Another 5k

I ran another 5k last weekend!! I was extra nervous for this one because I was trying to knock time off instead of just finishing it. My first one I ran in 29:08 {I believe} and this time I ran 26:11--so three whole minutes! Wahoo!! I even got third place in my age group {20-39 which seems like such a big age group, right?}. Anyway, it was fun and my last race before the half marathon, which I'm so excited for. 

I look funny in this picture because I was waving to Boston...

Later that night we went to the Roadhouse to finish off Alli's birthday festivities. 

Is it just me or are babies SUPER cute in the morning?? I love little Boston dude when he wakes up...

Girlfriend

Sunday afternoon of General Conference, we had our friends over {Josh & Linds}...aka Boston's little girlfriend came over. They have this love/hate relationship...and when I say love/hate I really do mean it. One minute they're kissing in the laundry basket, the other they are hitting faces. 

See??? Smooching in the basket

This is Boston's 'I'm getting the heck out of here before she tries making the moves again' :)

Not too sure what Boston's doing here...but here's Lucy lookin' cute as ever for the camera 

And for your viewing pleasure...this is Boston's 'what mom?? I don't have your phone' face

For some reasons I forgot about some pictures that I took a while ago--so I'll share them now!

This is what happens when it's quiet for 2 minutes...destruction.

Helping me dust...he LOVES cleaning supplies, I know I've already mentioned that.

We have a birthday this month :) Two weeks Jeff will be 26! 

Longing to go outside, we're just waiting for it to be warm! 

When Jeff gets home-I swear-nobody exists but him...He never leaves his side...so cute...

Hope everyone's having a good week!! 

He did it!

I'm SO happy to say that Boston is off the binky!!!!! To be honest, wasn't NEARLY as hard as I thought it would be. Just the usual whine here and there before bed--nothing too bad. It's such a huge weight off our shoulders! Next thing to think about?? Potty training--but that's still kinda far away. :) 

I also wanted to mention that Jeff got an assistantship in his graduate program!!!!! It's a HUGE blessing that he got it. Full tuition paid and stipend each month. I am one happy wife :) That means we don't have to pay for school!!! Wahoo!!!!! It's so great because he'll get to meet  so many people in the field which can mean some great job opportunities! He starts in August and will be done once he graduates {which is a year!}. Cool, right?? He works so dang hard and totally deserves it. Too bad I won't see him too much the next week or two because of finals...

So far so good!

I really hope this doesn't jinx us, but we have decided to take the binky away from Boston this weekend. We didn't quite go cold turkey, but close enough. For one week, he didn't have it during the day AT ALL--only his nap and bedtime. Since it being General conference this weekend {aka no church} we decided to take it away completely. It has gone surprisingly well. It started Thursday going to bed--went in twice to tuck him in...within 10 minutes he was out...YAY!! I knew the hard part would be naps, so I was dreading Friday nap time. Luckily, Jeff doesn't have school that day, so I decided to get him all ready and then leave for a run so I didn't have to hear him cry. :) He was out before I even left. Day 2, went in once at bed time and once for nap time. So far so good. Today is day three for bed time--I'm really happy with how this is going!!! Sorry little dude, but this is best for you!!!! Here are some pics of his 'happy days' with his most treasured possession...

He started young with it :) Two days old

I promise little buddy, you'll be happy again :)

Some remodeling

It's been bothering me that I haven't been able to do house chores lately!! It's because I get my craft fix in when doing blocks, so why would I even want to re-do furniture on my spare time?? Well, I found time this weekend {and I will next weekend too} to re-do our dresser in our bedroom. It turned out sooo great. 

       These cute new wreaths are in also. I decided to jump on the band wagon and make one for our door. Jeff is so funny--I kept asking him if he likes it. His response?? 'It's a wreath'. I guess guys' just don't get it, right? Us girls want 'Oh my gosh!! I LOVE it!' Who am I kidding--Jeff would never say that! Ha ha

This next weekend we are re-doing our red TV stand---it's going to be black! 

So smart

It's been so fun lately to watch Boston copy the things Jeff and I do...seriously cracks me up. I caught him yesterday trying to put on my headphones. It's so funny when he wears them around his neck and walk around. 

He also has an obsession with opening these end tables and putting whatever he can find in there. If he has a new find he goes straight to these drawers. 

He also plugs everything in. I'm not worried about him getting hurt because he only plugs in cords and hasn't tried anything else, so I'm not worrying, yet. 

He loves jumping on our bed also. He is just the funniest little guy. In fact, we were outside playing yesterday and talking about how smart our little guy has become, and as we were talking he was running in the gravel and completely fell flat on his face...he's that smart. :) 

Rapid Rabbit

Since I thought I could do anything after running a 5k {3.1 miles} I signed up for a 5 mile race. Let me say this, I was training for it pretty well before we left on vacation. I had ran 4.3 miles but not totally ran 5...yet. You know when you pack for vacation and you swear you're going to run or do homework, but it never happens?? Ya, totally me. I brought running gear and was so ready to run. Didn't.happen.once. Saturday came and went and I ran 5 miles in 49.08 minutes. Best part?? It wasn't the hardest. My dad and Jeff are trying to talk me into Bloomsday which is  7.45 miles. I think I can do it, it's just a matter if I want to. :)

Happy as ever before the race.

Last twenty feet of the face!!!!

My dad & I. I'm proud to say that I was only 8 minutes behind my dad...K not the greatest, but my dad had been training for two weeks and I hadn't ran in two weeks.

Later that night we went to Boston's girlfriends first birthday party. She is soo dang cute.

Trying to make a move...

The weekend was kind of crazy so I hope this week settles down a little bit!! Jeff is super busy with projects and since I'm off vacation mode my shop it getting busy again--can't complain tho!!

Boston also just turned 16 months yesterday and is funnier than ever. He is so smart too--he can sit for an hour putting the cap on a bottle and take it off...or unplugging and plugging the fan {I have to watch that tho}. He understands and can say hot, moo, noises of a monkey, dogs {which comes out as 'ck'}, and 's' for snake. It's really fun to watch him put the name of animals and noises together. Proud mama!!!