Kids, work, condo, Triathlon

Weskey is now 8 months old!! I can hardly believe it. He continues to be such a happy baby. He still really only cries when he is tired, hungry, or wet/dirty. We are having a bit of a tough time teething these days. Still we have no teeth, but I think he is going to be like his big brother. If I remember correctly (which I'm not sure that I can, my memory is terrible anymore), Alex didn't get a tooth until 10 months. We found this new stuff, Hylands teething gel, which seems to work well and tylenol. I never know if I will be lucky to sleep the night without disturbance, or if I will be visiting with Wes. We visited twice last night actually. I took this picture of him this morning BEFORE his shirt and face were completely covered in drool. Wes is very mobile these days, he has not mastered crawling yet. He is close though. He will get on his knees and then usually face plants into the floor which pisses him off, but boy can he roll EVERYWHERE!!! One second he is beside me and then next time I look he is across the room by the fire place. He is a lot of fun now and growing like a weed. We will go to the doctor in a month for his 9 month check up to see just how big he has grown. Alex continues with Taekwondo. Carlos and myself love it. We got more and more "Yes ma'ams and Yes sirs" every day. They constantly talk about self-control in class and listening, which are both great for Alex. He has his moments were he is wiggly and talks out in class, but overall he is doing very well. We hope to continue classes, but with both soccer and baseball this spring we will see how the schedule looks. I feel a little overwhelmend just thinking about our spring coming up, but we will make it work somehow.

Alex is working on hammer kicks above. This was taken during his testing for his yellow belt. The testing was extremely long for some of the little guys, Alex included. Class is normally 45 minutes and this lasted an hour and a half. But after the long testing....Alex got promoted to Yellow belt!!! Nevermind the weird kid in the back that would not get out of the way. Alex all smiles with his new yellow belt.

The same weekend, Marisa played in an indoor tournament at the Crockett indoor arena. I missed the first game because I was with Alex at testing, which they lost. I think they were still asleep, because they won the rest of the day and made it to the finals which they also won! Marisa had a wonderful assist!!! Watching her play, makes me really miss playing especially indoor. This month she has another indoor tournament and we will be traveling to Chattanooga for a day to play some teams there. The spring season looks busy, but atleast it will be all relatively close tournaments (Hendersonville, Murfreesboro, White House).

We keep trying to figure out who Wes looks like. When he was first born, many would say "he looks like Alex" but now I'm getting more "he resembles Marisa." I think he is staring to look more like her. Some of their facial features and they both seem to be long and skinny. So for the moment, I'm leaning more to Marisa. It is fun to see how he changes with every month really. I guess time will tell.

This weekend should be low key. The house has actually been more quiet than normal. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that Alex is out of town with my mom until Tuesday. For part of his Chrismas gift, she agreed to take him to Disney World. This is his first trip there and aslo his first airplane ride. Apparently, he thought the airplane was cool for about a second and then it was boring. Yesterday was their first day there and they tackled the Magic Kingdom. Alex had a good time but really thought it would be a lot of fun to just go swimming at the hotel's pool. So with just Marisa and Wes, it has been rather quiet. Tonight Marisa is going to a slumber party, so that leaves Carlos and myself down to just one kid.

As for myself and Carlos, not anything out of the ordinary. Still at our same jobs, although I'm on the lookout for something different now. I really want to change gears from clinical and focus on health and wellness. It seems like atleast once a week I'm online looking for new jobs. I would also love to find something a little closer to home. I have also checked into liability insurance for myself and possibly just start to counsel people on the side and see what comes of that. I am excited to do something different, especially with my new degree, but also a little nervous. The condo remains for sale. I am so sick of trying to sell it and very ready for a house. It is hard for all 5 of us to find space and not feel right on top of each other in the condo. I just keep my fingers crossed! So work, kids, cramped in the condo, we both are hoping to sign up for some more sprint triathlons this spring/summer. We completed our first one last fall, and have found one in early April that might be a possibility. I had considered doing another half marathon this spring, but ultimately decided that I just did not want to do the training runs for it. I guess I'm just over the time consuming process that is required to train for a half and want to focus on doing the 3 disciplines of triathlons. I have to admit it has been hard to train though. It's too cold for me to get on the bike. I have been getting up some early in the morning and get runs/strength taining in at the Y. While I have enjoyed the snow this year, I can't wait for spring and to be able to get out and run and bike.