Saturday morning we got up early to head downtown for the March for Babies. Adele and Meredith were already there when left but luckily traffic was light and we managed to find parking in the lot closest to the park. Justin, Robin, and Jude showed up pretty soon after we got there and Team Bradycakes was ready to walk! We took a very scenic walk across the bridge on Congress, up and around the capital, and back to Auditorium Shores. I haven’t heard any estimates as to how many walkers there were but there were a lot. It was quite impressive to be in a crowd with hundreds (thousands) in front and many behind. I was disappointed it was overcast and kind of breezy when we first arrived but by the time we crossed the finish line it was in the mid-70s and ended up being great weather for the walk. I’m really glad we were able to get out there and raise money and awareness about prematurity and hope we’ll keep walking in the future (hopefully next year it won’t be Mothers Day weekend). Thanks to everyone that donated and/or walked with us! We worked up an appetite during the walk and we to Pluckers for wings and beer with Adele and Meredith. After lunch, we headed home and all three of managed to get a nap before heading out again.
We woke up and drove down to San Marcos for Maebry’s 1st birthday party. It started sprinkling right as we were showing up but the weather ended up cooperating and we had a great time hanging out, eating cake balls, and chasing Brady around the playground and fields. After the party, we went to Justin & Robin’s and hung out for a couple of hours before driving home. Brady was worn out from all the activity but with the change of schedule was a little restless with her sleep.
Yesterday, was my second Mothers Day! We ended up just hanging around the house and Casey bought some Framboise Lambec and made me his version of vanilla dream cupcakes…Texas-sized! Since we didn’t do anything yesterday, today we went to the NXNW Brewery and had lunch. The beers were good but the food was meh. Even Brady’s chicken fingers were overcooked and bland. We decided since we were nearby, we’d stop by Austin Home Brew and pick up a mozzarella cheese making kit. It’s just sitting in the fridge right now (we need to buy some more milk) but I’m excited to get started.
Poor Brady is still teething with no end in sight. We’ve had to give her Tylenol a few more times lately. She has 10 teeth and the remaining 6 are at various stages of coming in and she is just sore and miserable. She’s gravitating towards liquids and super soft foods.
Here are some pics of Brady swimming in the pool and from the March for Babies 2010!
What cute pics! Of course there are several cuties starring in those pics…so that’s no surprise!!! Glad to here everything went well at the March of Dimes walk! We Love Our Brady Cakes!!!! Can’t wait to get down there again!!!!
Love,
Nana/Mom