New Team & New Addition

Our New Addition:

No not the old R&B group. His name is Ridlee Kellen Haley. My lucky number 7. He arrived 10/7/12 at 1:38 am. Lindsay's scheduled date for him to arrive was on 10/5-10/6. No signs of him being ready, so I was geared up for a bike ride around the neighborhood Saturday morning. Came back into the bedroom to give Lindsay a kiss and she was in the bathroom. "I think my water broke". Oh shit. Ok I will call the hospital and let them know we are coming. She calmly said "no its ok why don't you go on your ride and we can take our time". I was like, "uhh, no I am not going on a bike ride. Your water just broke". Pretty funny now thinking about it. I was so excited there was no way I could go anywhere. We got our "go" bag and loaded up the car and drove to the hospital. Lindsay was in serious pain come 3pm that afternoon and was in so much pain she threw up. Thats a tough lady. The rest of the day was a blur from that point on. 19 hours of labor with a few scares but little man came out ok. Although with forceps and the Dr pulling so hard I thought for sure Ridlee was never coming out but he did and as soon as I heard him yell I could breathe. Holding your breath for 19 hours isn't advised. Lindsay was so strong and did so well. So 5 months into it and he is a great little boy and more fun than I could have imagined.

New Team:

So last year was my last with Cycle University and they ended up folding their specific team and joining forces with Apex Cycling.
Gabe, Travis, and I joined up with SCCA/Starbucks Cycling Team. My first race in the Black and Green will be this weekend. As with most people, I have been sick for what seems like 3 weeks. Cold beware, I have put you on notice. You will be evicted!

Our new bike shop www.bikesportnw.com has been fantastic. I took my rain bike in to get a tune up and mentioned I needed my bottle cage bolt fixed. 3 weeks or so later I have a brand new frame! WHAT! As little jon would say. Yes sir. I downgraded from my comfortable Synapse carbon frame to a CAAD10 aluminum frame.