Allie is 9 months- Tough Mudder

Allie likes blackberries

Allie is 9 months old now.  This past month has been busy for both Mandy and I and we actually forgot to post pictures of her at 8 months.  Needless to say, she has been busy for her 7th and 8th months, as well. She says many consonant sounds like ba ba and ma ma. She growls like a velociraptor, which is so cute. She is eating all sorts of foods as is obvious above. We can convince her  to eat baby food still, but it's definitely not her favorite. She is low crawling and gets her little butt in the air on all fours looking like she is going to crawl, but not quite. She does get around to what she wants, though! She is a very loveable, cuddly, and flexible little girl. She likes to travel, be outside, and go for bike rides. We are very grateful for our little Allie!

 

Today was also the Tough Mudder Race near Seattle.  Our Urology department signed up as a team last spring so we would have plenty of time over the summer to train for it.  Unfortunately we had good intentions but ended up pretty much showing up on race day to take a beating.  It is basically an 11 mile obstacle course.  Most of the obstacles are fun but a couple I could be happy never seeing again.  The jump into the ice bath at the start is one and the two obstacles that shock you with electricity are the others.  I remember once as a kid sticking my finger in a light socket and screaming in pain.  This felt pretty much the same way ever couple of seconds as the generator delivers a shock.



Fortunately I didn't fall on the way through.