Sheesh!

It’s been awhile, huh?  We’ve been busy as usual.  With the last few weeks of school, Randy has been drained physically and emotionally.  And as usual, he decided to overextend himself to run the BolderBoulder 10K today.  So, last night we packed our bags (again!) and made the 100 mile trek up I-25 (again!), checked into our fourth Marriott over the past 12 weeks and Randy ran the race this morning with 54,000 of his closest friends (including Dr. Oz!).  Being that it’s only 6-ish miles, he was done in an hour and we were on our way again.  Oh yeah, and today is my birthday so we did a little shopping to celebrate my journey into a new decade.  Enough about us! 

Here’s Halley in her latest cute-ness. 

(In case you can’t tell what she’s wearing, this is HJ one morning when I went to get her.  She went to sleep wearing a nightgown.  Somehow she managed to get her arms out of the sleeves and wiggle almost completely out of her gown.  It’s around her waist.  )

  I can not stand it when Chico licks HJ but I guess it’s inevitable. 

They are starting to be buddies…as long as she doesn’t pull his tail. 

One thing about cloth diapers…they give you a big booty!

On a completely random note, I finished a project today that I have been working on for…..six…..long…..years.  Growing up, everyone in my family had matching Christmas stockings that my grandmother made.  When Randy proposed to me, I decided I wanted to have the same thing for our family.  I worked diligently for six months to make a stocking for Randy in time for Christmas.  I finished it on time and then started working on my own for the following year.  Welllllll, let’s just say I didn’t quite meet my goal for Christmas ‘05.  BUT!  I finished it.  Tonight.  After six years, it’s done!  (To clarify, it’s not really done-done…I will be delivering it to my mom to actually sew the stocking part on to my cross-stitching but my part is done.)  Don’t stare too closely because neither of them are perfect!  And I have decided that, if it takes me 6 years to finish one without children, I will never find the time to make one for all of them!  I’ll just have to find something else for them that is far less-detailed and time-consuming. 

 

 

In two weeks, we head to Savannah for Randy’s family reunion and to see some of mine too.  I also start back to work full-time for June and Randy is on daddy-duty.  That’s the latest in our world.  Have a great week!

Seven Months!

 

HJ is seven months old today. I simply can’t believe it. She is as cute as ever and quite busy.  She’s crawling and into everything!  When we went to the doctor this week, Halley weighed 14 pounds 12 ounces but I’m not so sure.  She was fully clothed, with a full belly and a full diaper so my guess is closer to fourteen and a half.  (She’s still wearing 3-6 month clothes.)  Either way….here she is. 

 

 

I love her. 

Goings On…

So when your brother-in-law, not your mother, not your sister, but you’re brother-in-law, says you haven’t updated your blog recently enough, then you know it’s time!  In the past two months, we have been SO busy.  We have logged no less than 600 miles on Colorado roads.  Randy’s had two training races and this past weekend he ran the full marathon.  He has run two other marathons and finished in 5:15 and 6:00 hours.  This time his goal was five hours.  He hadn’t been running too much over the past few weeks so I wasn’t too optimistic but….

 

He beat his goal!  I was SO proud of him.  He’s still limping today but that’s to be expected. 

It was a beautiful day in Denver…65 degrees, sunny and beautiful blue skies!

 

We also went to Washington, D.C. last weekend for Kathryn’s graduation.  I actually don’t have many pictures from that weekend but Tyler (her hubby) got plenty on his fancy camera.  Click here to see Kathryn’s recap on her blog.  http://barefootkatie.blogspot.com/2010/05/it-is-finished.html   It was great to be with the family and I’m so proud of Kathryn!  Three years of hard work and she’s a doctor! 

The only picture I have from the weekend but it’s a keeper! Not sure who is happier in this one!

Here’s the other reason why I’ve been busy…we had someone finish our bathroom last week and lay down some tile.  We’ve had it in our garage FOREVER and I finally got someone to finish it.  The problem is that the quarter-round wouldn’t fit correctly against the base board so it took some maneuvering.  Basically, I had to glue the quarter-round to the tile with silicone caulk and then fill in the gap with acrylic caulk and then paint it.  It looked a little too unfinished to leave it.  Anyway, I know that was too much detail but it looks not bad concerning I’m a novice.  Whatcha think???

And of course….what you’ve been waiting for…Miss HJ. 

She is wearing a diaper under there, promise!

And she loves a good meal!  Too cute. 

That’s all I’ve got for now!  Have a great week. 

Week in Review

Here are a few pictures from the past week. 

 

On Saturday we went up to Denver to see the Rockies play.  Halley has found a new love for her dad’s hats!

 

 

 

 

(Even though Chico looks kind of menacing in this picture, he actually is very sweet with HJ and Stella!)

 

We actually have a weekend at home (for once!) and then we’re off to D.C. next weekend for my sister’s graduation.  And I hear a baby waking up early from a nap…gotta go!

Six Months!!!

 

Has it already been six months?!?!  Six months since we wondered “Is it a boy or a girl?”…Six months since I wondered “Can I really make it through the pain of labor and delivery?”…six months since I thought “Will I be a good mother? Do I have what it takes to take care of this sweet baby I don’t even know? Will Randy and I stay connected through this new phase of life?” 

What a blessing it has all been!  Yes, difficult.  Yes, self-sacrificing like I’ve never done before.  But oh, so wonderful.  I’m tearing up just thinking about it.  God has been so good.  Halley is perfectly healthy and beautiful and sweet and smart and funny. 

We went for her six month check up today and she’s right on track developmentally.  I told the nurse before she took all the stats “I bet she weighs 14 pounds by now!”  It seems like she’s grown so much over the past month.  All the rice cereal she’s eating has really given her a round face and a round belly.  Well, what do I know?  HJ weighed in today at 13 pounds 3.5 ounces which puts her in the 5-10% as usual.  She’s 26.5 inches which is 75-90% for height.  So it’s still the same!  Tall and skinny.  We’ve been given the clear to start her on first foods so a-blending I will go!  Halley is also “commando-crawling” meaning she pulls herself around with her arms.  She’s already pretty mobile…just wait until she actually uses her knees!!! 

I know most of these pictures look the same but HJ’s just so cute I couldn’t decide which ones to post.  I think she’s actually starting to figure out what the camera is so she’s flashing a big grin. 

 

Horsetooth Half Marathon

 

So on Saturday, we made a trip to Fort Collins for Randy’s race on Sunday.  This was a training race for an upcoming marathon so there were lots of hard-core runners there…you know the type, too-short shorts, lots of spandex, etc.  (Randy does not qualify as a “hard-core runner” by that definition!)  He was just a smidge over two hours, which was his goal, but he had a great race.  Here he is with sweet HJ at the end. 

 

And after 300+ miles in the car in 28 hours, this was Halley when we got home. 

Man, I love her.

Halley and Stella

 

So, at least twice a week, Halley and Stella are together while either Cari or I are working.  Stella is four months older than HJ and the daughter of our good friends, Joel and Cari.  (Joel works at the high school with Randy and Cari works for the elementary school.  They started the same year that Randy did and we’ve been good friends since.  After the first time I met them, I told Randy “There is no way I can be friends with them.  They are way too athletic for me!”  Ha!  Shows what I know.  :)  ) 

 

Sometimes the safest place for them to be when you’re watching both of them is in the crib!  Stella gets a kick out of throwing everything over the side.

They were watching Veggie Tales…the story of Queen Esther.  Cari and I are doing Beth Moore’s Esther on Thursday night (they are very captured by Beth too!) so I figured they should watch the kid version.  :)

 

 

This one has nothing to do with Stella but I couldn’t resist.  HJ was playing in her crib today while I was working on some things in the kitchen.  I went back to check on her and look at her skinny self!  This is a 3-6 month outfit and it is literally falling off her.  At least she’s happy, huh?!?

We’re off to Fort Collins this weekend so Randy can run another half-marathon.  We also get to see some friends while we’re there so it should be fun!  Have a great weekend.