Band-aid to the Rescue!

Cole had his first skinned knees of the summer season. He thought it was bad enough that it even needed a band-aid. Once it was on, he couldn't leave it alone -- I think I put it back on about ten times! Since then I bought him some Spiderman band-aids instead of the boring skin colored ones.

Handsome Family

Here is my handsome family just before church. Cole had to wear a tie just like his Dad and Garrett had black pants and white button up (his tie was a little too big) -- I think they are a very cute group! How did I get so lucky?!

Goofy Boy!

I had to share this picture of Cole and his Craftsman goggles. Last week he had to wear them everywhere -- in the stroller on walks (we got a few strange looks!), at dinner (we vetoed that), and playing around the house. When I took these pictures I started giggling and Cole giggled back, so the two of us were laughing hysterically. It was a fun moment. Isn't he so cute!?!

Getting so Big!

Cole and I made a giraffe out of his mega blocks the other day and I thought these pictures were so funny. He looks so big! You can see that his pants aren't even done up because he has out-grown them and I don't want to buy any more because shorts weather is just around the corner. He always tells us that he is "this big" and puts his hand on his head. He tells us he wants to be as big as his Dad and reaches as high as he can. He is so fun! I think his favorite part about building the giraffe was knocking it down -- all of that work for a moment of joy as he smashed it to the ground! We sure love having Cole in our home! Every day he does or says something that has us laughing!!

A Great Day

Garrett had a great day and I couldn't help but take a few pictures of his smiling face! He has been a bit colicky and fusses most of the time he is awake. Yesterday he was an angel -- cooing and smiling during his awake time. It was wonderful! I said to him, "I love you all of the time, but you sure are a lot more fun when you aren't crying!!" He is seven weeks today, so hopefully he is past the worst of it. I am told that the crying peaks at six weeks, so I am anxious to see if more good days are ahead... let's hope for my sanity!

Monument Ave 10K

Yesterday, April 5, I ran the Monument Avenue 10K. When I signed up for the race I was sure that I would have Garrett early and that I would be ready to run. But, Garrett was born close to his due date, so it has barely been six weeks since his birth. I haven't even had my post partum check-up yet (don't tell Dr. Smith!), so I think I might have been pushing it a little. I haven't run more than a mile in months and months and haven't even exercised since September. But, when I signed up I thought, "I can run 6.2 miles - no problem!" The morning of the race I should have known to go back to bed when the Maxima was completely dead when I tried to start it (I had to take the Jetta, which is a party in itself!), the weather was cold and rainy (it rained the entire race), and I signed up for the wrong wave and had to sneak my way into the wave of the girl I was running with. The first three miles were great, but then my body reminded me that it had just had a baby. My friend has a knee injury, so we were quite the team! We ended up walking two miles and running the rest. A nice older guy stopped to see if we were alright (because who walks a race?!) and I explained, "I just had a baby and she has a knee injury". I think he thought we were a little crazy! Crazy or not, we finished the race and enjoyed seeing the monuments. I don't plan on running six miles again for a while, but am anxious to start exercising again!

Easter

Easter this year was so much fun. It was fun to dress two boys in Easter outfits. Easter Sunday was the first time we took Garrett to church. It was a little overwhelming for him -- every time the organ went off or someone started speaking, he would jolt. Needless to say, he didn't sleep one wink! Easter afternoon our friends hosted an Easter dinner, egg hunt, and games for the kids. By the end of the day Cole had more candy than he knew what to do with. He takes after his mom, because for the next few weeks he asked for jelly beans every day. He couldn't get enough. He might look just like Russ, but at least he has a few of my characteristics!!

New to Blogging

So, I have been totally intimidated about blogging and didn't know it was so easy until I tried it. I have loved reading blogs and catching up on how my friends and family are doing, so I'm going to give it a try. I swore I wouldn't create a blog until I was caught up on my scrapbooks, but I think that is a lost cause!! We'll see how good I am at keeping up with the blog, but at least I am trying... here it to a new hobby!