It's been awhile!!!

I guess it is hard to keep up two blogs!! I've been updating my running blog pretty frequently. You can read that at www.anneburau.blogspot.com if you haven't checked it out yet. Countdown to my half marathon is a about 4.5 weeks!!

Healthwise, I've never been healthier! (knock on wood....) I haven't been to the doctor in months and don't have an appointment until June! I only got ONE cold this whole winter/spring and it only lasted about 5 days. It's been amazing!

Nolan is growing and changing like crazy! He now stays 3-4 word sentences and repeats EVERYTHING!! He also says "mom, what's that?" to just about everything. He's super stubborn with everything and his personality has came out full force. He is also very obsessed with Daddy right now. Daddy has to give him a bath, daddy has to read him a book, daddy has to tuck him in. I should take advantage of this "free time" i have but it makes me too sad!! This "stage" has been going on almost a month now! I hope it ends soon...I miss being the favorite person in my little boys eyes!

Were also back to getting a cleaner for the house. During the summer months, I would rather be spending time at the cabin, running, playing with the kids, etc than cleaning the house!! We're excited to have some help around the house again. Now, if only someone could cook meals, do laundry, and mow the lawn we would be good to go:)

The next time I update will probably be pretty close to marathon date or afterwards so I'll update with how that goes!!

New Blog!

I decided to start a new blog to keep a journal of my half marathon training. If you want to read it you can click here.

It will be interesting to see if I can keep BOTH blogs up to date!

Random Updates!

Nolan's 2nd Birthdy party was a success. We ate train cake, unwrapped a ton of presents, and got our pictures drawn by a caricature! I think he had a great time. He sure was pooped when it was all over. AND we think he had an allergic reaction to the raspberries. His face turned brigh red after he ate them...we are going to try them again in a few weeks and see if he gets another reaction. Very weird!!!

Nolan just got diagnosed with RSV and double ear infections yesterday. He had been coughing, low grade fever, runny nose, etc for a week so we finally took him in. Both things he has never had, guess it's a first for everything. He's on a neubulizer every 4 hours and antibiotics twice a day. He seems to already be feeling better and coughing less so hopefully he will be better by Monday! I have been coughed on so many times it will literally be a miracle if I don't get sick. So far (knocking on wood) i feel great and have no signs of getting it:)

I am up to running 5 miles and my offical training starts in just a few weeks. I have my running watch ordered and need a new pair of shoes, and then I will be set. Now that the snow is melted, I am pretty much ready to start running outside! I am very excited to get off the treadmill!!! Praying for a healthy 10 weeks of training!

Ok I finally have some time to write about our trip!!!

First, I have to admit. It was probably one of my favorite trips of all time. It's funny though. The weather pretty much sucked, Nolan's diapers leaked on the plane, we never got to use our water park tickets I bought, we got locked out of our hotel room once, and had some fun tantrums on the plane! But none of this stuff mattered because we ended up turning this stuff upside down and having such a glorious time!

We went to Seaworld, Busch Gardens, Cocoa Beach, and visited a bunch of family and friends! It was wonderful to spend a whole week with the whole family. Not interrupted by work, phone calls, or dishes. It was awesome. In fact, it was so great, I am still having a hard time coming back to reality.

Nolan got to spend his 2nd Birthday in Florida. How cool is that? How am I ever going to top that? Next year I'm going to have to take him to Europe or something! His birthday party is on Sunday. How cute is he?!

Cocoa Beach...Nolan was so scared of the waves! We kept trying to take pictures with the ocean in the background, but he kept turning around looking at the waves and screaming so none of the pictures really turned out. We settled for sand pictures:)

This is one of my favorite pictures. It's so innocent. It's so real. A little boy about ready to chase a duck/goose type bird. I say that because I really don't know what it was. It was very weird looking and Nolan was very interested in it!
Ok, now I want everyone reading my blog to go "awww...." :) I love this picture too. I enlarged it and hung it in our bathroom.

Here's a picture of the boys and I at Seaworld. Ian played a basketball game and won two "Shamu's" for Nolan and him. These were the hit of Seaworld. The boys carried their little "Shamu's" everywhere.

I can't wait until the next trip! I just hope I'm as healthy as I was for this trip for the next one. I noticed while I was on this trip that I was constantly thinking about how this could be my last trip healthy so to enjoy every second of it, and never turn down anything. I made sure I did every ride, took every picture, tried any new food. Hopefully there are many more, but you never do know! Live life to the fullest:)

Memorable

Florida was beyond memorable and amazing. More to come on that........

Whirlwind

Between working full time, being a mother/wife full time, managing a disease full time and now training for a half marathon full time I feel like im living in a tornado!

We will be leaving for Florida this weekend and are beyond excited for a nice family trip. The bags are packed (well almost..), the airline tickets printed, and the laundry done. We are ready. I think. Wow. So much to remember when you bring two kids! Nolan will be turning "2" while we are in Florida. What a bittersweet moment for me. My "baby" is not a baby anymore. He is officially a toddler. We don't count his age by months anymore, we count it by years. oh my! Here are some things about him right now:

--He knows what he wants and once it's in his head, he's going to get it no matter what the price. (pretty sure he gets this from me.)

--His vocabulary is rapidly expanding. Every day he is saying a new word. My favorite "love you, ma."

--He doesn't call me mommy, mamma, or mom. He calls me "Ma." It makes me feel old but at the same time I love it. It's 100% Nolan.

--He calls me "Anne" when he really wants my attention. This just makes me ignore him even more. I will not answer to the name "Anne" from my child!

--His favorite song is "wheels on the bus" and we listen to it everyday in the car ride to daycare and home. I have to do the hand motions with him in the car or he will yell at me "ma!" Pretty sure the people in the other cars I pass are wondering what the heck I'm doing but it's fun.

--He loves pizza and everytime I ask him what he wants to eat he says "izza!"

--He just had his 2 year appt and he is "lean and tall" as the doc said. He is 40% weight and 70% height. He's absolutely perfect and healthy!

----He is stealing my heart away more and more each day!

--He loves trains and so his birthday party will be a Thomas the Train theme. Again, I will be going all out--pictures of the party to follow after we have it:) Since we will be gone for his birthday, here's for him: Nolan Happy 2nd Birthday, I love you with all I am!

Regarding my health--I am super healthy (knock on wood) and feeling great still! Marathon training is sure draining but makes me feel great when I'm done with a good run. I'm running 4 miles right now. My goal is to get to 5 miles by March. We'll see. Treadmill training is not the best and definitely not the most fun!!

Bon Voyage!!!

Relief!

That's all I can say as I got the call from the nurse the other day on my lab results. Everything is going back to "normal." I'm back on the meds and they are working as usual. Awesome news to start out the new year! Speaking of the new year--I just looked back at my old posts a year ago from now. Wow--what a difference makes is so many ways....

Nolan will be 2 in a little over a month and as I write this I still don't believe it. I'm excited, sad, and scared all at once. Excited to see more of his personality come out and experience more things with him, sad to see him get out of diapers and lose the last of his "babyness" and scared well--because of the terrible twos:) He is talking like crazy. Some of it I understand and some I just pretend to understand. He just learned my name this weekend and has been calling me "Anne" all week. It was funny at first and now I'm just annoyed! I just ignore him when he calls me Anne now and wait until he finally calls me mommy. He also has started potty training. He goes about 3-4 times a day on the potty but is still in diapers full time of course. He loves trains, Elmo and vacuums! Literally--he's obsessive compulsive over vacuum's. I can't wait until he's older so he can vacuum the house. I'm sure by then he will hate vacuums!

We will be taking our first trip as a family in February. All 4 of us are heading to Orlando, FL! We are super excited.and a little nervous to be flying with two kids for the first time, but I know everything will be fine. Just need patience is all:)

I hope everyone has a wonderful blessed 2010!