First camping trip!

We took our camper out for a weekend trip to Chester Frost park the first weekend in May. It was a blast and we totally fell in love with our camper! I am so glad we waited for the "right one" to come along! It truly is exactly what we wanted, I see MANY MANY family memories to be made with this baby!

Please disregard my lack of makeup and messy hair :)
Addie LOVED LOVED LOVED helping daddy do things. She helped build a fire, cook, set things up! She was in HEAVEN!

Our little setup! we had a great spot on a hill that looked out at the water! BEAUTIFUL!

We love it! We are searching for a place to go for vacation this year. We are going to go somewhere in the summer for a few days, then go to Virgina in the fall! I can't wait! I have the Virgina trip all planned out BUT for the life of me I can't nail down a place for the summer! We are thinking Charleston, because it's close to the beach so we could spend a day at the beach, and there are plenty of fun kid friendly things to do there. But it's a 7 hour drive so it's probably 8 1/2 to 9 hours pulling the BEAST (as Graham calls it). I'm just worried about keeping Addie happy for that long :) BUT it seems like the winner for now unless Graham finds somewhere else soon.

We are planning on MAYBE taking it out west next year. Graham will have been at mueller for 5 years and will get 3 weeks vaca then. So it would be perfect to just go, and stop along the way! I'm still trying to talk him into it fully.

Where are your favorite places to camp?

Vicks and poop.....oh what a wonderful day :)

Yesterday Addie's allergies were HORRIBLE! The doc called in some allegra for her (she used to take zyrtec everyday but it isn't working anymore). Last night we gave it to her and put her to bed...about an hour later she was up coughing...after not being about to settle her down, and realizing she had a slight fever we gave her some tylenol. About another hour later she was up coughing again. I rocked her for awhile then she got choked and threw up alittle..........in my hand ofcourse! She was REALLY stuffy so I rubbed some baby vicks on her and back to bed she went. Addie and I got up about every hour until 4. Everytime I would get back asleep, she would wake up again! Finally she got into a deep sleep around 4 and slept till 10:15. Now she is the happiest child ever!

Me, on the other hand, got up at 7:15 for Ellie to come (Friday's Ginny has to be at work early so she drops her off about 7:30). Well Josh actually dropped Ellie off about 8. He said she had been up with a fever most the night so good luck :) (I'm pretty sure she has whatever Addie had on Sunday and Monday. It was a 24 hour fever and nothing else). So Ellie and I watched movies till Addie got up. Ellie is feeling better and has played more and more as the day has gone on.......

Here is where my day has gone.........There is poopie on my run in the bathroom (well there was, just got it out of the washing machine) and this is what I found when I got out of my 10 minutes shower (Yes when you have 2 2year-olds running around you shower VERY fast):

What is that you ask?

Baby Vicks Vapor rub! AAAAHHHHHH!!!! Stupid me left it on a table Addie could reach! She used the whole thing (which I bought last night!) on her Kitchen. I asked her why? she said: "Mommy I cleaning! So pretty!"

After cleaning her and Ellie (poor ellie touched the kitchen to play and got it on her!), took pictures, and cleaned it up, my entire house now smells of vicks! GRRRRROOOOOSSSSS!!!

Welcome to my world :)

May your Friday NOT be filled with Vicks and Poopie :)

Training for 5k

So I have been running everyday (except one) for two weeks. I am not good at it at all, BUT I am seeing some improvement. When I started I seriously could only run for maybe a minute and I was about to die. Now I am up to half a mile! Last week I was asked by a friend to run a 5k in September. I REALLY want to do this! A couple of weeks ago when I started the first time I was going about it the wrong way. I wanted to loose weight and that was why I was running. Now I don't even care about my weight (I put the scale up and WILL NOT get it out again), I want to run........I want to prove to myself (and Graham) that I CAN DO THIS! I WILL DO THIS! I also learned that I cant take days off, on my "rest" days I just walk. But I ALWAYS do something. If I miss a day I will not pick it back up. Even though I can only do 1/2 a mile I already feel like I've accomplished something. Its very nice to finish and feel like I accomplished something, even if it's just alittle bit more than the day before.

I've been bugging Graham that I "need" new running shoes. At first he said no (I bought new tennis shoes in February), he said he didn't want me spending money on shoes and use them for a week and stop. So we made a compromise, If I would keep with it for two weeks he wouldn't fuss. Welp, two weeks is up and I am still going strong! So Next week I am going to Fast Break to be fitted and get the best running shoes for my running style and foot! (It also helped that I rolled my ankle last night running, it made him feel bad)

Also, when I can run 2 miles without stopping or dieing I can get a new running outfit! LOL! The little things :) And when I finish the 5k in September, I get a Massage!! YAY!

I also have started a Women of the Bible study to go along with my "New Life" and I LOVE IT! I didn't realize how much I was thirsting for the Word! I get up early every morning and do my study before ellie gets here and Addie gets up. It starts my day off right and I have a better day because of it!