Pic of the day: Hanging around with daddy

Too cute not to share.



And another run! Three in a row!

Walk/Jog C25K Week 3 day 2.
Start time: 9:30 AM MST
Run time: 30 minutes
Distance: 1.97 miles
Pace: 15.2 minute mile
Estimated Miles on Sneakers:
Pink Adidas 9.21
Blue Brooks 14.83

Notes: Another beautiful day in Phoenix. Another great run. While I briefly considered going straight to week 4, I have decided that I am going to finish up week 3 on Friday, I am really feeling good right now. No need to rush it.

Santa!

Part four in my Holiday Vacation 08 series.

Russell got to meet the jolly old man himself. He thought he was pretty cool.




Next year he might have a better idea what's going on, but this is still one of those moments that melts a mommy's heart.

A moment of hope.

I just watched Obama's inaugural address, cross-legged on my living room floor with Russell in my lap.

I don't really know how to say how much that moment moved me. It defies words.

Somehow the gravity of the moment was greater now that I have a child.

Good Luck President Obama.

But without the porridge.

I have a pet peeve. (Ok, I have several, but that's neither here nor there.) I hate it when the blankets on the bed get turned around so that the tag sticks into my face at night. It annoys me.

So the other night, I climb into bed, and lo and behold there is a tag in my face. Erk. I make Justin (and the dog) get off the bed so we can rearrange the blankets so that the tag is not in my face. We climb back into bed.

As we are settling back in, Justin discovers that he has the tag for the other blanket in his face. The following exchange happens:

Me: (starting to get up) We can rearrange the blankets.
Him: Don't need to, I don't care.
(pause)
Him: We're like the three bears that way.
Me: (confused) Huh?
Him: You hate tags, Russell loves them, and I don't care either way.

Jus always makes me smile.

Russell playing with a tag on his jungle mat. He does indeed love them. He finds the on everything and then plays with them preferentially over the 'rest' of the toy. It's really cute.