On Saturday we celebrated Brody's Birthday with his third party! We had our family here to celebrate with the Spiderman Cake! This was a much easier cake to decorate than last year's Buzz Lightyear!
Brody was a little confused by the end of the week. On Saturday I showed him the special "4" shirt I had bought and he said "I'm not 4, I am 5 now!" He was very insistent that he turned 4 when he took the cupcakes to school and so now at this birthday party he was 5.
He got a cool new racetrack from my brother and Jenny, a new game for his Leappad from Grandman and Bobo, Spiderman shirt and 4 wheeler from Aunt Judy and Uncle Bob, Puzzle and marker sets from Uncle Jim and Aunt Mary, Superhero shirt, puzzle and stickers from Aunt Kathy and Uncle Brian and a superhero movie from Jim and I. I am thankful that this is the last party until Addisen's 1st Birthday in 2 months!
On Sunday Jim ran in his 3rd Marathon. His parents, Brody, Addisen, my parents and I all headed down to Grand Rapids to watch him. We were nervous that it was going to be a rainy day, but luckily it turned out to be perfect running weather for him.
Brody and Addisen made Jim a special shirt to wear for the marathon. Jim said he heard a lot of spectators comment on the shirt and cheer "Run Daddy Run!"
Jim did an awesome job finishing at 3:31:50 - a more than 30 minute improvement on his personal best! We are all SO proud of him! He did give me a small panic attack at the finish line when his calf cramped up and he had to stop to try to work it out. I just lost it, knowing how much he wanted to make the 3:30 time - but luckily he ran through it and finished in great time!
Brody is so proud of his Daddy's medal!
My dad did a great job taking pictures of the event!
Addisen was a trooper that morning, but finally fell asleep on our walk to find Jim after the race.
We were so lucky to have Jim's parents here to witness Jim's great accomplishment!
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