13.1 Finisher

Jim ran in a half marathon this weekend. He ran a 7 minutes & 45 seconds pace. He was pretty happy with his time but is hoping to run under the 7minutes & 30 seconds pace in May. I'm planning to run a 5k in May on the same day. I'll be happy if I finish!! The camera battery was dead as Jim finished the race. So, to remember the day. We decided to dress Allison up as a race finisher. Awesome foil blanket, finisher's metal and of course sun glasses!! She thought the foil blanket was great. She drug it around the house for quite a while.

I'm sure she'll be running circles around her parent's before long!!

Happy Birthday Daddy

Allison was dressed in green and white to help Daddy celebrate his birthday on March 17th!! Of course we took James Patrick out for a beer to celebrate his special day! Plus, bars a great place to showcase your parenting skills(just kidding)!! I know Jim looks smashed in this picture. He wasn't smashed. It is just IMPOSSIBLE for me to take a good picture of him and Allison. I'm not sure why? You'd think I'd have better luck getting a good shot with a digital camera but I don't!! As you can see, it was dark in the bar (at 3:30 in the afternoon) and they are both making silly faces.

Calling the Hogs, kind of...

Here is Allison dancing with a bottle opener that calls the hogs! She came across it while she was "cleaning out" the all the drawers in the kitchen. She loves to dance. She dances to music on commercials, from cars driving by, and the jackhammer digging up the street (she thought it had a mean beat)! The second video is her taking a few steps in the kitchen. She is mostly walking now. I'll try to get videos of her walking around town and in the park. I have to get Jim to go with us. Otherwise, she'll be bolting for the street or eating dirt while I try to film her!! Then I'd be "that Mom" at the park!! (Which I usually am any way;))

Tons of Randoms

Here's some of what we've been doing for the past couple of weeks! We've been really busy but it's been great to be busy! I'm ready for Spring!! I'm tired of being inside....
On one of our outings we went to the Museum of Natural History. They have a great cafe and neat gift shop. While we we're there we took some time to cruise through the hall of mammals. Allison with the Zebras. She was more excited about banging on the glass than she was about the animals (which don't move much ). The 90 year old elevator operator said, that Allison was dressed in "boy pants but the pink bow let you know she was a girl". I guess jeans could be considered "boy pants". I promise, Allison will be wearing more dresses come Spring time!

Cousin Connor entertaining Allison. He is always so good with her!!

Out and about on a cold day! I love this jacket.

Allison and the fork!! She was fascinated by her new fork! For several days she would eat anything you put on the fork. Sadly, the thrill is gone. Now she throws the fork and food on the floor if she isn't happy with my offering.

More to come soon!! Thanks for taking the time to read our blog!!!