6 Year Anniversary!

In August, Diana and I celebrated our 6-year wedding anniversary. This year, we were excited to share the news that we are expecting a baby in February 2017. It has been a journey and we are excited for it to continue. At 12 weeks, baby was just 2.5 inches long and we were able to see all of the little body parts, arms, legs, hands, feet. All there, just very tiny. At 20 weeks we found out that baby is a boy and is growing well. His arms and legs are 2 weeks ahead based on length. We have one more ultrasound coming up at 32 weeks.

Baby Millspaugh coming soon!

Baby at 12 weeks

Baby at 20 weeks

Cassie practicing snuggling with a smaller creature

Mom and Emma come to visit

At the end of July, Mom and Emma came to WI to visit so Emma could shadow Diana at work. Emma is considering physical therapy school and needed some shadowing hours. It was also a good reason to come to WI to visit.

We took them up to Door County to see the Mitsche's house and see the area. We had great weather and went for a nice hike at Whitefish Dunes State Park. Lake Michigan looked just like the ocean, except for no salt water or sharks.

We wrapped up the visit with a tailgate (Mom's first) and a Brewer's game before they took the ferry across the lake to check out Michigan.

Walking at Whitefish Dunes State Park

Lake Michigan (or the ocean as Mom calls it)

Tailgating!

Go Brewers

Door County Triathlon 2016

This past July I raced in the Door County Half Ironman triathlon for the fifth time. Pretty sure it was the fifth. For something different this year, Diana got me (for my birthday) a 14-week training plan to follow instead of just coming up with workouts on my own.  I stuck to the plan and definitely noticed a difference in my preparation.

Come race day and the weather decided not to cooperate. A huge storm cell was heading right towards us and the race committee decided to delay the race 90 minutes to see if it would pass. After 90 minutes, the threat of lightning was no longer there, but the wind and the rain were there to stay. For the sake of safety, the race committee decided to shorten the swim by a mile. The bike and the run stayed the same length. So instead of racing 70.3 miles it ended up being 69.3. A little bummed since I was prepared to race a best time of under 5 hours, but glad they didn't cancel the race.

We started the short swim in the pouring rain, but otherwise the swim was uneventful.

On to the bike and it was soaking wet. It rained almost the entire bike and poured for the first half. A few slick corners, but overall a good ride and a best time even with the conditions. I had to take my bike and wheels apart afterward to get all of the water out of my bike.

Go figure, after the bike, sun came out and it was a nice 95% humidity. It was a solid run, and I finished in just over 4.5 hours. I think I would have been under 5 hours at the full distance, but I guess I will just have to do it again sometime.

For the Cassie picture of the post, here she is posing in the garden in front of the bay house hoping she can go back in the water.