Pickle.

Mommy is going to begin this post by talking about herself. Tomorrow is the big day she has been training her butt off for for 12 weeks. Well, it appears that someone up above absolutely does not want Mommy in this 1/2 marathon. First, the floods came thus washing out the path for the 1/2. Ok, no problem, it was switched to the roads and lessened to 10 miles. Mommy was initially disappointed. She has this thing about saying she is going to do something and following through with it. Daddy can attest to this as she frequently would look at her Garmin (best invention EVER) at the end of a training run and see she was short a tenth of a mile. So, Mommy would run around the block until she was EXACTLY at what she said she was going to do. That being said, training since April for a 1/2 marathon only to find out she wouldn't be able to actually complete one was hard. There was however, a little voice saying '10 miles is WAY better than 13'! So Mommy moved on thinking she could at least run a little faster in a 10-miler vs. 13. Well, then Thursday came and Mommy felt like nothing short of death. She was unable to sit up, brush her teeth, or eat without sickness. Ok, this too shall pass. Nope. It is now Sat. morning and Mommy still feels like she can't WALK a mile much less run 10 of them! Mommy had made a pact with herself that if she was able to eat 3 full meals today, she would go for it tomorrow. Well, she is 0 for 3 so for. She was supposed to be carb-loading, liquid guzzling these last few days and not being able to stomach much of anything really doesn't bode well for finishing a 10-mile race in a respectable way. So enough complaining, there is more to life and she will just have to find another race and start training AGAIN. GRRRR.
On to Jace. He has been one busy boy as of late. He has been spending time at the library, going to the pool, BBQing with friends, and visiting Nana Cook at the zoo (No, Nana doesn't live at the zoo but she did meet Jace there :) ). Jace and Mommy also made a half-hearted attempt at going to the parade (in conjunction with the race) this morning. That lasted all of 1/2 hour as Mommy felt faint and Jace swatted at Mommy, on t.v. no less, because he wanted out of his stroller. Anyone in our area can turn on our local channel 15, where they replay the parade all year long (over and over), and get a good glimpse of a Jace tantrum in full swing. Anyway enough chatter, here are the pics. Oh and pray for a miracle healing for Mommy in the next few hours so she can go kick some butt in the morning (or kick her own--whatever.).

Mommy's a genius! She has discovered that giving Jace a sucker while dining out gives her and Daddy (and fellow patrons) several minutes of silence!


Just like Daddy--looking at the elephants.

The highlight of Jace's life so far--riding the train at the zoo. He LOVES trains and sat in awe during the entire ride.

Our little engineer

Having his cake and eating it too!

Enjoying a push from Daddy

Feeding the goats at the zoo. This was another highlight. Jace thought it was hilarious when they licked his palm. Luckily they had hand sanitizer on the way out. Most of you probably know that Mommy isn't too concerned with germs normally. However, this was a little icky seeing as Jace sucks his thumb a large portion of the day. Oh and Mommy's leg got peed on by some crazy bird.

Riding the dino.

Getting ready to hit the pool with Davon and Haley


And last but not least, just some proof that Ozzy is enjoying his summer as well!