The last month......and then some

Where to start...So...the last month.  Well I guess let's go back to mid December.  I ran my half marathon.  Quick funny story about that....I ran with 3 of my friends...all of which beat me....my time was 2 hours and 27 minutes. So, you have a chip on your shoe that clocks your official time... and when checking my official time online, I saw Lauren Toone-Monroe-26 Female 2nd Place overall.... WHAT... I definately was not 2nd... I was 4th out of all my friends.... Well turns out the race was a qualifying race for the Boston Marathon and my chip some how got mixed up with a girl who ran it in 1 hour and 27 minutes....Poor girl who worked so hard and got my time.....Oh well...Boston here I come... Apparently I was running  good 6 minute miles.  The reality was...I finished and was really glad that I did it!

So... Christmas comes next.  We spent the holidays in Mississippi with my family.  It was great to be home.  My mom got Brody a sweet--in the ridiculously funny sense of the word--santa outfit.  He pretty much slept through opening presents, but is loving all the cool stuff he got now.  We left MS on a Saturday and drove to Atlanta and then back to Charlotte... just to be home for about 12 hours before heading to the airport to fly to Salt Lake to spend the rest of the holidays with Joey's family.  His sister Storey, and her husband Ben, were sealed to their little boy Brooks they adopted this past June. Ben also gave Brooks a wonderful blessing.  Joey and I also got to go snowboarding on New Years Eve....so much fun!!! We both miss being away from the snow and getting to go boarding.  We flew back home on the 1st and got to rest a few days before the office opened back up.  Brody was such a trooper....He did well.  

Now as far as what has been going on recently.....Brody is now sitting up by himself...unless he gets excited and kicks his arms and legs and falls back.  He has been sleeping through the night for a week now....let's hope that continues :)  He also loves jumping in his little bouncy swing that he got for Christmas.  He weighs about 18 pounds.  We go to the doctor this next month and will have official stats!!! He is getting so fun...He laughs so much now.  Joey and I are doing great as well!! We found a town home and I can not wait to move.  We will post some pictures just as soon as we have some.  We will move in about a month.  We are just about 3 month away from our second summer, so Joey is working really hard to prepare for the summer.  We had our first snow today.  We woke up this morning to about 2 inches of snow.... Everything shut down...literally...and everything is on a 2 hour delay for tomorrow...did I mention that about 90% of the snow has melted already??? :) Well that about sums up the last month and what we have been up to....