Lauryn Elise is Four Months

 We had Lauryn's four month checkup last week. She was scheduled for a few immunizations with one given orally. In TRUE Lauryn fashion, she spit out all the meds.........like didn't take one drop. Oh, well! She screamed bloody murder when the nurse gave the shots in her legs and I almost pushed the poor lady down. Needless to say, Reginald will be on shot duty at the next visit. Otherwise, I might catch an assault case.

Weight: 13.4lbs (50th percentile)

Height: 24in (40th percentile)

Bunny Fun!

Easter 2012

Easter Sunday with the Howard's has become somewhat of a welcomed tradition! My family doesn't get together on Easter anymore so it is a more relaxed day for us. Unlike Thanksgiving and Christmas when we have to hit numerous houses. We ate, laughed, played and ate again! Here are the very few pics these kids allowed me to take......

Victory!

A couple of  months ago, my cousin/bff/etc Britt, and I were on Google talk as usual. We started a random convo about running. I explained that I saw a billboard for the Victory Over Violence 5K scheduled for April 7th and was interested but not convinced I could do it! Britt decided to send out an email to our friends just to see who was interested. After a few back and forth emails, we were surprised with 12 YESES! Some would walk, some would run and some would try both. Surely, everyone wouldn't commit to it. Guess what?! EVERYONE REGISTERED!


On the morning of the 5K, I woke up around 5:30. I lounged around for maybe 30 minutes, downloaded some Jay Z, UGK and Stanley Jenkins to my Ipod. I needed ALL the hype music I could get to make it through! We arrived at Trinity Duck Pond close to 7:45. The gun sounded at 8:30 and off we went. I had planned on running the whole thing, NEGATIVE BATMAN! I started running with Tamara and Britt for the first quarter mile but ended up walking/running  the rest of the way. I crossed the finished line at 43:02.....YAY for a first timer, right?! Hell to the naw, Bobby! We soon discovered the trail had been measured wrong which mad the trail 2.75miles instead of 3.1.........


Despite that mishap, I'm still very proud of myself and my team, Run Like a Girl! I am PROUD of the fact that I ran 4 months post Lauryn, PROUD that I did something for myself (rarely the case), PROUD of my team for coming together to rebut the statement that black women's social gatherings are centered around eating, and PROUD of my team for proving that Black Girls RUN!

Half of the team after the 5k

Keylon

Aunt Gina and Lauryn

Key and Britt looking at ducks