would come up with a routine that took that much time. Instead I have to figure one out on my own and page through all the screens to get from one activity to the other. I just looked online and I see that many people have the same complaint. Unfortunately, I think the only way to resolve this issue is to make a new WF game, which means more money out of my pocket. Too bad they can’t do updates for games on a disc…

I have low expectations but high hopes for this new exercise program. I’d like to say that I will work it into my daily routine and keep it up, but I have low expectations that I actually will. I’m already having issues figuring out a time I can do it every day besides before work, and we all know how terrible I am at getting up even 1 minute earlier than I have to. On top of that its already 12 am and I don’t relish the idea of getting up at 7 tomorrow to exercise before work. I guess all I can do is set my alarm and try. We’ll see how that goes…

I swear it wasn’t me who honked the horn!

Ben’s aunt had their yearly bonfire today. Last year we announced our pregnancy to the family, and this year we got to bring Noe! It was a good time, but Noe was really fussy whenever anyone else held her.

We had a small health scare today. Noe projectile vomited everything she ate in a 12 hour period, so I decided to call the doctor. They had me come in right away to check her out. They were worried it might be some stomach growth condition that requires surgery. They had me feed her some formula and then wait to see if she threw up while I was there. It was a boring half hour sitting in a little room, but luckily Noe didn’t puke again. She has eaten one time since getting back. Its been an hour since she ate, and still no puke, so I think we are okay.

On another note, its been 10 days since her check up and today she weighed in at 11 pounds. Gained 1 pound in 10 days. My baby is a healthy eater