We did it!

My 2 friends and I ran our first 5k yesterday. Training for 10 weeks and going from not be able to run 90 seconds to running 3.11 miles was amazing. We followed the C0uch-to-5k training program that we found online and it WORKED. I ran the 5k in 32:16. I placed 13th out of 40 in my age group (30-39) and 117 our of 197 for the whole 5k. I can't wait to run another one. Running has always been something that I wanted to do, especially running in a race and it felt so amazing to accomplish it. Below is a picture of us when we started training and one from yesterday. Thank you girls for pushing me and helping me achieve my goal. You both are amazing.

"Beat Up"

Hailey got "beat up" at school today. She was walking down the stairs to go outside for playtime and one of the other little girls pushed her down the stairs. Her wonderful teacher called me, so that I wouldn't be shocked at her face when I picked her up. She said that she was doing well but would like me to take a look at it (thank goodness I work 2 minutes (literally) from "school"). I ran up to school and her face didn't look so great. I snuggled with her for a bit, fed her lunch, changed her and then went back to work. Overall, she is being a trooper about it. It really looks alot worse than it is but it just breaks your heart when your child gets hurt.

Beach Trip & Aquarium

Well it has been about 2 1/2 weeks since my last post....a little behind schedule. Things in the Mickey household have just been busy busy busy. As I posted earlier, I am training for a 5k, which is in 2 1/2 weeks. I am so excited and very nervous, it's my first one. I have been running about 4 days a week but I definitely couldn't do it with out my running friends. Thanks girls!!!

Hailey has been doing well. She will be 14 months in a couple of days. She is growing like a weed. She seems to be thinning out, so she must be getting taller. She is walking all over the place. She loves to say Mol (Mollie), Mom, ball and Bye. She has started to point at everything that she wants and does the grunt thing. She had a 6 hour stomach bug a week or so ago. I am so glad that it came and went quickly.

Last weekend, we meet a friend of mine from Oswego (the college I went to from 2000-2001), in Carolina beach along with her family. She recently moved to Charlotte NC with her husband and daughter, who is about 6 months older than Hailey. On a whim, she told me they were going to the beach (Myrtle Beach) and would love for us to meet them there. We planned on going to the aquarium in Manteo or Atlantic Beach that day with Hailey but it worked out perfectly. They were willing to meet us at Carolina Beach so that we could take the kids to the aquarium in Fort Fisher. We camped for the night (in a camper) at a "LOVELY" campground in Carolina beach. Who knew that they didn't have any "normal" campgrounds in Carolina Beach. It was great though because I had not seen her in a long time and it was so nice to let our children meet. We can't wait to get together with them again soon.

Below are some pictures from our trip to Carolina beach and the aquarium.

Snow Day

Well we had our second snow in NC last night. The snow that we had a few weeks ago was more ice than snow and the Mickey household was sick at that time, so we were unable to go outside to play. We made sure that we went out first thing this morning and had lots of fun. We were outside playing for about 20 minutes and then our neighbors starting coming outside with their kids. So 4 houses of kids were playing.....it was GREAT.

What's your design style?

I saw this on someone elses blog and I just had to see what my style was. Go to Sproost to see what your style is.

Sproost says my design style is (I have to agree) :

75% Hollywood Couture
13% Contemporary
12% Classic

Follow up from tube surgery

Well, I just realized that I never posted after Hailey had her tube surgery. I'm really sorry to leave everyone hanging. I have really been trying to be an "in-tune" mom...not be on the phone while Hailey is playing, checking out facebook or playing on the computer. I have tried to be there..mind, body and soul. Lately, I feel like my life is consumed with Hailey but I must say I love it. I have had much less time for friends and other things that I enjoy. I recently read this and believe that it is very true.....Good friends are like stars. You don't always see them (or talk to them) but you always know they are there.

With all that being said, Hailey's surgery went WONDERFUL. From the time we pulled out of the driveway until the time we pulled back in, was only a little over 2 hours. I had never been to the surgicenter and I must say we had a wonderful experience. Everyone was so friendly and things went very smooth. They even had little red wagons that were available to pull the kids around while you wait....we took full advantage of them and Hailey loved it. They use the red wagons to bring the kids back to surgery as well. I was so surprised....when the nurse came back to get Hailey, she reached right for the nurse. The nurse didn't even have to take her in the red wagon, she carried her back and she was happy as can be. That was the best feeling, I was so nervous that Hailey was going to be crying when they took her back.

She had her 2 weeks check up this week and Dr. Brodish said that everything looked great. He will not see her every 6 months to check them out.

Hailey has really started to walk so much more now. I am really wondering if all the fluid that had been building up in her ears was contributing to her being off balance. Right after she had surgery, she really took off.

No Pain, No gain

Ok, so I usually post all about Hailey. This time I am posting about me. I have always wanted to be a runner but it has just never been something that I have been good at. I have always talked about running a 5k some day but never have done it. A couple of months ago, 2 of my girlfriends and I starting talking about running....they have never run either. We kind of talked about it for a few months and never did anything about it. We decided right before Christmas that we were going to start the "couch to 5K" training program after the new year. Well we have been training for 2 weeks now. We train 3 days a week pushing the kids in the jogging strollers. It is not easy to train with out the stroller and pushing the stroller and Hailey is even harder. But I guess, NO PAIN NO GAIN. It will all be worth it. We are registering to run a 5k on March 20th.