Fingers

Just wanted to quickly update Mitchell. He started to pick up his puffs today.

he was super excited when I got out the container. Daddy told me he was getting pretty good at getting them in his mouth...and sure enough....

there it goes! That's my boy! He's also getting another tooth...so he's been a bit fussy at night. That makes four on top and three on the bottom.

When I got the camera out, Sawyer was in the kitchen and immediately started saying "CHEESE!"...so I had to take a picture. So cute.

Run to me

I have always...for as long as I can remember...wanted to run in a 5K. It just seemed like something fun to do. Plus, I wanted to be able to wear one of those cool t-shirts with the 5k logo on it and know that I was there. BUT....
I am not an athlete. I never have been...didn't know if I ever could be. I'd watch my sister-in-law run near our home and think...wow, if only I could do that. I've watched Craig's cousin run in races and make it look easy. I've seen my nieces run without breaking a sweat. Not me. It's just not in my DNA.
Well, for some reason...and with the help of my friends...I'm trying to change that. So today, I ran (about 99%..i walked just a tad) of a 5k. I was so nervous I had a hard time sleeping last night..and an even harder time eating.
The course was super easy...read, flat....but it didn't matter. I was a huge ball of nerves and excitement. I picked up my best friend Chris at her parent's house at 8am...and we headed to the race.

We met up with Steph (she is an athlete and didn't really have to train for a 5k. ha!)
Here we all are before the race. Steph's sister-in-law Sara (another real athlete who almost placed in her age group), Steph, me, Chris, and Mel. (nice hood!) It was rather chilly. The coldest day of the year so far.

Along the way, we were cheered on my these cuties. Chris and her boys...robert, joe and mitch...Love the signs they made! (my boys had swim lessons and church choir and couldn't make it, but Connor made me a cool sign too.)

he says i'm the one in the blue...i guess that's good because i'm in the middle of the pack!

here we are after the race. Steph did awesome...I think she finished around 25 minutes...Chris was next around 32 minutes...Mel hit at 35 and i was around 38 (i think the results online are wrong, but it was close to 38 minutes.)

Chris really inspired me. She is a runner! She really worked hard and finished awesome. Excuse my super cheesy look...I'm just glad that its over, I'm pleased with my time....but I'm ready to do it again...and do better. Yeah!

Going nuts....

...with packing peanuts!

I ordered a little train for the boys...it came in the mail the other day. It came in a HUGE box...filled with packing peanuts. I was letting the boys dig into the box to find what I had ordered...but instead of being excited about what I'd ordered, they were excited about the packing peanuts that were inside. At first they spilled a few on the floor...before long the entire box was on the floor. Packing peanuts were everywhere....

I did what every good mom should do.....


I let them play!!

They rolled in them....

made snow angels in them...

threw them in the air...

and picked them out of their mouths!

We must have played with them for an hour. It was a blast. (Daddy was at work...so he missed it all!) Then, we worked together to pick every bit of it up. The boys were great helpers. Connor even asked to vaccuum. He did an awesome job...even told me that it could be one of his chores from now on.

By the way...did you know that packing peanuts can break into a thousand and one pieces....and they stick to EVERYTHING!!! Oh well, it was worth it!