Good luck in the race this weekend. Whether you walk or run it, I hope that you enjoy yourself, and stay pain free! The course has some little lollers (rolling hills) but nothing you aren't prepared for. The hills in your neighborhood have a steeper grade, and can aggravate many knee troubles. So I'm hoping the smaller inclines will help to stave off any knee pain. (I'm not sure what your diagnosis is, but runner's knee, pain is worsened running DOWNHILL, ITBAND issues are also associated with pain running down hill, esp at foot impact.)

TOO CUTE!

That was the cutest thing ever! She is soo adorable. Funny that she's banging on your laptop! What a cute baby girl. Derek and I watched this like 5 times! SOO CUTE! MORE MORE MORE!!!

Ellie in my hat

all you have to do is put my colts hat on Ellie's head and she goes into a giggle fit.

6 days till race day

4th of July was a slow weekend for us.

Thursday night Sara, Sarah, and me went to see the proposal and ate at McCormick and Schmicks. it was pretty good, Sarah got Fish and Chips which was awesome... I'm getting that next time when I'm off my diet. Mom and Dad watched Ellie overnight for us which was a nice treat, for them as well as us :)

Mom and Dad dropped Ellie off on Friday morning and we all went to Bread Co for lunch. Nice healthy fast food. For dinner we met up with Sara and Curtis and went to the local Mexican restaurant for my diet holiday, and I ate burritos!

Saturday Jeanne and Gary stopped by for a short while and we went over to mom and dads for dinner. We didn't go out for fireworks because it was past Ellie's bed time and Davey HATES fireworks, they really freak him out.

Sunday was spent playing with Ellie all day on the floor and I made some Chilli mac for dinner.

Monday morning I weighed myself and I have lost a total of 17 pounds so far! I may even hit 180 by the race on Sunday! I'm looking forward to the race this weekend hopefully my knees don't get re-injured from the running.

7/6/09

Did you enjoy your weekend, and get to see the proposal? I hope you did! Just 6 more days until the 5k. I think you get a t-shirt AND a medal! Should be awesome. I am really excited, Todd, and hope you do as well as you are able. Just remember, a race is only a measure of how well you could do ON THAT DAY. Weather, injuries, etc - are factors that play into your final performance! Best wishes!

Patriotic Weekend

So glad you got the package! I hope they fit or will fit eventually. Anywho, Todd rest up and get better... and I hope you both have an excellent weekend!!!

Crawling!

That is soo exciting! I hope I can see her WALKING when I come into visit in 2 months!! It is crazy that she is 10 months already! Time sure flies!!!

knee

My knee is a little better today. it still hurts, but not as bad as yesterday. I've been icing it 3 times a day, and taking Nabumetone (an NSAID) twice a day.

I'm down to 186 pounds! I've lost 14 pounds in two weeks. Lets see if I can keep it up.


Ellie is 10 months old as of Monday! She is finally actually crawling, on her knees, instead of just army commando crawling, on her stomach. She is also standing and kinda walking around couches and tables. So hopefully, she will be walking by the end of the month.