Portland

Last weekend we went to Portland for the innagural Portland Rock n Roll marathon. It was Portland's first time hosting the Rock N Roll and only only offered a half marathon, 13.1 miles. And for those of you who may not know me well, it was Albert that did the run, not me, I don't run...EVER. Albert did GREAT. He ran the whole thing for the first time! Which was even more amazing since he had been having some lower leg problems! I was/am so proud of him. The weather wasn't the best for the race and it started rainy about half way through but you can't expect to much in the PNW I guess. He does the Seattle RnR in a few weeks and we are hoping for better, well dry, weather!

We also were able to spend a day with one of my best friends, Erin, and her family! She has an awesome little boy, Jack, who is 3.5 so he and Antonio had fun together. Well as much fun as boys that age do when they only see each other twice a year. :) We met them at the Zoo that morning and of course Antonio LOVED the Zoo! The Oregon Zoo has a train that goes through it on actual train tracks and is about a 20m ride. Antonio was in absolute heaven! Happily it was long enough so there was no melt down when getting off! We were there from 9:30 to about 1:30 and Antonio made it through the whole time. I really wish we could have seen more of Erin and her family but between the marathon, the boys and their naps it was hard.

We were a bit worried about how Antonio would do on the car ride but he did great both ways. He never complained, not even a whine! We were so proud of him! He was awake the whole way down but slept about half way on the way back. He also did really well in the hotels and wasn't loud or obnoxious; again very proud! He loved having his very own big bed and waking up in the morning with us right there! The last day (we were there Friday-Monday) he was ready to go home, the resticted space of the room and toys were starting to bother him. It was a nice trial run for California!