yee haw!

it's time for my first ever conoco phillips rodeo run. i'm running tomorrow morning with an old friend i haven't seen since...oh i think before tallak was born! i haven't had much time to run lately, we had family in town and tallak has been busy with daily swim lessons which has made getting to the gym or getting outside to run difficult. so, i really don't care how long it takes me to finish, but i just don't want to walk.  i often get these annoying stitches in my side that make running difficult.  not sure how to avoid these, but i often have to walk for a minute or two until they subside. i still think i can make the 5K in under 30 minutes though.  i'll have my trusty Garmin 405 on to help me keep pace and make sure we don't fall too far behind.  it's really just for fun, i think there's something like 15,000 people signed up to run the 5K and 10K.  it's going to be a mad house, so i imagine we'll just hang back a bit and let the real competitors start first. 

wish me luck!

34

in less than one month i'll be turning 34. it's weird, i don't feel 34. i don't think i even look 34, but then again, what does 34 look like these days? why is it that the older i get the less i care about celebrating my birthday? are birthday parties really more fun when you're young?

last weekend we attended william's 3rd birthday party the Houston Gymnastics Academy. all the kids seemed to have so much fun. it was relaxing for us parents because we didn't have to entertain the kids - they were actually entertaining us! the gymnastics instructor that worked with the kids was super cool and let all the moms zip line into the pit of foam cubes too! unfortunately HGA doesn't host birthday parties for the 30 and up age range. but, i'm seriously considering being very unoriginal and copying laura and hosting tallak's 3rd birthday there too. And perhaps after things slow down with swim lessons enrolling him in gymnastics classes.

he was smiling the entire time we were there and had no fear of anything. i literally had to remove him from the gymnastics area to force him to go potty - if i hadn't he probably would have just gone pee in his underwear, not wanting to waste a second to actually go to the restroom.

it really is pretty amazing - the things that kid chooses to fear vs the things he actually fears boggles me. large swimming pool and potential drowning - nah, just jump right in. balance beam and jumping off large structures - no problem. letting the ENT doctor look in your ear - not happenin'.

so, for this year, for 34 i think i want to plan or do something different. i was looking through the Competitor Running magazine during tallak's swim lesson last night. i think i may sign up for a competitive run for my birthday. no so much fun that i'll pee myself, but it's something different and i can reward myself with a shit ton of cake and ice cream - guilt free.

i can't believe i'm doing this again

i thought i was through with blogging, but then my mom sent me a sweet email telling me how much she missed my blog. now's as good a time as any to get back into the swing of things i suppose. i don't know who else besides my mother will actually read this though...

i'll have more time to post later this evening.

peace.

goodbye 6130 briar town lane

sadness. we're leaving our first house together as a family. the house that i brought my adorable little boy home to. our PODS is out back waiting to be filled. emil's coming over in the morning to help jergen load the big stuff. bird and i will take the babies to the mall to stay out of the way.

we've decided to stay with bird and emil as long as they can stand us. we're paying to board the kitties, whom we couldn't find a temporary home for. we'll have to go visit them every once in awhile, as tallak has become rather fond of them.

tomorrow will be our last night and then we'll have a few days to clean up and closing is set for 9 am on wednesday. weird. we're home owners no more.

i'm kind of looking forward to sharing a room with tallak. he's a crazy little sleeper. sometimes standing up in the middle of the night and "talking" for a minute or two, then falling back over into a deep sleep.

tonight while i was emptying cabinets in the kitchen i found a toy hammer that tal stashed in the back of one of the cabinets. it made me smile so much. he's so cute and funny. he does the cutest things. today he very seriously put his sippy cup in the left cup holder on his highchair tray, then thought about it and decided to move it to the right holder. he seemed very pleased with his decision, especially since he seems to favor his right hand.

here's my big boy getting into the q-tips. you turn your head for 2 seconds....

i suppose it's about time

i really need to get better about my blog postings. i haven't posted since march, shame on me! and so much to share. i've been to germany and back, to minnesota and back and we sold our house in a record time of three days! my little man turned one and his friend sammy is one today. tallak says dada all the time, but still no mama. he walks on his own and can get up on his own, the next step is climbing, which i'm sure he's days away from. he's learning from the best, william.

little louise is already 5 1/2 months old! she was set back a bit with a stupid harness for her hips, but now her mommy is working with her to bring her back up to speed. she's been packing on the weight while in the harness, so now she's got a lot more to move than before!

i'm sure that most of you who actually read my blog have already seen most of these pictures, but here are a few of my favorite from the last couple of months.

tallak and jergen in the grass in fredericksburg, texas.

tallak and jenna at canal park, duluth, minnesota.

this is from just the other day. tallak laughing at a silly little monkey that claps and makes noise. he loves it. it's the simple things.

my sweet boy is so sad today

today was a hard day for my little man.  he woke up with a high fever that hardly broke all day.  he was so not himself.  very lethargic and pathetic all day, just wanting to be held and cuddled, which of course i loved.  but seriously, the kid was on fire.  i had him sitting around in just his diaper for awhile because he was so hot.  he took a 4 hour nap this morning, which hasn't happened in...oh....nine months or so. then he was up for a while and went back down for another nap and it's 7:15 pm and he's already in bed for the night.  poor booger.  if the fever doesn't come down by tomorrow morning we're heading to the dr.'s office. :-(  

i can't have a tallak post with out a tallak picture.  so these two are from a play date in the park last week.  he's been walking with a walker for about 2 weeks now.  such a big boy!  

   

little lou is three weeks!

check out the bed head!  

all snugly with daddy

look at those lips! awe...