Making my list for Santa...

James is very serious about Christmas this year. Whenever we see a Christmas tree, he yells out "Christmas!!!"...but sounds more like "Mist-mas".

Here's James studying the Target catalog in order to send his list to Santa. He's thinking very hard about he wants...

James and his Best Friend..

James may consider Lenny his best friend, but I'm not sure the feeling is mutual. Here is an example of the "love" that James shows to Lenny.

Trick or Treat...monkey feet...

This was James' first year trick or treating! He was a rolly polly monkey...even though some people thought he was a bear?! Learn your animals, people! Anyways, we thought the costume was fitting since he's obsessed with nanananana's. (banana's).

Luckily, James has his cousins show him how it's done! He got the hand of it after a few houses...but then had his fill and decided to hitch a ride in the wagon. Rather than saying "Trick or Treat", he was more polite and said "Pleeeaaz". We had so much fun watching him, and I can only imagine it will get more adventurous as the years go on.

Here we go Irish.....

Last weekend, Mark and I traveled to South Bend for the ND/Pitt game. (My cousin, Chris, is a walk on for ND's football team! We are so proud of him!!! ) Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Darlene were kind enough to invite us out for the game. We had such a wonderful time and it was so nice to see everyone. Even though we lost after QUADRUPLE overtime, it was such an amazing night. Losing the game AND losing our car after the game. Ha...don't ask! And yes, we were completely sober! :)

Here are some pictures of the Bathon clan...Uncle Jimmy, Aunt Darlene, Aunt Mag, Joe , Chris, Katie, Maggie, Patrick, James, Mark, and myself.

We hope to see everyone again soon!

2008 Chicago Marathon

Iknow this is way late in the game, but better late than never right? Here are pictures from the 2008 Chicago Marathon which was held on Oct 12th. It was such an amazing and wonderful day. It sounds crazy to say, but every 26.2 miles was worth every second! It is truly an addicting experience. Through out my training since last May, I'd hear things like "You actually pay to run?", "Are you nuts?", "You need your head examined", "You are running how far?"....but honestly, if I can do it, any one can! Plus, it was worth every little ache and pain...

Every mile of my training and the actual race day was dedicated to those that are near and dear to my heart that have been affected by some form of cancer...or the loved ones of my friends and family. I was able to raise over $1500 towards the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. It has been said, that if they find a cure of Leukemia/blood related cancers, that they will make huge strides towards a cure for all cancers.

So to everyone...Pop- Pop, Mark Zeidman, Sharon Bathon, Sarah Cadle, Mary Parello, Nora Ligurotis, Raymond Ruge, Steve Roberts, David Hancock, Sam Lupinacci, Mr Nelson, Janet Quirk...this one was for you......