Feels like summer...

You gotta love Indiana weather. It went from 40-50s at the start of May and only 3 wks later up close to 90! We are finally feeling the heat!

I was able to get out and plant some flowers with the kids, which Clara LOVED this year! She picked out the flower colors and well...you could probably guess, she picked PINK! We did somehow get one random red flower in the bunch of petunias we bought. Clara keeps saying, 'mommy, we need to get rid of that red one!' I agree, it doesn't quite match in the pot of pink/purple, but oh well we'll flow with it! :)

Today we got out to the spray park for the first time this season. No pictures to show. I get points for bringing my camera, but only to find out that the battery was dead when I went to take a shot! Booo!!!!!!!!! Our housing edition pool opens this weekend too and Clara is pumped! I think she is going to love swimming this year. We hope to get swim lessons lined up soon.

Blair's work is starting to pick up with these summer temps. Come July, I'll have my husband back. Until then I have to practice patience, patience and more patience, as he comes home exhausted from the day. Poor guy.

We are looking forward to all the fun summer brings; swimming, grilling with friends, bike rides, concerts (maybe if Blair and I can sneak away!), being with family and oh one of my big time favorites....GARAGE SALES! Summer... summer... summer...time!

Mini Marathon

The 34th running of the Indianapolis Mini Marathon was today. Blair successfully trained and ran the 13.1 miles and we are SOOOO proud of him. The weather was a little less than desired with temps in the 40-50's and 30mph winds. Eeek. On a positive note, no rain! :) Blair finished in 2hr15min. Pretty great for his first 1/2 marathon experience!!!!

Blair was joined in participation with brother-n-law, James.

Clara loved being down in the 'action' to cheer on daddy!

Also joining in on the fun were, Blair's sister and mom. Way to go guys! You all did great.

In asking Blair if he's ready for his next 1/2 marathon or possibly a full marathon, Blair stated, I'll have to think about that one!

I am getting a glimpse of what my husband will look like as an old man...as he is waddling around and moving very slow. Ha ha ha ha! I can't say I blame him when I reminisce on how I felt after I ran a 1/2 marathon 5 years ago. Give him time and he'll be ready to start training again. Here's to marking an accomplishment/goal off the good ole bucket list and to HEALTH! Cheers!

Clara's a girly girl!

Clara's now 3.5 and is our little girly girl. This girl LOVES wearing necklaces, bracelets, painting her nails and wearing pink. Oh AND dressing up like a princess. I'm not sure it can get anymore girly than that! In the picture to the left she is playing with her new bracelets that are Silly Bandz. What a fun new product on the market. www.sillybandz.com

She also has a love for dancing and ballerinas. Clara received a music jewelry box for Christmas from g&g Bent and she loves to wind up the ballerina and dance along with her. It's just precious to watch. I think we need to get this girl in some dance classes soon.

She also loves her horsey all of a sudden. She got horsey from Santa last year. It went unnoticed for about a year and now she plays with it daily. She walks it, feeds it and rides it. She has even coaxed cousin Isaac into riding it while she pulls him along. Oh it's cuteness! You'll notice in these photos all her animals also get adorned with pretty bracelets and hair ties! They're girly too!

It's hard to believe, but her preschool year is coming to and end. We are going to enjoy the summer break together and next year, she'll be entering two days of preschool...big girl!

Elias is 7 months!

Elias is a big boy.

We've got another month under our belt and how Elias has changed. He's grabbing anything and everything he can get a hold of, is sitting like a champ and is starting to like solid foods a little more! He's ALSO sleeping a little bit better, which has been a huge blessing to this momma! At his 6.5 mo check up he was 16#8oz, which put him in the 20% percentile. The MD said he's doing great. mmmm, I secretly already knew that! ;0

Elias likes to squeal at his sister Clara and also gives big belly laughs at her. It's absolutely adorable to hear them both laughing together! It makes me realize how lucky I am, when I see both of them together enjoying each other! Here are a few pics from Eli's last month.