A Cross Country Season, Marathon, and Baby Food!

It has been a while since the last post, but we have been pretty busy here in Tell City. Cross country season is in full swing, with sectional coming up tomorrow. Lydia and I have been to a couple of meets to help cheer on the runners. She enjoys the meets, mostly because she gets to be outside. We have also been busy watching Greg and Andy in their tennis matches. Both advanced to the 2nd part of sectional in Jasper. Lydia has definitely been to her share of athletic events already!

Since my last post, Lydia has been to the doctor for her four month check-up and shots. A week before her appointment she started rice cereal. She has now moved up to a jar of baby food each evening and the cereal in the morning. She has tried all the vegetables and is halfway through the fruits and will start applesauce tonight. She is doing pretty well with the whole spoon and highchair concept.

Most recently (yesterday) Chris competed in the Chicago Marathon. He finished 79th out of 45,000 runners. His time was 2 hours and 37 minutes. Lydia, Tony, Chris, and I all went up to Chicago for the weekend. We got to spend time with Tom and Kristen on Friday and Saturday. On Saturday we met up with Adam Brinksneader and Julie Hotz, who also competed in the marathon. On Sunday, Tony, Lydia and I were able to cheer for Chris at four spots around the course and then find him at the finish. For his fast, and possibly last marathon, he did pretty well! You can check out http://www.chicagomarathon.com/ for more info on the race. There are supposed to be some pictures up sometime as well!

Here are some pictures from the past couple of weeks!

Hanging out in the bouncy chair!

She can roll!

To keep her occupied in the car, she watched some Baby Einstein.

Resting the night before the race.

Waiting for Daddy.

Lydia was watching the race.

Can you see Chris? He has no shirt, black shorts, and yellow shoes.

The 79th place finisher :)