Not so wordless Wednesday

 We have been parents for a year.

I can hardly believe that a whole year has passed since the greatest person I have ever met in my life was born. Our pumpkin entered the world at 8:41pm on October 17, 2011. After a long and hard 47 hour labor, I was so thankful to have her in my arms. At 5lbs. 13oz. and 18in. long she had stolen our hearts. 

I never knew love like I do now that she exists. 

Our first family photo.

As I reflect on this past year there I cannot believe how much has changed. My daughter climbs couches, and dances when she watches the fresh beat band. She eats whole tomatoes, and says Hi! when daddy comes through the door. She makes love grow every single day.

Singing happy birthday. Time to blow out the candle.

 

Good bye first year. We have conquered you.

 I cannot wait to see what life has in store for us next. I'm ready!

 

Silly Sunday

My husband dressed as a cholo.

Wordless Wednesday

Thank heaven for little girls. 

My sweet 10 month old miracle. 

Wordless Wednesday 8/15/2012

Smirk at 2 and a half months old. <3 She's too much.

Lupus and C25K.

The robot and I have recently started a Couch to 5 kilometer program (C25K) and it's been wonderful. That is, on days that my body is up for it. I have lupus. It sucks and comes with a host of undesirable symptoms like fatigue, inflammation, and joint pain. That's just naming a few. A lot of it is based on the weather and precipitation. Which sucks because annoying weather is already enough to discourage me from working out, but to top it all off, physical pain.

I'm out of shape. I can say that out loud. I'm honest about it. After I had my pumpkin I didn't want to leave the house much. I kind of became agoraphobic. I'm trying every day to break it, but on some days it over comes me. Most days I'm stuck to my couch, and that's unfortunate, but it's also taken a tole on my already struggling body. I could stand to lose a few pounds and rid my diet of some things.

Getting healthy has become an extreme goal in this house. For one, we need to always be around for Pumpkin. Making sure we are healthy is something we owe her. She deserves healthy parents. My husband also desires to become a pro-wrestler. I support his goals and I truly believe in his talent. I want to help him in any way possible.

Working out is difficult for me, as I mentioned before. However I really enjoy it. I love the sore the next day, I enjoy the burn during, and I really love the burst of energy that comes with it. Couch 25K has been awesome. I don't feel like a failure with this work out. Its attainable, practicable, and simply put... EASY. The name speaks for itself. Its supposed to get you from your couch to off your ass, and running.

The whole program is 10 weeks long, but by the end you should be able to run for 25 minuets. It starts you off gently. The first week is comprised of 3 active days, and 4 non active. On your active days you walk for 5 minuets, then alternate jogging for 60 seconds and walking for 90 secs on and off for 20 minuets for a total of 25 minuets. I walk to the park and then start my c25k, then usually continue walking for a while after.
 The breakdown of non/active days is like this Mon - work out, Tue - break, Wed - work out, Thurs - break, Fri - work out, Sat and Sun - break. I actually walk for at least 25 minuets on my break days. It's just something I do, but its obviously not required.

I'm hoping I can stick to it. I am now in week two. I weighed myself last week and I was at 167lbs. I am going to do a weigh in every 3 weeks complete with picture. I'm really excited about getting in shape and healthy. I know given my health issues it will not be easy, but I am determined!

If you are interested in C25K you can check out this link: http://www.c25k.com/
Or check out one of the many free apps available for your iPhone or android.

Welcome to new beginings.

So here it is...

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I'm trying this out to see if it works for me. I haven't wrote in a very long time and I truly miss it. I don't care if I get any readership, I just want to do something.

So back story on me. I'm Krystal (The Cupcake), 24, married 2 years to probably the coolest guy I have ever know, and a first time mom to the most amazing 9 month old daughter in the whole world. I know I know, how lucky am I?

My husband (The robot) and I met on facebook. I know how that sounds, and I'm okay with it. We actually went to high school together, but I'm two years older then him and we never spoke. We had mutual friends and he added me though them. We started up a conversation, and he was the sweetest most genuine guy I ever met.
I was in a really weird place attached to a horrible relationship that was going no where. He perused me, I denied my feelings because I was afraid of getting hurt again. 

We became roommates in April 2010. I has just lost a job, he had just lost his father. We we're trying to help each other through a tough time. He almost lost his apartment because I could only be put on the lease if I was family. So we became a family. I guess you could say our marriage was one of necessity.

We got married at city hall in June 2010. Since we weren't "really a couple" we decided we'd have fun with it. We had a zombie wedding. All the while he was perusing me, I continued to remain chased. 

September 2010 was huge for us. We decided to become a couple, and I started doing burlesque. Most of our free time was spent getting lost beneath the street lights of the lower east side. Life was magical. We were free and in love.

We hung out, we partied, we dressed up like silly super heroes, and we danced in the street in our underwear.

Then, in February 2011 we found out some wonderful news. We we're expecting. 

This is the story of our life, of our love, and of how we created the most amazing person in the world.

Emillie Eloise. 

(The Pumpkin)