Daddy Hits FIVE!

On Sunday, October 21st Jim ran in his 5th Marathon!  We were so proud to watch daddy run this year - I even came up with some creative signs to hold!

My parents were here to navigate the course and help me with the kids (thank goodness!  I would have never managed with Addisen, she really didn't understand what we were doing!).

Jim did awesome - he improved his time by 7 minutes and finished in 3 hours and 24 minutes (if you know Jim, of course this wasn't the "perfect" run) we were amazed with our daddy!  He has improved his time by almost an hour from the first time he ran this marathon 2 years ago!

This picture is the best - Brody was so excited to see Jim at mile 21.  He was hoping for a hug, but was so excited to at least get his high five!  The expression on his face is just complete awe of his daddy - I think I will love this picture for a long time.

Here comes daddy at the finish line!

Jim had a much better finish this year - no punching the cramp in his leg...thank goodness!  I don't think I could have taken it!

Finish line in sight!

After the race we quickly found Jim and Brody just took off running.  I have a feeling Brody will be following in his daddy's foot steps - he is just so proud!

 

Brody wore a "sweat band" on his wrist that morning.  When he saw Jim he showed it to him and offered to dry the sweat off Jim's forehead!  I just love how serious Brody is while Addisen and Jim are laughing.

The best we could do for a family picture - the kids just don't want to sit still or look at the camera.

I had a few of Brody's birthday party pictures left to post.  He had his "friends" birthday at a local place called Java Gyms - he had a blast playing with his friends!

 Then on that Sunday we had the family party - complete with my SpongeBob cake creation this year!   

Nanny and Poppy sent some treats for Halloween this weekend.  The first "ring pops" that Brody or Addisen have ever had.  You can see they really enjoyed them!

We carved pumpkins yesterday.  Addisen was very dainty in putting in her light pegs - she only filled about half the holes I made for her.  It was Brody's first year for following a patter on his pumpkin.  We think he did a great job!  The light doesn't shine through very well in the dark - but the face turned out great!  I carved a Mickey Mouse this year and Jim did Winnie the Pooh - all in all they were a success!

Baby Raguckas Update:  I went for my 24 week appointment 2 weeks ago.  Everything is going well and I had told the doctor that I thought it was another girl based on the previous heart rate.  But this time - it was 140 when she first checked it but then jumped to 160 as we were talking about it possibly being a boy instead - so I guess it just wants to keep us guessing!  In another 2 weeks I will go back for another ultrasound so they can make sure the blood flow to and from the heart is good (the baby wasn't facing the right way during our 20 week ultrasound).  I am excited to see what the baby looks like then - I can remember getting to see Addisen at 20 weeks and seeing how much she had grown.  I think this one is going to be a little more active than Addisen was - it definitely has it's "awake" times during the day!