One Good Walk

So, I've just started training for the MS Walk in September. It's rather involved- you walk 50 miles over the course of 3 days. I'm doing it with my mom and dad and (hopefully) with our cousin Susie :) This past week, which was week 1 of my training, I managed to get 8.2 miles in. This was squeezed around Eli's surgery, being on call and working, getting stuff for school done, and just keeping the family homestead together. I got an awesome treadmill from my friend Vanessa which will be a big help as I can walk when Eli is sleeping in the morning. But this morning, after my dear child got up at 5:15 and decided it was time to start the day, we had plenty of time for a morning walk before his nap.

The first reason I named this 'One Good Walk' is because not only does it give me a sense of accomplishment to wrangle my slightly sick (cold/cough) toddler into socks, jacket, blanket, and finally stroller accompanied by milk, goldfish, and minkie, but I walked my long town walk today- that's about 2.6 miles. Not bad! The second reason this blog is so named is that while we were walking, it started to rain. Not a deluge but definitely wet. With my fleece draped over the stroller front, Eli remained warm, dry, and happy for the duration of the rain. I, on the other hand, must have looked like a drowned rat because not one but TWO people stopped in their cars to ask if I needed a ride! Isn't that amazing? One nice lady even turned onto my street, going out of her way to see if I needed help. It's things like this that really revive your faith in humanity!

So, that's why Eli and I really did have a good walk, no, make that a great walk this morning. Now, he's down for a nap and I better get showered and get rid of the soaked clothes!

PS- My next blog is going to be pictures of Dylan and I's first attempt at cutting Eli's hair. Funny, right?

My Little Photographer

Eli coming to get my camera while I take pictures of him from the floor...

Eli getting up close and personal with my lens. Thanks for the finger prints buddy...

Eli playing with my flash (it flips up and down in a fascinating way)...

Eli playing with his own camera- it's an old one that takes film- probably never going to use it again anyway...

With a look at that hair you can understand why the pre-op tech called him a girl...

Looking angelic for the camera!

One Day Post-Op....

.....and feeling fine!

Wordless Wednesday- My Babies!

Belated Weekend Video Pick

Eli's new favorite place to play is our deck- he loves hanging out and eating any naturey things he can get his fingers on!

Flashback Friday

This morning, Dylan said, "Isn't Eli crying more than ever these days?" So I decided for Flashback Fridays to post some pictures of his very first cries. So cute!

Weekend Video Picks

This is a little taste of what scooted into my room this afternoon to wake me up after a much needed second nap! We had a wonderful Saturday with my parents and company- we had breakfast at my sister's house and got to bring Eva over to play all day and then had an awesome grilled turkey spring dinner (compliments of my marvelous husband)! However, all this visiting and playing added up to no nap for me before I worked last night. Needless to say I was ready to be in bed a lot today!

It is so nice to sleep soundly, knowing that Dylan has Eli and more then keeping things under control (aside from my living room furniture which always gets re-arranged on the days he watches E) he is doing fun 'dad' things with him. One project included a massive box we had being transformed into a house with a window and a door (including knob). Today the project also involved a box (miller light if you noticed in the video). But today the box became a car for Eli and C. George. You can see the Eli is having a ball with his hair flying all over the place!

So that is motored in today to wake me up- so cute! Thank goodness we finally got new batteries for our camera!