By ErinG

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Thanksgiving 2009


Thanksgiving 2009 was spent at my parents house over on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. In addition to our family was Mom (aka Gigi), Dad (aka Grandad), sister Gwen, brother-in-law Jay, their three kids, big brother Andrew, and twins Molly and Landon.

We left Thursday morning (knowing we weren't brave enough to face the Wednesday traffic) and arrived around noon. The "Owen Circus" arrived shortly after and dinner was at 4pm.

Before dinner everyone watched football, played with toys, ate appetizers, and enjoyed holiday company and conversations.

Cora wanted to "hold the baby" all day so this is as close as I let her get on Thanksgiving.
Daddy and Luke. Luke LOVES to say "CHEESE."

Gwen and Andrew posing for a picture. (See the cell phone in her hand. . . Gwen left her cell phone at my house two weeks ago, I asked her if she wanted me to mail it to her - she said not to worry about it - she doesn't have time to answer it anyway ;-) I guess twins keep her busy!!)

Molly and Landon are deep in conversation about the current health care debate. . . their daddy is so proud of their knowledge of the current policical discussions!
Time for dinner - isn't the table beautiful?!? My mom spent a lot of time getting all the details of the meal ready, the appetizers/snacks, dinner, dessert, breakfasts, lunches and the other dinners. It was a wonderful weekend where many thoughts went into making us feel comfortable!
Dig in!!
The twins were nice enough to let everyone eat their dinner before they started to make noise and want to join us at the table.
Molly was hungry and ready to eat - see her "dinner" on the table?!?
A brief moment when we were both sitting down and had a second to smile for the camera.

After eating is the traditional after dinner nap!!

Many people around the house participated in the napping holiday tradition.
Luke was sleeping for the first part of dinner - he didn't want to take a nap until he fell asleep in someone's arms. . . so he ate dinner by himself. Because he had trouble waking up he wasn't interested in ANY of this food - he ended up eating a hotdog for dinner :-( he doesn't know what he missed!!!
After dinner my dad had some evening entertainment ready for us. . .FIREWORKS!!!

The noisey ones made the kids a little scared so they wanted to sit with someone who made them feel safe!
"WhoHoo!!! Do it again Grandad!!"
"YEAH GRANDAD!!!" What a wonderful show!!
Next thing on the agenda was pictures of all the kids - many pictures but not one with everyone happy. . .KIDS!!

Time for dessert!! Luke helped himself to someone's plate?!?!


We have a Turkey thief on the loose!!! Andrew nearly ate the whole bird after his dessert!!

It was a wonderful weekend and looking around reminded me of what I am thankful for!!
Happy Thanksgiving 2009!

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Cora's Age

Luke's Age

Training

Distance for 2012. Goal 1000

Statistics of Growing Children

Aug 2012 - First day of Kindergarten for Cora was spent at the doctor instead of at school - PinkEye. Both kids: Cora 47" (3'11") 44lbs. Luke 46"(3'10") 43lbs.

Jan 2012

Cora and Luke turn into twins. BOTH are wearing size 13 shoes and weigh 40 pounds. Cora is 44 inches, Luke is 43 inches.

11/11/11

Cora: 4 years 5 months: 40 lbs; 44 inches

Luke: 3 years 3 months: 39 lbs; 42 inches

Mom: 36 years old: 150 lbs; 71.5 inches

Dad: 40 years old: 175 lbs; 74 inches


August 30, 2011

Luke's 3 year old well visit. Flu shot. 2nd Lead Test.

Stats:
Height: 42 inches (off the chart)
Weight: 38 pounds (90th percentile)

Speech: I will contact school to ask for testing. No rush, but speech class looks to be in his future.

August 10, 2011

New shoes for both kids:

Cora AND Luke: size 12!!!

May 22, 2011

Cora (4 years old): shoe size 11.5; height: 42 inches (92 percentile); weight: 38 pounds (72 percentile)

February 19, 2011

Cora (3 years 9 months) new shoes: size 11; height: 42 inches; weight: 35 pounds.

Luke (2 years 7 months)

new shoes: size 10.5 (2x wide); height: 39.5 inches; weight: 34 pounds.

September 12, 2010

Cora (3 years 3 months) gets new shoes: Size 10.5

Luke (2 years 1 month) same size as before: Size 9

August 18, 2010

Luke's 2 year appointment:

No shots. Everything looks great. Doctor says all is well and our only concern is the temper tantrums that seem to be occurring more often.

Weight: 31 pounds (60th percentile)

Height: 38" (off the charts) {. . .if you double his two year height and "predict" his adult height Luke will be 6'4" tall!!]


June 11, 2010

Cora's 3 year appointment:

She started to get nervous when I told her about the appointment but I was very firm and told her not to cry and that she was going to be brave. Both the nurse and two doctors (one was an intern) said she is in great health, size and weight. They all also commented on her "advanced verbal skills." (I secretly wondered if they were saying that she NEVER stops talking?!) We will make a dentist appointment soon and probably start fluoride pills or treatments since we are on well water.

Weight: 34 pounds(75 percentile)

Height: 42 inches (off charts - about 115 percentile)

Currently wearing 4T dresses, 3T/4T shirts & shorts

March 9, 2010

Luke (19 months) had his 18 month appointment.

Weight: 28 pounds (75th percentile)

Height: 35.5" (off chart ;-)

Immunizations as scheduled - handled it well. Issues with a limp - will see specialist - hopefully will turn up nothing!

February 3, 2010

Luke (18 months) got new shoes - size 9XW!! (XW = extra wide)

Luke weighs 28 pounds - he was weighed at his sick visit on Jan 28, 2010.

Cora (2yr 8months) got new shoes - size 10!

December 2, 2009

Luke (16 months) had his 15 month check up.

Height: 34.5 inches (110 percentile - off the chart)

Weight: 27 pounds (75 percentile)

Another vaccine was given but we declined the flu vaccine. Dave and I discussed it and we are watchful of the flu but not worried. . . we are comfortable with the major vaccines but don't necessarily want to add two more (regular flu and H1N1) to the shots schedule.

November 2, 2009

Luke (15 months) got new shoes - size 8!!

He wears 18-24 month clothing.

Cora (2.5 years) didn't need a new size yet - size 9!!

Cora is in 3t pants and 3t or 4t shirts.

August 27, 2009:

Luke (almost 13 months) had his one year check up.

Height: 33.25 inches

Weight: 26 pounds

He received his shots/vaccines and handled them like a big boy. . . but his lead test was torture!! He screamed and had a tough time with it.

August 15, 2009:

Luke (12.5 months) got new shoes - size 7!!!! (The lady at the Stride Rite who has owned the store for 30 years said, "I have not sold many shoes this size for a kid this young.")

August 10, 2009:

Cora (age 26.5 months) got new shoes - size 9.

July 24, 2009:

Luke was grabbing his hears a lot so we decided to take him to the doctor to double check to see if he had an ear infection. Also, Cora has a mysterious rash that needed a doctor's quick glance. Turns out Luke has a small ear infection and Cora has just a basic children's rash - allergic to something she touched and it will eventually go away.

Luke: 25 pounds 3 ounces

Cora: 29 pounds

June 1, 2009:

Luke's "9 month" appointment (he is 10 months old but we wanted to schedule Cora and Luke for the same day):

He did great!! No tears - No problem!!

Weight: 21 pounds 6 ounces

Height: 32.75 inches

Currently wearing size 18-24 month summer clothes, sometimes fitting into 12-18 month.

Cora's "2 year" appointment:

She cried as soon as she got into the parking lot and didn't stop until about 30 minutes later - crying isn't a good description for the screaming and yelling that came from her little body! Cora finally calmed down to be examined by the doctor - all is looking great! She did get one shot . . .and she cried again. . . but when the nurse took the needle out she said, "No more hurt!" So she did get a few points for bravery at the end!!

weight: 26 pounds

height: 37 inches

Currently wearing 3T dresses, shorts (for length) and 2T shirts.