Chey's 1st Ride in the Jeep!

Spinning

I headed to the gym this morning with the girls while William got some things done. I dropped the girls off at the play center and started towards the stairmasters. I saw that some people were waiting for a class to start. It was the spin class. If you're not familiar with the term, it's basically like riding a bike, you just don't go anywhere. I saw a girl I went to high school with waiting and talked to her for a minute about it. Sounded pretty intense. I thought I'd give it a try. After 5 minutes my legs were screaming at me! It was hard! I made it until 39 minutes until the daycare lady come to get me to tell me that Hailey had a dirty diaper. For some reason, they are not allowed to change diapers... The class was 90 minutes long. They are normally 45 minutes but on Saturday mornings it is 90 minutes. I don't know that I could have gone the entire 90 minutes! 45 I could handle probably. Let's just say that when I left my legs felt like jello and I literally had sweat pouring off of me. I have never had that happen before. I usually get sweaty but not like this! When I got off the bike it said I had rode 12.5 miles and burned 534 calories. Wow! I really liked the group setting with the instructor up there riding too tell you to "dig deep, push harder, turn your resistance a half a turn, stand up, go!" Wow, I couldn't have pushed through the pain unless there had been all those people in there watching... I was embarassed to get off when I did, but I had to because of Hailey. The music was loud and I just got into a zone. This was a great way to burn some calories. I'm looking forward to next Saturday when I can attempt again.

The Rush

I joined The Rush yesterday. If you're not familiar with it, it's a gym here. I don't know if it's just a NC thing or if they've gone nationwide. Anyway, I LOVE it! They have an awesome daycare. I hate that word, daycare. It's a called a Kidz Zone. They have a huge playplace area for Cheyenne and a seperate section for babies and toddlers. I was really nervous about taking them this morning. Mainly Hailey. I knew Chey would be fine. I signed them in and went and worked out for about an hour. When I came back they both were all smiles. The ladies said Hailey did great! Played in the floor and just giggled. I was so relieved. I chose The Rush because I was really impressed with how clean they are. I thoroughly checked out the kids area and watched them for a while to see how they interacted with the children, etc. I really liked it. It felt great to get my workout in first thing in the morning and not have to do 10 minutes here, 5 minutes there, 15 minutes here whenever I could squeeze a little in.

I had to do it when the girls were napping or when Hailey would stay in the excersaucer for a few minutes. She hates being confined lately. She is crawling all over the place and is even trying to stand on her own. She pulls up on things like a champ but has been attemping to let go. She'll be walking early, I'm sure of it. I do take the girls for a walk just about everyday in the stroller but its usually not long, especially since all this pollen has started. It really bothers Hailey so I've been limiting her outdoor time. I did the month to month instead of a long contract. I hate being locked into something because life happens and I don't know whats going to be going on 1-2 years from now. So we'll see how it goes, but I really like the fact that I can take the girls with me and do my weight training and some cardio! I'll still squeeze in as much cardio as I can at home so the girls don't have to be in there any longer than they have to. Although I think Chey would stay all day. That play thing is really cool! It looks like one of those things you would see at McDonalds or Chick-fil-a. 18 lbs down, about 20 more to go and I'll be happy. I'll keep you posted!

Pollywog in a Bog

My friend Kristie shared this with me tonight and Cheyenne LOVED it! She has watched it 4 times already and is just dancing to it. She just zones out. I'll be using this when I need a couple of minutes to recompose. Enjoy! Thanks Kristie!

Easter 2010

We spent Easter morning at Katherine's house where Chey got to hunt eggs! We had lunch with Grandma Katherine and took lots of pictures. We then did naps and headed over to Nana and Poppa's. We grilled out some chicken and had lots of fun finding eggs with cousin Emma!

Dyeing Eggs

Cheyenne and I dyed eggs while Hailey napped on Thursday. It was a real experience. Chey kept wanting to drink the dyed water, thinking it was juice. Silly girl. She actually did pretty well with this project and was very proud of her eggs afterward!

Egg Hunt

Saturday I took Cheyenne to Daimen's birthday party/egg hunt. It was at my Grandma Lucie's. She had a ball! She loved finding eggs, although she kept stopping to open them to see if there were ant goodies inside.