Lakeshore Shootout and Mercedes Marathon Weekend

Tyler's team was invited to play in a soccer tournament last weekend. Since it was called the Lakeshore Shootout we thought it would be at the fields on Lakeshore Drive. Wrong! They played 3 out of the 4 games at soccerblast near Chelsea and then one game at Spain Park high school. It took 1 1/2 hours to get there on Friday afternoon. The game was supposed to start at 5:30 and the team got there at 5:25! They won that game and then got beat at their 8:30 game at Spain Park.

I didn't make it to the late game because I was running the Superhero 5K at 8 Saturday morning and Huck was ready for bed. It was cold, but I ran my best one yet at 29:04! I was really excited to be under 30 minutes!

 

Tyler had two games Saturday. They won one and lost one so they were 2 and 2 for the tournament. It was so cold Saturday! Luckily we were able to park where we could see the games from the car because it was just too cold to sit out there.

Bella had her last basketball game on Saturday too. Soccer practice starts next week and she is really looking forward to this season. 

We had to get up bright and early Sunday morning because Jason was running the Mercedes half marathon. It was 24 degrees when we got downtown! I bundled the kids up in the stroller and we looked at the fountains and walked around until Jason crossed the finish line. Finley loved the big fountain so we spent most of the time watching it.

Yes, he is fast! He finished better than he thought he would so he was happy with the results. I think he is planning on doing a 50K in May!

My next race is the Perseverance 5K in 2 weeks. Jason and the girls are going to run the 1 mile fun run. Finley is super excited, but I'm not so sure about Bella! Then after that I'm planning on doing a 10K in April. 

My birthday!

My birthday was last Friday. I can't believe another year has already passed and I'm a year older. I had a great day. I got Huck and Finley's pictures made and then we ate with Jason's dad and step-mom at Sumo. We went to Yogurt Mountain for dessert. Jason got me a chocolate cake from Edgar's and it was awesome!
Saturday night we went to my parents house to celebrate my birthday and my dad's birthday (his is the 28th). We had pizza and ice cream cake from Brusters.

                                         3 candles + 1 candle = 31

                                                   Eating at Sumo

Since it's my birthday I thought I would do 5 facts about myself. It was harder than I thought it would be to come with 5 things, but here you are!

1. I love to read. I don't really have the time to right now, but when Huck gets a little bigger I'll be reading again. I like all kinds of books. I've read everything from the Sookie Stackhouse series to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series to the Scarpetta series and everything in between. I think I may have read every book there is about vampires. I like mysteries with women as the main character.  I also loved the Stephanie Plum series. They were hilarious! I don't know that I have a favorite book. I'm going to read Gone Girl as soon as I get a chance. I'm always looking for recommendations, so if you have one send it my way.
  







2. I'm addicted to Coke. It it wasn't absolutely horrible for you with no nutritional value, I would drink it all day everyday. I don't keep it at our house because I will drink it, but when we go out to eat I have to have it and a lot if it!

 3. I love wearing jeans and t-shirts!  In fact, that is pretty much all I wear. I don't go anywhere to dress up and I hate wearing uncomfortable clothes. I will buy other things and they just sit in my closet so I should probably only buy t-shirts! I have a love/hate relationship with jeans because I love them, but I cannot for the life of me find that "perfect" pair. My sister says I buy them to big and that they need to be tight in the store so after you have them on for a bit they stretch out and are comfortable. I guess she is right because they will feel fine in the store and then after I wear them a few hours they are falling off!

4. Candy is my favorite food :) Seriously I would rather eat candy than real food anyday. I'm a little bit picky when it comes to my candy. I like chocolate, but my favorites are smartie suckers, the old Sweettart chicks, ducks, and bunnies (they changed them last year and it really upset me), Valentines day gobstoppers, little yellow laffy taffy, but the big purple laffy taffy, and bleeps which I can't find anywhere now. I will eat pretty much all candy, but these are my favorites.

 5. I'm super cheap...but I have expensive taste! I hate spending money. It stresses me out. When I find something I like I search the internet for the best price or wait until it is on sale. There are really few things that I will pay full price for. I guess because I'm so cheap I have buyers remorse all the time and I end up taking everything back. I have gotten to where I just don't buy anything! I'm not sure how or why this happened because I didn't used to be this way. I guess over time it has become worse.

I had to search through a ton of pictures to find some of me from the last year. I'm usually the one taking the pictures.

Huck is 10 months!

Huck is 10 months today. We spent the day at Alabama Oral and Facial Surgery. Tyler had to have two teeth pulled and the impacted teeth exposed so they could put brackets on them so they can be pulled down. Sounds pretty terrible doesn't it! He was pretty confused when we got to the car. He asked me "what just happened?", and I told him he got his teeth pulled. He said "the world is so weird right now"!

Huck's 9th month was full of first. He was actually still 8 months when he took his first steps, but he started walking all the time right after he turned 9 months.  He loves to walk! He just walks around the house picking up things and then throwing them down when he sees something else he wants to inspect. It is so freaking cute! He also learned how to stand up from a sitting position by himself, he can clap now, he says dada (after saying mama for 3 months!), he can climb the steps, open every cabinet and drawer, blow kisses, and jump on the bed! He also just got in his two bottom teeth! And he pooped on the carpet and stepped in it! He LOVES being naked! LOVES IT! He walks around and pulls at his junk(boys are so gross) and is just in heaven. Everytime I change his diaper it is a fight to get a clean one on him. As soon as I pull the dirty one off he is rolling over and trying to walk off. Sometimes I just let him be naked for a while. He has only peed on the floor once and that was the hardwood floor so I just mopped it up, no big deal. Poop in the carpet is a different story!

He is still not a great eater. Some days he will eat a pretty good amount and other days he hardly eats anything at all. He still nurses a lot so I guess he is getting full from that. I know that "food before one is just for fun", but my other kids were eating a lot more than him at this age. I think his favorite food is ice cream :)

He is a much happier baby since he started walking. He is still an awful, terrible sleeper. He had a fever virus a couple of weeks ago and he was up every 30 minutes 3 nights in a row. When he is not sick he will usually wakes every 1 or 1 1/2 hours. I have books to read about helping him sleep better, but I just haven't made time to sit down and read them. It's my fault because I always nursed him to sleep or put him in the Ergo and walked him around so if he wakes up he can't go back to sleep on his own. The doctor told me at his 9 month check up to move him to his room and let him cry. She said that is the only way he will learn to go to sleep on his own. That is just so hard to do!

I'm looking forward to this month. I can't wait to see what new things he learns and gets into. I'm hoping he will continue to be a happier and more content baby.

His 1st birthday is only 2 months away! That is sure to be a super emotional day.

                                                Sweet Sugar!

                                                    Love this face!

                                                     "Bella-let me go!"

                                                             Bed head

                                                  Making a mess in the shower

                                                       41 weeks old

                                              Not feeling great in this one

                                      Photo courtesy of Finley Carter

                                        Helping Finley open her presents!

                                      He loves when he can get Finley's cup!

 Trying to take his clothes off. He might be a streaker when he grows up!