On Friday we had Jack's 6 month check-up...it's hard to believe it's already been half a year since he came into our lives!
We are happy to report that he's a healthy baby -- his physical exam was excellent and his doctor said he's ahead of most babies his age as far as his motor skills are concerned (he was impressed by his sitting and his eagerness to try to crawl). He's now 15 lbs 10 oz -- sadly he's dropped in weight yet again and is now only in the 15th percentile, but 50th for height. The doctor says he's not concerned about it yet because he's such a great eater and his reflux has stopped quite a bit. In fact, he even told me to feed him less! I think I just have to take this as another example of how different he and Sophie are (Sophie was practically off the growth charts her first year!) and be thankful that he is a healthy guy. As you can see, he's loving his solid foods and we are just about to move on to stage 2 foods because he just can't seem to get enough!
After Jack's doctor visit on Friday morning, we piled back into the car and hit the road again up to the central coast to visit Grandma Robin and Grandpa Gordon. We had a great time with them! On Saturday we ventured out to see the Lighthouse at Point San Luis. Here we are on the trolley car ready to head over to the lighthouse:
And here's the lighthouse:
It was the first formal "tour" we've taken the kids on. Both did pretty well, though I had to remind Sophie not to talk while the tour guide was talking. She's learning and she handled it well, and luckily so did the tour guide ;)
We had a nice time relaxing and playing at grandma and grandpa's. I think we may have piano lessons in our future. For the life of me, I can't remember anything from my piano lessons as a little girl, but here I am trying to jog my memory since Sophie desperately wanted to play the piano!
Grandma and grandpa enjoyed some play time too:
On Sunday morning we all woke up bright and early to cheer on Papa at the Paso Robles Marathon:
The race started off awesome! We first saw him at the half-way point looking great and on pace for a new personal best:
Sophie was so excited to see papa run, she was great at cheering "go papa, go!" She even practiced her own running with grandpa:
Jack was a bit confused, since this was his first marathon experience. He wasn't quite sure why he wasn't home taking his nap:
Here we are at mile 21 waiting to see papa again:
Unfortunately, just as he came around the corner, we witnessed him "hitting the wall." He was overcome with severe muscle cramps, though he told me he wanted to finish and that he would be okay, it would just take him longer than we would expect. So we all piled back in the car and headed to the finish line. I wish I had listened to my gut though and stayed along the course with him. A short while later he called my cell phone and again told me he was going to finish but he was in a lot of pain. I spoke to a woman who was with him and gave him ibuprofen and she told me he was doing okay and had had a few others look at him and that he was determined to finish. We all waited patiently but of course I was worried. And shortly after that, as I was walking back from my car, another car pulled alongside me where I saw Kris in the backseat, curled up in pain. I'm so grateful some kind spectators gave him a ride back and even happier that Kris decided it wasn't worth risking anything further and dropped out of the race. We took him to the paramedics, who were not at all helpful and only said "running 26 miles will do that to you." I not-so-politely responded that this was his 21st time running 26 miles but the first time that had ever happened. Kris continues to amaze me. He has found humor in the fact that he was cramped up so badly he was lying on the pavement because while he was on the pavement, a little boy and his dog came over to mock him with exercises while the dog licked his pain-ridden body. Although he's disappointed over not finishing the race, we've both realized this is just a reminder that your body will only allow you to do so much. You see professional athletes and Olympic runners have cramping issues all the time. Kris has already moved on and is gearing up for his next marathon in three weeks. I pray it goes well for him, but I have to say I am so proud of him and know he will do great!
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