I am a WARRIOR!!!

We are warriors. We even have the hats to prove it. Yesterday I (we) completed the most fun event EVER!! Warrior Dash. It rocked. My best friend Jill (college roomie) met me in Hollister for this insane obstacle course run that we signed up for in March. It was 3.5 miles of fun/obstacles that included JUMPING OVER FIRE. Let's just say, I couldn't sleep the night before I was so excited. Think night before Christmas when you were a kid excited. The entire 40 minute drive to the location I had perma-grin. And while we waited for our start time I could barely contain myself. ANNNNNDDDD it was all I imagined and more.

There are 30 minute waves that start a whole lotta peeps. When the start happens, they shoot flames in the air from each side of the start banner. You can see it if you look close.

After you take off running, you start to hit the obstacles... these are not in order, but will give you the run down of the INSANITY...

Climbing over 5 cars... This is Jill handling business.

This is the WEB. Bungee cord material criss crossed all crazy like and you had to go through.

Then there was a really steep hill we had to run up... on the other side of the hill was this ravine with 5"-ish fence post things across it. The ravine was prob 6 feet deep and we had to get across w/o killing ourselves. We both clowned it:) This is Jill in action.Next up was the cargo net climb... climb up one side, down the other. That's me. And Jill climbingThen there was like 5 4 ft high walls we had to jump over... we missed the photo op there.

On to the tires. Lots of tires. As long as you didn't look up you wouldn't fall. That's me in the black.And then to the hay bale pyramid... up and then down. Me working it... Jillie's turn... in black hopping down.Next up was the tunnels... probably 25 feet of tunnel to climb through. Go Jillie!!Next was the slip and slide. Holy cow, I had forgotten how much fun a good slip and slide was. There is Jill... bottom left corner,Me on my way down... head first. So much freaking fun I smile just thinking about it.After we squished down the next 1/2 mile or so, we got to jump over FIRE!!! TWICE!!!We followed that up with the 3' deep mud pool. You had to crawl through it. There was barbed wire (real barbed wire) above the mud. No pics cause our waterproof cameras were mud laden at the end.

Once we got the cameras cleaned up this is what we looked like:)

We went directly to the "Warrior Wash" line which led to a fire hose that was spraying off the masses. Nothing like showering with 50 of your closest friends?!?! (It wasn't actual showering, just hosing off the bulk of the mud from our clothes, then traipsing back to the car soaking wet AND muddy.) The fire hose did little to help the cause. Thank goodness for plastic bags to sit on.

It was amazing. I am still giddy about it. I really want to do it again. Tomorrow. Thanks for an amazing day Jill! I had so much fun!!!!

The rest of October...

Momma got some girl time with friends for a 50 mile bike ride. Yikes... we almost died. It was the best of times and the worst of times... I think my time in extreme length sports is over. At least extreme lengths sans training. The most I had done since I did the ride a year ago when I was preggo w/Joshua was ride my bike to the gym ONCE and take several spin classes. Those are not nearly equivalent to the treacherous ride through wine country. Either way it was nice to spend some time with friends doing something I love. I think I still love it. We'll see. Hmmm..

Joshua has been getting all kinds of lovin' from his big sisters. They absolutely adore him. I am pretty sure the feeling is mutual. Although there are times where I am sure he wish he could run away and hide. Those days are not far in the future I am positive!

This pose cracks us up. We have spent the last 6 months doing all kinds of mouth/tongue/cheek therapy to help him "control" his tongue. It is finally working. Only thing is we aren't used to seeing him tight lipped and it just looks like he is ticked off... "What you talkin' bout Willis???"

Lizard tongue we know and love...

You wanna mess with me???? More love... and no, Addie did not have an owie on her forehead. She decided right smack in the middle of her forehead was a great place for a stamp.

Kailee and Addie have been in gymnastics since the beginning of summer (well, Addie had to wait until her cast was off). They had a little Fall Festival show last weekend to show off their skills.

Our friend Savannah is in the same class as Kailee (they are called Dolphins. Addie is a Jellyfish) Ta DA!

More October fun...

Joshua is growing so fast! He will be 6 months old tomorrow! He had his well baby check up today and weighed 18lbs 2ozs and was 27 3/4" long! He is (according to the dr.) right on developmentally. He has one tooth (not quite big enough to capture in pictures) and is enjoying food... his fave so far is cornbread! My sweet southern boy :) He loves to talk and sing. He is definitely a mamma's boy and for the most part, doesn't take his eyes off of me:) I love him. His smiles and stories bring tears to my eyes. We have come a long way baby boy. To think we were told to end this little life infuriates me. It just goes to show that God is SO much bigger then doctors. Thank you Lord for this amazing blessing!!

The girls were in costumes for an Alice in Wonderland Tea Party...

Cheerleader Kailee @ the Tea Party

And the Tiger... Love that she wanted to dress up in the costume from last year.

The hosts of the tea party... the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts!

These are friends of ours who don't have kids, but threw this party for their friends' kids. How special is that? She had all kinds of games/spooky things set up for them. The first spooky thing was to go in the back and look at this old looking book (really a box). When it opened it had a mirror that had a crazy face in it when you looked at it. When she asked Addie to open the box she said, "No." Our friend said, "I'll help you... go ahead, open it." Addie said, "Why would I want to do that????" Duh. If I know it's going to scare me, why would I open the box. Brilliant. Then their barn/craft room was set up as a haunted house. She took a couple kids through at a time. When it was almost Addie's turn I said, "You won't be too scared??" She said, "No mommy, I'm going to use my TIGER PAWS to protect me!" Oh. When round 2 in the haunted house came around I asked if she was going through. "No... my tiger paws are TIIIRREEED." But of course.

When all the kids had gone through they were awareded medals of bravery and "campaign" medals for completing their mission.

We went to our favorite pumpkin patch (for you locals... Cheeseborough Farms on Moss Lane in Templeton) to pick the perfect pumpkins to carve and, of course, to capture the cutest fall pics of the cutest kids ever.

Addie's crazy person picture... Can you see the jack-o-lantern smile in Kailee?

Baby in a pumpkin bucket!!

Addie feeding the bull even though the sign said not to. They bonded.

And he's done being cute...

REally done being cute. He fell asleep about 2 minutes later.