ella's first day

marley and me

i just finished marley and me. it should come as no surprise to those that know me that i closed the book and started sobbing. i came upstairs for dinner with bleary eyes and blotchy skin after wailing for 15 minutes. i had to restrain myself from buying a yellow, mis-behaved dog tonight. i knew i would love that book! if you like dogs at all, please read it.

we leave tomorrow, after our 2 week stay in chicago. ella is getting cuter by the day, so i'll post some pictures for you to see.

we're considering buying cable again for the world cup. seeing all the soccer 'greats' sure makes me wish i would have practiced a little harder at ol' forest high school! haha.

ella!

ella delaney girden has arrived! after 14 hours of labor, she came at 22 inches, and for the kicker: 9 pounds 7 ounces. she is such a doll! kaileigh did a wonderful job. we're off to the hospital now to see our niece. pictures later!

lap 1

while we're waiting for ella to come, matt and i thought we'd get into shape a bit. we decided to take a few laps around his block to ease into it. after 3 minutes of running, we rounded the corner, and out of nowhere, the sidewalk crease caught my shoe. everything slowed way down as i did the pinwheel move in the air. the next thing i knew i was sprawled on the sidewalk. of course i started bawling while matt was caught between laughing and helping me up. when i looked down, i started crying even harder...there was a ruby red, silver dollar sized spot on my knee where the sidewalk had scraped the first two layers of skin off. did anyone else see? oh yes. several families were out in their yards, kids riding down the sidewalk. (i'm now jealous of their gracefulness!) it seems like such an elementary school injury to have. a scraped knee (and hands) from a spill on the sidewalk. and it somehow doesn't match my almost-25 year old body. needless to say my plans for getting in shape have taken the back burner once again.