Wineglass Half Marathon

Last May, my sister and I decided to run a half marathon before our 30th birthday.  We chose to run the Wineglass Half based on reviews and location and I'm really glad we did.  The race was this past weekend, and happened during the peak of fall leaf viewing in the Fingerlakes region.  It was very scenic, well organized and a great course (ie. downhill!).  Our cousins decided to join us, so we made a girls weekend out of it.  We grew up spending a lot of time with these cousins, and are very close to them.  Every time we get together we have a blast, and this weekend was no different.

I had big plans to train for this run and to be well prepared.  I did really well through the summer, but early this fall fell off my training plan for a variety of reasons (Kevin's schedule, increasing my hours at work, rain, travel).  I was a little worried about the race, but ended up beating my goal by a few minutes and beating my last half marathon time by almost 10 minutes.  My official time was 2:10:31.  All in all it was a very successful day.  Everyone else beat their goals too, and my sister completed her very first half!

Taking the bus to the starting line:

At the start!  It was very cold in the morning, but once we got moving it ended up being perfect weather.

Waiting for Becca to cross

Finishing up strong - we were screaming very loudly for her, but she claims she could not hear us.

With our medals

Corning was really a beautiful town.  I am hoping to make a family day trip down there sometime soon, including a trip to the glass museum.

Happy First Birthday Baby Girl!

Ahhh!!  Kate is one!

It is very difficult to believe that a whole year has gone by since Miss Kate was born.  We have had such an amazing year with our smart, funny, silly and happy baby girl. 

A lot of new things happened this month:
- Kate learned to walk!  She started by taking a few steps, and then has slowly progressed to walking a lot more often.  She still prefers to crawl, but we're getting there.
- She learned how to say "cat" (can can make a cat sound) and "hot"
- She now signs "more" and "water" and tries to make the sign for "airplane", but can't quite get her fingers right.
- She has officially dropped all of her bottles/nursing during the day and is eating like a big girl!  She still nurses before bed and in the morning, but we will slowly work on those.
- She has one more tooth!  Only one of her top teeth has come in, she is going to look a little silly until the rest come in!

She's still such a laid back and happy little girl.  We say, bring on another year!

 Airplane!! (and a tooth peeking)

 She still has trouble walking on grass, but loves to push this thing around