The Color Run

March 30 was The Color Run.  I had heard stories about how much fun it was so I had to see for myself.  That morning everyone met at my house and we headed to Nashville.  Holly, Martha and I rode together and Ashton, Dylan and Maggie rode together.  Mark, Ryan and Liam drove down to watch the action.  We stopped at Starbucks for some morning pick me up, knowing exactly what it would do to some of us later. I hate that I didn't get a picture of it either.  Some of us (not me) had to make a pit stop in between some cars during the race.  Strangely, there were no port-a-potties on the course.  So they made their own :)

We made it to Nashville right on time and didn't really stand in line too long.  We were the 3rd or 4th wave to start.

I have to say that it is probably the most fun thing I have done in a long time! It was a 5K and throughout the the race there were stations of color to run through.   We made sure that we we covered in every color.

We tried to make sure that we captured as many moments as possible.  Here are some of us taking pictures are we are running.

The last color was blue and I wanted to be covered in it.  I decided that I was going to spin around as I ran through. Bad idea!  As I was turning the girl thought I just wanted my back covered and as I turned around she nailed my face.  Right then I knew what it was like to be blind.  It was in my eyes, nose and mouth.  After a few minutes I was better but I looked like a smurf!

 We had cheerleaders at the finish line, some weren't so happy to see me :(  Here is Liam's reaction to me when he saw my face.

After we finished we decided to take pictures of our colorful selves.

I have saved the best pictures for last.  I can't wait till the next color run!  Next time I will be prepared and wear sunglasses. :)

Fever

So this morning Liam wakes up with a 103.2 fever.  He is teething but I have never heard of a child teething with a 103.2 fever.  So I stripped him down and gave him some Tylenol and called the Dr. office.  He had no other symptoms besides the fever, except for this scratch on his finger.  It looked like an infected hang nail.  So I thought maybe that is what was causing this crazy fever.  So I called Dr. Eastham's office and of course he is on vacation.  So we set an appointment with Dr. Little at 4:30.  We spent all morning laying around in the recliner.  He just wasn't himself.  He didn't want to play. He just wanted to relax in the recliner with his momma.  And I was perfectly okay with that!

Watching Toy Story on the way to the Dr. office :) 

We get to the Dr. office and of course his fever is down to 99.4 because when he woke up from his nap it was 102.7 and I had given him ibuprofen.  He was up walking around in the office like nothing was wrong, which is something he hadn't done all day.  Dr. Little listened to him, looked up his nose and ears.  Then he started in on his finger.  He squeezed some stuff out of it and cultured it so I am hoping to hear something in the morning.  Since he has no other symptoms, he told us to just treat the fever with tylenol and if he starts having other symptoms then he needs to come back in.  Otherwise, just wait on the culture to determine if we need antibiotics.  Here is the best picture that I could get since he doesn't want anyone near it.

Since he was a good boy at the Dr. office, I decided to treat him to some Marble Slab ice cream.  He loved it!

He is in a much better mood tonight.  Into everything as always :)

Update

Wow it has been since Christmas since I posted last.  Nothing really special going on.  Just growing like a weed.  He will be 15 months old the end of this month. :(  He is walking everywhere and has even started running at times.  He gets into everything!  He would much rather chew on the dog toys than play with his own.  His favorite place to be is in the bathroom.  I think he has a sensor and knows when I forget to close the bathroom door.  He gets in my drawer that has all my pony tail holders and bobbie pins and throws them everywhere.  He also likes our toothbrushes and we occasionally find him in his room chewing on them while he watches tv.

He still only has 6 teeth.  Four on the top and two on the bottom.  He is a good eater still.  Unless you give him peas and carrots.  He loves peas and picks them out and leaves the carrots on his plate, or gives them to the dog.  He is in size 4 diapers now.  Not really sure how much he weighs, we go to the Dr. here soon.  He knows all the sounds to Dog, Cat, Cow, Pig and Chicken.  Ask him to shake his booty and he does just that! It is soooo cute!  He loves to dance.  Disney Channel is still his favorite.  Right now he is hooked on Special Agent Oso, but will watch any show that comes on.

Temper, temper, temper.  This child can be the cutest, sweetest little boy and at the drop of a hat be mean.  He doesn't like to be told No and will fall to the ground fake crying.  Or he will give you his bad eyes and hit you. Urgh!  I hope that this isn't a glimpse of what we have to look forward to and is just a phase.  Please let this be a phase! lol

I have had a birthday in this lapse of blogging.  Just another day really.  I had my second 25th birthday. :) Here is my baby in his birthday suit!

We also missed Valentine's day.  Nothing special there either.  We all got cards and candy.  Liam got new sippy cups with straws in them.  Ryan and I signed up for the 5K Foam Fest and that was our gift to each other.  I had to work. :(  But I got a message while I was at work .....

He will forever be my Valentine!!!!

I have become kind of obsessed with working out and running.  Summer is coming up and I have not only had a child but I feel I have let myself go.  I want to be healthy for Liam and want to be a good example for him.  So, on days that I don't work I spend about 2 hours running and weight lifting.  This year will be the year of 5K races for me.  They are keeping me motivated to keep going.  So far I am signed up for Manchester's St. Patty's Day 5K, The Color Run and 5K Foam Fest.  There are many here in town that I need to sign up for and there is the Glo Run coming up that I want to do too.  I started on my birthday and its been 5 weeks now.  I am proud of myself.  I haven't really seen much progress but I know that I can't stop.  My partner in crime is my BFF Holly.  Our friend Troy is our own personal trainer.  He is working on his personal training license and I highly recommend him when he gets finished!

I took the course for my handgun permit and qualified the same weekend.  I go to get my fingerprints this week and then it will be official!  Bobbi and I qualified together.  Here we are with our silhouettes. Oh, and Liam loves to wear my earmuffs!

We also turned his carseat around a few months ago.  He had started kicking the seat so we figured it was time.  We also put new DVD headrests in so that keeps him preoccupied while I'm driving.  He loves that he gets to look outside and see everything the right way!

Im going to end my blog with a picture of my little model.  And he loves his Aunt Maggie!!!!

Training Partner

Yesterday Liam was my personal trainer.  Holly and I have been training to run a 5k and yesterday I couldn't find anyone to watch him so that I could run, so we decided to push him in his stroller.  In a regular stroller. :S Needless to say it was tough and I need to find a running stroller!  It was his nap time so I was hoping he would fall asleep and in the last five minutes he finally did.  There was too much stuff going on at the beginning and he was too interested in the new scenery and reading his Mickey Mouse book.  We went around the neighborhood until we finished our intervals. It is so much easier to run outside than it is to run on a treadmill.  Now i dread it when the weather is yucky outside because that means I have to run inside.  Here are some pics from yesterdays run.

Christmas 2012

Christmas, my favorite time of the year.  This year I didn't have to work Christmas Eve or Christmas. Thank goodness since I worked every other holiday just so I could be off for these two.  Christmas for my family is a two day event.  We have three places to go on Christmas Eve and two places to go on Christmas.  So needless to say I am one tired puppy after Christmas Day!  I can't believe that I didn't take my camera on Christmas Eve :(  I have so much other stuff to carry I totally forgot about taking it!  I made sure that I had it Christmas morning!  I was so excited for Liam.  He is at that age where he doesn't understand but he has fun opening gifts and playing with all the toys!

Christmas Eve starts out at the Gilley's around one or two.  We eat, exchange gifts, open them and then we play dirty santa!  This year got a little racy! HAHA  After that we do the Brasfield Christmas around five or six.  This year was at my parents house. We pretty much do the same things as the Gilley's.  We eat, which is always breakfast, open gifts and play a cleaner version of dirty santa.  Lastly, we go to the McWhorter's and start it all over again.  They eat before we get there because by the time we get there, we are stuffed!  Once we get there, we exchange gifts and do dirty santa there as well.  We are so blessed to be able to have a Christmas like we do!  We love and are loved by so many it's overwhelming!  We wouldn't be who we are or where we are today if it wasn't for each and every one of them!  

Christmas morning we wake up early and do Christmas at our house.  After we go to my parents and open gifts and eat breakfast there.  After that we go to Ryan's parents and eat breakfast again.  We open presents there and then we head home and nap.  I get tired just typing all this and remembering how wore out I was!  I love everything about it though and can't wait to do it again in another year!

Here was the tree and all the gifts that Santa left Liam!  And my new pillows that Ryan didn't wrap!

 Here he comes to see what Santa has brought him!...

His new bookcase with all the books that he opened since December 1st.  I also found a cool website where I could get Disney movies really cheap.  I ordered him all the "guy" Disney movies to watch :)

Opening up his Jake and the Neverland Pirates and Thomas the Train shirts...

Our next stop was my parents house.  We eat breakfast and open up all of our gifts!

My happy baby in his Santa Claus PJs

G got Liam a new hat.  He thinks it is funny that she is trying to wear it ....

After my parents we go to Ryan's parents.  Ryan helped cook brunch for everyone while I played with Liam.  Here he is with the Furby Nana Jo and Papa John got him.

We have no place to put all this stuff.  It took me all day to put this stuff up.  I still find stuff laying around that I have no place for.  This is why we need a bigger house!