The Past Week (or two)

Our last two weekends have been quite busy. I helped host a baby shower for my friend Courtney (of which I have zero pictures). That same day we went to a surprise 30th birthday party for a friend of Bailey's. It was at the Memphis Bocce Club. We had a fun time learning to play bocce and catching up with some friends we don't see often. 

 The following Sunday afternoon, we went up to Shelby Farms to run in the Kick It 5K in honor of our friend Jill's mom who is currently fighting pancreatic cancer. It was a beautiful day and there was a great turn out for the race. 

Pre-race

Hanging out with JB, Jill's son, after the race

Snacking after the race

She loves her G-daddy

I painted Sidney's toes for the first time this week! Bailey has been fighting this off for some time now. And I haven't done it because I wasn't sure she would sit still enough. However, Sidney has been very interested when I've got the nail polish out and I'm painting my own. So, Bailey finally caved (sort of) and we painted them. She did pretty well while I painted them. I let her play with my phone after I finished while they dried. Like my own, they pretty much always have polish on them now!

 Bailey was a groomsmen in his friend Tyler's wedding on Saturday. This is the best only family photo from the whole weekend. Sidney had a great time playing with the ring bearers on Friday night. It took her a little while, but she finally warmed up to the dance floor at the reception. 

A Girl and Her Purse

Spring Break

Spring break was loaded with lots of fun. Sidney Kate and I made two trips to the zoo with various family members. Then we had lots of play time at home. 

Our first trip to the zoo was on Monday with the most of the Hunts. We packed a picnic lunch and spent most of the morning at the zoo. Sidney Kate had a ball!

Pretending to be a sea lion.

Picnic at the zoo

Checking out the prairie dogs with Aunt AB

Group photo (minus Mrs. Connie)

We spend the next few days playing at home. Sidney is so good at keeping herself entertained. It is truly a blessing; it allows me to get lots of things done. On this particular day, she found her Bible and started reading it herself. Then went for a ride in her car. 

Because the weather has been so nice, I kicked the dogs off of the deck and opened the back door so SK could go outside as she wanted. She really enjoyed that freedom of going in and out. 

She paid a visit to Grandmother, Granddaddy, and Aunt Olivia. Fully accessorized of course. 

We got to enjoy some time outside too--riding in her car and playing with her bowling set. 

 We went back to the zoo on Friday with Grandmother and Olivia. She really loved the polar bears that day.

Wiped out after another busy day. In the next day or so, she had her first time out in the corner--for being smart/sassy with me. 

Time at the Park

Mercedes-Benz Half-Marathon

Since the St. Jude half-marathon was cancelled due to the bitterly cold weather (which I was both mad and glad about all at the same time), we decided to go ahead and sign up for another race pretty soon. We'd done all that training and I hated for it to go completely to waste. We decided to sign up for the Mercedes-Benz Half-Marathon in Birmingham on Valentine's weekend since Bailey's dad was planning to run the full. Due to the way the expo was set up and a few other things, we decided to leave Sidney Kate at home with my parents.

So, we pulled on out that Saturday morning and headed to Birmingham. We went straight to the expo to pick up our race packets and then made our way to lunch at The Cheesecake Factory. (Mr. Jeff had our meals and stops, etc. planned out since he'd run this race a time or two before). After a wonderful lunch, we went to the hotel to check in and get a little rest. We got back out a little later for some shopping and to carb-load at Macaroni Grill. 

 

Sunday was race day! It was a chilly morning but perfect for a run. I knew going into it that it was a fairly hilly course. It was certainly tough. Not so much hilly as long, slow, gradual inclines. I can handle tackling hills but those slow inclines are killer! Bailey had to stop for a potty break a few miles in and I thought he would never catch up but he finally did. 

Finished! Ran the whole 13.1! That was my main goal--to run the entire thing, no walking at all. Our time was 2:16:10 with a pace of 10:24/mile. I was quite pleased with the time. 

There was a huge post-race celebration in the convention center where we enjoyed some barbecue. We ate and relaxed a little bit before going back to the hotel to shower and get on the road to go get our baby girl! Such a great weekend!

And just because, here are a few of the pictures I received from my while we were away. Lunch at El Charro is always a show. 

After lunch they made a trip to Walmart for a few happies.