Natalie

Just a few quick shots of how big and beautiful my little girl is getting!

7 Months

Can't believe my little boy is 7 months old! He's getting good at spinning and scooting around on the floor. He LOVES to eat! I think he's had oatmeal, apples, pears, bananas, sweet potatos, refried beans, black beans, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, squash, zuccini, cheerios and cottage cheese! He loves to say "blah blah blah" and has picked up a rather high pitched scream from his sister. Here he is with his elephant!

Mother's Day 2010

My first mother's day as a mother of two! How much these little ones have changed my life. I have become more confident because of them. I have learned the point of view of parents that I didn't understand as the child. Everyday I try hard to be a better mom than the day before. This is a hard job, and I'm always afraid I'm not doing a good enough job. But I know I love God, my husband, my children, and my family and that counts for a lot.

I am blessed with healthy children who are developing properly. I am blessed to have a nice home for them to live in, nice cars to drive them in, and the ability to stay home and try to raise them the best I can.

Natalie holds a special place in my heart as my first baby. She made me a mom. I love watching her grow in her role as a big sister. Her independene and flair for the dramatic sure make our life interesting!

Jacob is my little man and is so different from his sister in so many ways. His sweet chubby smile makes my day. I love watching him slowly(ish) turn into more of a baby than that floppy newborn I brought home 6 months ago.

I hope all the mom's in my blog world have a great mother's day!

Who rocks?

Oh yeah, that's me! www.lubdubrun.com and you can click on the 2010 results! I was 31st over all, and 3rd place in my age group for the 5K! 27:20 was my official time and I was only 30 seconds away from second place. Next year better watch out!

In other news, Jacob had his 6 month appointment. He's right on track developmentally and he's still in the 25th percentile for weight and height.

I went back to look at Natalie to compare. She was 95th at 6 months!

Natalie - 28'' and 17 lb 14 oz
Jacob - 26'' and 16 lb 9 oz

That's about it for now. We are coming off the long stretch of work since Ryan had drill this past weekend. k mae is keeping me super busy during the week too!


And what's a post without a picture? These little giggleboxes are my life!

Lub Dub 5K

I ran in the 5k this morning, first one in almost 4 years! I finished somewhere around 27:20, which I had been doing about 30 minutes for a 5k on the treadmill. I was happy with the time! I ran with my friend Jamie for awhile. After the race, Natalie participated in a small kiddie run! She's definately my girl: at the turning around point another girl running with a dog on a leash stopped and Natalie tripped over the leash. Only to us klutzes does that luck happen. A friend of mine came out of her house to wave and I took off my sunglasses, dropped them, and had to stop to pick them up. We are 2 peas in a pod. She ran with curlers in because we had to go immediately to the dance recital pictures. To top it off, Ryan is working this weekend! But we were lucky enough that Oma and Opa came to watch and help us out.