The day has finally come that my daughter wants to eat salad with me and we can bond over a bowl of rice/beans/chicken/pico/guac/lettuce/tortilla strips.
Our day went like this—> Fuel—> Target to buy everything possible for our apartment —> pack everything —> clean everything. Pretty thrilling.
Remember how I told you that I am really good at getting rid of stuff when I pack?
I realized yesterday that I am good at doing that with everything BUT Brooke’s stuff. I have every onsie, little shoe and sock that she has worn in the last 2 years and I am keeping those things forever because there are so many good memories associated with all of her little things.
Don’t forget to check out my latest article at Women’s Running HERE!
AND THE GOOD NEWS:
SISSY IS PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are all so thrilled and Curly (my sister’s youngest kiddo) makes sure to tell the baby every day that she is going to be the boss of her/him.. I guess all of these years of being the youngest is getting her excited to have someone to boss around:) Brooke is stoked to have another little cousin around and I am excited to hold a newborn as much as possible.
Happy Thursday and we will see you next from our new home!
137 comments
Michele @ paleorunningmomma
Congratulations to your sister! She looks incredibly beautiful and so happy! I also have a hard time letting some of my kids clothes go, but, with 3 of them, clearly a lot of it has had to go! I still keep the especially memorable outfits but a lot of their clothes I’ve had to part with. Same with art projects. With 3 kids it’s impossible to save everything. Having kids = inevitable hoarding!
Kaella (Kaella On The Run)
Yay!!!! Congratulations to your sister! Being an Aunty is so much fun!
Happy moving! I’m excited for you guys :)
Gracie
That is wonderful news, congrats Sissy! She’s such a sweet person you have in your life and deserves all the best!
jill
Awww, that is wonderful! Congratulations to your sister. I’m sure the other kiddos will love having a new baby around – they are always so good with Brooke (who I’m sure will be wonderful with the wee one).
I have been able to pass along some of my little dude’s stuff, but we keep a collection of much-loved items that we hope to eventually give to family members when they have kiddos. Some of the things are just too sweet to donate or hand down just yet!
Laura
Awww, congratulations to your sister and your brother in law! How exciting!!
Can’t wait to “see” your new home! ;-)
Kristina @ Blog About Running
CONGRATS!!!! So many awesome things going on in your fam right now!!!!
I hope the move goes smoothly and that Brooke and you love your first day in the new place :)
Hannah @ Hannah the Healthnut
Ohhhhhhhh! Congratulations! My best friend just found out she is pregnant, too!
SO EXCITING! Yay to being an auntie!
Blessings and prayers,
Hannah
Sara @ LovingOnTheRun
That is so exciting!! Congrats to your sister!!
Jackie
Congrats to your sister!
Flower
Congrats to your sister! That is awesome news and I hope your move goes smooth and you enjoy your new place. :)
Lauren
Congrats to your beautiful sister!!! That is awesome news, no wonder you are all so excited!! :-D
Katie@LifesNextBigStep
Aww a big congratulations to your sister!!! and to you to be an auntie again! :) Brooke’s going to love having a little baby around, I’m sure!
Andrea
Yay for your sister and her family!
meredith @ The Cookie ChRUNicles
So exciting! And I totally relate to keeping all of the baby things…I still have my son’s first pair of Robeez slipper shoes in my night stand drawer along with the little books that were his favorites…Everything else I was able to sort through and either pack away or give to someone who could make use of the clothes and toys.
Holly
Congratulations to your beautiful sister!!! Babies are so exciting!!
Courtney @The TriGirl Chronicles
Congrats on the Women’s Running article and your sister!!!
Lauren
Congrats to your sister. What a fun time for you and your family! Hope your move goes peacefully :)
Macy
When is she due?
Heather @ GirlGoesRunning
Congratulations to your sister!!! I know so many people who are pregnant right now!
Erica
I think you guys will just have a family of future runners. I bet this little bean thought 5 miles in flip flops was the time of its life.
Congrats to everyone!
Sally @ sweat out the small stuff
A new cousin for Brooke. :)
Can’t wait to hear how the new apartment living feels.
Happy Thursday. :)
Leanne
Congratulations to your sister! How wonderful for them!
I will admit, that I keep all of my daughter’s stuff, but keep nothing else. We actually just got rid of her first car seat, bouncy seat, and swing (all 10 years old) this week!
Laura@twinsontherun
Awe I love it!! Congrats to her and her family!!
I really did skip down to see…now I’ll go back and read everything :)
Hollie
What exciting news! Congrats to your sister and your family. I know how close you guys are and how lucky that child will be!
Caroline @ The Little Things Blog
Congrats to your sister! It’ll be fun for you to have another little baby around for sure! I have a hard time getting rid of things that I have a strong emotional connection to as well.
Chrissy @ Pink Polish and Running Shoes
Congrats! That’s so exciting. Plus, newborn snuggles are the best :)
Kate @ The Endorphin Junkie
Congrats to your sister! That’s awesome :) And how could you not keep those little Nike’s…so cute! I’ll probably be the same way when I have kids.
Emily @ Fit as a Mother...
Congrats to your family! I just found out a few weeks ago that I’m going to be an auntie again too!
Leah @ Running with the Hayneses
Awwww, congrats to your sister! When is she due? Can’t wait to see your new place!!
Charlotte @ Commitness to Fitness
Congratulations to your sister!!! Good luck with the move!
Leslee @ Her Happy Balance
Congrats to your sister! I’m sure Brooke and her soon-to-be new cousin will end up being the best of friends.
Lindsey
That’s amazing news! New babies are the best. My cousin had her daughter in June and I’m slowly going broke buying her the cutest stuff imaginable. (Target is dangerous…I can’t resist the baby section.) AND…my best friend found out she is pregnant (on my birthday) so I will have another baby to snuggle in 7 months! It’s seriously the best.
Sarah @ KS Runner
Very exciting news! Congratulations to your sister (and you for getting to be an aunt again!)! Excited to see pics of the new place! Good luck with the move!
Lauren @ Will Run for Boston
Oh my goodness! That is such exciting news for your sister and her family! Congrats! :)
Fun Fit Girl
Congratulations to your sis!! That’s very exciting – although it probably means she won’t pull you the last 6 miles of your next marathon in flip flops…
Good luck with your move! I hope you have lots of help and remember to eat throughout the day – whenever I move I seem to forget about that and by the end of the day I have raging hunger.
Ashley
Congratulations to your sister! She is beautiful and glowing! Prayers for a safe pregnancy! Good luck moving into the new place, I know you’re super pumped!
jan
Congrats to your sister! How fun!
Brianna @ I run He tris
Aww congrats to your sis and family!! New babies are always exciting. Good luck moving. So many exciting new starts in your life!
Samantha @ 24to30
Congrats to your sister on her pregnancy and to you on the new place!
karla @ finding my fit
oh my goodness how exciting for your sister and your entire family!! best wishes for a healthy pregnancy.
good luck moving, so much excitement!
cheryl
Congratulations! Such happy news! Good luck with moving–exciting times!
Lisa @ Running Out Of Wine
That is such great news!! Congrats to you sister and your whole family:)
Natalie @ Never Serious Blog
Oh my goodness! SUCH great news!!! Have fun moving!
Lauren
Aww fun!!! How far along is she?
kristin
great article on women’s running. best of luck with the move!
Beth @ Running with the Sunrise
Congrats, Auntie! How exciting for your family. I feel like when I have kids I will also be sharing a lot of Mexican food with them…even in utero. :) Good luck with the move–I hope it goes well and you get settled in quickly!
Megan @ Skinny Fitalicious
Congratulations!!! You must be thrilled for the new baby and apartment. Now I must plan my Cafe Rio lunch escape today!
Courtni H
Congratulations to you all! How exciting! :)
Joy
Congratulations to your sister!!! Such great news.
I hope your new place is amazing for you.
Whitney
Congratulations to your sister!! And congratulations to you on your new apartment! :)
Elsie @ Sharing Healthiness
Yay for the addition to the family!!! I can see how excited you are and the joy this will bring to all of you!
I never get tired of seeing your adventures with Brooke so I am more than excited for you on your moving process and reading your posts from your ned destination!
Valerie
Congratulations Aunt Janae!
Allie @ Running on Peanut Butter
eekkks!!! Such amazing news! Congrats on your sister’s pregnancy! Cannot wait to see another cute little kid around the blog!
Alyssa @ See This Girl Run
So many great things going in for your family :) congrats to your sister and her family!
Chelsea @ A Fit LittleOne
Omg huge congrats to your sister!!!!
Jarrelle C
That is some exciting news, Aunt Janae!!!! Nothing like a little newborn!! And good luck on your move! May this next step and adventure be a beautiful bonding time making memories in your beautiful apartment with Brooke:-)
Erin @ Her Heartland Soul
Congrats to your sister!! That is so exciting!! And good luck on your move! That’s super exciting too!
Samantha @ The Faithful Runner
Congrats to your sister. :) So many wonderful things happening!!
Amanda @ .running with spoons.
Awwr! Congrats to your sister :D And that’s so sweet that you want to keep all of Brooke’s clothes <3 My mom has a pretty good collection of some of my baby things, and I always love going back and looking at them
MILF Runner
How wonderful!!! Babies are awesome :). Wishing her an uneventful and enjoyable pregnancy :)
Livi @ Eat, Pray, Work It Out
OMG!!!! Congrats to your sister!!!!!
Leigha @ The Yooper Girl
Congrats to your sister and family! How exciting!! Can’t wait to see pics of the new house :)
Kristine
Those little Nike sneakers are too cute. You’ll have to share them with the new baby if it’s a girl. That is so super exciting! Congrats to your sister.
Jill
Omg yay!! Congrats to your family! And sis…I have been waiting for this news ever since she got married! :). Yes im a weirdo!!
Ashley @ Saving Money in your Twenties
AHHH congrats to your sister!!! So exciting!!!! :)
Amy
ahhh yayy!!!!! Congrats!! My sister just got pregnant too
Kay
Congratulations to your sister, and your family on the upcoming new addition!! And good luck with your move!
Susan
Thank you for sharing the wonderful news. What a blessing for your sister and your entire family! Can’t wait to hear about your new place. You and Brooke are going to make some amazing memories!!
Katie @ Bevo Loves an Aggie
Congratulations to your sister! Babies are the best. :)
Marissa @ Run Riss Run
Yahoo! Being an auntie is one of the greater things in life! Congratulations!
Denise G.
That is so weird because yesterday I thought I wonder if your sister is going to have another baby and then BAM! Congrats to you all. I’m sure that will be a lot of fun to have a baby around again.
Leslie @ Life Begins @ 30?
Congrats to your sister!! That is so exciting!
Kelly M
Congratulations to your sister and to you! That is so exciting! Also, good luck with the move. My husband and I have been in our new place for just over a month and there are still boxes everywhere. Pretty sure we moved boxes to our house from our condo that never even got unpacked from the last time we moved (we lived at the condo for 2.5 years).
amy
Yay! Congratulations sissy! I was wondering if she would have another baby. How cool. I can’t wait to see your new apartment (in pics of course;)
Kelly
Congrats to your sister, such excited news! And congrats to you for Women’s Running :)
Kattrina
Ahh! That is so exciting about your sister!!! I’m so happy for all of you!!
Mary
Happy for you and your sister! You can see all the positive energy in your life right now!
Ashley @ My Food N Fitness Diaries
Awww, GREAT news! A huge congratulations to your sister and brother-in-law! And good luck with your move. Wish I could be there to help! Lots of exciting stuff going on! :)
Blaire @ Just Been Running
OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!! THIS IS SO EXCITING! Congrats to your sister and your family!!!
Katie @ Peace Love & Oats
oh my gosh, that’s SO EXCITING for your sister!!!! Tell her Congratulations!!!
Jasmine @ A cupcake for my thoughts
Yay, congrats to your sister, that’s amazing news!! Hope the rest of the move goes well and my mum still has a lot of my things from when I was little and I’m 17 ;)
Lindsay
Congratulations to you and your family!, babies are so very exciting!
Jen
Congrats to your sister and her family! What exciting news!!!!!
Kathryn @ Chicks Dig Running
Congratulations to your sister! That’s so exciting! As is your new home, can’t wait to see it!
Hope you have a great weekend of moving, it’s always a lot of work but totally worth it when you’re in your new place that you love.
I can’t say I blame you for keeping some nostalgic stuff, I just dug through a box of stuff I’ve been hauling around with me and found an old training log from college. At first I thought it was ridiculous to keep it but I had so much fun looking through all the pages that now I will probably never give it up!
Fiona @ Get Fit Fiona
Congrats to your sister! That’s so exciting.
april
ahhh so exciting! congrats to your sister! yay for another niece or nephew :)
Kathy McElhaney
Congratulations to your sister!
Heather @fitncookies
Yay! Congratulations to your sister!
christina (sisters running the kitchen)
congrats to your sister!!! and congrats on your move! and keep all of brookes stuff!!!! you may need it one day lady :)
Tiffany @ The Chi-Athlete
OH MY GOOSES! Congrats!
Ashley
Congrats Sister and the whole family!
Michelle @ A Healthy Mrs
Congrats to your sister!
Jenn@Mark My Miles!
How exciting for your sister and your whole family!
Kim
OMG- congrats to your sister!! How exciting!!!
Katie Did What
WOO HOO!!! Congrats to your sissy!!!!! :D
xo
Rebecca
Huge congrats to hungry runner sister!! She looks amazing and so happy!
Danica @ It's Progression
aww congratulations so your sister!! how exciting!!
Pam
Aw hooray! Super happy news!
Kathy
How fun for you and them…..she and her entire family is beautiful…what a lucky little baby on the way!!
Annie @ LoveLaughRun
Congrats! That is so exciting! Also, good luck with the move!!
Annie @ LoveLaughRun
That is so exciting! Congrats! Also, good luck on your move!!
Fiauna @ Read.Run.Radiate
Yay for a new baby! Tell your sister congrats! Life is good, isn’t it.
sue
congratulations to your sister! i can’t wait to hear more about this!
chelsea @ the new wifestyle
awww congrats to your sister!!! i have that same dress but she makes it look all fashionable and cute :) hope moving continues to go well!
Summer
wahoooo, congratulations HRG sissy and bro-in law!!!! Perfect time for her to start blogging, wink wink!!!
Bobbie
Congrats to your sissy!!
Debbie @ Deb Runs
Congrats to your sister!
Liz @ Carpe Diem and Run
Huge congrats to your sister! :D:D:D
Rachel @ Blonde with a Chanse
Yay! I am so happy for your sister :) I am also stoked for you and Brooke to get your own place! Can’t wait to see it!
Linda @ Fit Fed and Happy
She is upping her game is your little one wants SALAD! You’re a great mother. Healthy is in her veins!
Sarah Evans
Good luck with the move! And I just want to emphasize on your article in Women’s Running that I agree wholeheartedly that running and putting yourself first is so important to be sane/ happy/ present for your family every other time! Happy mama happy baba :) I’m at the end of my daughters 1st year (her birthday is Saturday!) and it has actually made me appreciate and love running more! I don’t take it for granted and enjoy it for everything it gives to me: confidence, strength, energy, competition, some time away/ some freedom, and the excitement to come home!
Annette@FitnessPerks
Congrats to your sister! SO exciting!! <3
LeAnne @ This is my faster!
Congrats to your sister!
Betsy
Congratulations to your sister and her family! Maybe Brooke’s newborn clothes will come in handy in a few months!
Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner
Good luck with the move and no finding time to run everyday is not selfish. We all need some me time to make us better moms!
STUFT Mama
Woo hoo! Congrats to your sister!!!!! Yay! Hugs my friend!
Bridget
Yay for babies!!!!!
Jen@milesandblessings
YAY!!!! I have the cutest video that I emailed to you from a friend of mine when she told her kids! It is hysterical! I would have attached it but for the life of I could not figure out how to do it!!!
Samantha H
Congratulations to your sister!! And yay for getting to move to your own apartment soon! I hear you on not being able to get rid of your daughter’s things. I was the same way. Unfortunately, we had a mice problem at our old house that made the decision for us….I had to throw out just about everything from 0 months-3 years old :(. The mice DESTROYED it all. I didn’t think I was too attached to it until we were throwing it all in the dumpster. Needless to say, I cried….like a baby.
But, it was just stuff, and I got over it. Now I just have the stuff she has now! :P
Allison
I have been reading your blog for almost a year now, but have never left a comment! So hi! I am SO excited to see your new apartment and so happy for your sister. :) Brooke gets more and more precious every day.
Kirtley Freckleton @ The Gist of Fit
Hey that’s fun to hear that about Rachelle! Thanks for sharing, doubt I woulda heard it thru the grapevine:)
Jennifer @ Little Blue Sneakers
Woo hoo! I am STILL waiting on the day my kids will eat salad. Congrats to your sister!
tess
That is awesome news! She’s so beautiful, kind and generous. I’m incredibly happy for both of them. And of course, you. ;)
Ashlee
Seriously so excited for her, and you! You’ll have a new little one to snuggle! And I can’t wait to see your apartment. According to pinterest it will be fabulous!
Lisa @ Exercise eat repeat
I am so happy for your sister. it seems like after a very hard yearm, good things are really happening for you. You seem happier and you are about to move into your own place and now your sister is having a baby. they just bring such joy. Congratulations on going to be an Auntie again. :)
char eats greens
Hope the move goes great!! And congrats to your sis. You and her are such beauties! She’s looking amazing!!!
Megan
I knew it!!!! She would strategically place herself behind her husband or hide her belly! I knew something was up;). Congratulations to all-ESP Curly! Lol
Katey
That’s GREAT news!!!
Ginette @ Half To Be Happy
Congrats to your sister! OMG those little Nike shoes are so adorable. I would not be able to get rid of that either.
Amanda Olson
Yay! More exciting news for you: Provo was voted in the top 10 best towns in outside magazine :)
Carson
Congrats to your sister!!
Erika
Yay, congratulations to you for being an aunt again and for your sister on expecting a new little bambino! I’m pregnant too and due on the 14th of February (valentines day!!!) I look forward to hearing how her pregnancy progresses to hopefully you’ll keep us updated. Have fun moving into your new apartment! You and Brooke deserve so much happiness and totally fresh start. Good luck, Janae!
Laura
CONGRATS!!!! So many good things coming :) You deserve it all.
Michelle
congrats to your sis!! and i have to tell you my husband and i just moved across the country and stayed in AZ along the way, we went to Cafe Rio when I saw there was one near out hotel cause I read about it on here all the time!! it was awesome wish there was one by my house now!!
and my mom kept all my baby stuff, it was fun to go through it when i was older and see all the crazy things she dressed me in… at least child fashion is cute now! :)
Losing Lindy
omg Sissy is prego? Where does she keep it? So exciting all around
Shelly
Congratulations to Rachelle!!!!! That is wonderful news. I have been reading your blog since the very beginning, and I know your sis had been through tough times, so I am so happy for her – and your family. So exciting you’ll have a newborn around :)
Was she pregnant when she ran side by side with you to finish the marathon? If so that is phenomenal – baby’s first marathon!
X
Jen T
Congratulations to your sister!!!!