Blank Park Zoo 2011

Aug 8, 2011

A few weeks ago we headed to Des Moines for our 2nd annual trip to the zoo. The three of had a lot of fun spending the day together. We love watching Harper learn new things and seeing her get excited. Here are a few pics from our special day.

Adam and Harper on the train. This was Harper's FAVORITE part of the zoo - who needs animals when you can ride on a choo-choo train?! She talked about the train for days!

Look at those cheeks!

Sad face! No more choo-choo! I told her to smile for a picture, but she decided to show me her sad face instead. Little stinker!

We watched the monkeys play for a very long time!

Front row seat for watching the giraffe eat!

Feeding the goats. She didn't like this very much because it was stinky! She did not like the smell and she repeatedly said 'Poop" and made her gag face!

Making a little music at the playground

Harper loved the fishes!

As we did last year, we met up with the soon to be Mr. & Mrs. for supper again!

Insanity: Day 15

One way Insanity monitors your progress is by having the individual perform the same Fit Test every 2 weeks. You are to do as many reps as you can in 1 minute and then record your results after each exercise on the handy dandy Fit Test Card that came with the program.

Here are my results:

Exercise Day 1 Day 15

switch kicks 50 56

power jacks 32 42

power knees 63 69

power jumps 20 29

globe jumps 5 8

suicide jumps 10 12

push-up jacks 7 10

low plank oblique 18 28

As you can see, I improved in EVERY exercise! Yipee! I still don't see any physical results yet. But I can definitely tell that my cardiovascular fitness is improving. I think the 2nd month is when the body transformation is supposed to take place (lets hope!). It would help if I followed the eating plan (whoops!)

15 days down - 45 more to go! Not that I'm counting - oh wait, I am! Hurry up!

Bed Debate

I think it is finally time to move Harper out of her crib and into an actual bed. She has never tried to climb out of her crib but she totally despises sleeping in it. She likes to sleep anywhere but her crib: our bed, the couch, the recliner, the floor. Last night was the final straw - I put Harper to bed in her crib and she cried for a few minutes and fell asleep. She woke up 30 minutes later and wouldn't stop whining. Every time I layed her in her crib she would cry. So I finally took her to our bed and closed the door and she was out like a light - without me laying with her. I don't know if it was the comfort of laying in our bed or the fact that she wasn't in her crib, but it worked!

I think we are going to remove the crib from Harper's room and put her mattress on the floor and we'll see how that works. We will be buying her a new bed in a few weeks, but don't know if we should buy a toddler bed or a twin. Harper has almost outgrown her crib mattress, so she wouldn't be in her toddler bed for much longer. So why waste the money? I think we are going to go with a twin bed instead. Anyone have any thoughts, ideas or suggestions?!