Weekend # 22

I hope everyone had a fun-filled and nice Memorial Day Weekend.  We had quite a weekend ourselves!  It all started on Friday night...

I got home from work a little after 3PM and decided to go for a little run, Lena hadn't been out too much last week so I decided to take her with me, so I packed our water belt and her collapsible cup, her leash and we were off.  We didn't go too far, a little over two miles, but it was far enough because when we got back we were both pretty tired.  We even made a 1/2 way stop for a drink.  So then after a nice cool shower for me and a few minutes laying on the tile floor in the kitchen for her, I took off to meet Randi and Lena went to take a nap in her crate.  I was off to meet Randi at work and then we were off to the Astros' game.  We got to the stadium unusually early (about an hour before game time) so we decided to walk around and check out the stadium, both the bottom and top levels of a stadium we have both been to at least 50 times each.  Well if you have been following the baseball season you know what happened at the game...the "Stros blew a 6-0 lead and lost 7-6...terrible play on the field aside, the nachos, hot dog, pretzel, and soda were really good...our team may suck but our stadium has pretty good food...

All in all Friday wasn't to different from other Friday's...but that was just the start of the weekend...Saturday started quite different from most Saturdays and that trend continued all the way until Monday night...

Saturday morning I woke up to a dog nose about 7:00...I took her out fed her and went back to sleep...my alarm was set for 8:30 I was gonna get up and go to LA Fitness and do a cycle (spin) class, Randi wasn't sure if she was gonna come with me or not.  Well when she was awoken at 8:25 by that same nose that got me less than 90 minutes earlier she decided since she was up she'd come too... when we got to the gym there was a sign saying that the 9:15 cycle class was cancelled...so I joined Randi on the treadmill for a 5k jog followed by a nice leisurely 1.5 mile walk..After our time at the gym we drove over to Alvin, TX and went to Froberg Farmers Market for some fresh veggies and fruit...After a quick pit stop at home for showers and to let Lena out we were off again...this time we stopped at Academy Sports and Outdoor for a pair of padded biking shorts for me (those cycle classes are murder on the butt)...we enjoyed some lunch at Pot Belly...then it was off to Kohl's, where Randi found a shirt and pair of shorts that she liked, I found a shirt but they didn't have it in my size...After that we walked next door to Babies r Us, for over 3 hours - but we did manage to get most of the baby registry done...Once we finally left BRU it was off to Kohl's again, another one just down the road a few miles, to see if they had that shirt I liked...but alas no shirt...so we headed to our final stop of the day, dinner (or should i say breakfast) at Cracker Barrel....

Sunday started out much like Saturday, with a cold nose in my face around 7:00...Again we were off to LAF, this time my class was in session and I got to try out my new shorts...definitely worth the $30...home for showers again...then off...First stop Fry's, in and out in less than 2 minutes...then we headed away from our side of town and too IKEA...We spent about 1.5 hours in IKEA, got some great ideas (for next spring and next summer), and found a shelf system that we have been looking for quite a while to finish off the majority of Lena's room...Then it was time for some food and a stop at our favorite place Sweet Tomatoes...After stuffing ourselves on salad and soup, it was time to go grocery shopping at Costco...nearly two hours later we were headed back home...with a stop at McDonald's, someone had to try the new strawberry lemonade, it was worth the trip...Randi thought Lena needed some exercise so once all the groceries were put away we took Lena on a walk (the same route her and I had ran two days earlier)...we stopped off at our friend Lauren's house and let Lena play with her FOUR labs (Jeter, Vanna, Sherman, and Kennedy)...we stayed for about an hour and decided to head back while there was still some light, there wasn't any by time we got home...

Yes we like to park a LOOONG way away!

It's the only place that sells Lena's food...so we make the most of it!

She wouldn't let me get these for Passover...but at $5 it was too good of a deal this time!

Monday (Memorial Day) the Alarm went off at 5:30 like it does every Monday...We both got up and got dressed to go do the 5K Race for the Pennant at Minute Maid Park...I ran (34:04) and Randi walked (about 47 mins)...we enjoyed the food after, I even downed about 1/2 of a Michelob Ultra...sat in the stands and cooled down before heading out for some more adventures...Once we left the park we first went to UH and stopped in at Randi's office and used the showers in the locker rooms to get all nice and clean...We headed to midtown grabbed a Starbuck's coffee, Mocha Coconut Frapp for me and a decaf iced coffee for Randi...with drinks in hand we walked over to Pottery Barn Kids and did some baby shopping damage...We found a design theme we both love and bought up just about everything we could think of...After some debate we chose to drive home after this and get Lena and take her to get her nails trimmed at Petsmart...I've tried to do it myself (w/o a Dremmel) and have clipped too much off and caused her to bleed so I get a little squeamish and don't like doing it, I hate to hurt her....After getting her nails done, Lena was ready to go...so we thought, "it's only 3:00 let's see if we can find the dog park!"...We found it, after driving past it once, we pulled up to it and she didn't go quite as crazy as I thought she would...she played with other dogs, tried to get a nice man who was giving out treats to give her about 10, played some more, she was just a dog (A GOOD DOG!!!)...We stayed for about 30 minutes and then its off to home for a bath...Lena's bath...Nothing quite smells like a clean, wet dog.  I managed to bathe her, clean her ears, brush her teeth, give her the flea treatment, and a heart worm dose all in under 30 minutes...She gets her bath outside but she likes to dry off on our rug in the living room...what a weirdo!  Once we had a clean dog we headed out for the last time of the weekend...we went to Wings & More and then to get the last few groceries we hadn't gotten the last two days at Kroger...The Weekend was capped off by catching up on "The Biggest Loser" finale and a couple episodes of "Friday Night Lights" and making lunches because it is back to work on Tuesday...4 days until summer "break" for me...some "break" I'll be taking 12 credit hours, working 40 hours a week @ UH, plus a two week stint opening up the weight rooms at 7AM...at least there are a few nice trips on the horizon!!!

Before the 5K Race for the Pennant

Lena in the middle of the action!

Waiting her turn for a drink!

Isn't she so cute!

Well that was our weekend! Sorry so LOOOOONG!

Now for the Baby updates...

• Randi and Baby are doing great,  he is very active (especially in the car) but I still can't feel his movements, and I really want to! 
• It doesn't matter what Randi eats now, it's going to give her heartburn an hour later.  
• As mentioned earlier we have gotten our registry done and bought some bedding and clothes already for him, but not nearly enough.
• Later this week we are going to go to the hospital to check it out and sign up for some of the birthing classes that they offer.
• We have an appointment to meet with a pediatrician next week, and another ultra-sound that same day.
• We toured some day care providers and found one we really like.

The fact that we are 4 months away, as of yesterday, from having our first child is starting to set in now.  It is not as if we didn't realize it before, but by the end of this weekend we knew that whirlwind weekends all over the city are most likely not in our future for much longer.
It's just little things, like the Houston 1/2 Marathon in January.  I know its 8 months away right, but you have to sign up to be in the lottery for a spot starting tomorrow.  So do we both sign up, like we've done before, and if we both get in who will watch the baby, it's in January!  Who's gonna wanna come out there for 3 hours with us while we run 13.1 miles?  Or does just Randi sign up, but then this one of "our" things we do together.  I know from all you parents out there will probably say that something like that shouldn't even register on my radar, but it does.  I (we) know our lives are going to change in ways that we can't even imagine right now...I don't really know where to go with this thought process...I guess I'm just so excited that I can't wait to experience it all, and to be standing right there with Randi the whole time...they say that pregnant moms go through hormonal mood swings, I'm here to tell you that I have a full blown case of A.D.D.  One minute I want it to be September 30th like yesterday, the next I feel like I need at least 5 more months to prepare everything (on top of the 4 that are left)...OK I'm done for now...I just re-read that whole paragraph and if you can follow it more power to you...I'm going to leave it as is, because I think it illustrates my point very well...