Things are going well at the Atencio-Sloan house.
Sam is busy but he seems to be finding a good balance between work, school, and home. He is doing good in all six of his classes (of course). I think he still really misses cyclocross but he will miss it until he has time to race again.
Elijah and I are enjoying the mellow weather. We have been running, doing yard work, going to the park and Elijah has been getting dirty outside. Elijah is also enjoying watching Cars, I try to let him watch it once a day but the kid loves his Cars.
Elijah has also decided he likes taking showers with me. If I don't let him in, he just gets himself in, clothes and all! I think it is really funny but his shoes take a long time to dry out.
I am feeling really good. I am fifteen weeks pregnant and loving this part. I am still running up to four miles a day. I am not sick anymore and my energy is back up! I have a little bit of a belly but I think Sam and I are the only ones who notice. Elijah thinks he has a baby in his belly too, it is so cute when he points to his belly and says "baby". I can't believe I am going to have two kids!



Elijah watching Cars. This is serious toddler business.


He can't resist the bike.

Elijah wants to know why he can't watch Cars again.

GO OBAMA.

I am so tired of people not knowing how to drive. I went for a three mile run today and I almost got run over three times!!! So here is my thing when you are driving your car and you come to a red light you do not stop at the third white line you stop at the first white line! If you are at a stop sign you stop behind the stop sign and you come to a complete stop look for oncoming traffic and foot traffic and then you drive. You do not drive while talking on your cell phone. If you almost run someone over you do not flip them off when they get frustrated with you. Pedestrians have the right of way on cross walks, this means if a person is crossing the street on a cross walk you have to stop for them. If you live in a city guess what people run, walk and bike a lot!!!! The bike lane is for bikes not for a speeding asshole. If you can not understand this maybe you should get out of your car and walk/bike for a week then you will get it.

Halloween

Halloween went better than I thought it would. We got Elijah's costume on with only a little bit of a fight, thank goodness Gabrielle was there to give him candy! Once the trick-or-treating got started Elijah got into it. He kept going up to doors and saying "knock". Of course everyone thought he was cute and gave him way too much candy. A block away from home he got a sucker and the night was over! Elijah got what he came for and he was satisfied.
After trick-or-treating Elijah and I met Sam at his Aunt and Uncles house for some food and cookies! Elijah kept everyone entertained (he was on a sugar high).
Four years ago yesterday Sam and I started hanging out!! I feel like it has been so much longer than that! It has been the best four years of my life!

Getting Big

Elijah is getting so big. He isn't a baby anymore, he is a little boy. He loves playing cars, he takes his cars and makes car noises as he pushes them along. He loves bikes! One of the first things he wants in the morning is his bike. He watches bikes on youtube with his dad and he gets a big kick out of the big tricks! If he gets on his bike you better be ready to run because he can move fast on that thing! He is into books about witches, cowboys, and snakes, we read the same books over and over again. The song Head, Shoulder, Knees and Toes is totally cool. It is so fun to watch him become a little man.


Oh cute they match.


Elijah helping me with the laundry.


He is posing for this picture!!


Look I ate my dinner!

It snowed!!!

We woke up to this!! I can't believe it. I feel like summer was so short this year.



Elijah and I went hiking with Lucas. It was a little too cold for Elijah so we turned back after a mile and a half.



There aren't very many leaves left on the trees but it was still pretty.

Elijah is twenty months today. It is going by so fast. Soon he will be two!! Life moves fast when you have kids.

New Mexico Part 2

Bama!!!



Elijah in the corn box.



Elijah and his Bama

New Mexico Part 1

Elijah and I went to New Mexico this weekend to visit Buckey and Bama. We had a good time. It was nice to see them and it was nice for them to get some quality time with Elijah. I have more pictures but they aren't downloading. I will try and post more later.


Isn't he cute.


Elijah at the Corn Maze. We let him lead the way, big mistake.

tag

1. This isn't even my blog. It is Sam's, I started blogging when he started grad school.
2. I am addicted to chapstick. I mean really I need it all the time. I have extra tubes hidden in my purse and throughout my house.
3. I never go barefoot. Not even in my own house. I wear flip flops or slippers all the time. I hate having things on the bottom of my feet.
4. I never throw my hair or finger nail clippings away. I am afraid the witches will get me so I flush everything down the toilet. Sam makes fun of me for this but you know what he flushes his nail clipping too!
5. Sometimes when Elijah and Sam play together I feel like crying. They are so cute together and Sam is such a good dad.
6. I only have thirty credit hours until I graduate with a bachelors degree. I am not sure what I want to be when I grow up though! I am going to take one or two classes a semester until Sam is finished.
7. I use to smoke one pack a day. I loved it, I thought I was so cool. Now I am a runner and I get sick when I smell cigarette smoke.

I tag:
1.the abalate atencio clan
2. Brandi Hill
3. Geno
4. B, D, K and Ella
5. Juanita

I know he looks like he is crying but really he is singing his heart out!!!

It has been a long couple of days. I got a stomach virus on Saturday morning that didn't go away until Sunday afternoon. Sam had to come home from work on Saturday and my sister Laura had to take Elijah on Sunday. Sam is very busy with school and work. He has his first test in Biostatistics on Thursday. He is STRESSED! Tomorrow we babysit Jackson for a few hours so that should be fun. He and Elijah get a long pretty well.
Last week Sam and I got a chance to go Monet to Picasso! It was amazing. I saw art I never imagined I would see.
I tried to post a video of Elijah dancing but I couldn't get it to download. He is such a good dancer and he dances all the time. Even today at the zoo we had to stop a few times so he could get his groove on.

Elijah and Sam

Doesn't Elijah have a good Dad!!

UNCLE LUCAS!!!!!

As you can see Elijah has a large fake tattoo on his chest, thanks to Uncle Lucas! Yesterday Elijah did not want to get dressed so I let him run around in his diaper all day. By dinner time I had stopped noticing the giant tattoo on my baby and I went to get our dinner at Barbacoa a mexican burrito shop. I walk in, carrying Elijah and people are giving me funny looks. I thought at first it was the half-naked baby! I then realized it was the half-naked baby with his our Lady of Guadalupe tattoo on his chest. I was kind of embarrassed and amused all at the same time. Sam and Uncle Lucas laughed extra hard when I came home.

Crazy Weekend

Elijah and I had a crazy weekend. I worked on Friday and I know that doesn't sound bad but I end up staying up so late. Saturday morning we woke up early to meet Andrea, Molly and her son Jackson for a run. We ended up running to City Creek Canyon, thru Memory Grove, into downtown and home! It was about a nine mile run with a LOT of incline. That evening Elijah and I met my mom and Gabrielle at the fair. Elijah got to see all the animals, go on a pony ride, ride a lot of rides, go down a giant slide four times and eat a lot food. We didn't get home until after midnight! Sunday we had lunch with my girlfriends from junior high and their kids. My friend Brandi has a small baby and Elijah is in love with him. He tried to get into the baby's carseat with the baby in it!!
This morning I went for a very short two mile run. After seventeen days of riding his bike to school/work Sam actually asked for a ride! I think his legs might have needed a break.

Aren't those kids so cute!!



Our first ride



Oh Nana

Just another mellow week for Elijah and I but Sam had another busy week. We did get to hang out all three of us on Monday. The rest of the week was running, going to the park, playing with Jackson, coloring, climbing, watching baby einstien, and cooking/eating good food. I work today so wish us luck!

Week One

Sam finished his first week of full time work and full time school. It was a busy week for him. I have to admit I got a lot emotional. I have a hard time with him being gone all the time and then when he is home he is so busy. I know selfish! I do realize he is doing this for our family and he doesn't love it either. So my new goal is to be more supportive and a lot more understanding. I love you Sam and I am proud of you.
Sam is commuting to and from school/work. In one week he rode almost eighty miles and burned three thousand calories!!

7:30 am

Elijah has always been a good sleeper. He likes to sleep in just like his mom does and it has always worked well for me. Now that Sam has been going to bed earlier and earlier for school so have we. But that means we have been getting up earlier and earlier. Elijah woke up this morning right before 7:30!!! To make things worse he is not a morning person. He is so grumpy. The only good thing is I get my runs in very early and Elijah gets his nap in by 11:00.

School Starts

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Since Sam is going to be in grad school full time and working full time I am going to be updating the blog more often. I am a little bit nervous and a lot excited for Sam. I am also very proud of him. I am going to be taking care of all the household stuff including more of the cooking. I need new meal ideas if anyone has any. Something with veggies since we are working on getting Elijah to eat veggies.



Elijah eating his breakfast.


Sam on his way to school.



Oh so serious



And yes I am teaching him to be a liberal democrat.

Tomorrow marks the start of 3 years of deferred gratification. What's that mean? At least for the next semester it means school Monday through Thursday and work Friday through Sunday.

18 month check-up on the boy today and things are great. The pediatrician says now is the time to really keep an eye him because soon he'll be climbing things, pulling stuff over, and mimicking us.






Too bad there are no pictures of him spitting like Katie.