Fathers Day Weekend!
I hope everyone had a funfilled Fathers Day weekend! This was definitely one for the books for our family. Let me fill you guys on the past couple days! Saturday: We started our day at around 5:30 a.m. Oh boy! What was even weirder about waking up this early is that I woke up to my alarm on my phone and not a baby! That hasn't happened...since they were born. For once I was waking Oliver and Olivia up because today was family race day! Steamboat is a race that I have been running in every year since I was 8 years old with my family and friends. When Matthew and I started dating at Bradley this was the first race we ever ran together. There are is so much history and sentiment associated with this race. Last year, at about 29 weeks pregnant, I watched from the sidelines as Matthew ran and vowed that for next year I would run the 4-mile race with Oliver and Olivia. This was a goal I made a year ago and we made it happen today which was an absolute blast! Ollie and Liv did surprisingly well during the actual race section. They typically would have been napping if it was our regular walk/run but they chose to people watch instead. I don't blame them! There was so much to see! We expected that at some point we would have to stop and give them their bottles during the four miles but they babbled back in the forth the entire race and seemed very content in their stroller. Matthew and I took turns pushing the BOB which made it nice to get breaks here and there- talk about a solid arm workout! Now, I get asked this a lot because I am so immersed in the health and fitness world (my interests, my job, etc), will my babies be the same way? They are their own little humans and honestly, I just want them happy, healthy, and to know how much their dad and I love them. Past that, I don't want to control their interests. They might hate running, soccer, or whatever I happen to enjoy and that is okay! Heck, they might hate sports & exercise in general! That is fine. My goal, as their mom, is to expose them so they know what is out there but I don't [...]