Recovery Week

After Tim & Allison's visit last weekend we've slowly been recovering. We either caught a virus from them, Rohan, or one of Mara's peds patients, but it took us down a notch. My liver also had to recover since I am not used to drinking Jack Daniels 4 days straight with no sleep and a crazy high activity level. But we'll do it again when they come back out! Most of this week was spent vegging and recovering. We skipped climbing & yoga as well as 2 runs, but we fit in a third and still got most of our 10 miler in later in the week.
Thursday we ran our 3mi recovery run, then Friday night we ran our 10mi long run. It was brutal, and slow, but it still felt good in the end. We did happen upon some more wildlife as well. We were running along the base of the McDowell Mountains when we heard a rustling in the brush between us and a gated community. Then we heard the antlers scraping the wall and trees, then the hooves, then the galloping. The, either small Elk, or large deer, ran along side us for a few feet before shooting ahead and across the road in front of us. It wasn't real well lit, but you could tell it was big, plus the hooves on the concrete sounded pretty heavy.. It definitely got our hearts pumping! Add that to the javelina, rattlesnake, kingsnake, coyotes, and countless bunnies, lizards, spiders and ants, its like we're running through a friggin' zoo!
Saturday (our 5 year anniversary, as well as both our parents') we took advantage of the cooler weather (from a storm Friday night) and took the dogs to the dog park. By the time we got there the sun had begun to UV irradiate everything, making it pretty muggy and uncomfortable. We lasted about 45 min before heading out. We took Rohan to the DC Ranch splashpad to cool off though, and that felt awesome. It was good to cool him down and wear him out at the same time, although he only got an hour long nap in before heading to Heather & John's for a pool volleyball party. We had 3 teams of 5, and they were all pretty closely matched so it was a lot of fun. We crashed hard Sat. night after almost 6 hours of pool, sun, & volleyball time. As always, the Schmit's hospitality was awesome! The sunset when we left was really intense, lighting up the thunderhead clouds on the other side of the mountain.
Sunday was pretty laid back in the morning. We played with Rohan and then hit up a Diamondbacks game at 1:00. We only stayed through the 7th inning since it was one of the most boring games we've been to (and we've been to a lot!). It was a classic pitchers duel, with the DBacks losing 0-1. We did see some awesome defense, but the lack of crown enthusiasm made it boring. They said 30,000 people were there, but it seriously seemed like a high school girls tennis match. We got out and bummed around Scottsdale a little that afternoon, then relaxed until the evening. We met our friend, Jeanette, out in Fountain Hills at a little creamery called La Scala. They have a meeting there every full moon and just chat. It's very casual, the food is awesome, and Rohan loved the fountain that Fountain Hills is famous for (sprays 560 ft in the air!). On our way over we had to stop twice to get pictures of another gorgeous sunset, with crepuscular rays that were stretching across the whole sky and even giving a glow to the full moon! Rohan was sleeping when we got there, but he woke up and MAN was he hungry! We think he's going through another growth spurt because he ate tons of veggie pizza at the Schmit's plus a whole waffle, tons of fruit, and 5 or 6 agar berries. He was charming everyone and doing yoga poses and flashing some smiles. We'll definitely be going back. The owners of La Scala were the ones who put on the gathering, and they could not have been nicer!!! Seriously reminded me of Grandma's house. "Are you hungry?" "No." "Have a seat. Here's waffles, fruit, sides, wine..." etc...etc...
Rohan has been talking A LOT more, using his phone toy and chatting at his books. We can't wait until he starts talking more. He's got More (Mah) & Please (Pa), Car (Ca) & Truck (Ck). Hard to distinguish car & truck sometimes, but he gets super excited every time. On our way to the DBacks game Mara had him on her back and all the sudden he just started squealing and hitting her shoulders. Turns out a bus was stopping at the bus stop right next to us and he thought it was the coolest thing EVER! The bus was more exciting than the game...:)
Most of our videos are of Rohan entertaining us, but we also have lots pics of him on top of that. None from Heather & John's, but we'll add them when we steal them from her blog...:) Enjoy!


Fun With Bubbles!:




Dad Teaching Rohan His Animal Sounds:


Rohan Reads "The Pokey Puppy" To Mom:


Rohan Has A Funny Conversation With Himself On The Phone: