{When daddy's home}

When Daddy is not in school we

PLAY PLAY PLAY

We go to the woods to play disk golf. The flowers were amazing and Ryker LOVED learning how to throw a disk and doing what daddy was doing. 

Swinging is ALWAYS a MUST for us. 

The spring in Georgia is the most beautiful place EVER. Every tree/bush is blossoming with beautiful shades of pink and white and they smell so wonderful. Well all but the dogwoods - they on the other hand are not so sweet smelling. 

The pollen here is CRAZY. It covers the streets in a yellow/green dust. It even covered us after being outside all afternoon. So glad that I don't have Georgia allergies. 

We read mommy's cook books while driving. 

We go to the aquarium with daddy. And got to show him our favorite the dolphin show for the first time. 

We love when Brady is on break. We take advantage of every moment we have together.

{Summer is on its way}

Today was a nice HOT 82 degrees. 

We decided to play with water toys outside to enjoy it. 

 Ryker and Abby were in heaven! Life doesn't get much better for them - water, toys, no clothes, and being outside. They were both VERY VERY sad when it was time to go inside. 

Ryker keeps walking up to the door saying "water". I think he had just a bit of fun. 

Amazing how such simple things can make them so happy and entertained for so long. 

{Big news #1 and Big news #2}

Big News #1 

I ran my first 1/2 marathon and beat my goal time by one minuet. I ran it in 1 hour 59 min. My average mile pace was 9:06. I am so proud of myself for actually running 13.1 miles and not stopping at all. It was long and hard but oh so GOOD!! I am so grateful for my super awesome running pal Stephanie. If it weren't for her I NEVER would have though it possible for me to run a race that long {nor did I have the desire}. But now that it is all said and done I think I would do it again {but a marathon is FOR SURE NOT in my cards - running for 4+ hours sounds BORING!}

 The last mile was the LONGEST mile of my life but finally I saw the finish line. 

 I am so grateful for Brady and Ryker and all of their support. Brady was a champ for watching Ryker on Saturday mornings so we could go do our long runs baby/stroller free. It is a super good thing I discovered {thank you Robin} a totally flat {near impossible in Atlanta}running route for us to do our long runs. I never would have been able to do all of the training that was needed if I had to run hills. It makes such a difference. 

 I did it!!!! 

It was SO cold when we started but the temp ended up being perfect for a long run. 

 Ryker LOVES his football and has to take it EVERYWHERE he goes these days. It's pretty cute. 

 Giving the mommy a sweet kiss. 

 Big News #2

My eggo is preggo!!!! 

We will be adding a new addition to our little family October 1. 

 It was super hard training while being pregnant but I did it! I am so happy that I was even able to keep with Stephanie for the first 9 miles and we were running fast like 8:45 min miles. But after that she was feeling like a rock star and went off on her own and I had to slow it down a bit so I could make it to the finish line. I am now 12 weeks and feeling a LOT better than I had been. I hope that I am able to keep my running and yoga through my pregnancy. 

 Ryker and Brady were playing a game where Brady would get really close to Ryker with the camera and he thought it was so funny. He got some GREAT smiles playing this game. LOVE them! 

Ryker thought he was so big getting to ride on the cart at the hotel. It was a fun game. We really liked Greenville, SC {that is where the race was}. It was a nice fun town and had lots to do and see and it was only 2 hours from Atlanta. Stephanie and I are going to try and run this race again next year. I think it would be so fun to do it again. It was such a good experience. I wish we could have done more on Saturday after the race but I was so tired I almost fell asleep at the table at lunch. We decided to head home so I could sleep, ice, massage, and repeat. 

{Unplanned Trip to Utah}

My grandpa Baggs passed away so Kelsey and I decided to go home for the funeral to be with mom to help her though it. Since we were both in Utah we decided to stay a week extra to play and have some fun. 

 We got to do some bowling. Ryker and Sophi were a team and did better than most of us. Kinda funny. 

 Ryker loved playing with the balls with Ali. 

 It finally snowed while we were in Utah. We {everyone but Tiny} had so much fun sledding. 

 Tiny's first time out in the snow and boy was it memorable - poor kid cried the entire time. He was a super sad baby on this trip. He had an ear infection and he made sure everyone knew he was not feeling well and only wanted me to hold him. That can be a problem when he weighs 29lbs. He is too heavy for me to hold him that much. 

We built a snowman. Sophi was even a trooper when part of it fell off and landed right on her. She is so tough! 

 Papa showed us how to get our sledding on.

 Ready... Set.... Go!!!!

We were also able to see Grandmother {my dad's mom and last living grand parent}. 

It was a rough trip with Ryker but other than that it was fun to be with my family. 

{February 2012}

Some how February came and went and I didn't seem to document any of it. Bummer. So here is a bit of what our month looked like here at the Wood house.

Ryker and I went with our friend Lindsey and her kiddies to a Mitt Romney rally. It was fun and educational. I think politics are interesting but for some reason I never seem to find the time to learn more. 

We were quite popular with our kids in tote. I was interviewed by NPR and the New York Times took a bunch of photos of us. It was crazy. 

We made MANY trips to the aquarium. We finally got to see the dolphin show - its AMAZING!!! 

Ryker's favorite are still the penguins. Ryker loves to chase them. 

Park date with mommy and daddy. And Ryker learned how to throw a ball. He has got quite the arm. 

Ryker thought he was TOO big to be held by daddy at the park. His face is priceless. 

Ryker has learned the difference between a football, soccer ball, basketball, and just a ball. He still loves all of them. 

Ryker also learned the joy in putting bugles on his fingers. I used to love doing this as a kid. 

We LOVED having Brady home so much with us. His next rotation sadly will not has as great of a schedule as this one.