GO Mommy GO!!!!

On Saturday I ran my first 10K. I have been training for ten weeks preparing for this. I had a few goals for running: finish the race, run the entire thing, and finish under one hour. I am proud to say that I achieved all of my goals. I ran the entire thing, even when it got hard, I finished, and my time was 55 minutes. Not bad for my first race. I am so happy that I joined this running team. The trainer is awesome, the girls I run with are great, and it is the one thing I do for me. I'm not sure what I will do next, train for a half marathon, continue running 5 and 10ks or just be content with what I have achieved so far. At the finish line waiting for me was Sanjay and Ryan. What a great sight to see after 6.2 miles of nonstop running! I was so proud of Sanjay on Saturday too. I left the house at 5:45 and Sanjay got Ryan up, fed, dressed, in the car and to my race on time to wait for me at the finish line. Good job daddy!

Play date

Last week Ryan had another playdate with his friend, Lauren. This time they went to My Gym. The first thing Ryan did was go into the ball pit. His favorite part of this was taking two balls and banging them together to see if they made any noise. After a few minutes, I tried to take him out of the pit so he could explore. He screamed and cried, so back to the pit he went. When he had, had enough of the ball pit he crawled around to see what else My Gym had to offer. He went through tunnels, bounced on a trampoline and tried to climb up a slide. He finally found another favorite thing to do at My Gym; stare at himself in the wall size mirror. (He must get this from his dad!) He also enjoyed licking the mirror which made me cringe. One hour of free play tired him out, he slept the entire way back home. Thanks Lauren for a fun date!

O Christmas Tree

Last weekend we went to get a Christmas tree. There were so many beautiful trees, it was hard to choose. After about 15 minutes of looking, we finally found the perfect tree for our family. I am so happy to have a tree this year as we have only had a tree one other time since Sanjay and I have been married. We decorated the tree after Ryan went to sleep. It was fun to go through all of the ornaments. Each ornament on our tree has special meaning. They were given to us by family members, friends, or former students of mine. We also bought ornaments while traveling in India, and right after we were married. Having the tree is definitely getting us in the Christmas spirit!

My big boy

I took Ryan to the doctor on Wednesday to get the second round of his flu shot. While there, I weighed him. He is now 17 lbs. In addition to his weight gain, he now has 6 teeth. Can you believe it? He has four on top and two on bottom. Lastly, today we were just hanging out at home and I happened to look over at Ryan, who was making a lot of noise, and he was standing up by himself. He had his drum stick in one hand and his other hand was in the air. Now I know what all the noise was about, he was getting my attention to show me what he was doing. What a smart boy! He never ceases to amaze me!

Ryan's first injury

A few weeks back Ryan and I were at his music and sign language class. The studio has hardwood floors. Normally this is not a problem, but Ryan was very tired on this particular day. Class had ended and we stayed after to socialize. Ryan was crawling around like he normally does. I'm not quite sure exactly how it happened, but he fell face first onto the floor. Instantly I knew this was not a normal spill where he would recover within seconds. He did that heart wrenching cry with the ten seconds of silence before the next cry comes out. I quickly grabbed him and held him while he cried, assuming he had hit his head and there would be a bruise. When I was able to take a look at him and assess the damage, I saw it...blood! It is a weird thing when you see blood on your baby the first time. I was trying very hard to not pass out or cry myself. He had hit his two top front teeth on the floor and they were bleeding. He was not badly injured, but in the moment, it was horrible. The studio manager got an ice pack for him and by the time it arrived, Ryan had recovered. I had not recovered, but more importantly, he had. I know this is only the first of many injuries to come. I'm going to have to toughen up a bit, but it is really hard when this happens to your little one. This picture shows the little bruise he got on his nose in addition to two very sore top teeth.

Cabo

At the beginning of this month we went to Cabo. Sanjay's good friend got married and we took a much needed vacation. Vacationing with a baby is much different then it was when it was just the two of us. I was extremely nervous about the trip because the flight was long, and now that Ryan is crawling around, how would it be for him confined on a plane and in a hotel room? Ryan far exceeded my expectations! On the 2 hour flight to Cabo he was a model passenger. We brought toys, books, and lots of snacks. He was occupied the entire flight. We did leave the plane a mess with about a thousand bits of Cheerios left behind. Sorry nice flight attendants! We were in Cabo for a total of 4 days. We tried to stay busy and out of our hotel room. Ryan was happy riding around in his stroller and playing in the kiddie pool. Sanjay's parents came with us to help out with Ryan and enjoy a mini-vacation of their own. They watched Ryan while we went to the wedding and helped out tremendously throughout the trip. Our only hiccup on the trip was the flight home. We were "those people" with the screaming baby on the flight home. Ryan was inconsolable for one hour of our two hour flight home. He managed to throw up and wail at the top of his lungs for what felt like an eternity. I was so thankful that other passengers and the flight attendants were helpful and did not throw things at us. Sanjay finally got Ryan to sleep by walking continuously in the front of the plane. We made it through our first trip with Ryan to a foreign country. Looks like there may be more traveling in Ryan's future!

Halloween

It is better to be late than to not post any Halloween pictures at all. This year, for Ryan's first Halloween, we dressed him up to go to music and sign class. Most of the babies came in costumes. Ryan was dressed as a turtle. He really looked the part as he crawled around. On Halloween night our city had many festivities downtown. There was food, a live band, a parade, and bounce houses. We took Ryan in the stroller and walked around for a bit with our neighbors. We then went to dinner with some friends and their little guy. We ended the evening by stopping by my former colleague's house so she could see Ryan in his costume. By the time we got home to pass out our own candy, most of the trick-or-treaters had gone home. Needless to say, we have lots of leftover candy...bummer!