Amateur in so many ways

I'm definitely feeling like a first-time mom lately trying to figure out Adrian's crankiness. Why can't he just tell me what the problem is? Oh wait, maybe that's part of the problem. He can't tell me! Well, that and maybe molars coming in. He's been chomping on his fingers a lot. Or maybe he actually needs two naps rather than the one that I want to give him. Okay, really, as you can see, I still don't have a clue. I guess I'll work on fixing all of the above and hope for a happier little guy!

I've been training for a half-marathon for the past few months (I think I've mentioned it on here before) and I'll be running that half-marathon on Saturday! I'm pretty excited to reach my goal! It feels so nice to be at the end of my training but at the same time that makes me nervous, I don't want to come to a complete halt with my daily exercise. And I know that is waaaay too easy to do! Kate and I have plans to do some hiking before the snow flies. That's hiking with 20 lbs on our backs. That involves a whole different muscle group! I'm looking forward to it.

Are you sick of looking at bagels yet??

I know I am! Although I do need to make more...

We had a fabulous weekend up at the camp. (I know, I know, I said weekend and it's nearly the weekend again.) Jeff's Uncle Steve was there with his family. Their Ava is about a month younger than Adrian and she is taking steps! It was so much fun to see them playing together, neither of them are regularly around babies their age/size. At first, Ava just tackled Adrian and then they figured out how to play together. (Haha!) At one point, they were chasing one another, I am amazed that they figured that out on their own! I wish I had pictures but...well you know my track record. Actually, I left the memory card in our computer so I wasn't able to take a single photo. In fact, I quite literally just pulled it out, I'm forgetful like that.

Adrian loved the water, even Lake Superior! He would play in Ava's blow-up pool on the beach and every once in a while he would take off towards the water. He loved splashing on the shore and playing with the rocks.

I had to run a couple times while we were up there. I usually run on Sunday mornings but I decided to run on Saturday night since we would be in town. (Me being scared of the bears and all...) What a mistake! It was in the low 90's all day. Even in the evening, when I finally headed out, it was so hot and humid. I ran 3 miles but it felt like 6. It took a couple dips in the canal to cool me down. I think my lungs are finally getting used to this running; I ran 3.5 miles this morning with Kate and it was almost easy. Compared to Saturday evening anyways. It feels so good to be getting regular exercise!

It's definitely summer, I feel like a kid. We came back home on Tuesday night and we're heading back up a week from today!

One more thing: we are selling our car as a step to getting rid of debt. We need to buy another car, we're definitely downgrading here, feel free to offer your condolences. We're saving our pennies to save for that car so I probably won't be out garage saling until that happens. So, I won't be posting any treasures. Sorry to disappoint. ;)