Think Pink

My friend Meredith and I ran the Susan G. Komen 5k Race for a Cure last Saturday, and it was a perfect day for a race!!  It is a great cause, and the weather was awesome.  The downside: there were thousands of people there and it wasn't organized well at all.  I've never been to a race where I had to stand in 4 lines to pick up my race bib, my timing chip, and my t-shirt.  You heard right, 4 lines.  Anyways, I tried not to be a negative nancy about not even hearing the instructions for the race until the gun went off and people started moving.  haha, talk about a race to remember.  No time to be nervous!

Meredith and I at the start/finish line. :-)

My biggest fan cheering me on.  Love it.  Yes, this race actually ran past our house twice!!  How could I not participate?  It was kind of awesome; except for the fact that our house in on a monstrous hill.  All in all my goal was to come in under 30 min, and I came in right at 30:01 (I'm almost sure).  So, I call that success.  Not a bad improvement over April's 5k Fools for Fitness!  I had to walk a couple times in that one.

Yes, my boy is wearing a camo hat with his Gator track suit over his pjs.  :-)  My husband is the bomb.

Thrifty Saturday??

My friend Meredith from Living Simply puts up these posts on 'Thrifty Thursday'.  Now, I am not as thrifty as her, but I did find a great deal a a garage sale on my block!  I was pretty excited to find this little item, and as of now, we don't know what to call it.  It's not a bike, nor a tricycle.  No pedals, four wheels, steering bars, and a seat.  We have ended up with scooter. haha.  But for $5, we'll take it!!

My boy loves wheels.  He sits and plays with it upside down so he can spin the wheels.  Its fun to ride, but he'd rather just crawl all over it. :-)

a little overdue. 9 Months!!!

 So, I'm a slacker and wanted to catch up the blog with some other pictures before I set in to put together James' 9 month pictures.  (Actually, its probably that I've taken too many pictures, if that's possible.  I really don't put him in this outfit everyday.  Just he turned 9 months and had 2 playdates on the same day. whatev.)  He was SO HARD to photograph!  He literally almost fell off the couch I had been taking his picture on about 4 times.  Close calls: 2.  Had it under control: 2.  Hopefully I will get better when he can stand?? Does that sound crazy? haha.  Maybe just wishful thinking.  One of my favorites was a blur, but hey, I got a couple to represent anyway.

I really am getting more excited about his first birthday.  The older he's getting, the more I'm hoping to count my blessings because the time is going so fast.  He makes me want to have more! More babies isn't a bad idea. :-)

Big boy on his tippy toes!  Thankfully, he loves this part of the stairs at the bottom and not climbing the stairs themselves.  I know that day will come, but I'm enjoying not having the battle right now!

Just a little love from James. :-)