The Boys!

Landon got his first battle scar from his 'little' brother!

Liam got another haircut - I couldn't let her cut too many of those curls off!  I love it :)

Albums and 1/2 Marathon

I'm a little late but I wanted to share the September Photo Album and we've obviously already started on the October Photo Album.  Check out how much the boys have grown!!

I've been busy lately with getting ready for the Triple Lakes Trail Race Half Marathon.  

The race was yesterday.  I knew some trail running would be involved but did not realize the entire race would be through the woods...running over roots, stumps, between trees and through the mud.  I had been training to run on the road and felt pretty good about my running.  I was averaging 9 minute miles for 12 miles and thought adding another mile or so on to that wouldn't be too bad.  Well running through the woods is totally different than running on the road.  I should have got my first clue by the t-shirt they gave us:

 before the race

a few of the lovely ladies that ran the race with me.

 this was the only part of the race that wasn't through the woods.

 this is what most of the rest of the race looked like.

coming in for the finish.

DONE! I finished the race in 2:36:46 which was a pace of 11:32 per mile.  Not too bad considering I fell and twisted my ankle pretty bad at mile 9.  I finished 135 out of 190 total finishers - 44 out of 84 for the women - 9 out of 15 for age 25-29 and 15 out of 23 for age 20-29.

This was taken after the race when I got home - the foot is bruised and still swollen at the moment but hey ... I ran a 1/2 marathon through the woods - CHECK!

Videos of Liam

He's crazy!!

 

14 Months!

This little guy has been with us for 14 months now (as of yesterday).  He's learning new things everyday.  He can woof woof like a dog, touch mommy's nose (when asked to do so) and other fun tricks.  He's wearing 18 month clothes (mostly), size 4 diapers, eats great, awesome sleeper (still two naps a day).  He's a pretty cool guy right now.  Not a whole lot to update you guys on.  He plays well with Landon (actually does better when he's around).  Oh and he's SO STINKING CUTE! :)   

Insta-Update

Finally gave in to nap.
Somebody doesn't feel good.
Playing in the ball pit at 7am.
Liam playing the drums.
Homemade donuts.
View while running.
Brothers.
Liam and his monkey friend.
Swinging.

Boys.

The boys have not been feeling too well lately. So we've been trying to rest and take it easy. No fevers or nothing serious...just little colds with runny noses.

They have been playing great together. Landon always wants me to wake Liam up when he's napping or he'll tell me Liam wants to get down when I'm holding him. He wants him to play with him. I would have thought Liam would be following Landon all over the place but it's really been Landon following Liam. I love watching them play together and learn from each other.

First Day of Pre-School

We dropped Landon off yesterday morning for his first day of pre-school. Prior to going he kept asking if Mommy and Daddy were going to stay with him. He even started to tear up a few times at the house. He said he wanted to go later but not right now. I kept telling him Mommy and Daddy were going to take him and Mommy would pick him up later. I distracted him with fun things like cookies for breakfast. I thought for sure there would be LOTS of tears. But on the way there he finally said, "I'm ready to go now and mommy pick me up later and take me back to mine house!" He actually did really well. He whined a little bit and was definitely nervous. When we got there the teacher showed him some trucks and so he started playing with them and that's when Chad and I just snuck out of the room. I felt bad just leaving him but at least we left him happy and playing instead of screaming with tears.  I called later to check on him and the teacher said he got a little teary when he realized we were gone but she was able to distract him with some trucks and trains and he was fine :)  He took a nap, ate some lunch, played and did really well.  When I went to pick him up I got the BIGGEST hug and kiss ever!  He was definitely excited to see me :)  I asked him if he wanted to go back and he said yes so that's great!  I'm so proud!