Sickness Strikes!

As a mom, I can usually immunize myself with brainpower to not get sick when everyone else is. I guess that brainpower wore off this week since I ended up getting sick on Wednesday. I was down for the count. I ran 10 miles the day before, but even that was not going to save me from this demise. Even when you are sick, if you are a stay at home Mom you can't have a day off. So entertaining two little ones when I was sick was a challenge. I think we ended up making it a movie day (besides the time when I dragged the ladder upstairs so Connor could see a fire-extinguisher up-close and personal).

Connor's been insisting that we make a "claw" - as seen in Toy Story 3. I'm pretty creative when my mind is working, and Connor is pretty accepting of anything I come up with, as long as I'm trying to do what he asks, but this project has been put on hold until I feel 100%.

This morning I feel ok, and I should since I have a 10K. I woke up at 4am, and here I go!

Run, run RUN!

So I have been running now since April, and I am feeling pretty good about it. I've had my friend Jackie since the beginning - who started me on this running rampage - and we have committed ourselves to running two times a week. Recently my cousin Stephanie started running with me on Friday Mornings, so I am very excited that I'm committed to 3 long runs a week (meaning at least 5 miles). I try to go out on my own, but it's always nice to have someone - especially to keep you going.

Today Jackie and I set out on our run, and of course the first mile or so was really hard. The second loop we made, I tripped mid sentence over some netting that was supposed to keep the streets clean hitting my hands and my knees. I sucked it up and we kept going. Jackie had done a 37 mile bike ride earlier that day, so she was trying to get to the end of our run.

We did it though, and ran(almost) all 9 miles that we wanted to. Next week I have a 10K, and then two weeks is my 1/2 marathon. Hopefully I can complete that, and I think that will make me the most happy. Doing something that I didn't think was possible only 5 short months ago.

Ups and Downs

Last week Aaron had some breakdowns in public that were a little hard for me to handle. Sometimes I have to remind myself when things start to wear on me that my kids are kids, and they are very good kids at that! Things I love about the ages:

Aaron at 2 -



Everything is exciting
Soaking up everything
WORD explosion
Loves to play
Loves to laugh



Connor at 4 -


Loves Mommy
Thinks Daddy is great!
Is very considerate to others
Thinks about how things effect others
Wants to do well
Likes to work on projects
Understands expectaions
Very giving

A new Life

Welcome Thomas Dean!



Taking a break from the life of my own kids, I am now a new Aunt to baby Thomas! My sister had her baby a week ago, and she is already an amazing Mom! Thomas is beautiful, and I can't wait to be a big part of his life (I'm going to be his Godmother!!!). Love you Thomas!

Quite a day...

All I have to say is this is how the day felt to me:



Love you boys, but hopefully tomorrow will be better!

365 Challenge

So I decided starting today I would take the 365 Challenge. Inspired by my cousin Sabrina, I want to take a picture a day of my kids. You can follow her journey at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thesabrina/sets/72157624625686967/with/4935320894/

I'm going to post my pictures on my Shutterfly website, which will probably be the hardest part of the challenge. I might not post them everyday, but I will take them everyday!

Let the Challenge begin!!

Follow the challenge here:

http://365reyburn.shutterfly.com/

Email me for the password.