The Fanning Four

I realized that I never update about Bethany's 6 month check up. Overall she is healthy but we did have some concerns. 1. She only grew 1/4 inch in two months. She is very low on the percentile now for her height. But she did gain almost two pounds. The doctor didn't seem concerned but I, of course, am still worrying about it two weeks later. 2. We started her on solids over Christmas and slowly realized something we were giving her was causing a rash and eczema to form all over her back, stomach, and neck. So we were told not to give her bananas or carrots until she's a year. We also have to restart the introduction of foods and give each one for two weeks. It's going to take a LONG time to make it through the foods. So far, she seems to be ok with green beans and pears. The rash is totally gone now. So that is a praise for sure!! 3. The doctor's main concern was that Bethany is not babbling yet. She does squeal and make noises but there are no consonants. She doe...

Well folks, this is how it all went down. One night last month, my friend Tiffany was hanging out at our house while Tom worked late. She mentioned that the local radio station was having a cutest baby contest and suggested I enter Bethany. Clearly, she is the cutest baby, so we got to work at picking out a picture. A voila, she was entered. The voting didn't start for a few more weeks and in those few weeks my enthusiasm about the contest wavered a bit. In order to beat out the 450 other babies, it was going to take some work. Was I up to the challenge? I decided "no". But then halfway into the contest, I decided $1000 was worth the effort so my crusade began. And after weeks of begging friends and family and total strangers for votes, we are proud to introduce our very own Bethany Fanning, Baby Idol 2009: On Thursday the radio station called to say that we had made the top ten but not to tell anyone. They said to be ready on Sunday between 2-3pm. And if they didn't...

Well, I started running again. I made a goal to run another 5k and it's time to get on with it. Plus, I'd like to lose the whole "Still look pregnant 6 months later" style I have going on. So, I am following the Couch Potato to 5K plan and going to the gym three days a week to run. But that's really not what I'm here to blog about. It's just that while I was running the other day, the movie Juno was on so I watched it while running. I've seen the movie before and loved it. So, even though it was the last 20 minutes of the movie, I didn't change the channel. In case you don't know, Juno is about a teenage girl who gets pregnant and chooses a family from an ad in the newspaper to adopt her baby. So, halfway through my run, sweat pouring down my face of course, Juno heads to the hospital. It's time!!!! As she, also covered in sweat, cries out in pain and gives birth I also began to cry. It could have been an all out sob, but since I was at th...