Family Fun Walk

In honor of the Sunburst Marathon From the Hall of Fame to Notre Dame, which is run this weekend, the downtown area hosted a family fun walk to kick off the weekend. Basically, a two mile walk up and down the East Race, with plenty of families and strollers in line. We joined the end of the parade, and had fun enjoying the beautiful day. Henry even won his first medal for finishing the walk - we're so proud! We have it displayed in our shadow boxes in the living room. (I wanted to take pictures at the actual walk, but grrr, the camera battery died.)


Showing off the medal with dad

In other news, this week Henry started cruising around with his walking toy. With big, wobbly steps at first, he was able to push the car all the way across the living room. He was so proud of himself, especially with Mommy smiling and clapping and cheering him on; he was full of smiles for himself. He enjoys walking from the living room to the kitchen and back, and with practice this week, he's getting better and better at being able to control the length of his step, his momentum, and regaining his balance. Look out parents - we've got a walker on the way! Actually, it will probably still be awhile, which is fine by us!

See my little baby bottom teeth? Actually, this picture, besides being cute, shows the two fused bottom teeth pretty clearly.

Unfortunately, Henry hasn't been all smiles this weekend. We went to the doctor on Friday since Thursday night he spiked a fever, and has had a rash on his leg for a week that I wanted looked at. With our first fever comes our second ear infection, and the rash is impetigo. Poor kid, sick times two. But, with lots of pain medicine and antibiotics, his fever is gone and he's already in a better mood, more his normal self. Friday was a pretty tough day for him, all he wanted was to eat and cuddle and rock and be outside and sleep, which definitely made him feel better. We just took the day on his terms, and actually went to the walk in the evening knowing that being outside for him would be more tolerable than playing inside.