Zoya arrives!

10:21pm Zoya blessed us with the gift of her presence!
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Babywatch

Babywatch continues. We are at 9 centimeters and counting. At this rate Zoya will arrive very soon!
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Babywatch

We are back in hospital and 6 centimeters dilated. Looks like Zoya is going to make her grand appearance tonight!
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Eva's Ants

Today at the park my daughter Eva decided she was going to find some ants. I was thinking one or two. Eva being who she is, found a colony. When a two year old wants to find ants be careful!
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Babywatch

No baby yet and I think she wants to wait until May at this point. Exciting and scary all rolled into one.
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Babywatch

Sitting in hospital, contractions have started but it appears they have subsided. False alarm? We will see.
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Babywatch Day 1

So my amazing wife is very VERY pregnant. We are at 37 weeks and she looks about ready to burst. Babywatch has begun. We are due for May 8th, but none of the children arrived on their "due date". This leads me to believe that its mostly guess work. Zoya will arrive when she is ready despite what is happening out here. Babywatch has begun!
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Training as Bliss

Its no accident that where I train on mondays is located on Bliss street. It is never perceived as such when you are doing it. In hindsight though, there is nothing better than a tough class that pushes you to and past your perceived limits. I have just come from such a class.
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Monday Training

On my way to monday torture/training. There are times I would like to stay home,( I certainly have the perfect reasons) but being that mondays are the only day I get to train as a student and not an instructor, they are very important for me to keep my perspective as a martialist. Off I go.
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Retraining

Just restarted a regimen with kettle bells. I have to say for all my experience around weights and exercise machines, these little cannonballs with a handle can really make you work. After an hour(because I'm easing back into it) I'm feeling muscles I didn't think were possible to use in a typical workout, then I realize- that's just it. This isn't a typical workout. When you train with kb your entire body gets involved. Its something that is only familiar to me through martial arts training. Kettle bells are a pleasant/painful surprise to work with.
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