Halloween

After our first race, I was extremely sore, as it was my first race and the most I have ever run . . . ever . . in my life. Really. Later that night as I was explaining to our friends where I was sore, Casey informed me that while I was "running" and he was walking next to me, he noticed I shuffle while I run. Like an 80 year old woman trying to run. My mom told me I shuffled right after fetal surgery and apparently that habit stuck with me.

Casey decided to try another run to see how fast he could run without a decrepit woman slowing him down. He ran a 4-mile race right before Halloween for an animal shelter fundraiser, along with our friend Chelsey. People were encouraged to dress-up and run with pets. Casey did neither but we went to support him anyway.

He was right at the beginning of the line.

The Enthusiastic crowd.

Casey came in at 35 minutes!

Chelsey came in strong a few minutes after Casey

Piper was very proud (and rather chipper on that cold morning).

Two days before Halloween I noticed two white bumps in Pipers mouth . . .which explained a lot actually. I had no idea she was even teething until I saw the teeth. Seems a bit unfair that someone who is so far behind developmentally gets teeth so early (she was only 5 months adjusted age).

While we haven't seen any more pop up, I suspect there are more on their way . . .

On Halloween I dressed Piper up as a mouse for two reasons. 1) Since we weren't going trick or treating, I didn't really see a point in buying or making Piper a costume. 2) But since I don't want Piper to think that her mother didn't love her, I decided to do a very simple costume consisting of things we already had. I stuck some felt ears onto one of her headbands and put her in some grey clothes she had.  I dressed up like a cat but due to the aforementioned teeth, by the time I was ready in costume Piper was melting down and ready for bed. No cute family photo with everyone in coordinated costumes . . . maybe next year.

Halloween night- ruined by teeth.

We had a Halloween party at our house with the Hatchs and the Vincents. For great pictures and a great recap, visit Kylee's blog (she's amazing at keeping up on her blog). Piper slept through the whole party like a champ. The next day, we did Halloween pictures, take 2.

Here's to trying again next year.