Shamrocks, Shine, and Shockers

I am proud of ME:
Thought it would be fun to sign up for The Shamrock Shuffle 5K run with my neighbor (she's always wanted to do one). I figured at 13 weeks pregnant I should have enough energy back to do it. Well the night before I was feeling horrible, had massive heartburn, exhuasted, and the weather was nasty. Thought for sure i'd be a morning drop out. Well i woke up and felt fully fine to do the race. Figured it would be tough since i really have worked out or run in about 2+ months.

There were 904 people who ran the race, half doing the 5K and the rest did 10K. I am very proud to say I finished the race in 27 1/2 minutes, coming in 199th place. It was a cold, rainy, ugly day.....but we did it and I was so proud of myself for going and doing it under 30 minutes. Woo Hoo! When's my next one?!?!?!


I am proud of MY HOME:
After months of looking, we finally agreed on a granite color and picked a company to go with. Have the say the company would be a redo for us, but overall we are really happy we took the plunge and invested in granite. Makes the kitchen feels so much warmer. We still have a lot of work to do. There will be a tile backsplash and touch up work, but it already looks awesome. The white appliances are the next to go, but that's for another year. The color is Sapphire Blue. It is Black and blue, with tan specks. Here are some before and after pics:











I am proud of ASHLYN:
My little girl went poop in the big girl potty. After her bath Monday night she was squatting and not getting out. I asked if she needed to poop and wanted to sit on the potty. She said yes so, wet and all, I set her on the potty. Low and behold, she started pushing and pooped.

Next morning I was telling her how proud I was of her for pooping in the potty. She runs to the steps, points upstairs and says poop/potty. I asked if she wanted to go and she said yes. Took her up and put her on where she proceeded to pee and poop. Holy cow!!! My mouth is still open with shock and amazement.

I will spare you the picture of her first poop, but trust me I took one. I'm a proud Momma! Ha!