Race day pics

Here we are after the race. Tita and Papa brought Dunning to the race and saw us just as we crossed the finish line. Go Team Hancock!

Mikel's big finish

My big finish (I'm in front of the lady in the sport's bra)

Just before crossing the finish line

Here are our November race day pics. We just found out that Mikel will not be going on a big long trip he had planned for December, due to budget crunch, so we'll get to do a December race too! We are still waiting to see if we made it in to the Maumelle Living magazine that tooks pics of us on race day.

Thanksgiving

Kelsey and Carson diggin' in to the cake. Carson wasn't so sure about it but Kelsey girl went for it!!

Happy birthday to you! Ready for cake!!

Everyone helping open the twins' presents.

I hope everyone had a great Turkey Day! We spent it with Mikel's side of the family - his mom and dad, brother, his wife and their twins. The twins' birthday is Saturday so we had a family birthday party for them. Yesterday was also the first day that Dunning started pulling up on EVERYTHING. Over the past few weeks, he's been pulling up on a few things here and there - his crib, drawers and steps that are close to the ground. Yesterday, he discovered that he could stand up holding on to anything.

On the Thanksgiving note, and echoing several of my friends, I am truly thankful for what God has given me and my family. Even when I feel the grass is greener on the other side, tired or frustrated, I must stop and thank Him for all He's given me - a wonderful husband who loves me endlessly; an awesome little guy who looks just like my wonderful husband; great family who only wants the best for me; a variety of friends who keep me on my toes and laughing through it all. Thank you thank you thank you!

Lookit what I can do!

May I just say that I really don't like Blogger's picture upload feature that puts my pictures in funky random places, all out of order, and extremely hard to re-arrange? Because I do.

New diaper made out of PUL (polyurethane lined) fabric. Waterproof and needs no cover. I really got to get on the ball and make 5 more of these because we have outgrown all of our crap-o Yucky Ducks, which are supposed to be PUL too, but I think they used cheap fabric or laminated it because it dissolved in the wash. This fabric is by Fabrite. Good stuff.

Dirty kid. He leaked through his Yucky Ducks and cover and the lovely ladies at the YAC - the child care facility at my gym - had to change him and his clothes. I meant to put him in a disposable but honestly thought it'd be ok for four hours. Stupid! He always wets more in the morning.

Yay chunk miester on his riding toy!

Found Dunning like this when we woke up this morning. Goodness they grow up so fast. I remember how freaked I was when he rolled over and how I thought he'd never crawl. Now the little bugger is standing up. I am glad I took the time off these past 10, almost 11, months. They don't stay little for very long.

My Kid's a GENIUS

Of course all mothers think their child is the smartest, prettiest/most handsome, best kid in the world, but mine really is....
Here is a video of Dunning signing "all done." We've only been working on it for a few weeks, unlike "mama" and "dada" which we've been doing for MONTHS. But for some reason, he'll do "all done" on cue, pretty much all the time, unless I'm trying to get him to do it for others. I try to limit it to when we are actually "all done" with something - like food, changing diapers or clothes - so he gets the connection. He'll actually do it when he is full or doesn't like a food. Or at least that is what I think he means. Would love to be in his baby head and hear his little baby thoughts, if there are any!

Race Results

Mikel and I ran the Great Gobbler in Maumelle this weekend and had a great time! It was pretty cold, but warmed up a little when the sun came out. There was a pretty good crowd for the race, and it was the first one ever. It was sponsored by the Hot Legs Running Club - a women's running club - and from what we over heard, a 16 year old put it together! The t-shirts look a little odd with a big giant turkey on the front, but what could you expect from a race called the Great Gobbler?
Neither of us improved our overall time, but I felt really good during the race and after. It even had several hills! I finished 6th out of 17th in my age group and 31st out of 120 women overall. Mikel finished 11th out of 19 in his age group and 52nd out of 119 men overall. There was even an 84 year old woman who ran the race and finished in under an hour! I passed her and said to myself, I want to do that when I am her age!! She came in 1st in her age category.
Pics of the race to come later...we may even be in a local magazine....

Naps are for friends

Naps are for friends, or so our daddy says so. Not sure where that expression came from, but that's what Mikel likes to say to Dunning. I like it too, because it sure makes our house much more "friendly" when D has had a nice nap vs. the alternative. Yesterday, he woke up with some very interesting hair that just had to be captured. He's also pictured here playing with a jungle train my mom got him. He likes to spin the bananas and play with the parrot. All using that index finger, which I think is hilarious. He still hasn't got the pincher grasp down, so that means a few more weeks of mama feeding him instead of him feeding himself. I also taught him to roll his train across the floor. Here he is having loads of fun doing so until he crashed it and got upset.

Happy Birthday Granny!

Gran Gran turned 73 years old last weekend and we had a big family dinner to celebrate, and some fabulous birthday pie!

Halloween

Monkey on the loose
















Monkey man and his cousin, Addison. He is trying to take the ears off her head.















Mikel, Dunning, Addison and Sheryl














At our mom's group Halloween party

Little man was a little monkey for Halloween. However, it was apparently not a very good costume because every kept asking me what he was. Come on, people! He has a banana on his head!

That morning, we went to our mom's group Halloween party and that afternoon we went "trick or treating" at daddy's office. That evening, Jim and Bridget kept D while Mikel and I went out on a date! It had been waaaay to long since we had been on a date. Last year we only had one trick or treat-er so we weren't too worried about the neighbor kids missing out on our one house.

Visit from Grandpa Floyd

Finger chewing good.
Sorry Mikel. Your head gets cut off in every picture!

Sorry it's been such a long time since I have posted. It seems like the past few weeks have flown by.

A few weeks ago, Mikel's dad Floyd came over to visit. We got some good pictures of him and Dunning, even though he was still fighting this never ending ear infection.