Beautiful Weather, Pirate Baseball, LBM's and Government Shut Downs

     With the temperatures in the low 70's I'm starting to wonder if Fall decided to take a vacation. I'm not going to complain about it though and it makes for beautiful afternoons.
     So I decided to walk the kids to the park furthest from our house so that I could get in some exercise and they could play. It was a nice walk and Froggie fell asleep while Big Brother tried to point me in the direction of the park every couple minutes. Hubby met us there and we enjoyed the park for a little while. I decided that I also wanted to take pictures of the kids.
     Big Brother went first and I had to bribe him with the offer of a new cup to get him to participate. Luckily I pulled his camel back bottle out of the cupboard and he doesn't remember the 1 other time he used it so he was really excited about his new water bottle.
     Froggie was up and she really liked playing in the grass and trying to eat it. Hubby and I were pulling her hands away from her mouth the entire time and she would crawl a little then sit back up with a handful of grass. At one point she found a mushroom, an LBM to be exact. LBM stands for Little Brown Mushroom and covers any small brown mushroom since they all look the same. This is good and bad. Good because they're common so we were able to find another very close to the one she grabbed to have. Bad because not only did she find a LBM she was chewing on it... LBM's range from harmless to poisonous and after 15 minutes of searching for the type of mushroom on the internet I found a site about LBM's.
     After reading a little I decided we should probably take Froggie in to the ER to be checked out since I didn't know which type of LBM she had chewed on and I wasn't sure if she'd actually swallowed any of it since I had nearly gaged her trying to get all the little pieces out of her mouth. Big Brother didn't want to leave the park and, honestly, we were pretty abrupt in our decision to go. Once we got in the car I had Hubby call poison control (I didn't immediately think about poison control for a mushroom, but I'm glad we called).
     The woman was really very calm and nice. She was patient when Hubby asked to put her on speaker phone so that I could hear what she had to say. She was very insistent that we didn't need to go to the ER (yet) and that observation would be suitable for the time being. We were instructed to look for vomiting, diarrhea, signs of nausea and abnormal behavior. If we noticed any of these things in the next 24 hours we were directed to contact her doctor/head to the ER.
     When we started unloading the car at home Hubby tossed my picked mushroom into the yard (I almost strangled him!) and then started kicking around the grass for it when I explained that we should keep it until we know that she isn't going to have to go to the doctors. I was pretty angry that he hadn't even thought about keeping it until we knew Froggie was ok (it must have been a mom moment) but after asking where he had thrown it from I picked up something of a similar weight and tossed it from the same spot and TADA mushroom found... It's now in it's own little bag in the fridge until about 6:30 tomorrow evening.
     Froggie has been fine so far but I will probably still not sleep much tonight since I'll be in observation mode... At least now I have the blog to work on and Pirates baseball to watch while Froggie sleeps in Hubby's lap. The Pirates are in the playoffs for the first time since I was 11 and they're holding strong so far! I wore my Pirates gear to work today and if Hubby didn't have to wear his uniform and I wasn't afraid that Big Brother would ruin his Jersey EVERYONE would have had pirates gear on today. Big Brother did sport his Pirates hat, which is amazing since he rarely wants to wear anything but his Lightening McQueen hat.
     Speaking of uniforms... Hubby is still heading into work though some of his civilian co-workers have been sent home. If you weren't aware the federal government shut down today it has... lots of things are closed or have lost funding/priority. If Hubby's school schedule wasn't up in the air before it is now and we're back to waiting to see what's going to happen.
     Ok... That's enough for now, I'm off to obsessively stare at Froggie for the rest of the night!

Climbing at the playground

My favorite!

Love this little girl!

My cute crawling girl

Chasing my camera

Mushroom Mouth!

Steelers Gatorade 5K (AKA Pittsburgh Day Trip #2)

Race Day

     Saturday we got up before the sun to get ready for our drive to Pittsburgh. We were out the door before 5am to meet Froggie's God parents and head south. The drive was pretty uneventful, Froggie slept the whole way there and Big Brother slept intermittently until we got into the city.
     We arrived at the beginning of the registration window and got our packets before heading into the stadium. It was pretty amazing to be able to hang out in the stadium without being a sardine. We behaved like your typical tourist and took a bunch of pictures.

First time in the stadium as a family

Big Brother in the stadium

Froggie woke up to enjoy the stadium

The kids and I in the stadium

Froggie and her God Father

Froggie and her God Mother

     I took Big Brother in to go potty and ran into my cousin and aunt so then we spent some time talking to the rest of my family members who were there and noticed Steely McBeam (the Steelers' mascot) so my cousin took a picture of Big Brother and I with him (after my family got their pictures taken with him first).

Steely McBeam, Big Brother and I

     When I was getting ready to head back out into the stadium I noticed my friend Chrissy so we chatted briefly and took pictures. You should check out her Facebook page and Blog, Fitness Sprinkles.

Post race picture with Chris and Chrissy

     We spent a little more time in the stadium before we headed out to the car to get the stroller set up, Froggie fed and everyone's bibs on. After we were all prepped to go we walked around the stadium and lined up to start the 5K. There were nearly 3,800 people there! We were registered as walker so we were in the last section but since we had a stroller we'd have gone in the last wave regardless.

Big Brother in the trunk for a pre race snack

Froggie, ready to run

The kids ready to go

Family waiting to start

The kids and I

     Once we got going it was pretty fun, we had a hard time getting around people if we were jogging so we bounced back and forth between jogging and walking quickly and moved at a pretty quick pace for most of the race. When we looped back around close to the stadium we let Big Brother out of the stroller to run into the stadium. It was awesome to be able to run through the tunnel and down to the finish line! Since Big Brother was running with Hubby, Froggie and I ran ahead to take a picture of the two of them running across the finish!

Hubby and Big Brother running into the stadium

Hubby and Big Brother crossing the finish

     Due to our delayed start being in the last of 5 waves and our inability to move as quickly as we'd of liked we made it back just in time for the kids run. Big Brother got his own bib and race bag (including a shirt!) for signing up for the kids run across the end zone. Hubby got to run with him and Big Brother did a great job running across the field to meet Froggie and I. He even got a ribbon for finishing!

Hubby and Big Brother on the field for the kids race

A proud Big Brother with his ribbon

     There was a lot going on after the 5K and it wasn't like any other race we've done. They took the name portion from everyone's bib and drew them as a raffle for a ton of awesome prizes while giving out the awards for the fastest runners in a variety of categories.

Big Brother pretending to be Big Ben

Froggie and I

Hubby and Froggie

     After the awards and raffle we changed and loaded everyone back into the car to meet up with my mom, sister and sister's friend for lunch and to look as some wedding dresses. After a few stores though we ended up at the mall. As soon as both kids ended up in the stroller and sat still for a minute they were passed out! We walked around for a little bit to make sure they got some sleep and did a little shopping. I even found a dress for the Navy Ball in October!

Big Brother with his PB&J

Dress shopping

     When the rest of my family decided they were going to head to another bridal store we opted to pack up the kids and start heading home so that they could finish sleeping off their morning. We made a stop at the outlet mall about half-way home and walked around a little. Big Brother got a new football and we picked up a new NFL approved clear bag so that we wouldn't have to stress about it in the future. After browsing a little more we decided to get some dinner and took advantage of the closeness of Primanti Brothers.

Baby wearing dad alert!

Mmmm dinner

     It was a great first day to our long weekend!