Running this May

So I have two 5Ks coming up in May. The first is The Race for Hope, which I have been doing for the last 4 years, this will be my 5th.  I've had the joy of running with my husband and two of my besties. Last year I ran with PC(in utero) and this year, I will run with PC in stroller! I run in memory of my dad who passed away in 1997 from a brain tumor.  I wish PC would be able to know her grandfather, but hopefully she'll see some of him in me!

3 years ago 2012 with my girls and my hubs

Race for hope 2013- baby in utero 4 months 

I hope the third bestie will come back and run it again with us next year and with her newest edition too!

So, this weekend was perfect running weather.  I took Pepe out on Saturday for a 3 mile run and had to drag the pup along at several points.  Apparently I'm more in shape than he is. HA!

Then on Sunday, the hubs, PC and I went for a run.  Clear skies! Slight breeze.....Purrrrfection! We also christened her jogging stroller that PC's grandparents bought for her.  It rides soo smooth.

We love the trail that is right by our house....a fun discovery when we moved!
It does start off a little bumpy though ---------> Yay for the shocks on the BOB!

The trail runs along the Anacostia river.....not the cleanest river, but at least it is scenic and there isn't the hustle and bustle of the city.

I have to say that I was way proud of myself because I was able to keep up with the hubs! Maybe it's because he was just getting used to running with the stroller, or that he was being nice, but I like to think I've gotten better.

The only problem is, she's such a petite little thing that when she fell asleep her little head just lolled off to the side, soooo we need to remedy that. Guess it looks like I'm going to have to roll blankets and put them on either side of her head.
<------ She woke up, somehow she knows when we get home. She always wakes up when we get home in the car or in the stroller. It's like her 6th sense!
 Does anyone else have that problem?If so, what do you do?

The second 5K that I am running is the Girls on the Run 5K. I am running with our girls running club, Sole Sisters. Unfortunately GOTR was not part of the spring season in our county, but I hope that it will return....if not, we will continue with our Sole Sister running club.  I will be running with 20 wonderful young girls. We have some wonderful runners, some better than me! Ha, that doesn't say much does it? We are really trying to work on pacing with the girls because they do really well sprinting off in the beginning, but then end up walking, then sprinting off again.

If anyone has some good tips for teaching young girls how to pace, I'm all ears!!

Will post later about how we all did! 

Did y'all run this weekend? How far did you go?

Our First Easter

So another PC first, Easter, Easter Bunny, Easter eggs, I think you get it!

Just a happy go lucky lil girl

Friday morning PC and I kicked off a nice long 4 mile walk around DC, followed by a nap and then a trip to the doctor for her 8 month appointment(except it was really supposed to be her 9 month appointment, hubs got it a month early). Any who, poor lil girl was a trooper and took her 3 shots in her thighs like a champ.  The doctor even complimented her on how well she did and how calm she was throughout the appointment, a nice change compared to the wailing and screaming coming from the other rooms.

And....baby girl has shredded the mat

After the appointment we headed home to meet Auntie Jess who was coming for the weekend from NJ.

Saturday consisted of a walk up to Eastern Market with all three pups, our two and Aunt Jess' pup, Leroy.  Charlotte was enjoying her walk, Aunt Jess even let her hold Leroy's leash for a little while.
Ohhhh also, notice the two rings under PC's arm, there were two other links attached earlier with her raspberry teether. Apparently we lost them at some point along the walk.  I was kinda distraught over this, I mean it isn't expensive, but I don't like losing her things. However, love living here! Some assumedly, parent good Samaritan saw them, picked them up and hung them on a sign right where we dropped them. Yay! Found and cleaned very well. WIN!






Our church, NCC, was also doing an Eggstravaganza at Lincoln Park, before the chaos of hundreds of little ones rushing to collect as many eggs as possible, we got a few pictures in. PC was slightly interested. I'm still loving this non-moving stage!

The Easter Bunny before he gets run down by the hoard of children 5 and under(and their parents).

PC is a little unsure of what's about to happen. She's just taking it all in....wait till next year baby girl!

I almost think that there were more parents than children....also.....I was actually surprised that more children didn't get lost. We did see one kiddo, screaming "Daddy! Daddy!" Don't worry, he was reunited with his father.

After the chaos, we headed home for PC's nap.... this is how she started on the walk home. Happy and bouncy......

 And... this is how she ended up--so trusting...feeling safe in her daddy's arms....

PC took a good long nap and then we headed to Cava Mezze(one of my favorite Greek restaurants) for dinner.

Aunt Jess got to spend some more time with PC

 Loving me some pita! I am a bread lover- I take after my dad!

 Um....Auntie Jess isn't from the city, she left her GPS displayed in her car and ON!!!! She's one lucky girl, or.....we have a super awesome neighborhood(she's lucky!)

Hanging out with Aunt Jess after we've both had our shower/bath. So fresh and so clean clean!
Thanks for coming Aunt Jess! Please come back and hold me again soon! :-)

Happy Easter All!!!

More Snow!

Best Winter in forever! Finally! 

Soooo glad that we've finally had a good winter.  I love snow, as you already know.  Last year was  a disappointment.  They'd predict snow and then we'd get NADA! This year I get a little excited, but try not too hard so I'm not disappointed. Set I set my expectations low so that when they exceed my expectations it's AWESOME! Haha

So, Sunday-Monday we were supposed to get another storm. This time it's Storm Titan! It started with rain, which is never good in my mind, but then it did switch to freezing rain/sleet and then finally to snow. The snow stopped yesterday at about 2:00, which in my mind was not long enough, but I will take it. We ended up getting two days off, Monday and today. Of course, that also means that we will have to make it up in June, which does not make my heart happy.  

There are plenty of people at this point who are done with snow, but like I've said before. Any extra time I can spend with my lil PC and my hubs is always worth it!

Well, because we had plenty of time this morning, I made breakfast. Hash browns and vanilla/cinnamon french toast. Yummers! Someday PC will be able to enjoy snow day breakfasts with us, but for now, she will have to make do with getting it second hand. Haha!

The french toast was topped with powdered sugar, in honor of the snow.....well that and because it tastes delish!

And, yesterday, we of course had to take our "Snow Day" walk.  We had to wait until it stopped snowing, because of PC and this time I strapped her on me instead of trying to push the stroller through the snow and un-shoveled sidewalks.  Next year we are definitely going to have to invest in some adult snow pants, a sled and a good baby snowsuit, as PC will be 18 months at this time! AHHH!  I really don't wanna even think that far in advance.

As you can see, the pups love the snow too. I do wish it was a deeper because it is super funny to watch Pepe, our corgi, run through the snow. It's too cute.

I wish that there was some way that I could stay warmer, but with the moby I wear it under my coat and therefore, cannot zip my outer coat. If I wear the Ergo, it's not a problem, the problem is that PC is still a little small to straddle the Ergo and is too big to keep her legs tucked up. Then you add the fleece suit and there is no way I can get her in the Ergo.