Baby's Heartbeat and the Big race

This all seems so long ago, but we have been out of town for a week. On the 13th we had another doctor's appointment and we got to hear the baby's heartbeat. William decided that he wanted to come in with Mommy so that he could hear it. He thought that was cool. Everything seems to be going well except for the whole nausea thing. The doctor was really surprised that I was still experiencing that and I am too. He told me that hopefully it will go away and sometimes heartburn can prolong it. So I got some Unisom tablets while we were in Colorado and they seem to help, when I take them which I didn't do everyday but the days that I remembered were great. So, half tablet of Unisom at night and 50mg of B6 for those of you who experience nausea while pregnant.

The other exciting moment of that weekend was the Teton Dam Marathon, or Dam Marathon which is quite the conversation stopper when spoken out loud. Brandon convinced members of our family to run the relay with him, I was not one of them. So he ran with Crystal, Zach, Brent, Cami and Becky. It was quite the adventure.

Crystal and Zach started the race and therefore had to be up early to catch the bus. They stayed at Ian and Becky's like we did (thank you Ian and Becky for that) and dutifully set their alarms because they were supposed to be at the high school before the bus left at 5:30. Brandon set his alarm because he was going to drop them off and drive Zach's car as a pick up vehicle. Of course, non of the alarms worked. Luckily Brandon woke up at 5:20, woke Crystal and Zach up, and got them to the school before the bus left. Nothing like a little tension to get the heart pounding that early in the morning. They finished in just over 4 hours, I find that impressive, and they had fun which was Brandon's goal.

Don't Brandon, Zach and Cami look so excited? I think that Zach and Cami are just playing along for Brandon's benefit.

Here Cami is passing on the baton to Brandon. It was actually a slap bracelet. Very eighties.

It's a speeding bullet! Becky sees the end in sight as she blazes along.

Here they come! Finishing off their 26.2 miles racing down main street toward the finish line.

Here are the Teton Runners, plus children. They look happier in this picture than in the picture of them running down main street. I still don't believe that running is enjoyable.

I tried to get a picture of the design on the back of the shirts. You may have to take my word for the fact the R has legs and running shoes. Thanks to Bill (I'm sure Bill has a last name but I don't know it. He works with Brandon, who also doesn't know his last name) for putting the design together.

William is cheesing for me. He was very excited to have "his" medal, and loved the fact that his shirt matched Daddy. He was supposed to run the last block with Brandon but Brandon ended up carrying him. If I wasn't so lazy I would get out the video camera and download that clip for all of you to enjoy but it isn't going to happen.

Here is Caitlyn enjoying the swing. It is her favorite activity at the park. There are only two parks in Idaho Falls that have infant/toddler swings, so she doesn't do a whole lot of swinging down here. Well she does, because that is what she insists on doing but she doesn't get to go very high because I don't quite trust her grip. Getting her out of the swing was another challenge.

It was a fun weekend. We got to help Dad with the wood and spend time with cousins. Then we left for a week. Hopefully I will be able to get things up about our time in Colorado before to long.