30 weeks along

The last trimester hasn't been too bad yet. I have been feeling good. The baby kicks a ton! He kicks mostly in the evening and in the middle of the night on one of the many trips I take to the bathroom. I hope this doesn't mean he is going to be a night owl like Cory was when he was a baby. Can't I have another Lauren??? (she slept so well) The last couple months of pregnancy always drag on way to long for me but I am trying real hard to enjoy this pregnancy this time around. Here are some pictures we took yesterday:

Look how much I've grown in 10 weeks.... Based on these pictures I still have a lot of growing to do this last 2 months. I feel like I can't get any bigger but I know I can because of my pregnancy with Lauren.

Birthday Fun

This is a little birthday quiz: Which one of these twins is the dad of the son?
Now try to guess who is the son and who is the dad?

Happy Birthday John & Dallen

Awesomest Race Ever

So I just signed up for what may be the best race of the year. It's called the "Dirty Dash", and it is a 10K on a muddy obstacle course at Bogus Basin. This race includes sliding down a "slop and slide", water balloons being thrown at you, walls you have to climb over and sludging through knee-deep mud on your way to the finish line. Then they have a 1 mile version for the kids called the "piglet plunge." Here's the website if you're interested in joining. http://www.thedirtydash.com/default.aspx

Cousins

Benson's party

We invited some friends over last night and had a birthday party for Benson. I'm not sure who was more excited about the party Benson or Reagan. I made Benson a cookie monster cake for everyone and an individual cake for Benson to did into. Benson ate enough dinner that he wasn't really into the cake too much. He liked the frosting a little and eventually smashed the cake and threw it all over the floor. I'm not sure if he even ate any of the cake. So he didn't get all that messy. I should have taken pictures of him eating the watermelon. He got a lot messier eating that. Oh well, he had an enjoyable birthday anyways.

Its been a year

Benson was born a year ago. Our little boy has finally turned one. To celebrate his birthday and to remind myself of how uncomfortable I was a year ago we decided to do our first 10K. We were both pleased with how we ran the race. Abe even earned a medal. He got 3rd place in his age group. I ran it in 61:05. My goal was to do it in under an hour. I didn't quite make the goal but was still pleased with how I did and know that I can do it next time. It was a pretty hilly course. It was also hot and humid outside. We are glad we started running. I never thought that I would become a runner. I still wouldn't actually say I am a runner. It is fun to see how much we are improving with our running. We are thinking about doing a 1/2 marathon now. It won't be anytime soon. Maybe in another year. You never know.

P is for Police

Reagan has been working on learning his letter sounds. Every day we learn a new letter's sound and do a craft with that letter. On Thursday we worked on the letter P. We made this lovely police hat and badge to go along with the lesson. Reagan was so proud of the police stuff he made he wore it all day. I asked him if he wanted to leave it at home when we went shopping but Reagan still wouldn't take it off. By the time we got to the mall he finally changed his mind. He told me he had better take off his police hat or people might laugh at him. He still left the badge on though. As soon as we got back in the car the hat went back on. He made quite a cute police man.