Kris, Jessamyn, and Abigail Milo

I’ve recently been made aware that a few of my friends are runners now …. I had no idea. Good for them, fuel for me. I’ve wanted to run in a 5K race for some time now, but getting into shape has been a bit of a hurdle. But if they can do it, I can do it. 5K isn’t so far (3.1 miles-ish).

So last night I jogged around the block once. …Oh boy, was that fun (shaking my head no). It was only 0.6 of a mile (almost exactly 1 kilometer), and I was able to keep a pace of about 6.5 miles per hour … but I was dead tired and struggling almost immediately … great

My goal is to finish a 5K without having to walk, in less than 30minutes – by the end of the summer-ish. I’ll keep you posted.

If you’ve seen the movie Shawshank Redemption, you’re familiar with the phrase, “get busy livin’, or get busy dyin’”.

My dad’s takin time off work and pursuing other interests in his life – music, writing, etc. We waste far too many minutes, hours, days, and months of our lives doing things that we don’t want to be doing. I’m proud of my dad … he’s making things happen.

Great Job, Dad!

If you go check his blog, you’ll see we share the use our last name as our first name … it just seems like the best way … ya know?

OK, here’s the quick, non-artistic version of our last couple of days. Click on an image to go to the gallery. Let all the thumbnails load before clicking.

Abigail Reese Milo
6-2-08 at 10:04pm
6 pounds 7 ounces – 19 inches long

15 hours of labor, epidural after 11 hours
breastfeeding going smoothing

Better pictures to follow, the camera is still at the hospital with Jessamyn (I came home to take a shower and shoot out e-mails)