Hectic couple of weeks!

Things have been kind busy/crazy around here with work, training for my marathon, flooding of the basement, trips to the zoo & fair, and just the normal everyday activities. I have been behind on my posts so I have some pics from a few weeks ago also.

Yes, these are "Mr. Potato Head's" glasses, but you can't convince Adrian of that! She loves putting his glasses on and wearing them around the house, very funny and cute :)

I had to put this butt crack picture up. This is Adrian standing too close to the tv watching "Wipe Out" which has no educational value what so ever but does get a few laughs out of us.

Adrian & Preston's playdate from a couple weeks ago. We went to Altoona to spend the day with Amanda & Preston and see the parade. They had a good time as always and we got way too much candy from the parade. MMM...snack time!!

Tots waiting in anticipation!

So last Wed. I was awoken at 2:30am by Mitch saying our basement is flooding. Up until this point in the over 3 years we have been in our home we have never has any water come in anywhere. Well, I never thought of the city having water back-up into their system and then into our home. So, we had tons of water rushing in through our toilet in the basement, we had about 2-3 inches in the bathroom and staircase landing and then saturated carpet and padding everywhere else. Luckily Mitch woke up when he did so we were able to save a lot of stuff before all of the carpet was wet.

This is after the city got pumps going and the water stopped and had receded. Looks pretty gross!

This is my antique vanity from my grandma...thank goodness no damage. As you can see the blocks of wood we put under all of the furniture. Mitch was out sawing wood at 3am on wed.

Here is the bar and random stuff we were trying to get off of the ground

Yuck...lots of wet carpet. We had to remove all of the carpet and padding in the entire basement (Thanks Adam & Eric for all of your help :) and some damage personal property (x-mas tree, down comforter, luggage, car seat, etc) Since it is considered "dark" water which means untreated sewage water pretty much any fabric item has to go, since that can't be properly disinfected. We will get 5k for coverage since it was back-up of water through the drains, so I am thankful for that. I know there are a lot of people that have water damage but it is considered flood, my sister being one of those.

Sat. Grandma Harden came down for a visit which was nice we just kind of hung out since we were going to be busy the next couple of days. Sunday morning I got my longest run in so far in preparation for the marathon in Oct. I ran to Ankeny and back for a total of 14 miles....still need to add on another 12 more miles, yikes!

By 10am Grandma, Adrian, and I were at the Des Moines zoo enjoying the DRY, gorgeous weather.

Adrian & Grandma feeding the ducks and fish. I would have to say the giraffes were her favorite, she was squealing and giggling up a storm looking at them:)

Monday was a full day at the fair, with Grandpa, Niece Olivia, and Nephew Chris. Sorry no pics , we were just enjoying and I didn't want to be worried about snapping a bunch of photos. Adrian got to see all sorts of horses, pigs, cows, sheep, and eat a Iowa State Fair corndog.

Can't beat that!!!

Before I forget...Adrian has now gone on the potty twice, which we haven't really been working on potty training so hopefully she will pick it up fast. Our plan is to for sure get working on the potty training by her 2 year b-day in Oct. so it is fast approaching. Adrian has already transitioned into her toddler bed, which is just her crib with the railing off and a toddler rail put on. She has done great only 2 of the 4 nights have been any tears when putting her to bed and those were the 1st 2. She wasn't quite sure if she liked the new change :)