From Mother's Day to Memorial Day

We have had a trying month...as we have had for many now.  Between not sleeping due to either child or being called into work, and the stress of my husband's job search we are needless to say becoming worn out.  May started out the same as the others, but has shown us some mercy over these past couple of days.  N. was officially offered and accepted the job he has been interviewing for since the first week of March!  Yay! Although, we are unable to truly let our guard down until the first day he walks into the office, we are quietly celebrating daily.  I have taken on a yoga instructor position at a yoga/pilates studio in an artsy part of Alexandria.  We both start these jobs within 24 hours of each other.  Over the next several months I will begin "official" triathlon training for a September race.  N. said he would help to pace me in the bike and run training portions which I am very appreciative of. He ran a 5k with me a couple weekends ago at MY pace...believe me, that is slow for my super fast husband even though  I ran over a minute faster than in my training.  So even though the month has been trying, we have spent some lovely days out in DC.  I have included some pictures of our adventures :)

"If you're happy and you know it clap your hands!"

It was a big day yesterday.  I. clapped and stood up in her crib for the first times.  She was sitting on our bed and proceeded to clap with excitement for no apparent reason.  Then M. joined in.  Very cute.  Then in protest to going to bed, she pulled herself up and stood in her crib.  This is probably only the third time in her life that she has pulled herself up at all.  I. slept well last night-finally.  To top it all off, M.  had an axillary temp. of 101.6 before bed, sad.  We were thankful that she slept through the night, although she vomited her juice this morning.  Needless to say the day today is a lot of indoor activities.

A Midwestern Hello

We had a great time this past weekend with my mom and aunt, although all of the photos were taken with their cameras and I forgot to download them before the went back to the Midwest.  We enjoyed dinner at the National Harbor, ran a 5K, yoga on the National Mall, toured the American History Museum, and of course went for walks and ate a lot!

Pre-Mothers Day at the Park

We had such a great day today.  We spent the afternoon at P-City.  We enjoyed the park and conversing with other families.  We celebrated Mother's Day today with gifts and may go out to eat tomorrow depending on if I get called in or not.  Happy early Mother's Day to all the mom's out there!  Enjoy your little ones as we did today :)

A Quick Run to the Grocery Store

I went out to the car this afternoon after meticulously planning the morning to have morning naps and lunch completed before my departure to get back in time for the afternoon nap.  To my surprise I did not have the car keys. Nathan had accidentally taken them with him this morning when he left for a conference.  On to plan B.  I loaded up the girls in the jogger because all of the other strollers were in the trunk of the car which was locked with a key that I did not have access to. I figured that if I did all the work with getting the girls into the jogger that I should actually jog, and then felt bad for leaving the dog behind so hooked Foxy into the back of the jogger.  My quick trip to the store has now become an extreme production.  Although it is only 80 degrees and 68% humidity, the 1.5 mile run there pushing the girls and the dog just about made me hurl.  The grocery store was sinfully cool and the balloons at the entrance of the store a nice greeting for the girls.  We enjoyed ourselves there and took the leisurely route home.  Why am I afraid of all "solo" walkers on the trail?  Thanks mom for instilling this anxiety in me :)  I spot a lone walker on the way home on my nice leisurely walk and begin to worry so this slow walk turned into speed walking which left Foxy nearly limping on her bum back leg.  Needless to say I picked her up and continued pushing the stroller while singing to the girls to distract us all.  Meanwhile, those darn balloons are whipping me in the face as I continue to speed walk.  After returning home I am now enjoying the quiet of one napping and one playing.  I am exhausted.  All-in-all, a productive day.  Laundry folded, run in, grocery shopping done, walked the dog, the girls got outside, and now catching up with friends!  Looking forward to bringing lunch to our friends and there new baby tonight!!!