Baby Steps!

My sweet baby boy, who is 13 1/2 months old, took his first steps on Saturday evening. I can't even begin to tell you how surprised and proud I was. He took about three steps right in front me of. Wow! A while later he took about ten steps while holding my hand. That was the sweetest thing ever. He stole my heart all over again!

Here he is in his ninja pajamas that Martina sent from Japan. Awesome!

Just prior to his first steps, he was eating pasta. I thought "He'll make a great marathoner." :)

Also, Isaac finally mastered his 'straw cup' this past week. Hooray!

Of course, he is prone to making messes with it...

So - the Chicago Marathon is now 28 weeks away. 194 days! I feel very fortunate to have registered just in the nick of time. I have also booked my free aware airline ticket (which actually cost me $5, go figure). I am contemplating using the "intermediate" training plan on the marathon website. By definition I qualify for the "advanced" training plan, but it requires more running that I think I can manage at this time (and more than I care to do, to be frank). I do have a walking child to chase after! That must count for cross training, at the very least. Ha!

I finally figured out how to keep Isaac and his pals away from the computer at our "Toddler Time" group.

Big, big news: Chasen and I have started Dave Ramsey's "Financial Peace" program. Our church is offering it, so we jumped right in. It has proven to be very eye opening. It's a good thing I registered for expensive Chicago when I did... because now we are making some changes and doing some budgeting! Aye aye aye. It's a good thing, though. And there has never been a better time to get into tip-top financial shape, at least according to our little growing weed!