Happy Birthday Weston

One year ago today our family was made complete when our little Red head, Weston Ryan, was born!

4/4/2011:  8 lbs 6 oz 

Dear Weston, here's a little Re-cap of what you've been up to this past year:

*You have the most BEAUTIFUL Red hair, Everyone comments on it, even strangers will go out of their way to come up and say HI to you and talk about your hair!

*You have a love/hate relationship with sleep...you usually don't have a problem falling a sleep or being put to bed, but you have only slept thru the night a handful of time this 1st year

*You look exactly like your Papaw Woods, in fact thats the 1st thing both Mommy & Daddy said when we saw you after you were born

*You LOVE your brother, Beckham can make you smile & laugh and you always want to know where he is & what he is doing

*You may be the "little" brother but you can definitely hold your own! You do not give in easily and you will fight for what you want

*You are a good eater! There really isn't much we've found that you dislike and if we don't feed you fast enough you are sure to let us know about it

*You are generally a good natured & happy Baby :) We received lots of complements from childcare workers that you are the BEST baby ever 

*You're a Big little guy...you're already in 18 months clothes

*You LOVE music, you have the cutest little dancey/bob motion when you hear a song you like

*You are all about faces, anytime someone new holds you the 1st thing you do is touch their face, you love to grab at Daddy's beard

*You have A LOT of teeth, you just got your 8th tooth & your 1st molar just this past week

*You love the slide, its really funny to watch you...when we place you at the top of a slide you scooch your little butt towards the slide and throw your hands up in the air with a big smile on your face

Weston it has been such a blessing watching you grow and seeing your personality develop. We thank God for giving you to us! I can't wait to see the man that you will become.

 

 

(we had some smash cake pics taken for Weston's 1yr. potraits)

While all our family was in for Launch Sunday this past weekend, 

we took the opportunity to celebrate Weston's birthday too!

Unfortunately sweet Weston was not feeling well

so he looks less than thrilled in this picture, but he really did

have a good time, he loved all his presents :)

Shamrock 5k

(sorry, I meant to write about my race 2 weeks ago but with all the commotion going on preparing for Venture's Launch I didn't get a chance, oh well...better late than never)

After 9 weeks of training & preparation, March 17th 2012 had finally arrived -- The day of my 1st 5k Race

Race day turned out to be a HOT one! I had originally bought an awesome green tie dyed long sleeve

running shirt but unfortunately I didn't get to wear it. The race was downtown along the river walk, there were a TON of people there, 200+  a record high attendance for this annual race

(once March rolls around there is atleast one race per weekend in Danville, sometimes more, and usually the Shamrock isn't crowded)

I lined up towards the middle, my goal was to start towards the back of the runners, but in front of the walkers,  however when the race started it was so packed and the walkers were mixed in with the runners it was madness!! So between the adrenaline /nerves and feeling crowded I started off faster than I had planned, my goal was to keep a steady pace and not allow myself to walk at all

But when I reached the 1st mile marked and looked down at my watch, I had run my 1st mile in about 8 mins, when usually I run a 10.32 min mile...unfortunately I couldn't keep up that pace

and I ended up walking for 30 secs during the 2nd mile because I thought I was about to throw-up my breakfast...luckily I didn't but I did learn that walking is a bad idea, because once I allowed myself to walk, even though it was just for 30 secs it was hard to get my legs to get going again!

My favorite part of the race was coming over the hill and seeing the finish line and my family & friends cheering me on! 

I crossed the finish line @ 32:20 and came in 95th place!

Me with my group of cheerleading leprechauns

(Beckham is thrilled to be in the picture)

My BFF Kate got me this awesome charm necklace in honor of all my hard work 

(she's pretty awesome like that)

My next race is a trail run at the end of May, I'm excited but a little worried because any of you who know me well are aware of my clumsiness, so I'm hoping I don't trip and break something!

My major Goal for the Year is to Run the "Dirty Dan" this fall

The Dirty Dan Dash

Its a 6 mile mixed terrain race through downtown Danville and on some trails along with MUD PITS and obstacles -- Everyone who finishes gets a medal :) Our Entire Staff at Venture is going to be running this one, plus Venture is sponsoring one of the obstacles! its gonna be a riot

The Race I'm most excited about is the Color Run in  Charlotte, NC this October-- Eric & I are both running this one along with some friends from College that live in Charlotte and at the end of the race there is a Willy Wonka Chocolate Extravaganza :)