Wordless Wednesday (a day late)

We did it!

My 2 friends and I ran our first 5k yesterday. Training for 10 weeks and going from not be able to run 90 seconds to running 3.11 miles was amazing. We followed the C0uch-to-5k training program that we found online and it WORKED. I ran the 5k in 32:16. I placed 13th out of 40 in my age group (30-39) and 117 our of 197 for the whole 5k. I can't wait to run another one. Running has always been something that I wanted to do, especially running in a race and it felt so amazing to accomplish it. Below is a picture of us when we started training and one from yesterday. Thank you girls for pushing me and helping me achieve my goal. You both are amazing.

"Beat Up"

Hailey got "beat up" at school today. She was walking down the stairs to go outside for playtime and one of the other little girls pushed her down the stairs. Her wonderful teacher called me, so that I wouldn't be shocked at her face when I picked her up. She said that she was doing well but would like me to take a look at it (thank goodness I work 2 minutes (literally) from "school"). I ran up to school and her face didn't look so great. I snuggled with her for a bit, fed her lunch, changed her and then went back to work. Overall, she is being a trooper about it. It really looks alot worse than it is but it just breaks your heart when your child gets hurt.

Beach Trip & Aquarium

Well it has been about 2 1/2 weeks since my last post....a little behind schedule. Things in the Mickey household have just been busy busy busy. As I posted earlier, I am training for a 5k, which is in 2 1/2 weeks. I am so excited and very nervous, it's my first one. I have been running about 4 days a week but I definitely couldn't do it with out my running friends. Thanks girls!!!

Hailey has been doing well. She will be 14 months in a couple of days. She is growing like a weed. She seems to be thinning out, so she must be getting taller. She is walking all over the place. She loves to say Mol (Mollie), Mom, ball and Bye. She has started to point at everything that she wants and does the grunt thing. She had a 6 hour stomach bug a week or so ago. I am so glad that it came and went quickly.

Last weekend, we meet a friend of mine from Oswego (the college I went to from 2000-2001), in Carolina beach along with her family. She recently moved to Charlotte NC with her husband and daughter, who is about 6 months older than Hailey. On a whim, she told me they were going to the beach (Myrtle Beach) and would love for us to meet them there. We planned on going to the aquarium in Manteo or Atlantic Beach that day with Hailey but it worked out perfectly. They were willing to meet us at Carolina Beach so that we could take the kids to the aquarium in Fort Fisher. We camped for the night (in a camper) at a "LOVELY" campground in Carolina beach. Who knew that they didn't have any "normal" campgrounds in Carolina Beach. It was great though because I had not seen her in a long time and it was so nice to let our children meet. We can't wait to get together with them again soon.

Below are some pictures from our trip to Carolina beach and the aquarium.