Training update

Nice and sweaty. Sorry for the close up but when I got home Andrew was in bed, so I took the picture myself.
Today is the end of week 3 of training and I ran my first five miler this bright and early this morning, to Strikes and back. Being as I don't have a gym to go to, I do all of my runs outside. It has been fun trying to calculate distances round trip from my house and I am learning how far places are. In addition, when I get to stop at lights it gives me a chance to stretch! At the beginning of last week I was feeling pretty weak so I skipped a few days of training and continued to take it pretty easy this week. After weighing all of the possibilities of fatigue, I think that I was exerting myself too much without eating enough, lack of sleep I'm sure doesn't help either (I have Carson to thank for that). I was even considering not to continue training but I decided to stick with it, provided my body cooperates. With that said, I feel like I am getting stronger and that my endurance is improving. I still have a long way to go!

9 months

Carson is my buddy and I am so glad that I get to spent my days with him. He always makes me smile and laugh and I am happy to report that he is doing much better at church.

Carson has such a cheerful disposition and he is still one of the happiest kids I know. He hasn't really gotten any bigger lately but he is getting smarter. He now waves hello and goodbye and he has started to pull himself to standing. He also like to "walk" everywhere while holding our hands, if I am a hunchback when I am older you'll know why. His favorite snack is Cheerios and he will eat as many as he can get his little hands on.

It is hard to tell from this picture but last Sunday Carson woke up from his nap sweaty and as a result his hair looked kind of curly, like mine.

Carson loves to be outside. The weather has been so nice here lately that we have gotten to go play outside, go to the park, or for a walk almost everyday. It looks like he is pondering something really deep, but he is just sampling some bark.