accomplishing new things {hopefully}

i am NOT a runner. i never have been. my high school sweetheart was a big time runner so i watched many, many track meets and even attempted to run with him for fun... but lets face it... it wasn't any fun;) kind of like how I told my husband i enjoyed watching football when we were dating, when well i don't at all... Yes, i was that girl! Don't worry he forgave me when the truth came out after we were married:) Anyways, I am attempting to run. I'm three weeks in and after a brutal first week where I was sure my body wasn't capable of actually running, I've made some progress and can go further each time. This last week I may even look halfway normal while running and not dying as I try to make it to the point I set in my mind down the street! I'm learning even more now that I was not built a runner, my hubby on the other hand is. He started running the same time I did and he hadn't run in over a year and he was able to do 3 miles his first run.... Ugh! I admired him yes, but lets face it, it totally discouraged me! I secretly wanted him to pull a muscle so he'd have to slow down, haha. No, all kidding aside, I think it's awsome and it pushes me so that someday when I'm comfortable I can run along side him! That's what the point is, we want to run a race together! So even though I'm not a runner I've learned {so I've been told} I can train my body to be. Seth has run a few races and I love watching him and have always wanted that experience for myself. I've always been too nervous to train or even try because I know I'm not a natural. I grew up playing sports which I loved, mainly soccer which my husband will argue is basically running, which is true but it had a point and was a sport I loved! So this summer is all about accomplishing new things... my first one running! I want to slap a number on my back and see if I can do it! Hubby & I have been good about trading off but since he goes to school some days til late I got this new nifty thing so the boys can go running with me:) They love it & so do I:)

In other news AIDEN is doing awsome! He passed his six week recovery mark a few weeks ago which was such a HUGE relief. I think I mentioned this but during his recovery he had major diarrhea which lasted a month and a half. He had gotten a bacteria infection which we treated with meds that he turned out to be allergic too... Poor kid! He had a rough two months but seems to be leveling out now! Finally! None of that has slowed him down his pulling himself up on everything and is very close to walking. I can't BELIEVE we're a month away from him turning ONE! So, so, so Crazy! I know no parent is like "finally their ONE" but wow this really went by so fast for me. He loves to jabber, he totally thinks he can talk! He's a great eater and tries so hard to keep up with Mason! His little teeth make him look so grown up and give him the cutest beaver smile! He's such a trooper and I couldn't love him more!

Mason is just growing by the day! Sometimes I just stop and look at him and am blown away with how much he looks like a little boy and not a toddler or baby anymore! He has his mama's temper and he's daddy's heart! ....great get the bad from me! oh well:) He definitely knows how to test me but he can also be the sweetest, most funny kid ever! He cracks me up daily! He's learning more everyday how to play with brother instead of pick on him. He's more independent and is really soaking in puzzles and reading. He LOVES to be outside and feels a lot like me in that this winter is lasting far too long and stood at the door for 15 mins solid the other day as in down poured pleading to go outside: "oud-side, mmmease mom, oud-side" (outside, please mom, outside)... If you give him a high five, knuckles or anything for that matter everyone in the room has to give him one and he'll let you know by saying "daddy's turn, baby turn, mama turn, etc" So cute, but no so much when we're in a hurry or trying to get dinner going:) haha. He’s sneaky and loves to get into what he's not supposed to and hide, like today I found him downing his tooth paste in the corner. Ew! Good thing it was the baby kind! He finds new ways to test me and new ways for me to see the world... as with his brother I couldn't love him more!!!