Alex is THREE!!

I still can't believe I have a 3 year old! Wait...yes I can...especially with the 'I do it all myself' ringing in my ears all day long ;) We will be having his birthday party on Saturday and I will post pictures and more about that afterwards. As for his actual birthday, we did just a few of his favorite things:

played outside and rode his bike:

played with his best friend Kayeli:

ate chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting:

and his new favorite thing, riding in his new power wheels:

The past 3 years have gone by really fast it seems! Here's a little montage of him from birth:

Goal Accompished, and new goal set!

I did it! I jogged 3 miles this morning, something I have never ever done! Even in high school I couldn't jog for more than a few minutes at a time. Not quite the 5k, but I know I can do it. It's hard to believe that I could barely run for 90 seconds just 2 1/2 months ago...and here I am going for 36 minutes!

Jogging has become my 'me' time, I used to hate it. But now I look forward to my running days because it helps wake me up and clear my mind. I just wish it wasn't so hot out! Good thing I've got a 3 week trip to ND coming up, just in time to cool off ;)

My new goal is to get up to jogging 7.5 miles because I am planning on participating in Spokane's annual Bloomsday run in May next year. The tricky part is that there is a lot of hills up there, and there aren't too many here. I'm going to have to go up to Quartz Mtn for training every now and then! I'm so excited and I hope this will help keep me motivated through the winter!