What could be a more stunning performance than that, you wonder? Well, I won't keep you in suspense. How about getting a 3 month old, up and dressed for a chilly morning, out the door, in the car, parked, back out of the car, and several blocks to the starting line in time to meet up with MP before the race began at 8am? Not bad for an amateur! (...and for the record, I would rather get MP2 in and out of the car 1000 times all before the sun comes up than run a marathon)
We got MP's stuff and headed out to the starting line to watch him begin. Believe it or not, MP is in the photo below.
On mile .1 we got a smile from him...
From here we headed to mile 6 (a high five was given) and mile 16 (a half grin, or was that a grimace?). It was all I could do to figure out where to go and get MP2 and I there in time. The camera was left behind. After mile 16, we were beat. So, on our way back downtown to the finish line, as MP was running his last 10.2 miles, MP2 and I enjoyed a local coffee shop.
I had a cafe au lait and a bagel....
MP2 had a catnap, then woke up and just relaxed in his bucket.
After which we headed back downtown, once again parking, out of the car, several blocks to get to the finish, and then waiting for MP to arrive. This time I had the camera on the ready...saw MP heading across the mat, and then MP2 at that very moment (most likely prompted by my cheering) spit his pacifier out, and it went across the barrier and onto the race course getting me all in a fluster, and I missed the photo op.
Luckily, a nice race volunteer returned the plug...um, I mean pacifier, and we headed to meet MP who handed off his finisher's medal to MP2. Now we know what it'll look like when MP2 finishes his first marathon!
We got out of there, back to the hotel, packed up, and headed to Baby Boomers, home of the first cookie. While MP and I enjoyed seeing for ourselves if President Obama had good taste in cookies, MP2 had enough of Des Moines for the moment.
We couldn't leave town without visiting the Iowa State Capitol! So, MP2...time to wake up for more photo ops! (Good thing that baby is a trooper) Here we are at the cornerstone of the building...clearly, I need to get some more seasonally appropriate sunglasses, but that is neither here nor there.
MP and MP2 on the steps
Iowa hasn't been around all that long!
Look at that beautiful gold domed Capitol!
From here, it was back to CoMO. It was a great trip in all, and MP is already talking about a repeat performance next year. (eeek.)
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