Music to my ears!

Yesterday I was busy picking up the house and getting some chores done when I heard the sweetest "music". Sweet Girl and Little boy were playing together - I don't think they were doing anything special but I couldn't help but think about all the times I wished Sweet girl had a sibling. They are very sweet together and he adores her and she is a great big sister. There is so much joy in the little things! There favorite thing to play is hide-and-seek. She hides in the same exact place and he squeals everytime he finds her in that one spot.

Cap Tex Tri

It's done. The Cap Tex Tri is over. 1500 meter swim (about a one mile swim), 25 mile bike ride, 6.2 mile run. Below is how the race went.

My goal for this race was to finish in under three hours. Little did I know that I would make a big mistake before the race even started. I did this race with a couple of friends. Myself and my friend stayed in a hotel in austin about 10 minutes from the race. We woke up at 5 am on race day to get our gear together and the truck loaded up, body making started at 6 am. One of the great things about this race is that they let you rack your bike the day before (after it was inspected) so you didn't have to worry about it the morning of the race.

We arrived and were body marked but our swim wave didn't start until 2 hours later. We were in the water at about 8:15. I borrowed a wetsuit, I'm glad i did, the water was 69 degrees. The swim went well, I got beat up a couple of times at the beginning and end of the swim. There were a lot of people. I didn't swim straight so I had to change direction a few times. I finished the swim in 29 minutes. When you arrived at the finish of the swim, a volunteer would pull you up out of the water and unzipp your wetsuit, then they would push you up the ramp. There were a lot of people so they had to get you out of the way as quickly as possible.

My transition to the bike went well, the wetsuit came off easily. I exited the transiton area and jumped on my bike. The bike was done by completing 4 six mile loops. The first loop was ok, the second loop was better. The third loop, this is were my mistake at the beginning of the race would take its toll. I only took one water bottle of Gatorade on the bike with me. I should have taken one bottle of Gatorade and one bottle of water. I finished the bottle of Gatorade around the end of my second lap. I started to get very thirsty and my legs were getting tired, but i had nothing to drink. I finsished the bike on 1 hour and 25 minutes.

My transition from bike to run went well until i noticed my stomach was cramping. I assumed this was from the lack of fluids on the bike. Not drinking enough on the bike cost me a lot time on the run. I couldn't run the pace I wanted to because of the cramping in my stomach. I walked at every water station to make sure I drank the entire cup of water. I alternated water and Gotorade during the run. At this point my goal was to finish without needing and IV. I new I would not make my goal of completing the race in under three hours, but I was not going to quit.

I crossed the finish line completely exhausted. My lovely wife was at the finsih line waiting for me. I was so glad to see her. After the race i began to rehydrate slowly. We went to the Hula Hut and ate lunch, I didn't eat much, my stomach was still upset. I sipped on water and gatorade the remainder of the day. I did eat a good dinner that evening.

I finish the race with a time of 2:59:43. I messed up by not taking enough fluids on the bike but I did not give up and I still met my goal.

I'm putting him to work this weekend!

Don't call us and ask us to do anything tomorrow! I am putting my husband to work. He says I'm nesting and I say "WE" are nesting. I have all kinds of projects scheduled for this weekend like shampooing carpets, getting the baby swing out of the attic and cleaned up and finishing up the room the baby and Isaac will share. We are only 2 1/2 weeks from our scheduled delivery of #3. I've been cleaning out and organizing for months now and I can't wait to actually cross the last few things off my list.
Oh yeah and Jeff has a triathalon on Monday, I am praying he doesn't have a bike wreck or otherwise kill or injury himself. So if I keep him busy maybe he won't get nervous!

The thing about bluebonnets...

For those of you who aren't from Texas it might help to know that bluebonnets are the Texas state flower and in the spring you will see huge carpets of blue in the fields where they are growing. It is "the thing to do" to take your pictures in the bluebonnets. The problem is everytime I take the kids out to get their pictures in them I get this kind of a face from Sweet girl!
 
Once we climb throught the itchy grass and flowers to the selected spot she doesn't want to sit because its itchy or muddy and she makes a "why are you making me do this" face and looks so uncomfortable so years from now when she is lookign through the scrap book and wants to know why I put this picture in the book I will tell her because her face is so descriptive and it makes me laugh!
 
  Little boy on the other hand didn't seem to mind so much but then I didn't make him sit in it either! (It helps that Daddy was making goofy faces at him.)

* As a disclaimer we only picked one bluebonnet and I think we were on state property so don't turn us in! Sweet girl was very worried we would go to jail for picking a bluebonnet!