So I have gotten WAY behind on my blogging because Eric, Maddox and I have really been on the go. Keep scrolling down I put on a lot of pictures and stay tuned this week we are headed to Dr. Anderson later today for our 18 month well check. We are happy to be home this week and to have a normal weekend to relax and get caught up. I"m on my 4th load of laundry and it is only 10AM!! First, the weather has finally been nice out so we've been spending a lot of time outdoors. Eric, Maddox and I went to the Duck Creek bike path a couple of weekends ago and Maddox was definitely more interested in PUSHING the stroller than ridding. Maybe this is a sign she's going to be a good helper with Baby Kies!! Then after that particular Saturday afternoon we left Sunday after lunch and headed to Aurora to Grammy and Grandpa Dick's house for a little getaway while Eric went to his quarterly Strategic Coach Conference. We got to see Great Grandma Berg and managed to get a good 4 generations picture. My good college friend Katie came down to Aurora with her 2 kids, Mackenzie and Evan, to play with Maddox. Maddox LOVED Mackenzie and patted her head softly and tried to give her lots of hugs. Mackenzie is about 3 months old. It was really cute. Maddox and Even RAN around Grammy's house chasing each other. They had a good time. THEN after that little trip ( and three busy days of work for Eric and I back home) we packed up the car and headed to St. Louis for Eric to run the 1/2 marathon. BUT...before we sent Eric out Sunday morning to run we got to hang out with Aunt Diane, Uncle Brian, and cousin Hannah. We went to the St. Louis Zoo Saturday AM and despite lack of sleep had a FANTASTIC time. It was slated to get VERY warm that day, and it did...it felt like 100 but I think it was closer to 89 or so. So luckily we were there in the AM because the animals were SO ACTIVE. Almost every one of them was eating. It seems we timed it just right to get there when they were all being fed. We saw so many cool animals....different than the Niabi Zoo....bushdogs rhinos penguins puffins grizzly bears chimpanzees orangutans kangaroos gazelles....and I think I few more I can't remember the names of. MY favorites were the elephants. They had 2 or 3 adult ones and then I think 2 baby ones and they were SO FUNNY....and SO ACTIVE. They were running around their habitat stealing bamboo from each other, slippin' in the mud. I could have stood there and watched them the whole morning. (definitely worth the 12 bucks to park huh Uncle Brian!!) The penguins were very fun and we got to be SO CLOSE to them. They had this HUGE grizzly bear. You always hear about how big those things are but it really was HUGE and it was walking around its habitat and got real close to us so Maddox could check him out. Then after a couple of hours at the zoo we headed to get Eric's race packet at the SLU campus and then back to the hotel for a very short nap. After that we went to Diane, Brian, and Hannah's house to play a bit and have a nice pre-race meal. Maddox even got to participate in her first Easter egg hunt complete with ladybug eggs and a ladybug basket. She did really well.....despite being really tired. Luckily Saturday night she slept a little better and DIDN'T wake up when Eric left for the race early Sunday morning. Eric did really well despite the heat, wind, and hilly course....and little training. He was basically just using this as a long run and is planning to 'race' the Mother's Day 1/2 marathon here in the Quad Cities. GO DAD! He still ran 13 miles yesterday in about 2 hours....a great job. Congrats!! Maddox was VERY happy to be home when we pulled in the driveway and she slept really well and is already napping this morning. There is nothing like your own bed. But, boy did we have a nice couple of weekends away. Thanks to all our hosts...the Bergs and the Gillaspies. 
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