On the Move Again

The Aiduk gals finally made it out for a walk today.  I'm pretty sure I got as much exercise getting them both dressed and loaded into the stroller as I did walking around the neighborhood! ;o)

It felt so good to take a walk... especially with the sun shining!

Though lugging two girls up and down the stairs all day is definitely hard work, it is not really exercise... and my aching back is telling me it's time to get active again.  I love to walk, so that's the easiest thing for me to stick to.  But I may try to get myself  motivated to throw in some weights and other exercises here and there.  That way I don't have to take them both outside every day.  I could do it, and I may, but indoor options are good, too!  (It isn't *always* sunny here, either... gotta have a rainy day plan sometimes!)

I will never get used to this weather.  Think fall in NY.  I'm almost always overdressing the girls because I'm thinking it's January and freezing.  It is January.  It is not freezing.  Think fall, Jessica, fall... it's not the tundra here!  Though it was a bit windy today so for that I was glad we were all bundled up.  When it's sunny it's not bad at all.  But if it's not I may need to dress the girls a little warmer.  Which reminds me that I don't even know if LJ owns a winter coat! :o)  I'll have to check out the clothes bins.

It's quiet here... for now :o)  SJ's on day three of her eating all the time craziness.  But it's really not that bad.  She seems to be extra hungry in the mornings but is able to go longer later in the day.  She's not waking up any extra at night, so I'm super thankful for that!

I'm still a little tired from it all... though it can't be *that* bad if I'm able to go for a walk, eh?  I'm even staying on top of dishes and laundry, sneaking in some reading, and cooking dinner again!  Tonight it's steak, spinach, and onion pizza with a whole wheat and flax crust.  Mmmm!

Walks

Lily and I are finally taking pretty regular walks again. I love walking...I don't know when it started exactly, but I just love going out for a good 30 minute walk. And one thing about being down south is that I'll still get to walk outside after Sam is born (unlike NY in November/December). Cause I hate treadmill walking...I feel like a hamster. Blech.

We start out here...our house!

And we walk all around our neighborhood...you have to double back on a street or two to get your whole half hour in. But it's always sunny and nice (or sunny and meltingly not, but that's okay, too). I like that you can see the Air Force water tower...reminds me of the fact that we're all in this together...everyone in our neighborhood.

People like to show off their sports teams. Some people have the most amazing landscaping (those are the ones who have/will be here awhile). The smart people water their lawns (so they don't turn to crispy brown like ours...and we can get in trouble for that, so we'll have to get the hose going...) but I always laugh because the sprinklers sometimes end up watering other things, like half the road...someone else's car...the house.

Here's LJ's favorite park. There are three in Thrower Park (our neighborhood) and this one is the closest, plus it has baby swings.

Here's the baby.

I'm also reminded as I walk around of the more serious aspects of what we've signed up for. We saw a young amputee the other day. He couldn't have been much older than us. And I saw a "Welcome Home Daddy, We Missed You" sign at one house. War and deployment are definitely a reality. The recent averages for AF deployment are about 6 months at a time. God will give us strength if we need to face these things. In the meantime, I pray for those who are in the midst of them.


Our street.

My girl staying hydrated in the hot sun :o)