37 weeks!

Spring for Kids Run/Walk March 12th, 2011

Eva completed her first 5k today with Jeremy! I can't even explain how proud I am of her and all she's accomplished the past few weeks.

Yesterday after school we headed to Five Star Sports to pick up her race packet. Jeremy took Friday off so we got to all go together to get their packets for the race.

At home going through all the goodies...she was mostly excited about the coupon to DQ.
Sounds about right.
Luckily Jeremy was able to get a shirt on Friday, we had already gotten one for Eva and we were so happy that they still had some to purchase.
Here are our racers this morning:

I think Jeremy's non-smile is due to being anxious for Eva and the adrenaline starting to pump through his veins.

She was so excited about having the shirt...I'm pretty sure she'll be working it into her wardrobe for the next few weeks.
The next few photos are blurry...my bad.

It was raining...barf. Luckily right before the race started it stopped long enough for some pictures and then it was kind of a light drizzle. I was happy about that! I thanked Heavenly Father right then and there! I didn't want Eva and Jeremy to be soaking wet throughout the whole thing...what a crappy first experience! So I'm glad it lightened up.
Elle and I just hanging out before they sounded off the gun.

Before the gun went off. I was so glad Jeremy had on a neon hat and red coat...he was easy to spot!

Finally, they're off!

You can see Eva behind the girl with the white shirt on and Jeremy's neon hat to her left.

It really sucks these are all blurry :( So much for experimenting with my camera.
Jeremy pointing Elle and I out to Eva.

You can see her big excited smile!

And they were off!
Elle and I walked around and she pet a few dogs...then I told her mommy needed to sit for a while, so we headed to the car to warm up and rock out to some tunes for a few minutes.
Once we headed back over to the finish line Elle was really excited to cheer on the other runners.

Here they come around the corner! I was SO excited! You can see them buy that blue truck.

Coming around their last corner.

Jeremy cheering her on for last few feet!

On their way to the finish line.

They did it! They crossed the finish line.

Then Elle and I made a beeline towards them as quick as I could waddle over there.
This is the first picture I got of them afterwards...she had already gotten her participation medal and a few coupons from the volunteers at the race.

She was on the brink of tears right afterwards.
The last run she did before this was really hard on her she hadn't eaten like she normally does so she got a stomach cramp and it freaked her out. Plus, last night she was acting like she was getting sick and we weren't even sure if she was going to be up to running this morning but she was fine when she woke up.

When she saw me she was rubbing her eyes and I thought she was going to start crying, I just gave her a big hug and told her how proud I was of her. Then she took a deep breath and asked for some water!
So cute.

She then enjoyed a carb feast on some yummy rolls they provided and we took it easy while they rested a little before we left.

There they are! My two runners. I couldn't be more proud of both of them Jeremy has really been teaching Eva about running properly and explaining it all so well to her. They have these special little things they do on their runs together and it's just so sweet and such a great blessing to see them bond as father and daughter. It took everything I had not to cry because I was so proud...I'd like to blame the pregnancy hormones on that but, I'm pretty sure I would have had to bite my tongue no matter what.

I did tear up a few times but I held it together.

After this we went home, changed into some warmer clothes and headed out for a family treat to Jamba Juice. The girls were both really excited to go there and Eva wore her medal proudly...and she still has it on as I type!

Valentines 2011

Jeremy and I got up at 6:30am to make the girls pink heart pancakes and some bacon. It was actually really fun to get up together. We were both really excited to see their reaction and that made it so fun spending time in the morning...even if it was early!

I read somewhere about writing each of your children a "love letter" on valentines, so we decided to start that tradition this year. The night before we sat down and wrote love cards to the girls. Eva really liked the love letter, I think it's just what she needed.

Eva was pretty pleased with breakfast too...I added a few chocolate chips in for fun!

Elle woke up late but once she did she was pretty excited for breakfast too.

Eva decided to wear her heart dress for her school party. As you all know, Eva is my tomboy and I was really excited that she was totally for it. This dress is actually her size...we bought it a few years back so...now it's a tunic.

So cute...she has trouble not blinking so we tried it again.

And again...

Third times a charm.

We had a great Valentines Day as a family. Jeremy came home with sushi and it was delicious!

Not Daughter of the Year

That's me!
I'm just now getting to Christmas photos...sorry grandparents. But be prepared for an over abundance of Christmas photos, I kept it mostly to the gifts both grandparents sent.
So, travel back to Christmas...Fa la la la laaaa la la la laaaaa:

Reading the Night Before Christmas



The kill...as my dad calls it.

Coming downstairs on Christmas morning.

Stocking time...

REALLY excited about her new slippers.

I kind of ruined the surprise of the shoes for the girls...I didn't realize it was for Christmas and I opened both pairs and had the girls try them on about a week before...so this is Elle's "these look familiar" look.



Eva had a slightly better "I've never seen these before" face.

Opening up their other gift from grandma and grandpa...this one I didn't ruin.

Grandma got Eva a shoulder dragon...she wasn't too sure what it was at first.

Ballerina Barbie!

Now she gets it...and loooooves it.

Writing things...this was a popular choice by both sets of grandparents.

Homemade Zhu Zhu pet sleeping bag...very cool.

silly putty was a hit too!

Now gifts from Grandma and Grandpa Brower

Both the girls got letter magnets that spelled out their names, big hit.

They also got their own little cases that hold little animals...another HUGE hit.

Ellie finally got her own doggie!

Pretty excited about finally having a game for her Didj, she's been playing the game that it came with for months...it gets boring after a while.

Rapunzel dress-up!

She HAD to have it on right away!

She's been wanting one of these "alive" animals for-ev-er. She was pretty stoked.

A Littlest Pet Shop clubhouse...a place where they can all play together.

The "big" gifts...all the Tinkerbell fairies

and all the princess dolls.

Elle was kind of sick Christmas morning...she was a little hazy the whole morning but we really had a great Christmas...we ate our Christmas waffles and hung out while the girls played with all their new things and we ate leftover and napped in and out.

Merry belated Christmas.