One year later....

May 16, 2013

This happened today!! I was able to go to Fitness Magazines Meet & Tweet event again. 

I went last year for the first time and that's when everything changed for this girl!!

Can't wait to come back tomorrow with a recap, right now I'm so exhausted. With all of the excitement leading to today I didn't get much sleep last night and it was a busy, fun day :)

I will just say that it was amazing!!

Love,

Kary xoxo

Happy Mothers Day 2013

With our momma during her birthday in Sept 2012

Wishing my mom and new mommy - sister a very Happy Mother's Day!

I was blessed with a wonderful mom who has always sacrificed everything for us her children and everyday I pray in hopes of being a wonderful mom like my mom was to us!

Wishing all you rockstar moms a wonderful day!

Love,

Kary xoxo

Back to normal....Almost!

I can't believe that it's been a week that I posted this post here and today the nightmare is almost finally over. Yes, after getting home from the ER munchkin slept through the night, but now I'm sure that it was thanks to the meds, because once the clock hit 8am, munchkin was up and feeling sick. He was with the diarrhea and vomiting non-stop once again. They told us it was just a stomach infection at the hospital earlier so I waited but just watching my munchkin so sick once again was the last straw. By the time we went to the ER again Friday early morning, munchkin couldn't walk anymore, his heart was racing so fast and I was so worried! I thought I would break down right there. It was another morning full of more blood test, and stool testing, in which munchkin went through 3 IV bags, the doctor said her gut instinct told her that the right thing to do was hospitalize munchkin until he was good again.

My heart was hurting to see my child so sick.

My munchkin finally got his room at around 9:30pm. We finally got some news the next day when they told us he had Rotavirus. Finally an answer, he was able to get nausea medicine, and pain medication. He went through a total of 9 IV bags during his stay at the hospital and one very long one hour potassium transfer in which he cried during the entire time. He wanted to rip the needle out, it hurt so bad. Meanwhile all I could do was be stern and tell him that it was so he could go home that Sunday night! What I really wanted to do was take his place and make all the pain go away. 

Sunday night at around 8pm after being told he was going to be released from the hospital.

It's now Thursday and munchkin is finally going back to school. He is still dehydrated and not eating like normal. He's on a strict diet of bananas, white toast, dry rice, otherwise know as the BRAT diet but he's pain free and nausea free so that's a plus!

So my loves that's why I've been missing from this little corner here!

Before I say goodnight and get ready for tomorrow I want to say Thank you so much! I received so much love and support via twitter, facebook and Instagram! You all helped me pull through this very scary moment and I love you all so much! You are all truly amazing!

Love,

Kary xoxo

Hip Hip Booray!!!

The 1st day of May was supposed to be my comeback. I haven't gone for a run since my half marathon, that was two weeks ago. I was letting my body get over this flu completely. You must always listen to your body and mines was already itching for a  morning run.

Instead I spent the day at the ER with a very sick muchkin, it wasn't pretty. I was worried sick! 12 hours of non-stop vomiting and diarrhea, makes for one very worried momma and one very sick looking munchkin.

It was a long wait at the ER in which munchkin thought he would die of thirst, he wasn't allowed to drink any liquid since his stomach was rejecting everything. Once we finally got a room, he was given medicine for the vomiting and an IV for the dehydration. He was released from the hospital at midnight, and sent home with anti nausea medicine and antibiotics.

Today he is still feeling tired, still with nausea and diarrhea, which means my munchkin will be out of commission for a few more days.

I didn't get my morning run on and it looks like I won't be going back to run until next week, three weeks of no running is making me go cookoo!

But right now all this momma wants is to see her munchkin smiling and up and running again!

A mom is never at peace while her child is sick, yesterday all that made it's way into my stomach was a sugar free jello. I couldn't bare to eat, while watching my munchkin so sick.

Love,

Kary xoxo

Snapshot Sunday...

My sunshine on the darkest of days!

One of munchkins favorite flowers.

Life is too short to not stop and smell the flowers.

Life is too precious to not stop and look around at all the beauty that surrounds us!

Love,

Kary xoxo

5 yrs ago.....

My abuelito & abuelita celebrating my abuelito's birthday.

April is not a good month for us. It's a month full of losing lots of loved ones. On a day like today 5 years ago I lost my grandfather Betito. He was the world to us,  my munchkin and him had the most amazing connection.  It broke our hearts to lose him and there is not one single day when we don't miss him. My querido abuelito we love you and miss you so much!  It hurts to not hear your voice, to see your face and to not be able to hug you. We know that you are in a place free of pain but we still miss you . We will always love you querido abuelito.

4-27-08

Love,

Kary xoxo

Half Crazy - More/Fitness Half Marathon Recap

4.14.13 Official Half Marathoner :)
My official time was 3hrs 08mins

I can't believe that it's already been a week that I crossed the finish line of my 1st Half Marathon.

The whole race felt so surreal. It seems like only yesterday I was crossing the finish line to my 1st race in years, or that I was telling you guys that I would be running my 1st half. 

4.14.13 More/Fitness Half Marathon

Now here I am one week later and feeling proud of myself for finishing this race. As I mentioned on my previous post I came down with the flu, two days before the race and it wasn't pretty. The race was on Sunday and Saturday was a crappy day, my body ached, I had a severe headache, a nasty cough and combine all that with my asthma! It wasn't pretty. My family wanted me to call it quits and I almost did, but I just couldn't. I trained myself physically and mentally for this race and I just couldn't give up.

 

Let's rewind to 24 hours before the big race. Due to safety reasons I had to stop drinking all medication and just drink acetamaphin, due to my throat hurting I really couldn't drink as much water as I needed to really be hydrated for the next, my appetite was bad but I had to force myself to eat something. My dad talked strategy with me and told me to walk as much as I needed with the cough and all my asthma was really agitated. It was a long night with me getting up every hour or so. But 5:30am came soon enough and before I knew it I was at the park and counting down the time for the race to start.

20mins before the race!

I was sick, nervous and scared that something would happen along the course. But I'd already put in my head that I was going to take it easy and stop whenever needed. I would not let my asthma get out of control. I was ready to get that race started and make my dream a reality! 

I was in one of the last starting corrals therefore I started 20 mins after the official time. The first loop around the park was easy and I really didn't feel the hills, anyone who's run around the park knows that those hills are no joke. I was even going faster than anticipated. My mom and munchkin were supposed to be there when I passed by to start my second loop but like they thought I'd be going slower they took a little bit longer to get there, and boy were they surprised when my dad told them that I'd already passed. Before I continue I must say that my dad was such a big part of this race. It meant the world to me to see him at mile 2, 5, 7 and later 10 (more on that in a few), he helped me finish this race! 

Every time my dad saw me go by he'd tell me to slow down - lol! 

Starting my second loop - around mile 7
This was the last time I got to see my dad till mile 10 and I remember his words: You got this, Chiquita! Your half way there! You got this!! 

I felt good and the flu wasn't acting up, I'd run to the point where I felt comfortable and made sure not to agitate my asthma. I would drink some water at every water station. Miles 1-7 went by fast. Miles 7-9 were also good, I knew I only had 4 miles left. I still felt like I had strength in my legs.

 Now mile 9.5 and on were another story. By the time I was finishing the last big hill my legs started feeling tired, my cough started acting up and my breathing was getting agitated. I started to walk at that point when the next thing I see is my papa right there next to me!! He'd left my stuff with my mom and munchkin and ran to look for me. I almost started crying when I saw him but I controlled myself because if I did I knew I'd lose it. I guess mile 10 is where you can say that I "hit" the wall. My legs were tired, I felt really thirsty and I had no more tissues. My dad stopped by one of the hot dog vendors and got me some napkins. He walked with me from mile 10 to 11 and all the time reassuring me that I was doing good, when I tried to look at my watch he'd stop me and tell me not to worry, it was crazy that I was even doing the race. That mile was a strong one with me wanting to cry every time my dad told me I had this race and that I was only a few miles away. He told me that my mom and munchkin would be at mile 11, at that point he would stay with them so they could walk to the finish line and from there I'd go on by myself again and finish the race. Seeing my mom and munchkin brought on another wave of tears that I had to fight back. We hugged, kissed, I said see ya later and continued to finish my race.

Mile 12 to 13 will never be forgotten. My mind was full of thoughts, I was doing it, I was finishing my 1st half. My training was paying off and I was making my dream a reality.

I was so happy and excited to see that finish line and my family cheer me on. 

It was really happening, this girl was completing her 1st half!!!

With my munchkin at the finish line :)

My personal cheerleaders and some of my biggest supporters! Husband had to work but he was with me in spirit.

I was a mess of tears once that finish line was crossed but those pictures are way too scary and they shall not be posted here for that reason. 

After the race we walked home where my sister and her family welcomed me with a congratulatory cake :)

With my niece! She's such a beautiful blessing :)

It was a great day of dreams coming true, family and lots of love.

I'm also very happy to report that I didn't wake up the next day feeling that sore and I was still able to walk up and down the stairs without pain. Monday was a normal day with lots of running around.

Woot!! I did it!!

So, my loves if I can do it, so can you! Go out there and make your dreams come true. 

Nobody can stop you, only you. 

It's going to be a year now in May that I officially started this journey of mines.

 and I've already come a long way. Never in my dreams did I think that I'd run a half marathon and finish it. I made that race mines and I am a proud half marathoner!! 

I know that if I wasn't sick I would have done under 3hrs but I can happily accept my finish line, because I owned that race and no one can ever take that away from!

Now which one will be my next one? :)

As of now I am official signed up to run the Oakley mini 10K which was my first race years ago! 

More on that later.

Now let's just pray that  don't get sick again!

Love,

Kary xoxo