St Paddy's Day

What a beautiful day here in Oklahoma! The high was in the 80's, the sun was shinning and my work day was light!!

After supper, we brought out the sand and water table for Bryson and his friend Lauren to play in. They LOVED it- I can't wait for summer, when we can spend every evening outside!

5K and other news....

I participated in my first organized 5K this past weekend- the St. Paddy's Day Run. Over 2,600 runners were there! I completed the race is 34 minutes and 59 seconds, which basically means I was running an 11 minute mile. I've been averaging that on the treadmill at Gold's Gym- although I hoped to run a smidge faster.

Brandon and Bryson came to cheer me on and play on the inflatables. It meant alot to me to have them there in the crowd!!

In other news this past week- I hired an OT (Occupational Therapist) and COTA (OT assistant)!! I'm so excited to be adding these two ladies to the team and for my kids to get the services they need.
Spring Break is this coming week- and then we'll be on our Caribbean cruise before you know it!! I can't wait!

18 Months

Bryson is now 18 months old! It's been a rough week for him. He's cutting at least three teeth and has become a drooling machine. His nose and ears have started to drain, but we are hoping it's just from all the teeth........

Bryson now weighs 31 lbs and is 33 inches tall. He wears size 18-24 month clothing, with a few small 2T shirts mixed in. I got this outfit he has on at the JBF sale yesterday- I love it on him! He's such a little man now.

Bryson LOVES Elmo. He will bring us the remote when he wants to watch his Elmo DVD's. He's been playing really well by himself lately. He can identify most of his body parts- most recently his tummy. He's talking more and more, and able to follow directions most of the time.

He's still in size 4 diapers, but is slowly moving up to size 6 shoes. He's still sleeping about 11 hours a night, and continues to love his monkey.

Five miles!

(Excuse the photo quality, it was taken with my iphone!)

I ran my first race today, the 5 mile poker run here in Tulsa. I completed the race in 56 minutes. The trail was pretty clear, with occasional ice/snow patches that forced us to walk to avoid taking a spill.

Erin (on the L in the photo) and I started training back at the start of January with the' couch to 5k' program/app on my iphone. The crazy Oklahoma weather seriously messed with our training schedule, and I doubted if we could even run the entire 5 miles since we were only training for 3.2!! BUT- we did it!!!!!!!

And now, I'm officially addicted to running. I just signed up for the St. Patricks Day run benefiting Special Olympics. I can't wait!

Accomplishments

We're going on day four of the great blizzard of 2011! And, it just started snowing again- expecting 4-6 inches tonight! We've gone a little stir crazy, and have taken on several 'projects'. Here's what we've done to pass the time:

*replace all the cabinet pulls in the kitchen with silver knobs (used to be white)
*watched way too many Elmo dvd's
*Brandon replaced the lock, knob and kick plate on the front door
*shoveled 3 driveways
*watched several netflix instant watch movies
*some online shopping
*plenty of baby snuggling :)

Here's hoping for warm, sunny days ahead!

Blizzard 2011

We received over 14 inches of snow here in Oklahoma this week! I've never seen this much snow in my entire life!!! It's so beautiful, but we have to limit our time outside because it is SO cold. Tonight it's supposed to be BELOW ZERO. Insane.

Bryson still doesn't really like the snow. He's fine with it until it touches his skin, and then he's done. We'll keep trying though :) We have some snow drifts around the house- this one is up to the formal dining room window!

For fun, we've made snow ice cream, shoveled our driveway and our neighbors and I've now resorted to pulling some of the toys out of my amazon toy sale stockpile! Brandon's office has been closed for the past two days and will be closed again tomorrow. I've been unable to work because I have to be able to drive to the office/daycares/etc- and well, we aren't getting out of our driveway anytime soon.

Luckily, we've had some wonderful family time and some good times with our neighbors. I'll have to work for the next couple Friday's (my usual day off) to make up these snow days, but I feel very blessed to have this opportunity to stay home with the family!

Seventeen

Bryson's now seventeen months old! He loves to 'help' with certain chores, such as shutting the dishwasher door, washing the car, rinsing off his toothbrush and occasionally bringing us a diaper.

* He's wearing 18-24 month clothing and depending on the brand, size 5 1/2 to 6 shoes.
* He's wearing size 4 diapers.
* Bryson LOVES Elmo and Sesame Street! He has a great 'Ernie laugh' and favors Cookie Monster.

* He's starting to talk more- saying 'cookie', 'NaNa' (Nannie), 'Papa', 'Stinky' when he needs his diaper changed and so on.

* Bryson's still a huge thumb sucker....ugh....

* The fit throwing has started. When he doesn't get his way and he's mad about it, he'll throw himself on the floor and cry.

* He LOVES to give kisses and hugs. He blows kisses and waves/says 'bye bye' every time we leave school, home, etc.

Bryson is turning into a delightful toddler and I can't wait to see what the next few months hold as he talks more and more!!