Bow Tie Affair

Gotta love the tuxedo t-shirt onesie...its says "I'm classy but here to party!"

Football and Race Weekend

Last weekend, we had the pleasure of witnessing NC State beat UNC for the 5th consecutive year in a row. It was a great game and a lot of fun to watch. Link stayed at home with my mom since he was dealing with his ear infection but we and my Mom were with us in spirit. The following day, Brad, Rachel, and I ran in the Raleigh Oaks 10K. It was mine and Brad's first 10K and it went pretty well. The race started out at the bell tower, went downtown around the capitol, and finished up at Cameron Village. I was cool with my time but I am pretty sure I could have done a little better. I felt pretty good all throughout the race and even ran into some co-workers during the race. We still have some time before our half marathon in January so the long runs are just going to longer. Here are some pictures from the weekend!

Just soak it in...5 times in a row!!

Someone lowered the UNC flag to half staff after their defeat...awesome!

This is us before the race. It was forty degrees at the start of the race. It was cold but was really nice once we started running. Disney half-marathon....here we come. Don't care how I have to do it, we are gonna cross that finish line!

State Fair

We took Link to the State Fair a few weekends ago. Fortunately, we did not have any E. Coli brought back to our house. Being people that don't ride the rides at the fair (no trust in something that was just on a train a week before), we walked around checking out the exhibits and ate a bunch of food. We are big fans of the deep fried oreos and even tried some new food this year. This was Link's second trip to the fair that week. My parents took him earlier and he loved the pigs. He thought their snorting was hilarious. Here are a few pictures from our time at the fair.




Link attempting to eat my Krispie Kreme burger. It was interesting to eat....it wasn't bad but I'm not sure if I will get it again.


Link checking out the goats. His eyes are so funny in this picture. Not sure he was expecting the goat to get that close!

Seven Months Old

Link just turned seven months old and it has been really exciting. His third tooth showed up, stood up with no one holding onto him, and got sick for the first time. He currently has an ear infection in his right ear and that has made for a few fun filled sleepless nights! Although we didn't take him out on Halloween, we did get him a costume. I couldn't help myself once I saw it. He weighed in at 15 and a half pounds at the doctor this week where we found out his cough was actually an ear infection. His hair is definetly getting people's attention. I swear we do nothing to it...this is a natural thing going on. Here are some pictures of him recently.


Attack of the garden veggie baby food goatee!

We are in trouble now......

Look who doesn't have anyone holding him up!?!

A Big Week in the Life of Link

Last week was a pretty awesome week for Link. Not only did his first tooth pop through, he also started sitting up! He can't stay sitting up for long but its a start. I am actually surprised he kept still long enough to sit up because he is always trying to move. Here are a few other photos of Link from this past week.





In case you are wondering, we do not put anything in his hair. It naturally keeps sticking up like that...but we love it!

Link - 6 months

Link just turned six months recently! At his sixth month appointment, he weighed in at 14lbs 8 ozs (9th percentile) and had grown three inches putting him in the 52nd percentile for height! He is eating baby food now (rice cereal, sweet potatoes, peas, and bananas) and seems to like it. I recently bought on of those baby magic bullet things to make his own baby food. So far, I haven't screwed it up but I don't know how you can screw much up when you puree stuff. I have made sweet potatoes and bananas. Link is so active, never staying still for a moment. He is really such a good baby. He is always smiling with his white hair sticking straight up. Link went to his first hockey game and a few State games this past month. We bought a pair of the baby headphones to help with the noise at the games and he does great with them. He never pulls or tugs at them at all. He is close to being able to sit up but the kid will never stay still long enough to practice sitting up! He is still a squealer and loves to "talk" now. Here are a few pictures from this past month.



Link showing off his game day headphones.



We can't keep socks on this boy. Anytime, he is on his back, he is instantly reaching for his feet.