Race for the Cure

Since 2005 Tim and I have been running in the Columbus Race for the Cure. We've always felt that the Susan G. Komen foundation is a worthy cause - there are far too many women and men fighting breast cancer, including those in our family. We have a lot to be thankful for; our blessings are endless. And our health is something that we do not take for granted. So today we ran again and took Eric. Hopefully he will grow up knowing how important it is to be healthy, to give to charitable organizations and to appreciate those who are working so tirelessly to end the battle against diseases such as this.

We ran downtown among 45,000 other participants. Can you believe it? That's so many people all there for one cause. It was overwhelming. Columbus is among the top ten largest Komen races. Tim and I haven't been in the best shape, but we actually did pretty well. We ran to celebrate Tim's mom, Marge, Tim's aunt, Marilyn, my dad's assistant, Lynn, and we ran to remember our friend, Pat Pleska. To all survivors, we honor you!

"I run in celebration of..."

Eric takes it all in...
Before the race (the pink wigs in the background were to honor a local newscaster who passed from breast cancer earlier this year)
There were runners as far as we could see in front of us.... ...and as far as we could see behind us.
During the race, the streets were lined with bands, motorcycles and cheerleaders

We did it!!!

May = Babies, Birthdays and Bear

May has been a very busy month! We started by getting to meet Natalie Marie Abruzzo and what an angel! She is so beautiful! We've also had THREE birthdays - Audrey and Jenna turned 2 while Jacob turned 1. We've had dinner at the park and have spent a lot of time outdoors. We also got to turn Eric's carseat around! Finally, in the midst of all of this, Eric has really become fond of one of his bears. I got it on a whim while I was pregnant and now it's not only one of the animals he HAS to sleep with (he has 4) but he carries him nearly everywhere and he does what Eric does - gets dressed, eats, dances quite often... you get the picture. He is aptly named "Bear". Anyway, enjoy the photos!

Mark and Tim show off their kids....do I see wedding bells in the future?

The new Abruzzo family!
Eric giving Bear a drink of milk
Bear after getting socks on just like Eric
Audrey - the birthday girl, zipping down the slide
Audrey, Elyn and Eric play a piano piece together
Hooray! Cupcakes!

Eric loooooves cupcakes - yep, eats them all. Every crumb.
Big boy Jake
Eric and Dad at Jake's party
Trevor and Jake in their Indians gear
At the park - Mom and Eric racing down the slide
"Go Backwards!"
In the tunnel with Dad
Weeeeee
Turned around facing forward!
Happy Birthday, Jenna!

Take special notice of the fluorescent red frosting on the cake...
Remember what we said about cupcakes? And the red frosting?
Jenna is Eric's partner in crime. No question who ate the cake this time!