Another family loss

My cousin Austin Nau passed away today.  He was 17 and a senior in HS.  He was involved in a car accident yesterday morning.  I have no idea how parents deal with the loss of a child, especially one so young.  My heart goes out to his parents, his three sisters and his aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins. 

How time flies! 

Connor:  Continues to excel in school.  He does great in all subjects but you can see he loves math.  Mrs. Harrison seems to be a GREAT fit!  Connor and I have been busy with our Smurf Village (our new obsession). 

Craig:  He has been doing great in pre-school.  We are so grateful we found Pat and Jack.  I realized a few days ago that Craig was recognizing letters.  I was really surprised so I let school know about it and he is now writing letters as well. 

Cara:  We have a walker!!  She is my little love!!  Ah, I already miss her and she has only been in bed for a few hours.  I think she is cutting 4 teeth so she has been hit and miss with grumpiness but not too bad overall.   She lets me do her hair, she LOVES to get into my makeup and really liked being in a tutu.  So crazy how completely different she is than the boys were.  She also loves to snuggle on me which neither of the boys ever really did. 

I really don't know what they were doing but cute!

Cara found the Cheetos

These two are becoming friends. Love watching them play together.

Yup, she's a walking!!

I am now 4 weeks away from the 1/2 marathon.  Training is going great and I have now started running.  I am doing a 5k this Saturday.  The last one I did was 25 years ago and I placed LAST...ugh, no pressure.

Jim and I are celebrating our 11th anniversary by getting away to Chicago for a weekend.  It will be our first time getting away with no kids in about 7 years.  Dad and Penny will LOVE having them there all to themselves however, I'm sure they will take a LONG nap after they leave :)