Someday I'll run again . . .

I was on the treadmill for exactly 9 minutes and 23 seconds yesterday when my baby girl woke up crying. Jace was already by my side bugging me that he was still hungry (even though I'd just given him a granola bar and a twizzler), so I decided to call it quits.

This morning, I thought I'd take a different approach and loaded both kids into the double stroller. It was somewhat sunny (by crappy Washington standards), and I bundled them up pretty good, so I was feeling optimistic about the whole idea.

I should have been happy with my 9 minutes yesterday, because today we only lasted two minutes.

That's right, count 'em up: One. Two.

The wind kicked up, I could hear my baby girl sucking in her breath, and the clouds were moving. All not good in a state that has already far surpassed its average monthly rainfall. So we turned right on around and came home.

At this rate, I can expect to be back in shape sometime in 2014.

Little Miss Hallie Ann

Here she is--our little beauty. Hallie Ann (rhymes with Sally) was born on April Fool's Day at 3:22 AM. She weighed 7 lb 6 oz and was 19 inches long. We're crazy in love with her.

My friend Cassia took these photos when Hallie was 7 days old. Cassia does great work. You can see more of her photos on her website--Paper Moon Images.