Race For The Cure

We all know that Lily is expert in all manner of baby sports, like swings and slides. But a couple weekends ago, Lily did her first 5K run!

Lily, Mama and Dada all participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, benefitting breast cancer research. Since our good friends Matt and Jennifer had walked 60 *miles* for the same cause just a few weeks prior, it seemed like the least we could do. :-) As you can see from this picture, Lily was an honest-to-goodness registered race participant. In fact, if you look closely, you'll see that, unlike her parents, Lily was officially a TIMED racer. We think there's a decent chance she won in her age class (although riding in the Baby Bjorn is probably considered cheating).

Anyways, the event was very cool...the course wound its way through beautiful Balboa Park, and we couldn't have asked for better weather! We were there as part of a team from IvyHour, and the whole thing was coordinated by Mama and Dada's good friend Christina (shown here giving Lily a congratulatory snuggle at the end of the race). Christina and her team did a really great job recruiting a big team, setting up the IvyHour tent, making sure there were yummy snacks for all the big people, even arranging for a massage chair complete with masseuse! Yay Aunty Christina! I don't think she had anything to do with this dude threatening people with scissors during their massages, though. What's up with THAT, Uncle John?

Lily's Best Baby Friend Forever, Zoe, was also a race participant (albeit untimed, presumably because she had heard what a good crawler Lily is, and assumed Lily would be unbeatable). Here you see Zoe posing with her daddy alongside Lily and Mama. (I think Zoe and Lily may go to the same hairdresser...)

Lily was an absolute trooper, and I think actually enjoyed all the fresh air (not to mention the attention and snuggling), so we'll probably do more of these in the future. Good exercise, great company, and a wonderful cause...who could ask for anything more?