I Ran 13.1 Miles

When Grayson was born, Drew and I discussed consciously trying to live a healthier lifestyle.  People with Down Syndrome can suffer from many health issues that affect their weight and weight gain. You can read more about that here.

When Grayson was first born we wanted him to gain, gain, gain! We needed him at a minimum of 11Lbs. for his open heart surgery. But we knew that he may suffer with obesity later in life. We wanted to invest in our health by ensuring that we were leading by example and staying healthy into our golden years to aide in his independence.

So in October I registered for a half marathon. It was daunting, but a couple friends and I followed a training plan by Hal Higdon.

Early morning shot of us before the race.

I did it! I ran the whole race! I just have to toot my own horn on this blog for one post. Four months of training made 13.1 miles feel like just another run. Yay me!

Great Weekend #2

To kick off our weekend last Friday, we went to a circus in town.

We were super excited to be there. Because it was on a Friday afternoon at 4:30, no one was there. We pretty much had the whole circus to ourselves. So we became the circus misfits.

Marloe did her part by blocking the walk way between the bleachers and the ring with her humongous dolphin (which she later pitched a fit about and we had to switch it for a Dora).

Here is some more of Marloe doing her part to block the walk way. That's her sweet friend Jersi, who as you can see, is staying out of the way near her mom.

Here she is hanging on the bars. Do you see how close we were? We could reach out and touch the animals. Of course Marloe did and then we got reprimanded....misfit.



Daddy got her to sit with him for a minute.

Grayson enjoyed Marloe's cotton candy that she begged and pleaded for and then refused to eat. She ate all of Jersi's popcorn instead....misfit.

Here is the sweet elephant Marloe fed popcorn to and then we were reprimanded again...misfit.

No one saw sweet Jersi get a picture with the elephant. Notice the photographer in the background taking pictures for paying customers. But oh no, not us...misfit.



We really did have a great time. The kids were perfect and the crowd was just right. We went to eat afterwards with our friends. It was a nice time.