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I am glad to finally get the truth about the whole cheating thing...but do we learn what he actually took? Did he do EPO? Did he do blood transfusions? Or was he taking caffeine or testosterone??? Cold medicine in over the counter medicines??? b/c you might recall, cold medicines got a gold medal taken away from a Romanian Gymnast so these rules and these products that are considered performance enhancing could be things that most of us take or use to help us get through a normal long run or race ourselves....so I can't get too angry at the situation b/c I just don't know exactly what he did and in comparison to all the others, was he just staying on a level playing field by doing this?
Now, I still admire the fact that he is a cancer survivor and despite the fact he did whatever that is considered cheating, he did still make it back to the top of his profession after battling cancer! He started a foundation that has done wonderful work getting the message out there about cancer and research for cancer....I have students who use the articles and writings from the websites to help them write papers and learn more about nutrition and performance, exercise physiology....so despite this terrible thing he did, I just can't get onboard with the hate that is directed at him b/c I see so much good that he has accomplished. I do agree that he should step away for a while and not be allowed to do marathons and tri's for appearance fees and possibly compete for money, but I would have no problem with him participating b/c in a world where so many are obese and out-of-shape, he is a name, he is a cancer survivor and he could still do so much good maybe helping to inspire folks to get out there and move!
I will not watch the interview, we don't get the OWN channel in our 250+ channel package, but I will continue to try and see the good that Lance has brought to our world. If the baseball guys can be forgiven, why not Lance?
Now for my kiddies! We have hit 23 months for Matthew...he is now wearing the 18 month pants that were purchased last year around this time....and his wearing his 18 month shirts but I see we are going to have to move up towards 24 month shirts here really soon! He is all about the PBS Show "The Cat in the Hat, Knows a Lot about That" I have 6 of them taped b/c that is all he wants to watch. If he wakes up at 3 am for whatever reason and I go in to his room, he wants to go downstairs and tells me "Cat in the hat?" Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any of these episodes for the ipad or itouch, so the kid is totally about the TV and watching the show. His talking has improved so much. He is repeating quite a bit of whatever we say, making some pretty decent sentences and vocabulary, I am very impressed with the words he comes up with....not too bad for an almost 2 yr old. Haven't decided on his birthday party, thinking we might take him to the zoo for one of the days if the weather is nice...
He has a new adventure starting this Saturday. He starts Seahorses, which is a parent-child 30 minute swimming/water-play class. I am making Jay do the majority of the classes so they get some Father-son bonding time plus it prevents me from trying to fit into a swim-suit until I can lose the last 15lbs of baby weight.
Alexandra is almost 3 months...the 24th is right around the corner. Height wise we are in the 6 month sizes but realistically for 2 piece outfits, she is in the 3 month size of pants and shirts....She is getting such a sweet personality. She smiles, giggles and laughs all the time...she is trying to roll to her side when laying on the floor on her back and she sleeps pretty decently at night.
So that is about all for us. I will get pictures updated soon, and try to get a picture or 2 from swim this weekend.
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