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I am still on the fence about the 10K this weekend. When I ran last Saturday, my knees were a little sore. It almost felt like overuse. So I have been trying to take it easy on them and only running a little bit every other day. I should probably decide soon since the race is in two days. I will be pissed if I spent all of that time training for nothing, but I am happy that I can actually run more than 5 miles. That's a big jump from the 3 I maxed out on before.

Speaking of running, congrats (a little late) to my husband. Bernie trained seriously over the past few months for a half-marathon (13.1 miles). He ran it last Saturday and reached his goal of under two hours! Very impressive. I cried when he was crossing the finish line.

I called Bennett's physical therapist yesterday because I am getting a bit worried about his physical development. He has been army crawling for two months now and is still very resistive to hands-and-knees exercises. I don't know if I have said this before here, but being the parent of a preemie can be difficult in this department. I don't want to create a problem that isn't there, but I also don't want to miss something important that needs intervention. Anyway, she is going to come today to see how things are going. Hopefully, I am just overreacting.

I think some of what is feeding into my worries is my increased participation in the mom group thing. We have been going to playdates etc more frequently, and even hosted one at my house this week. Bennett just doesn't seem to be at the same or similar level as babies his adjusted age. We even met a 30 weeker who was walking at 13 months adjusted. That step still seems so far away for Bennett. I need to keep repeating to myself that these things happen in their own time and 13 months adjusted is still three months away.

Only one of the four teeth that Bennett is getting has come through. His mood has been better the past couple of days. Maybe he is just getting used to the feeling of it.

Bernie's parents are due Wednesday for a week-long stay in celebration of Bennett's 1st birthday. I can't believe it's that time already. When it's all happening it seems like it is taking forever, but when it actually gets here, it really went by fast. We are planning a low-key birthday party for him. We are also going to a UND/DU hockey game while they are here and my Aunt Jennifer is going to babysit. Other plans are up in the air at this point. My mom in planning to come down the day before Bennett's birthday. She should overlap with Bernie's parents for a couple of days, so we will have a full house.

Elton John and Billy Joel will be here on the 22nd. I didn't even realize it until last Saturday. We say Elton John last year in Vegas, which was great. But the show was really a stage-type show with the same set-list and routine every night. I wanted to see him in a real concert type setting. I'm not a huge Billy Joel fan, but I wouldn't mind seeing him either. I don't know. Tickets are kind of expensive...I'm just not a very good decision-maker lately.
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