The Winners

Here it is...see the world debut...

The Winners...my movie about the half marathon.

It's better full size and full resolution, but hopefully you'll enjoy it anyway...

The Winners (2008) from Be Strong on Vimeo.

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Andrea and her friend Melissa ran the Dallas Half Marathon on Saturday (her first half marathon was last year in Virginia). They pretty much rocked it--and they hit their goal of doing it in under two hours! They even placed 9th and 10th in their age bracket! Check out the results here. And if that weren't cool enough, I got video of it and am in the process of making a fun little movie about their feat....stay tuned...

We stayed at my sister Carin's house. Thanks sis, we had a great time hangin' with you and the fam!

For Melissa's play by play, check out her posting.



Check out their sweet Texas-shaped medals! I want one!!!

Potty Training Part Deux

So we finally decided to potty train Mackay for real. He has been going Number Two on the potty off and on, but without a washer and dryer we weren't too keen on taking the plunge and potentially all of the wet clothes it would entail (we finally got a washer and dryer so felt it was time to suck it up and save the money from diapers). Mackay has gone four days now and I am happy to report that he has only had a partial leak or two--nothing major.

Before we started a friend of ours gave us the idea to buy a big package of matchbox cars and then give him one each day he remained dry (we are also doing a sticker chart with a Cars stickers over each day he is dry). Needless to say, he loves getting the cars each day. Yesterday Andrea took him to Costco and I guess she put him in a diaper for that trip in case there were issues with finding a potty and all of the travel. As they were on their way home, he had to go pee and Andrea told him that it was okay just this time and that he could go in his diaper, which he then did. I guess when she was putting him back in his big boy underwear, he was worried that he wouldn't get a car because his diaper was wet. Andrea, however, reassured him that he would still get the car. What a cute big boy Mackay is becoming!

Update: I just talked to Andrea. Mackay had a couple of accidents today, but I'm still confident that he's getting the hang of this potty training thing.