littler cleaner boy.

my attempt at education

My school-teaching, math-loving Momma got Will flash cards before he was born. One set that I am holding off on until at least preschool would be:

Yup, that would be "Nerdy Baby ABC's".....only you momma, only you! I hold a special place in my heart for the U is for Uvula, Y is for Y Chromosome, N is for Neuron, & C is for Cell Membrane. It brings back bittersweet memories.

We periodically go through Alphabet & Number flashcards & Will can recognize most pictures & pronounce a lot of the words. Earlier today when Eric asked what he was doing he said, "puzzle," & no joke, he was trying to put together a dinosaur puzzle. Please excuse me while I brag about the next 12 year old graduate of Stanford....but don't most parents think their kid is the shiznit? Anywhoo....I decided to put the flash cards up in a way we could use them everday & VOILA:


{all pictures taken on my iPhone with the Hipstamatic app!}

13.1

This time last year my sister & I decided to take on a 10K at Thanksgiving. That would be the farthest I'd ever ran: 6.2 miles. So Thanksgiving morning we laced up our running shoes, layered on the Under Armour & braved the 26 degree weather. It was awesome.....along with 50,000 other runners we finished our 6.2 miles in 1 hour 10 mins. I felt awful for the next 2 days & didn't work out for a month after that. With the push from a girlfriend who was running the Shamrock'n Half Marathon, I found myself, in the beginning of January, signing up for a training group through Fleet Feet in Davis to run a half marathon. I realistically thought I would run the American River Parkway at the end of April, because for a girl who couldn't run 1 mile without stopping, 13.1 miles was quite a feat. Our first group run was 5.5 miles. I put on my hot pink Asics & hit the bike path. 2 miles in I realized I had the worst blisters ever. I either was going to have someone come pick me up or I was going to run the rest barefoot (band-aids & moleskin did nothing.) So I pulled my shoes off, swung them over my shoulders & finished 3.5 miles with a pair of socks. Talk about motivating. The runs got longer by a mile every week, and every week I was more & more proud of myself. I CAN do this. We trained as a group on Tuesday nights too, where we would head to the UCD track & do drills. Memories of high school PE & volleyball flooded me as we ran on the circles under the bright lights. I run intervals...so when I first got into running I started at run 2 minutes, walk 1 minute. By race day, March 13, I was up to run 7 minutes, walk 1. Race day morning came. I met up with my group, we took a million pictures, ate bananas, laughed over how our coaches were going to have to carry us. But we did it. All of us. Besides giving birth, March 13 was the most accomplishing day of my life. Tears welled as I ran onto the baseball field at Raley Field & "Fiona Broward" was announced over the loudspeaker. Both of my boys were there to see me finish.

B&B {march 2011}

illegal wildflowers?

I probably should of taken a picture of the "no trespassing" sign & the 50 yards we had to walk carrying white benches, babies, cameras & a birdcage. All while we were in the direct flight path of 747's taking off from the airport. But it turned out beautiful & these pictures are priceless.

Molly {baby in the belly}

new blog.

"I love this crazy, tragic,
sometimes almost magic
awful, beautiful life."
-Darryl Worley

Yay for a beautiful new blog! Thank you to Jenna for designing well, pretty much the whole thing!!! I plan to share lots of pictures on here, because our life is flying by & most of the time I can't muster up the words for a whole entire blog post, so pictures are an excellent substitute.

The awesome hubby got me a new Canon T2i Camera & its being put to excellent use. I am turning into the crazy camera lady & it drives Eric nuts....but its SO addicting!


On the home front, Will is almost 17 months, walks & talks like crazy. Some of his words include: ball, blankie, apple, please, strawberry, shower, flower, hi, bye, mama, dada, grandpa, thanks & not to mention lots of animal noises! Our weeks are busy with playdates, runs in the stroller & gymnastics. He is a little sponge & blows my mind every single day with how much he truly grasps & understands.

I can't wait to get back into the blogging game...pass this blog around to friends. The more the merrier!