Happy Turkey Day!

Better Late than never, but after a whirlwind of a thanksgiving weekend I am just now sort of catching up. We had a great couple of days in Sacramento. Kelly and I left on Tuesday night to beat the rush and were picked up at the airport by my sister and her more than just an acquaintance Arthur, who is from Greece. For those of you who didn't know Mara was touring the Mediterranean a few weeks ago. He was a good guy and we only got to hang out with him briefly but he put up with our family for a few hours so he cant be all bad. We even tortured him with a game of cranium and made him spell. His english was much better than my greek, spelling and all. Kelly thought it was comical that he came all the way from Greece and he ended up hangin out with the fam during Turkey day. I guess if he is looking for the real American experience maybe we're it. I am sure he did find it strange that the news story that included my father happened to be on TV (see below post) when he came over. I think that would have freaked me out. Not to worry he didn't just hang around suburbia and watch TV. My sister showed him around the rest of the week, and they were debating on whether to go to Tahoe or Monterrey later. I told Arthur that if he really wanted to see the real US of A, not just the land of fruits and nuts he was welcome in TEJAS anytime.
Kelly, Rhonda, my Dad and I ran/walked/jogged/wogged a 5K Thanksgiving morning with about 20,000 other people. It was really hard not to run. I am no shape to run a fast 5k so my pregnant wife was a good excuse, but I had no idea how hard it would be to turn that instinct off. I heard a gun go off and I didn't move, we literally waddled like penguins to the starting line and didn't get to it for more than 5 minutes. I felt like it may have been a good exercise (psychologic not physiologic) for me but am not planning on doing it again anytime soon. We finished in a whopping 60 minutes and about 45 seconds. We negative split each mile speeding up each time mostly because I had to go to the bathroom. It would have been good to have my brother and Leslie there. My brother and I could have shared in the pain and confusion of being in a race without competing and we could have taken turns playing NASCAR with Andrew in the stroller, while Leslie and Kelly could have compared pregnancy notes. Sadly doctors orders advised the SoCal Capron's to stay home and we affirm their decision. Hauling a 1.5 year old through the airport is hardly bedrest. Hopefully we will get a chance to get out to the OC to catch up with them in due time. I wonder if they are booked for spring break?
Dinner was great and masterfully prepared by all involved. Myself not included, I was given no food related responsibility, maybe it was to many, 5 second rules, God made dirt and dirt don't hurt comments that tarnished my food prep resume. After it was over we were looking for the 12 other people who it seemed we had prepared food for, as our cup runneth over with turkey, mash potatoes, yams, did I mention turkey, green bean casserole, and cranberry salad. Unfortunately we were unable to help with the leftovers as I had a to catch a flight to North Carolina to do a bit of recruiting at the Foot Locker South meet. By late Saturday night I was back in Waco ready to squeeze the rest of relaxing into a Sunday afternoon. That's all for now, Thanksgiving break is over.

Kelly's Belly w18.5 + Tricia w19.5

Well, I thought there might be a rule, bylaw, or a city ordinance about having two pregnant women with obnoxious dogs in the same house at the same time but apparently not since we weren't sited for anything. Our neighbors probably wish that maybe we had been after our goofy dogs ransacked the neighborhood all weekend. Heidi got out while we were gone (multiple times). Our poor neighbors were still digesting their turkey dinners while chasing her around the block, to no avail. When Tricia brought Kelly back to Waco, after she graciously picked he up from the airport, we had multiple dogs roaming the neighborhood looking for trouble. Tricia has a beautiful wire-haired German short haired Pointer who is smarter than Heidi, just as rascally, and has a wiry goatee. They had a good time carousing, but it was not without its moments.
Anyway, the post should be about these lovely ladies whose due dates happen to be roughly one week apart. Tricia and Jeff will be having their second child (first boy) and we still don't know what were having. Again we really have no preference, Kelly thinks its a girl, I can't decide but might be cheering for boy since he's apparently the underdog. I think that our doctor must be into the suspenseful drama thing because we have heard of people finding out by now, but maybe it is just God's way of buying me just a little more time to prepare myself for the next step. Not that I am not ready but I am pretty sure knowing the sex of my firstborn child will make this whole process a great deal more substantive in my head. We should find out around the second week of December so be checking the blog for updates. 

Another Television Appearance by Dr. Capron

Well I guess as long as there is crime, terrorism, and other social deviants, my father will continue to be on TV. I thought this one was much more optimistic than in times past. Maybe it was the comfy home environment. Click on the Picture to see the story.

Kelly's Belly w17.5

Kelly here- making my first post ever. Jon has done quite a good job of updating our blog each week. I always looking forward to reading his commentary on things... whether it is the pregnancy, the mouse, the snake, or whatever. He always seems to make it interesting. This week Jon is in Indiana for nationals, so I figured I would try the process out myself. My mom is here visiting for a few days, so she took the weekly baby belly pic today. We both think that my belly sort of has a strange pointiness in the middle. I want it to be round not pointy! I guess I will try to eat enough at Thanksgiving to take care of that problem. Here is a pic of my mom and Heidi hanging out. We have all had a nice time together.

Heidi has expensive taste

We always knew this to be true, and for that reason we usually splurge and by her the expensive dog food but this is ridiculous. Not that we have even this kind of money "lying around." Heidi pulled this one from on top of the dresser. Apparently the small bills aren't quite good enough for her taste, so she didn't eat all of it.

HeartBeat

Today we went to the doctor to check on the bebe. Everything sounded good, and the heartrate was clicking along nicely. We should find out the sex of the baby in early December.

Hear it for yourself.

Kelly's Belly w16.5

If you are looking for the Kelly update, here it is. So far the only thing that has been bothering her lately has been her relative lack of clothing that fit correctly. She is in that stage where she is not ready to commit to 24/7 sweatpants but wearing your clothes half unbuttoned isn't much of a fashion statement either. I guess I will have to let her do more shopping. That or find her some real nice sweatpants.

Coach Capron makes the message boards

In a new and exciting development for a young coach, I made it onto a running message board famous for defaming people doing a pretty darn good job (myself, not even necessarily included). It is a favorite place for those who want to remain nameless but want their voices and criticism to be heard. Basically a lot of people have nothing better to do than whine about things they don't like, sort of like an armchair quarterback or coach only much meaner. As I told Kelly, at least I got accused of being to much like a youth pastor, I guess it could be worse.

See for yourself www.letsrun.com

All I ask is that you don't add anything to the post. It is not worth adding to the fray, it only encourages more banter, and although it can be funny, I would rather not have people brainstorming on why I did/am doing a terrible job as coach, runner, person, or otherwise.

Christy and Noah Get Married, friends come to Waco

So, we went to a wedding and it was truly a beautiful ceremony. I am a little embarrassed that I don't have any pictures of them, but they had a wedding to be in and we were just glad to be invited. I also didn't want to be that guy taking pictures from right behind the photographer so I just took a few of our table. Christy and Noah are great and we are happy we get to hang out with them when they get back from Hawaii. The ceremony was at the Earl Harrison house and gardens that happens to be by the zoo and you could hear the lions and elephants voicing their approval of the union. The wedding brought together a lot of people that haven't seen each other in a long time (for no good reason). It was good to see all of them again, and somewhat amazing to see them all grown up. It was neat to see that everyone was doing so well.

Kelly's Belly w15.5

Now you see it.












Now, not so much.









Either way, as cute as ever.

Kelly has continued to do very well this week. It is somewhat remarkable how taxing it is for Kelly to literally grow a child. Her sleep and nutrition requirements really have increased and her energy level, despite the sleep shows that her body is . . . well working on something else. Probably a good reason the physical side affects of pregnancy are hard to miss, otherwise men around the world would assume their wives were just making stuff up. The large stomach ( I know this is only the beginning) and other outward changes I believe are visual reminders ( men are visually based) to cut your wife some slack and take her word for it even if she did eat less than an hour ago.