tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64037122008-08-15T14:59:35.367-04:00JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18109099601602712605noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-2015410610392235182008-08-15T14:40:00.004-04:002008-08-15T14:59:35.399-04:00

Today is actually our 2nd full day at home. We came home on Wednesday in the late afternoon. Everyone is doing well. A.J. had his check up with his pediatrician today. He is healthy and gaining weight, almost back to his birth weight which was nice to hear. Jason went to his pre-school picnic. A big Thank You to Nana and Papa for taking him, as it was during A.J.'s dr. appt. Being home

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-64676034436511920902008-08-11T08:56:00.008-04:002008-08-11T23:53:40.762-04:00

Dad here, blogging for a tired Mommy. Jill must have felt something, because at 2 AM on Saturday, she was still up creating a music mix for the labor. I was watching the USA Volleyball team win their match. I had the alarm set for 5:30 AM because I was supposed to drive back up to Road Atlanta to drive on the track again. So the alarm goes off and I'm about to get up, when Jill says my

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-43027143783988727632008-08-10T08:08:00.005-04:002008-08-10T08:15:55.916-04:00

My water broke at 5:30 am, but so far no serious contractions. We are here at Northside trying to convince them to let me off the monitors so that we can get some contractions to start. So far everyone is great. Alex even had a chance to get it Venti Quad Vanilla Soy Latte on the way to the hospital :-D 2.5 hours post water break, trying to get some contractions started Big thanks to

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-23150925315582411992008-08-08T09:12:00.003-04:002008-08-08T10:02:57.506-04:00

I'd never heard about a Push Present until I arrived here in Atlanta. Apparently, the husband of the pregnant wife is supposed to be prepared with a nice piece of jewelry or something of the like to commemorate the big event (yes, I'm talking about birth here). Well, I guess I'm not much of a jewelry person... I'm afraid I'll lose it, I actually don't remember to change my earrings... I used to

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-50443068044885660242008-08-02T14:11:00.002-04:002008-08-02T14:28:57.017-04:00

I'm 37 weeks on Monday, that means full term, yippee! Of course, we could theoretically be looking at 5 more weeks if we go 2 weeks over due, but either way LP2 (little poon 2) will be here fairly shortly! Here's a pic just before we went to the gym this morning: Luckily, I'm still feeling great! I've some soreness in my hips/pelvic area, but that is to be expected at this point. I'm so

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-33990520617821616012008-07-30T00:11:00.002-04:002008-07-30T00:17:59.991-04:00

Okay, this really proves that I'm slowly going insane... after reading Joe Reger's and Dani's blogs on the subject of ice baths, I found myself actually missing ice baths! I really do, it's painful, but after awhile, very comforting. Especially after a really hot run. So, yes, this is now taking over as the #1 way to tell you are a hormonal pregnant triathlete on hiatus: #1) You find yourself

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-24246928652562244462008-07-28T23:50:00.001-04:002008-07-29T00:04:42.937-04:00

I've been somewhat suprised at how emotional I'm getting in the last couple of weeks of this pregnancy. Fairly odd for me... I'm starting to wonder if I am going to be able to make it through Olympic TV coverage without needing a Costco size box of tissues... So with that in mind, I've decided on the top 5 indicators that you are a hormonal pregnant triathlete (all taken from personal

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-67784980467432696502008-07-22T08:14:00.007-04:002008-07-22T21:05:50.166-04:00

One more chapter in the GCoW saga comes from my favorite comic-strip writer Jef Mallet and the Frazz Comic strip. I hate how familiar this sounds: A couple of weeks ago my son climbed in the car and said "Mommy," sniff-sniff "Do you smell that?" Oops, left the bathing suits in overnight! Yuck!

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-3256052430115554752008-07-17T17:34:00.001-04:002008-07-17T17:37:07.418-04:00

Here we are... 5 weeks to go! Still feeling good, which makes me feel very lucky! Hoping for steady on for the next couple of weeks, we shall see!

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-55461230795430190822008-07-16T20:53:00.002-04:002008-07-16T21:11:42.228-04:00

Anyone watching the TdF coverage on VS. understands the frustration of watching the same commercial, over and over and over again. In fact if I see that SAAB "we take energy from exhaust and recycle it, bringing joy to repetition" commercial one more time, I may be forced to throw my TV out the window, because, I'm sorry, there is no joy in hearing announcer guy repeat the same thing 5 times in

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-36605481915136205042008-07-09T22:16:00.002-04:002008-07-09T22:21:28.993-04:00

About a year ago I heard the term GCoW or Garbage Can on Wheels from Kate. Shortly thereafter I posted a photo of the ultimate GCoW (http://tribirdie.blogspot.com/2007/08/gcow.html). Well, recently, Joe Reger threw down the gauntlet and is now the proud owner of the Title "King of the GCoW". Photos and further entries into the competition can be found here. It truly is an epidemic!

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-81585990215600154122008-07-08T09:28:00.003-04:002008-07-08T09:33:37.453-04:00

You know you're a parent when... you no longer tape TdF coverage because Thomas and Friends, Backyardigans and Curious George recordings are taking up too much space on your Tivo! Admittedly, we aren't following it to the degree we have in past years (I watched so much TdF coverage while pregnant with Jason, that I used to be able to calm him down as a baby by playing any cycling coverage with

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-33774417102425738582008-07-07T23:30:00.004-04:002008-07-08T09:25:27.046-04:00

Big Congratulations to 41 year old, mother of a 2 year old, Dara Torres! Setting a new American Record in the 50m Freestyle at the US Olympic Trials this week. She just seemed so cool and down to earth, got to dig that! I'm such a sucker for the Olympics and especially the "Olympic Moments" that NBC does such a great job of uncovering/cultivating. I'm hoping that Northside Hospital has NBC in

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-53488402669947692582008-07-02T21:27:00.003-04:002008-07-02T21:31:58.289-04:00

Okay, I've never posted this many times in one day in my life, but I ran across this while checking my email tonight and felt I needed to post and update to my earlier Silver Comet Safety post. From the famous Joe Reger an update from the horses' mouth; Joe called the Cobb County police: http://www.joereger.com/entry-logid1-eventid6620.log Joe, thanks for taking the initiative!!

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-15340997522188006652008-07-02T19:00:00.003-04:002008-07-02T19:16:19.970-04:00

We are officially 32 weeks pregnant... wow, that means in two months or so, we'll have another little boy in this house! For the most part, this pregnancy has been the same as my first in terms of "how I feel". The biggest difference is how little I've prepared for labor, delivery and taking care of the new little guy! There have been days when I've actually forgotten that I'm pregnant... I

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-80496040110040099372008-07-02T09:55:00.003-04:002008-07-02T10:05:55.561-04:00

I have the pleasure of editing/reviewing some of the posts on the all3sports.net site. This week Laura Sophiea has been sending her journal from her cycling tour in France, a little warm up to enjoying the Tour de France spectacle. This week she climbed col du Galibier and Alp d'Huez among others. Here is her story. I cannot express how jealous I am of her adventures, especially as I sit here

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-63608986166340936722008-06-27T08:38:00.005-04:002008-06-27T08:43:29.239-04:00

Today's Frazz: More Frazz available here

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-67992939905106120522008-06-21T08:50:00.002-04:002008-06-21T08:51:58.281-04:00

There have been more reports lately of folks getting mugged while riding their bikes on the Silver Comet! The latest report that I read was 6 incidents since June 10th! Be careful out there everyone! Try to always ride with a partner or at least during high bike traffic times on the trail!

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-79251581399208593852008-06-19T22:45:00.001-04:002008-06-19T22:46:36.588-04:00

Today was the big day! 11 inches of my hair, donated to Locks of Love! Here's the after photo:

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-60961362305580595142008-06-19T11:31:00.003-04:002008-06-19T11:34:11.485-04:00

Frazz, the cartoon about triathlon among other things, has been great this week! Frazz is introducing his co-working to commuter cycling: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Enjoy!

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-42769111739148142722008-06-18T21:04:00.002-04:002008-06-18T21:39:41.026-04:00

My mom is in town this week to help me get some things ready for the baby. Thank goodness, or I probably would have been trying to do it all while in labor or something! The additional upshot to the visit was free babysitting! Alex and I took advantage and headed out to Bistro VG for a nice adult dinner. It was a a true pleasure to make it the entire way through dinner without having to tell

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-72969482103211340652008-06-07T19:06:00.002-04:002008-06-07T19:15:46.343-04:00

This is by far my least favorite pregnancy symptom... leg cramps... I woke up with a horrific calf cramp in my left leg this morning. My oh so sympathetic husband said I needed to eat more bananas and add electrolytes... Now, of course I wanted a "oh my poor baby" pat on the back, but this advice is actually much for helpful, it is what fixed it last pregnancy. I don't know how he remembers

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-14507029466406638372008-05-28T14:17:00.002-04:002008-05-28T14:24:04.369-04:00

As you can tell from the picture below... I'm pregnant!! You know you've gotten to that obvious stage when strangers are asking when you are due. We've been there for a couple of weeks. Jason is getting more excited about his baby brother now that my tummy is very obvious. He likes to give his little brother zerberts... My workouts have been inconsistent, but I'm still feeling pretty good, I

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-50329854539875054062008-05-12T23:26:00.001-04:002008-05-13T01:03:55.368-04:00

After a day of cheering at Gulf Coast, my boys were beat! Gulf Coast is a great race, but it takes the zing out of mother's day :-D Last year I was still too tired from the race to enjoy the day. This year things were just too busy. In deference to Gulf Coast I'm thinking of making a mother's day (observed) for the Poon household - one week after actual mother's day! ha! ha! A big Happy

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442492879034642709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-15074892550890245262008-05-12T20:55:00.005-04:002008-05-12T23:02:26.209-04:00

national anthem This year I was simply an observer of the race and man was that tough! Gulf Coast is such a great race and a fun race to be part of... It is big enough that you feel like you are taking over the town, but small enough to still feel like something really special. We woke up in the morning to heavy surf. I was worried about the swim and the yellow flags confirmed it would be a

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