Cheap Books in Tucson

If you live in Tucson, there's a great sale by Scholastic at Speedway/Campbell starting today until Saturday. The children's books published by Scholastic are cheaper than regular retail and with this sale discount, I found new kids paperbacks for as little as $2.00.

They also had several tables with adult bestsellers, cookbooks, self-help books, etc. Everything is 30-50% off, so have fun!

Here's the link if you're interested:

http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/events/warehouse/states/az.asp

Police Memorial Challenge!

If you have never done a running race before and you live in Tucson, TRY THIS next year! It was a fun, laid-back 3 mile run with "challenges" along the way. The best part was running with my friend Brittany. Usually I run by myself but it was so fun to have a friend to chat with this time!

At each challenge station there were police officers barking orders ("Ten push-ups, now!") I'm sure they were laughing at us as we struggled through their training course.

This part of the race was a series of challenges, during which we all held a handgun. Kind of disturbing to see so many people pointing guns in every direction! I think if that guy in front of Brittany doesn't hurry up, she's going to pull the trigger.

Running, chatting and waving when we spotted the dads and the babies.

Up ten flights of stairs, do push-ups then down the other side.

Sprint to the finish line!

Birthday Bash

Our little guy turned one last week! We celebrated that morning with a swimming party. Trevor's not a huge fan of the water. While other babies were diving face-first into the pool, he was content to just wade through the water. Well, if you had these abs, wouldn't you want to show off, too?

Back at home we set up a new basketball hoop with dad. Birch hadn't even finished attaching the net when Trevor starting throwing his books, toys, and anything else through the net. Later he got a little coaching session and learned about the ball.

That night we had our own little party with family presents and another cupcake. Trevor was full from dinner until he tasted that frosting again, then he was licking his fingers clean!

Moving On

Trevor turned one this week and I nursed him for the last time this morning. I know not every mom is able to breastfeed but it was important to me and I'm grateful that I could do it.

Weaning has definitely been harder for me than for Trevor. He enjoys nursing but now he's so busy that he just wants milk from any source then he's ready to go and play. At first I liked the convenience of feeding with a bottle once or twice a day. But when I had to move on to using a bottle the majority of the time, that's when I struggled.

I'll admit I'm selfish and I love the time I got to spend with him and that he was dependent on me. You just can't beat those eyes looking up at you as they are so content while you hold them.

I knew I would eventually stop feeding him but I couldn't bring myself to take that last step. Then as his birthday came closer I suddenly felt better about it. I had planned on nursing Trevor for a year and I think having that in mind helped me.

I'm not sure how these next few days will go. Trevor is happy and I'm grateful to be a mom.