At the beginning of the summer, I decided I needed to start running regularly again. Jon and I signed up for a 5k, and my goal was pretty much just to finish. After that, Jon made a schedule for me with the goal of running the KC 1/2 marathon in October. When Kari said she wanted to do a marathon in the fall, I was able to persuade her to to KC. So selfish of me, and it worked! I got to see her whole family for a long weekend. YAY! The race turned out fine - I was more than 20 minutes slower than my best time, but I'm happy with it.. There were, of course more important things than the marathon . . . like our beautiful daughters getting to play together.
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| kiss prep |
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| laughing it up after the kiss |
Marykate and Ella have changed so much since last time they were together in July. They've noticed each other briefly before, but this time they interacted more. This has much to do with them both being mobile. At one point, MK crawled next to Ella, took her face in her hands, and kissed her. Ella gave MK a hug. They both liked to unload bookshelves together. Ella liked to try to get MK to chase her - it worked occasionally, but most often MK would find something on the way to Ella to play with and forget about her pursuit. They also had times of wanting their own space; MK was good at spinning her back to Ella, so she couldn't take away her toy. I know the day will come when they argue about sharing toys, but this time they seemed mostly indifferent and would move on to the next thing. They have alot in common, but also show some personality differences; I'd say both are really happy, easygoing babies, but Ella is not afraid of new people but quiet, while MK is a bit (although probably only a bit) shy at first and then loud. This is a fun age for many reasons, and I look forward to seeing their friendship grow.
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