Memorial Day Weekend

Even though we didn't have the greatest weather over Memorial Day weekend this year, we had a great time thanks to my siblings that came to visit with their families. Jessica, Matt, and Colin came from Oklahoma, and Jill, Rob, Elaine, and Charlotte came from Phoenix. And Megan was nice enough to drive back and forth from Salt Lake for several days.

Our visitors got to meet Felicity for the first time which was nice because I'm sure she'll be quite different by the time they get to see her in person again. She was an especially big hit with Charlotte and even Colin liked her at times (see picture below). It was fun to see how much Colin had changed too.
One of the fun things we did was go to Boondocks Fun Center on Saturday afternoon. A few people had fun on the go-karts. Bridget was a little nervous about it at first, but loved it by the end and still talks about it.
The weather wasn't great for the bumper boats, but some of us braved the water anyway. Bridget was excited until she got wet; she ended up crying through the last half of the ride.
We also got to spend Friday evening having dinner with our great friends the Weights, but I forgot to take our camera. I'm not very good at remembering it most of the time (which is why I should also mention that I had to still a couple of the pictures above from Megan's Facebook - thanks Megan).

Other than that we just hung out, visited, and let the kids enjoy playing together.

Half Marathon #2

One of our big events this month was Nate completing his 2nd half-marathon. This time it was the Ogden course which comes down Ogden Canyon and ends in downtown Ogden. With the crazy cold and wet spring weather we've had this year, we got lucky with perfect weather that day which I'm sure many people were grateful for.

Nate's goal was to run it in under 2 hours, but having a newborn in the house along with the less than favorable weather this spring made training much more difficult for him the past few months. He did improve upon his time a little from the Layton half-marathon he ran in the fall, so that's definitely something to be proud of. He also seemed to recover better this time around. This time he finished in 2:10:09. That's 2 minutes 1 second faster than his Layton half time.
I also have to give myself props for making it to the finish line by 8:50 AM with both girls to watch him finish. Getting up that early as a sleep-deprived mother of a newborn and getting all three of us ready by myself was no easy task.

Way to go Nate!

By the way, you'll notice I'm not in the family photo, and that was on purpose. I may have gotten us to the race, but I didn't want any lasting evidence of how I looked that morning.

I should also mention how much Nate's example has influenced Bridget. She's decided she wants to run a "kids' k" this summer, so we're hoping to find one for her to do. She informed us that she needs to get some running clothes like Daddy and some Powerade to give her more power to run.

1 Month Old

This outfit along with those kissy cheeks are the reason I've recently started calling Felicity chunky monkey. She's definitely starting to fill out and even has the fat rolls on her thighs to prove it. I love it! And I love kissing those cheeks at least 50 times a day every day. Our motto has been and always will be "chubby babies are cute babies."

Felicity's first month has flown by, and she's doing great. Overall, she's a very content baby and has made having two children easier than I imagined (or maybe my expectations were just more realistic this time around). Her sleeping 23 hours a day only lasted about the first week, but it's fun to have her awake a little more so we can interact with her too. For the last couple of weeks she seems to be in a pattern of having 2-3 days where she sleeps really well during the day and night. Then she'll have a day where she's awake almost all day long only taking mini 5-15 minute naps here and there. This is fine except that she wants to be held more which makes it more of a challenge to get things done. The good thing about those days is that she sleeps really well that night - usually giving me one 4-6 hour stretch before waking to eat.

It's also amazing to see how much she's grown and changed already. She still has a lot of hair, but most of the hair in the front is falling out. She's also starting to look less like Bridget did as a newborn (I've thought that and others have said the same). She does spit up a lot more than Bridget did at this age which isn't my favorite. She also gets the hiccups quite frequently. For the first couple of weeks it was multiple times a day every day, but it's started to lessen to maybe once or twice a day now. She's also started to like bathtime now which is an improvement from her crying all through her sponge baths the first 2 weeks.

I can't wait to see what the next month brings - hopefully her sleeping through the night is one of them.