Calvin's New Shirt

Calvin got a new shirt to announce that he is going to be a big brother in April. Now you all know why I have been out of touch the last month or so. With this pregnancy I starting feeling sick before I even knew I was pregnant. I'm 9 weeks along now and hopefully things are looking better. Calvin is excited to be a big brother and we are excited to add another little boy or girl to our family. : )

197 miles in under 28 hours. Hood to Coast 2009

Ok, so I didn't run the entire 197 miles but I did contribute along with 11 other of my teammates. Being 8 weeks pregnant it wasn't my fastest race but hey I did my legs plus some without walking. It was a crazy two days that consisted to 2 hours of sleep, a sick team captan (who had to leave the race early due to his vomiting), lots of driving, and extra running due to a missed exchange by van #2. over all I ran my three legs plus an additional 1/2 a leg. On the last exchange van #2 got a bit confused and went to the next exchange point which left Dena and myself to finish an extra leg. Dena was amazing because she had just finished running what she thought was her last leg of over 5 miles and after waiting for about 5 minutes she took off expecting to run an additional 4. We stopped her about half way thru where I jumped out of the van and finished it for her so she could actually rest. At that point we were exhausted, hungry, and dying to get out of the van. Overall it was a lot of fun and I would do it again.

This was our first exchange just at the bottom of the hill from Timberline lodge. Look at all those cars!

This is the field that we got our 2 hours of sleep at 5am.

Another exchange point.

Here are my van mates. Our team name was Kiss My Asphalt which I don't think applied to me. I did however, have about 14 road kills...not bad for a pregnant woman, right?

Finally finished! Here is our team running across the finish line. Ready for a good meal and bed. I was lucky to have already taken a shower by the point at a friends parents cabin but a bed sounded really good at this point.

Calvin's 2nd Birthday

Calvin's 2.....I cannot believe it! Time goes by so fast and our little baby is no baby anymore. He is a little man. We had a low key birthday party for him. We cooked out hamburgers of which he only ate cheetos the entire time. But then we had cake, ice cream, and presents!

Showing off his cheetos fingers.

Isn't that the cuties cake ever??? I love the truck on top and so did Calvin.

He didn't really get the blowing out the candles thing but once I helped him do it he wanted to blow them out again.....so of course we lit them and let him try a second time.

Playing with his new legos with Grandma Day.

Steamboat Springs, CO

Early August (yes it takes me a while to post on this thing sometimes) we met up with Eric's family in Steamboat Springs, CO for a week of fun. It was so much fun seeing everyone again and watching to boys play together. Calvin picked up a lot of cute things from his cousins on this trip and they played so well together. The weather was perfect and we all had a lot of fun. One day we went to some amazing hot springs. The hottest springs were way too hot for me....there was a lot of steam coming from the water and I swear it was close to boiling. But the others were really nice. Even the coldest one felt good and refreshing. Calvin loved playing on the rocks around the edges of the springs. Another day we hiked up to Fish Lake Falls (I think that was the name of it) that supposedly is the falls that is on the Coors cans. Other than that we had fun playing in the pool and exploring the cute downtown. Oh, how could I forget????? We had a chance to see a Chicago Cubs game while we were there! Cubs won which made it even more fun.

This is how Calvin stayed quite on the plane ride. He loves his Cars!!

Not the best picture of the falls but if you look closely you can see them.

The entire clan...even the next baby day that is ready to pop!