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Portland Marathon 10-10-10

I ran my 6th marathon yesterday. It was a cold and rainy morning unfortunately which made for a fairly unpleasant marathon. We were pretty drenched before the race began. The wind picked up in the beginning but didn't last throughout the race (at least one thing went well). I dropped my ipod on the porta-potty floor (gross!) in addition to an already bad start to the marathon. My socks were completely soggy as well. The race itself went fine. I was pretty tired by mile 18 but we finished. If they would have let us have the option to run a half marathon I would have probably taken that! Fortunately that was not allowed in the race so we were forced to keep going. It was my longest marathon 4:31 and probably the most miserable with the rain. I at least had good company to keep me going throughout the race and the crowd was wonderful!!! I was able to take a long nap with Porter in the afternoon and Trevor and I celebrated at a local Mexican restaurant. For some reason I started craving Mexican half-way through the run. Today I am actually feeling well. I am still taking some tylenol and ibuprofen but doing well otherwise. I'll probably take Porter for a walk while Trevor and Billy run this afternoon.

Two Teeth!!!

Porter has two bottom teeth coming up! I noticed them last week. I saw something shiny on his bottom gums while he was smiling. His gums aren't red or swollen and they don't seem to be bothering him much. They are still really small but his smile will look a little different now! It has not caused any problems breastfeeding either (which is good for Porter!). We will try to get a picture of them soon!

Standing up!

Well, Porter accomplished another big milestone this week. He crawled last week and is standing up this week. He will hold onto one of his toys and can stand tall. It is easier for him on a soft surface like the bed but he can do it on the carpet as well. He isn't cruising anywhere but he is very proud of himself. We have a standing toy that plays music and he can get up and turn the music on! Now that he is crawling he has found all of the wrong things to play with! It seems like he goes straight to the most dangerous areas to play. We have a lot of child-proofing to do still including the kiddy gate, kitchen cabinets (which he is already opening), and clutter around the house that he can pull over on himself. He already pulled the chair over with his walker. I moved my cook books up on the desk and put his books down near the floor. He likes to pull them all off several times a day. I need to just let him play and pick up at the end of the day rather than three times a day! We have all of our outlets covered which he is fascinated with. He also likes any cords that are on the ground (we're not sure how to hide those yet?). He is now moving in a full sprint with his walker chasing both of us and all of the animals around the house. He absolutely loves it! The animals all hate it!

Fun in the walker!