Armadillo Dash

Today I completed my first ever 1/2 marathon.  Yes, I ran 13.1 miles.  I was kind of slow compared to a lot of people I know.  I finished in 2 hours 20 minutes.  This is about 11 minute miles....but I did it!  Next Sunday we have a 1/2 marathon in Dallas.  Wish me luck.

Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow

I am stealing a post from Jamie (sorry Jamie).  At the end of February, Abby ended her time with Jamie & Alex.  We knew it was coming and had been planned from the beginning, but it didn't make it any easier.  I know Abby is going to miss her BFF every day.  I am sure they will get together often to play.  It is weird not seeing Jamie either. 

Here is a picture from when Abby and Alex first started their time together.  Abby was 6 weeks old.

They were dressed in their outfits Nomi got them!

This was a couple days after they started.  Abby was being Alex's snack!  They were wearing their little Gymboree outfits!

This was by far one of my favorite pictures Jamie ever took of the girls.  It was right before Halloween and they were staring at something but it looks like they are scared!

Jamie loves to take pictures and that is just one of the many things I will miss about Abby being with her.  This is one of her photo shoot days about when Abby was 3 months old.

Above is Alex & Abby's last day together.  Abby is looking at Alex like she is crazy.  I know they are going to miss each other.  I hope they remain great friends throughout the years.  Thanks Jamie for taking such good care of my sweetpea!

Dashing Through the Snow...

On February 23 we received our 3rd snow of the season!  Before the last couple of years, I had only seen snow here in the deep south once and that was my 3rd grade year in Baton Rouge.

When we picked up Abby we went to eat and we set her down and she really couldn't care less about playing with the snow.  When we got home and set her loose she was just super excited to have the wind and snow blowing in her face and running all in it.  She LOVES when the wind blows in her face.

The snow actually stuck around for the next day!  We were so surprised!

and away she goes

Whoooooooooooooooo Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat !!!!

The Saints win the Super Bowl....need I say more!

We had a wonderful Super Bowl party...21 adults and 9 kiddos in the James house this evening. 

Theme: 
Who Dat Nation (Black & Gold)

Menu: 
Andouille Sausage
3 flavors of Zapps potato chips
Lump Crab dip
Crawfish Etoufee
Boiled Shrimp/Potatoes/Corn
French Bread
King Cakes
Cookies
Hurricanes
Abita Beer

Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooooooo Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat !!!!

I am a Southern Girl

So my sister-in-law put this map on her page and I thought I would see where I have visited. Like her, I feel I need to travel more. In a couple of months we are going to add another state to this list as we are going to New York to visit Rebecca and Parham in Brooklyn! I am super excited.


visited 19 states (38%)
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Black and Gold Superbowl!

The Saints are geauxing to their first official Super Bowl!!!!  It means the world to the state of Louisiana and all the Saints fans that have been waiting since the franchise started.

I wish however that they had beat any other team because I hated to see Favre go out like that.  Now on to the Super Bowl and Peyton's crew.  Who do you think Archie will be rooting for?  His old team or his son's team?  Should be (hopefully) interesting.

On a side note I am hosting a Super Bowl board if anyone wants in :).

Off to Washington

On Thursday we left for Washington State to go see Riley and Austin.  It has been since the summer since Abby saw her sister and Thanksgiving since she saw her Bubba.

We had tons of fun just relaxing and hanging out and doing fun things.  One thing is Riley LOVES to dance.  Anytime you turned on music she would go at it dancing.  While there we taught her the Sprinkler, Cabbage Patch and Lawn Mower.  I think it will definitely add to her library of moves!

One day we went to the Tri-Cities Children's Museum.  The kids had never been there and we thought it would be a good place for them to go and get their energy out (and were we right).  I think we stayed there almost 2 hours and even Austin wasn't bored.  They played continuously.

Rileybug driving the ambulance

The museum had a medival room with a castle and tons of costumes for the kids to dress up in as well as a stage to perform on and a throne.  Dad took this opportunity to sit in an easy chair and relax (kind of).

Prince Austin and Princess Riley

Austin cooking us a meal in the museum's kitchen room.

The girls putting together a puzzle.

One evening we went to Chuck E Cheese with Kerry, Marc and Madelynn.  The kids played tons of games, rode some rides, ate lots of pizza and danced with the songs and tunes of Chuck E Cheese and his band.

Maddie getting stimulated by all the activity at CEC.

Riley Smiley going down the slide

The Abbster driving with Chuck E

While we were there we also played outside, went to the mall, ate Ivar's, saw movies (Austin/Dad saw Avatar, Riley and I saw Alvin & the Chimpmunks), watched Riley have cheer practice, went to Red Lobster, watched tons of movies at the house, played rounds of games (Candy Land, Memory, Scrabble, etc) and many more things.

We also did our Christmas with the kids while we were there.  We took the gift cards that the Williams and James family sent them and they got some cools toys.  We also got them presents from us. 

Austin:  New Moon game, New Moon soundtrack, Breaking Dawn book, Scrabble, PS2 game, Spiderman 3 movie and lots of clothes.

Riley:  Baby Alive doll, Barbies, Barbie clothes, Barbie movie, Belle doll and more clothes. 

Riley did want Abby and her to have a matching shirt so we found one to both of their liking:

All in all it was a great trip.  Abby did pretty good on the airplanes but it was constant work for Tracy and I to keep her entertained!