Thursday, October 30, 2008

Off She Goes!



Yesterday while we were playing with Reese, she was "cruising" around the furniture when she just let go and took a few steps by herself. Bob and I were so excited so we kept trying to encourage her to walk more. Each time she takes a few steps, gets REALLY excited and then falls. Sooooo cute and fun to watch:)

Sunday, October 26, 2008

7 Mile Sunday

We are about halfway through our race training and still going strong. Bob, my brother and myself are all training for the White Rock Half Marathon in December. My brother has been doing triathlons and adventure races the last several weekends and is planning to just stop by and run this "short trot" with us..classic oldest child over-achiever:) Bob is following the same training schedule that I am except he runs farther and longer then required on most days...again oldest child!! I on the other hand have been running exactly what the schedule says and not a step farther:)) Today I did 7 miles and it was much harder then the 6 miles I did last week..odd!
Anyway just an update..we are still running!

The New Baby!!



A lot of work has been done on the pool in the last week. In the last month it seems like a hurricane has blown through our backyard but the mess is finally starting to resemble a swimming pool. The concrete truck came on Friday to poor the decking...this was by far the loudest and messiest of all the days so far.



Nike has already started enjoying the pool!! He loves to swim so I'm sure he will be one of the first in the water. Everything is supposed to be finished just in time for Reese's Birthday in two weeks so we are getting really excited!

Weekend WHIRLWIND!




We spent yet another weekend running around like crazy people and had lots of fun doing it(most of the time:)! Yesterday morning we went to have family pictures taken and it was NOT FUN! Reese was all over the place, we were outside and she was eating rocks and dirt and being overall uncooperative. So our one hour sitting lasted about 20 minutes and I am just praying the photographer got at least one decent shot. Cross your fingers!! Maybe he can "touch up" the photos to remove the rocks from her mouth and hands:))

After our pictures we headed over to the Strollerfit Fall Festival. It was a lot of fun and Reese enjoyed crawling all over the park in her brand new outfit that I bought for the pictures..obviuosly poor planning on my part..bad Mommy! No pictures from the event..again poor planning by me = no camera:(

On Saturday night Bob and I left Reese with a babysitter and went out to dinner and then to our neighbors Octoberfest party. This was the first time we had left Reese at night with someone other then my mom so I was a little nervous at first. Thankfully we were able to put her to bed before we left and the sitter just hung out and watched movies all night...tough job for her huh!

Today we went to our neighborhood's Fall Festival. They had tons of pumpkins, food, music and horse drawn hayrides. Reese enjoyed playing in the pumpkins and then we played on the playground for awhile.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Monday, October 20, 2008

Daddy and Daughter

This past weekend Bob's Aunt came to town for a quick visit. She kept us hopping with shopping, eating, etc..
She had never been to an American Girl Store so she wanted to go check it out. Since we were there I decided to shop a little for Reese's upcoming birthday and Christmas. While I was shopping Bob was entertaining Reese. Seriously sometimes I wander which one of them is the biggest kid:)



Daddy can I have this? Please:)


Later we went to eat dinner at Cheesecake Factory. Reese has figured out that if she sits by Daddy he will give her things that I wouldn't let her eat. You know like cookies and ice cream...all the good stuff:)



How could I resist this cute little pair. They are two peas in a pod and such a mess! I am blessed to have a wonderful, cute little family.