Hello Paint Chips and Bananas, Goodbye Shoes

Hello all, I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend, the weather here was so beautiful! We played outside, David made a new friend at the end of our building and they had great fun playing basketball together. Lauren got to test out her new sun hat, and even got to wear shorts! She is a big fan of grass and sunshine (although she keeps trying to eat the grass, I told her it is for scrunching her toes in ~ not eating!) David and I are very excited that our sandals have finally gotten to make an appearance again, our toes are very happy :oD Lauren is not a big fan of wearing shoes either, although she does like to chew on them. Poor Chris has to wear shoes at work all day, but he got to wear sandals on our trip to the grocery store last night. We are all very excited to fire up the grill tonight and sit on the porch and relax!

Our home inspection is tomorrow, so David and I made a trip to Lowe's on Friday to pick out paint chips to take with us. David is very excited that he gets to decorate his room (with a little help from mom and dad) so he had great fun with the paint colors. At the moment his first choice is very very dark green. (Or bright yellow, or navy blue, he's not sure.) Chris and I are thinking maybe a tamer shade for his walls, and then let him go crazy with accents. David also has very big ideas for his sister's room, I had to burst his bubble a bit and tell him that we weren't necessarily painting Lauren's room dark chocolate brown. I told him I thought we'd go more for baby-appropriate colors :oD

David's old high-chair has finally made an appearance, and Lauren loves to sit in it and play with (drop on the floor) her toys. Her favorite foods so far are carrots, oatmeal and bananas. Last week while we were in Cleveland I made the mistake of trying to feed her bananas in the van while we were driving around. I quickly realized that it wasn't my best idea ever. In between bites of banana Lauren kept trying to chew on her shoes, so I tried covering her feet up with a blanket. She decided to chew on the blanket instead. By the time we were done, the entire carseat needed to be washed! At least it kept her happy while we were looking at houses :oD

My meeting for Team In Training went well, and I am really excited to run for them. Unfortunately I may have to wait until the fall training season. I still plan on running on my own, and am planning to do the Chicago or Columbus marathon. I was informed at the meeting that jogging strollers are not allowed at TNT training runs and since Chris will not have weekends off for a while I wouldn't have anyone to watch Lauren (or David, for that matter.) By the fall season Chris' schedule should be better and it won't be a problem. I'll keep you all posted on my progress for Chicago or Columbus, though. My sister is going to run Chicago so I am leaning toward that one at the moment.

I have to go pick up the little man from preschool now. I hope you are all having a wonderful spring!! We love and miss you all!! We'll talk to you soon :oD
Love and hugs,

Megan, Chris, David and Lauren