Monticello and IRUNLIKEAGIRL race

Well, of course Matthew didn't quite cooperate with our trip, he feel asleep while Jay was running, then back asleep halfway through the drive, but was annoyed while at Monticello and I really don't blame him...being stuck in the carseat for that long was quite a challenge...but we had a blast, the house was so pretty. The gardens are transitioning into dying flowers and it was super crowded, way busy, was surprised how many people were there on a weekend in October.

So here is a picture of Matthew at the beginning of the adventure...it was windy so we had him in a jacket

 Here is the house: it was pretty, but the staircase was mighty small...I mean what would have been so wrong with a huge staircase?

Thanks to some guy from Orlando, who was heading over to the Virginia vs Georgia Tech football game as a representative for the Capital One Bowl, we got a family picture. Of course, Matthew didn't quite participate.

So it was fun, not too far a drive and easy to drive, plus James Monroe's house is not too far so if anyone comes to visit, and this is on your to-do list, we can make it happen.

Now for an update, yes Matthew is sleeping through the night and of course that means another challenge, diaper rash...it is soooo bad, we switched to letting him air-out and even allowed a few accidents on the carpet in the hope to get the skin to heal, but it is not even close...any suggestions? we are off the creams, using only Petroleum Jellly but poor Matthew, he is miserable and cannot tolerate us touching him...I feel so bad for him.

And A quick update, the Run like a girl race, which races money for Ovarian Cancer was fun, I did it in 45 minutes...the garmin didn't work so only had the clock time to go off of...ran with some great gals that I met through Cheryl Redmond. All-in-all a good day...now gotta go, b/c Matt is of course trying to push the buttons and Jay is leaving for his gym workout...so until next blog post.