Sophie's 4th Birthday

Happy 4th Birthday Sophie!!!!
Gracie's best buddy Sophie turned 4 on Sunday and had a super fun 'My Gym' party.  Grace had a blast and it was so fun seeing my friends and their adorable babes.  Mike hung back with Cami who was super excited to be at our Memorial Day block party.  Good times!

My best friend Kristyn and her kids Sophie (bday girl) and Ethan

Grace loved the princess cake

Updated Picture of the Girls

Latest picture of the girls - before going to visit GiGi last week.

Cami is a few days shy of turning 8 months old.  She started crawling this week.  I caught her this morning across the room with a dog toy in her mouth.  Let the good times roll :)

Grace's 2011 Preschool Spring Pic

Puffs for "Sweetie Pie"

Mother's Day

I LOVED Mother's Day!  Mike let me sleep in and I went for a 7.5 mile run before we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa's for brunch.  Everything was so delicious and it was such a great celebration of all the moms in our family and Stephanie's birthday.  I seriously have the two most amazing, loving & giving moms!  Not only are they wonderful to Mike and I, but the time and effort they put into their relationships with the girls is so amazing.  Happy Mother's Day Nana & Grandma!

So this year I thought I came-up with a unique & exciting Mother's Day gift.  I asked Hilary from Light of My Life to paint a picture of Grace posing in her tutu.  She does modern silhouette paintings that are so awesome.  The result was amazing and I even got one for Grace's room! If you are looking for a unique way to capture a photograph of a loved one, I highly recommend Hilary's work.  I'm going to have her paint Cami when she gets just a little older.

Cami's First Angels Game

We took Cami to an Angels baseball game last Saturday night.  It was an evening game so we thought she'd fall asleep for most of it, but she had too much fun watching all the action and stayed up until about 8:45 pm.  Grace was at home with her favorite babysitter (and our next door neighbor) Jordan.  They had a blast as usual.  She didn't feel like she missed out on anything too exciting so that was good.

Dreams

My little monkey has been having bad dreams at night about a mean raccoon coming into her room so its been hard for her to go to bed & let me leave her room.  She is scared and I feel bad for her :(  'Fearful fours' just around the corner? 

"Magic Mommy Kisses"
Each night I tuck you into bed, I brush my hand across your head,
and in each tiny little fist
I place a magic mommy kiss.

Full of love and hope so bright
To keep you safely through the night,
Mommy kisses in your hand
To guide you off to slumberland.

If you should dream of monsters mean
Or witches with faces masked in green,
Of snakes that squeeze you oh-so-tight
Or darkness with no sign of light.

When nightmares hold you stiff with fear
A part of mommy still is near,
Just open up your hand and blow
One mommy kiss and nightmares go.

Cinco de Mayo PCRF 10k

I ran the Cinco de Mayo Pediatric Cancer Research run this morning at the Spectrum.  It was awesome.  I just love organized races and there were hundreds of people out for the various races.  I had my best 10k run yet, whoo hoo! Now to pick the next one (I'm addicted).
Distance: 6.6 miles
Time: 58 minutes, 30 sec.
Ave Mile: 8 min, 53 sec.