Six...and a Half

When you're only 6-years-old, adding on another half year is a big deal, and I love any reason to make a treat. I let Bridget pick a recipe off my Pinterest boards, and she chose S'more Brownie Pie. It was every bit as good as it sounds although quite rich. Yea for half-birthdays! Maybe she'll have front teeth again by the time she's 7.

Ogden Half Marathon and Kids K

It's mid-May, so that means it's time for Nate's favorite race of the year - the Ogden Half Marathon.

Sadly, I'm not as supportive of a wife as I should be and did not go to the effort to get all 3 kids and myself ready to drive to the finish by 8:45 am, park, and wait to see him finish. Thankfully, he doesn't expect me to either. So I don't have any pictures of him to post, but here's a beautiful shot he took of the course as they head down the canyon. Yes, it was a beautiful day unlike the pouring rain of last year.

 

And Nate finished in 2:06:15

 

Like the previous 2 years, Bridget wanted to run the Kids K again this year, but this time we decided to let her do it all by herself.

 

Here she is coming down the finishing chute:

And proudly wearing her cow bell "medal":

7 Months

 I just can't get enough of this cute face!

I just love this sweet boy and sometimes it feels like he just gets cuter every day. He's certainly a busy boy and working hard to become more mobile. I'm trying to enjoy each day we have left before that happens. In the last few days he's even started pulling up on things to get to his knees.

 

Although he's not crawling, he gets onto all fours occasionally, but from there he either goes back to a sitting position or flops onto his belly to get whatever he's trying to reach. 





As far as his eating, I'm happy to say he's enjoying solid food a lot more now. He still doesn't like carrots much, but he seems to enjoy everything else. Bananas, peaches, and sweet potato are probably his favorites. Sadly though, trying to get him to take a bottle still isn't going well. He either flat out screams or just wants to play with it most of the time. If by chance he does drink, it's never been more than 2 ounces. I'm ready to be done with breastfeeding, so hopefully things will start improving soon. Part of the problem is that I would prefer not to be the one to work with him on taking a bottle since he's supposed to have an easier time taking it from someone else. But Nate's work schedule and Dayton's eating schedule never really coincide to make that happen.

On a happy note, just in the past few days, he's seems to finally be doing better at sleeping through the night and taking 2 good naps during the day. We've tried a few different times to sleep train him, but it's been more difficult than it ever was with the girls. He would scream hysterically forever and not calm down at all when we'd go in to check on him and comfort him. After about an hour and a half we'd cave and pick him up, and he'd immediately settle down. The good news is that he'd sleep great after that. I think one of the reasons he's been harder to sleep train is that he always falls asleep when I'm nursing him at bedtime, and even though I try hard to wake him before I lay him down in his bed, he's so tired that he won't wake up. I just hope this change is permanent, and I can finally get some better sleep on a regular basis.

Race for the Cure

I think it's been 4 years since the last time I participated in Race for the Cure. I always enjoy doing it, but getting to SLC that early in the morning is always hard when you're a mom of little kids. Because it had been so long, I really wanted to do it this year, so I encouraged my sister Megan, Aunt Jennine, and her daughters and their families to register too.

We rode the train downtown which was a first for me. We had to catch the train a little before 6 am (way too early). And after all my effort to get to the train station I almost missed it because of the longest and slowest freight train preventing me from getting over the tracks to the station. Luckily, I made it just in time.

It was a beautiful day - just a little chilly and sprinkling drops of rain here and there. We all started off together, but Megan and I ended up walking the whole thing together a little ahead of everyone else. It was nice to spend time together chatting and catching up on life.

This year, I felt an increased desire to participate because of my sister Amy's current battle with breast cancer. I also love that it's always Mother's Day weekend and feel like it's a great way to think of my mom and all that she went through before it claimed her life.

Bridget's Kindergarten Opera

For their end of the year program (actually the only program they did all year), Bridget's kindergarten class put on an opera that they wrote and created themselves. It took them the entire year to come up with the storyline, music, etc. In the end, it was a story about some pirates sailing to find some treasure, but some sharks come and attack their boat. Some mermaids come and help the pirates and everyone lives happily ever after.

The kids did a great job although it was hard to hear them at times.

 

Bridget chose to be a pirate.

 

Too bad I couldn't get a short video of the beginning to upload, or I would post it too.