26.2 Miles!

Tomorrow is a big day for me. Marathon day!
While running yesterday for the last time before the actual race on Sunday, I was thinking how excited and nervous about this whole marathon thing I really am. I have those butterflies in my stomach I used to have when a big swim meet was coming up back in the days. I pretty much have been an "athlete" my entire life, swimming a ridiculous amount miles, lifting, running, and doing everything else we did at 5:30 am before others were even awake. But I truly believe that a continuous 26.2 mile run will be the hardest physical experience I will ever go through. Amy reminded me yesterday that while running the marathon will be very hard, she gave BIRTH, and that is in a whole other level of difficulty! So around mile 20, when I will be feeling exhausted, and will want to just stop running, sit down and cry, I'll make sure to remember January 2nd 2009, when Amy was going to a very long 12 hour labor.....the SuperUltraIronman if you will. That should help me keep going.
Next week I will be letting you know how it goes.......have a good one.

I see you..........

Good Morning everyone!

Do you know how hard it was to......

...take this picture?

Well let me tell you....Gone is the time where we would put Claire in a chair, couch, floor and she would sit there, smile, and pose for the picture. Here are a FEW of the attempts to take the picture:

And then there is this little movie I made of Amy "wrestling" with Claire to sit still! LOL...She is so silly!

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse!

Claire found her new favorite show on TV! She really does not watch TV at all (yet), but when the MM Clubhouse comes in the mornings, she loves it! In the picture below, she is not sleeping, she is actually watching TV (What a frigging cutie!). She is by far, hands down, the cutest daughter I have ever had!

The baby girl and me!

Amy is going to Chi-town this weekend for a friend's bachelorette party.......so it's the baby girl and me all alone! What's in the agenda? Pool day with uncle Gangl, movie night, walk in the park......looking forward to it!

Swimmers!

Claire's Photo Shoot!

This past weekend we went to our friend's parents house (Thanks D!) to celebrate the 4th of July. Derek and Heather recently got a new camera so they found a nice little target to practice those lenses on.........here are the results...

Brazil 3 x 2 USA

Yes, the Brazilian boys did a great job today coming back from 0x2 and winning the Confederation Cup of soccer. But better yet, this was an awesome opportunity for Claire to learn who the best soccer team/country is, Brazil! To celebrate, she wore my 1988 soccer jersey!

Where is Waldo?

Amy took some very cute pictures of the baby girl.....here are a couple of them...

5 months (and 15 days)!

Claire turned 5 months a couple of weeks ago, but I've been too busy to post anything here. Here are a couple of pictures of the traditional "I am X months old today!" sign. As you can see, she now has a good grasp of the paper and it is not as easy to take these pictures anymore! Father's day is coming up, and I am looking forward to see what is coming my way.