3 Fast Chicks & A Pregnant 1

Sunday October 15th was the annagural Denver Marathon. I convinced three of my girlfriends, Alden, Kelly, and Johanna to run the relay with me. It was fantastic. Our team name was 3 Fast Chicks & A Pregnant 1. Apparently at the awards ceremony they announced our name as one of the most unique. We should have had t-shirts made up especially since I got a ton of strange looks from the crowd.

We placed 8th out of 55 women's teams. The girls ran their lungs out to make up for my slowness - which was actually faster then I thought I would run (3.8 miles at 10:24 mins per mile)


Alden 5.8 miles in 48:20 at an avg of 8:20 per mile
Dori 3.8 miles in 39:32 at an avg of 10:24 per mile
Kelly 8.1 miles 1:04:47 at an avg of 8:00 per mile
Johanna 8.5 miles 1:09:29 at an avg of 8:10 per mile

We had a blast and are already trying to pick our next marathon relay to do!

First Baby Purchase

Everyone has been asking us:

• Have you bought anything for the baby yet?
• Do you have the room ready?
• Do you know how you are going to decorate?

Basically the answer is "no" to all of those quesitons. We have started casually browsing at a few things (cribs, dressers, and bugaboos) however we have not yet decided on anything until the other day when Geoff and I came across this little outfit that we HAD to have.

Uncle Glen will be so excited :)

The Baby Mobile!

So I have been talking about getting a new car for years now and since we were only a few short weeks away from having to get a crane to lift me in and out of the Integra, we decided it was time to get a more family friendly car. After looking and drooling for 2 years over these cars, we purchased a 2006 Volkswagon Touareg V8. It drives like a dream. There is plenty of room for Gus and Jake in the back and baby in the back seat.

We posted the Integra on Craig's list and no less then 20 minutes later, we got a call. The guy came by the next day and purchsed the vehicle. Everything worked out perfectly.

This baby is going to be riding in style.

As you can see, my belly is starting to pop out now. It freaks me out when I see myself in the mornings. Geoff fondly refers to it as my Buddha belly. At work, people who don't know for sure that I am pregnant are starting to look at me with a raised eyebrow - in a few more weeks I am sure I will look REALLY pregnant.

I ran the Race for the Cure 5KM run on Sunday. I was slow as heck (nearly 34 mins) but I ran the whole thing! This weekend I am doing a 3.8 mile leg in the Denver Marathon relay - I am super excited.

I am going to try and post more often from now on - and post more pictures especially since things seem to be changing a lot.