BUSY

It has been really busy for us this summer... who am I kidding, since Olliver has come. Chris got a new position and has been working almost 60 hours a week! He also is still training for the Columbus Marathon on the 21st of October so he runs a lot...well he's supposed too. Then he is running a 50k in Huntington late December. That's 31 miles~ Annikan is very tiring. He is so very active and quite naughty. His speech is really taking off....he's very curious and loves to repeat things that he hears us say in later conversations. Olliver is still struggling to gain weight but is somewhat crawling...on his head mostly but gets around. He can clap, give 5, pull himself to a stand and say mama. I am still adjusting to life with two and all of Olli's appointments. He has OT every Tuesday, Nutrition every Wednesday and PT every Thursday. Every 3 months he has two appointments at Riley in Indy with Dr. Hamati in Neurology and also at the Developmental Peds unit. He then sees his pediatrician every 2 months for checkups. All of his test have come back clean so that is promising but he is still Failure to Thrive. Frustrating but we are working hard on it. He now weights 13 pounds and 8 ounces. He has a lose a couple weeks ago but has gained it back...he had a virus with projectile puking! Fun.

We are really loving the weather change. Now on our walks Annikan will ride his tricyle. It is cute. He thinks he is really fast.

Chris the Marathon Man

Chris has ran in several races this year and I wanted to show him off a bit.

On May 12th he ran in his first ever marathon in Lake Geneva, WI. For those of you who don't know, that is a whopping 26.2 miles! Crazy, if you ask me. He did really well given the toughness of the course (it was all hills). He ended up losing two of his toe nails due to the down slopes! He finished 11th overall out of 106 runners. He was 3rd in his age division with a time of 3:25:17 that is a 7:50 pace! He is excited to beat that time in Columbus this October and hopefully qualify for Boston. He has a goal.

On June 2nd he ran in the Mentone Egg Festival Eggcity 5k. He came in 2nd overall out of about 20 runners. He was first in his age division with a PR of 17:49. He came in 9 seconds behind a 17 year old track kid from Plymouth. He was so disappointed!

On June 23rd he participated in his first triathlon in Winona Lake. It was the Optimist Triathlon. He has participated as a team member doing the running portion for the last two years. He finished 84th overall out of 459 participants. He was 5th in his age division with a finishing time of 1:14:31. Not too shabby for his first time and not being able to train well for it. He only swam once and for about an 1/8 of a mile. He is looking to shave about 4 minutes off his time for next year. Some of my friends did it also. The picture has them in it as well. Great job Tonya, Lara, Nancy and Stacey!

Up next is the Muddy Buddy event in August and I am trying to talk him and Joey into doing the triathlon in Fontina, WI in September. Chris is all excited about it but I need to get Joey on board!

I attached a few photos for your viewing pleasure!

Finally, A Nice Day!

We had a couple great days...for weather that is. Olliver spent his first time out of the house for an extended period. He really seemed to enjoy it. He just looked around and chewed on his hands. Annikan spent his time riding on PawPaw's new scooter. He loves it. We take rides around the cemetary, up to Nana's house and to the post office. He loves to wear his helmet. Work is going well...Anni still has a little separation anxiety when I drop him off at Kids Station but by the time I pick him up he doesn't want to leave. Olliver seems to be getter more used to being away from me. He is a mama's boy just like Annikan was. Annikan continues to press his limits and be a typical 2 year old boy. Olliver is still on the small side but not by lack of trying. Olli looks a lot more like PawPaw Ron than Anni does though. See the bottom photo for proof~!

Back to Work

This is my official last day of Maternity Leave. I am starting work on Monday morning and am not too excited about it. I am ready to start working, it just doesn't feel like I got that much quality time with Olliver. It was a completley different experience this time around. Annikan demands a lot of attention and Olliver gets what is left over. Olliver is developing well, he is so extremely smiley. He does seem to be developing a bit slower than Annikan though. Olliver is a much crankier baby than Annikan was, but sleeps amazingly comparativley. The last 12 weeks seem to have gone by so quickly. It really has only felt like 4 or 5 weeks. All of the projects that I wanted to get accomplished are not finished and some aren't even started. As of last week, my brother Craig moved in. We really have a full house now. The house just keeps getting smaller....Feel sorry for Chris, he has a lot of projects to do this Spring!