5K Game Day Run

 Saturday Morning we got up bright and early and met a few of our good friends at Metro Glacier Park for a 5K United Way Game Day Run.  It was a beautiful fall morning.  The sun was shining and all the leaves on the trees were turning colors.  Couldn't have been a more perfect morning to run.

We started off here under the arch.....

But first some race day preparation... Andrea drank and energy drink while Chad hooked up her chip on her shoe..

Sophie got in some time on the playground near the starting line...

 Here we are 3.2 Miles later.......

Bob telling me to sprint to the finish.......

And we finished...

3.2 miles of shear bliss..my first 5K.... broke my 10 minute mile pace today by running a 9:52 pace....finishing 9th out of 19 in my age group and total run time at 30:38. Finished 91 out of 168 runners. Felt great and my-coach-husband pushed me to run faster. 

Geez I'd like to catch my breathe before you take a picture...

Our good friends Andrea and Chad who joined us for the run...

Here we are after I cooled down some..

One of my best friends...who would've thought we'd be runners...we were always more the volleyball type :)

Leeds Farm

Saturday afternoon Grandma and Papaw came over to watch Sophie for us so we could have a date night to go out to dinner and catch a movie.  We also celebrated Daddy's birthday with them since they will be out of town close to the date.

This is Sophie helping Daddy with his gifts

Note Just Daddy opening his gifts

That is because she is testing out Daddy's new orange chair

On Sunday we headed out to Leeds Farm to have some good harvest fun, now that Sophie is a bit older she could do a lot more than what we did last year.

So we started off with the slides....Mommy and Sophie took a few turns

Then Daddy and Sophie went a few times...I am not sure who had more fun, Mommy and Daddy or Sophie.

Next she rode the tractor bikes with Daddy, she wasn't big enough to go alone but she liked steering while Daddy did all the peddling.

Next we headed into the barn to play on the straw bails and we found another slide.

After finishing up in there we headed to another barn where there were pigs, goats, and a few donkeys.  

Note There is an orange sign on the fence that says no touching...both Daddy and Grandma failed to read it ;)




Then we got these pictures taken....she thought she needed to stick her whole head through 

Then she spotted this ride...So since there was a seat belt we belted her in and she rode around what was further than we thought the ride went..she did not seem to mind smiled, steered and waved the whole ride.

The last ride of the day everyone did.  We took a wagon ride out through the woods.  By that point Sophie was getting kind of sleepy and took a very relaxed ride on my lap.


To finish up the day Sophie picked out a pumpkin and Grandma and Grandpa got a couple for their house too.

What a fun filled day for all.

"Dexter"

For those of you who watch Dexter and know how my husband is with his electronics you will get a kick out of this.  Bob's Dad gave us a printer, but to get the printer to work properly he had to kill it and start from scratch.

Dexter never leaves any evidence behind...plastic wrap and rubber gloves are a must

Here's the bucket to catch the blood oh I mean ink

He always has his tools handy you never know what you might need to kill the printer

Always smiling after he captures the bad guy

All finished

Time to dump the evidence into the sewer 

Playtime at Grammy and Poppy's House

Last weekend we took a day off on Friday and headed Northeast to spend some time with Grammy and Poppy and celebrate Mommy's birthday for the third time.  That's right three times....We celebrated with my parents, then we celebrated just the three of us on my birthday, and then one more time.

Friday we spent the day just hanging out and playing.  Grammy made some yummy bbq chicken and potatoes for dinner, and then we had birthday cake and opened gifts.

Saturday morning Daddy rode his bike and I ran 3.5 miles in my new running tights and shirt, along with my new i-pod, headphones and I-pod Nike.  All were awesome birthday gifts from my three celebrations. Later that morning we headed out to Amish Country to check out some possible Christmas ideas for Sophie.  That afternoon we did a photo shoot in the back yard stayed tuned for those pictures in a few weeks...and played outside on the swing set and in the sand.

This is my favorite picture of just the two of us :)

For dinner we headed out to Atwood....then we fed some fish.



Sunday we slept in and played outside some more enjoying the last of the warm weather for the last week and a half.

One more month...

Until Sophie turns two...unbelievable.  I look at my little girl and where has time gone.  Last week I found myself a little sad when I looked at her and realized that she is not a baby anymore, she's a toddler.

She's a little lady that can walk, talk, run, jump, and is a little drama queen sometimes.  What happened to that little baby girl we brought home from the hospital that weighed a little less than seven pounds.  She is now about 25 pounds and is tall enough to reach the edge of the counter, strong enough to kick a soccer ball, and can talk up a storm.


This too is a really fun/funny age...

She is talking so much more fluently in sentences and I am able to make out a lot more of what she is saying and asking. Her newest words and phrases include...Sorry, Yeah, Not =No, Honey=Funny, ome on =Come On, Sit here.  She's been saying Grammy and Poppy and Mamaw and Papaw and Aaron for months now.   Recently she has added  Michael and Lisa, Becky and Eric and Austin to the mix.

She now is folding her hands and bowing her head when we pray at the dinner table and before bed.  In addition to repeating some of the words.  It is so cute we have a hard time not laughing at her.


Eating habits..
Her eating habits remain about the same, she is trying a few new things.  Some have been successful and some have not.

Potty Training...
For about a month we were doing really well with potty training.  She was going pretty consistently without a doubt.  Now things have slowed up a bit, we are still getting her to sit there but she is not going quite as often, so we've reverted a bit, but with time and patience I'm sure she will be back at it again in no time.



The good thing is she still is a huge snuggly kid...

She climbs into her toy box and cuddles with her stuffed animals, loves to snuggle in bed in between Mommy and Daddy on weekends and in the mornings before we get ready for work.

She loves covering us both us with blankets which usually covers our heads and then she kisses us through the blankets.


With the good comes a little ornariness...
Yes she is not as perfect as we might make her sound like she is.  She has had her fair share of temper tantrums and testing Mommy and Daddy's patience the last month.  We are learning what timeout is and what it means that Mommy and Daddy are the boss.  All very much a learning process for everyone, but life is still good :)

Delaware County Fair

Last night we decided to take Sophie to the fair.  We have lived here over five years and never been and she has never been to a fair period.  So off we went it was a good time had by all.  We walked through all the animal barns..we saw cows, goats, and horses.  The horses were right at the level Sophie could see them and pet them...we really hope she doesn't want one.  

I rode the Carousel with Sophie which she enjoyed once it finally started moving, prior to that we were a little antsy to say the least.

Then off to get some fair food...the fair would not be the fair with out a elephant ear.  Here Sophie and Daddy are munching on the elephants toes...a kid friendly version of the elephant ear.

We walked through a few more buildings and headed home.   We will try it again next year when she is bigger and can withstand walking a bit further.

Fish and Shrimp Festival

This past weekend we spent the day with Grandma and Grandpa at their house celebrating Mommy's birthday.  We opened some gifts and we also headed out to the local fish farm to check out the fish and shrimp festival.

Sophie enjoyed walking along picking up rocks in the driveway 

She also enjoyed the clown and her purple balloon doggie

We saw a mini alligator

A shrimp

A Lobster

And a shark?  Oh wait we won that by tossing balls into a tank.

They had a Jamaican Band and many other types of bands throughout the weekend

Besides the festival we spent a ton of time in the backyard at Mamaw's and Papaw's house.  The swing set is a huge hit.  She loves the little playhouse underneath.  She even talked Papaw into crawling in there with her.  The newest thing was putting some old mail they had through the mail slot near the door.

We kicked the soccer ball around, played with the new tea set Mamaw bought her on the back porch and just hung out the rest of the weekend.  What a perfect fall like weekend weather wise.