Eden 5 months

Our baby girl is 5 months old! The pic is a day late, but things have been insane since we have been home. Our house is a WRECK with all of the Christmas stuff and I am trying desperately to unpack and get everything back in order. Here is her 5 month pic...and the others for comparison! Will update more later.....promise. :)

Month 1

Month 2

Month 3

Month 4

Month 5

Pictures from last week

Here are a few pics I wanted to share from last week. Last Thursday evening, we went to sit on Santa's lap. Since I had the kids matching, I figured I'd take a few pics of my own. I was seriously lying to myself if I thought I could get a good pic of THREE kids! So they all ended up being "outtakes".....

Not happy on Jacobs lap..



OK, lets try Parker's lap....



Nope. She didn't like that either. How about the Bumbo seat?



Nope. Not that either. Maybe a kiss from her brothers will make her feel better?


Ohhhhh no. Not amused at all!!



Well, at least I got one of the boys with their letters to Santa.


There is a HUGE mailbox right where Santa is that they got to put their letters in. Jacob was enthralled!

Jacob with a cool face paint that he got at the Prosper parade. We won State champs for football. GO EAGLES!

Early Devenny Christmas...

We gave the kids their Christmas presents from us today. They were too big to take home and we wanted them to have time to play with them before we left. The rest of the week is crazy with their Christmas program tomorrow night and then Thursday evening is Avery's birthday party...so we decided to have Christmas tonight. We got Parker a Big Wheel and Jacob 'Rock Band' for Wii. They LOVED them!! Parker was so amused with his Big Wheel and Jacob wanted Rock Band so bad that he was over the moon! We played the rest of the evening with only a short break to scarf down dinner. Mike was on the drums, Jacob on the guitar and me on the microphone. Fun, fun, fun!!

Me carrying out the presents

Parker opening





Jacob opening



Them hugging they were so excited!

Daddy and Eden watching us play Wii (and Jacob jumped in, too).


Merry Christmas!!

2:02:00

Yesterday was the White Rock Half Marathon and I proudly completed it in 2 hours and 2 minutes...exactly! My watch showed 2:02:04, but the official results have me at 2:02:00 so I wont argue. ;) It was a really tough race for me. I wasn't feeling well, so I took some DayQuil on the way to the race. Anyone who knows anything about running knows to NEVER do anything different on race day, but I had to...I just wasn't feeling up to par. That really messed me up! I was profusely sweating and I could tell my circulation was affected...my legs felt like bricks! But I did it and it is over. Whew! ;) Here are a few pics from yesterday!

Me right after finishing...



Me and the kids. Parker was not amused!



The fam



Lisel, Jen, Me and Ana




Also, I want to apologize for being slack on my blog. Preparing for the holidays have had us sooo busy and I literally haven't had time to do it. I'll be better after Christmas, I promise!

A quick update on the past week...

1. Parker got all his hair cut off! It made me really sad, but he always wanted a 'mohawk' like his brother...and his hair was just too long. I asked them if they could trim the top and they said "not without cutting the sides shorter"....so I gave in. BOO-HOO! (but everyone LOVES it!....except me)

2. We were paid a visit my one of Santa's elves! The "Elf on the Shelf" is the new fad and we got one! We named ours Herbie (Jacobs choice) and every night he goes back to Santa and gives a report...and appears the next morning in a new spot. The kids - namely Jacob - love finding him in the morning!

3. I got my Christmas cards out. You should be receiving them within the week!

That about sums it up......

Christmas party pics

Here is a link to the photographers website. Some of the pictures turned out really cute!

http://lathonphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/iolap-christmas-party.html

Pre-marathon jitters....

Well, the White Rock half marathon is this weekend. Sunday morning to be exact. And I am a ball of nerves.

I am not sure why, as I have been training for months now. I have been running tons, weight training and eating properly. (Except for last night's dinner which consisted of a bag of popcorn and some leftover apple pie. And I had it a la mode of course. But lets not talk about that). Besides that though...I have been fueling and hydrating properly. Other than my sleeping, I have been doing everything right! So why am I nervous? Not sure. I really want to have a good run and enjoy it. I don't want to suffer through the whole thing....which inevitably happens from time to time. Runs will be going great and then one will SUCK...for no apparent reason. I haven't had a bad run in a while and I am due! Lets just hope it isn't this weekend.

When people ask me if I am doing the full or the half, I always respond with "Just the half". "Just the half". Why do I say that!? It is 13 miles for God's sake, and 13 miles is nothing to scoff at. I'm sure when I finish and people ask me I wont be saying "Just 13 miles"!

Anywho...cross your fingers and toes that I have a good run. 13 miles is a long way to go to have a sucky run. I need to put together a playlist. Any good tune ideas?

Our weekend

My mom came in on Friday so she could watch the kids for us Saturday night so we could stay out for the iOLAP Christmas party. We had a great time!

We left Saturday at about 2 pm. We stayed at the Ritz-Carlton in Dallas, which was right across the street from Nobu, where the Christmas party was. When we got there, we went to a little pub down the street to watch the FL/AL game. We stayed for a few hours and then came back to the room to start getting ready. The dinner was great and the party was lots of fun! Nobu was great....great food and awesome atmosphere. We went to Joyce Champagne bar afterwards, where the company had reserved couches and had bottle service for us. It was a fun place with great music. We danced until the wee hours.

Mike and I before the party



Chris and Ana & I



Ash, Ana and I dancing at Joyce



The next morning we headed home to take my mom to the airport. Her stay was WAY too short, but at least we will see her in two weeks for Christmas. I know she had fun with the kids, but she was up all night with Eden and was stuck eating leftovers out of my fridge for meals. Sorry mom!





Anyway, it was a great weekend and I am still recovering! I am way too old to stay up that late!