Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Pictures of the Kids

I am trying to do a better job of blogging. I had the kids pictures taken today. I needed to take Catherine's three month pictures and I wanted a picture of all three for my desk when I go back to work tomorrow. In the pictures below, Catherine is three months, Caroline is 4 years 1 month and Conner is 5 years 3 months.











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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Conner - 1st tooth loss


Conner lost his first tooth on January 29, 2012. The tooth had been loose for a little while and fell out while he was watching tv that evening. He was really calm about it, but also excited. He was very excited about the tooth fairy, which brought him $1.
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Catherine - 2 months


I took Catherine for her 2-month check-up in mid January. Her stats were as follows: 10 lb 13 oz (50%), 23 inches (75%), 15.5 inches (head circ.- 60%). The doctor said she was looking good and was amazed at her physical strength.

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Conner and Caroline stats

We went to the doctor for Conner and Caroline's 5 year and 4 year check-ups in early January. They measured as follows:

Conner: 47 lbs (85%), 44.5 inches (80%)
Caroline: 36 lbs (55%), 40 5/8 inches (70%)

Happy 4th Birthday to Caroline!

Caroline's birthday fell on our drive back from New Mexico so we celebrated with dinner and dessert. We forgot to bring one of her presents with us for her to open so we stopped at Wal Mart in Wichita Falls and she picked out a little something herself. We celebrated her birthday the weekend after our return with a Strawberry Shortcake party. She had lots of fun with our family and friends!



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Friday, February 10, 2012

Ski Trip 2012

Conner and Caroline have been begging to see snow for the last two years. They saw snow three times one winter because of some crazy weather we had here in Texas, and unfortunately, thought that was normal. We were not sure if we were crazy or not at the time, but Wes and I decided at the last minute to drive to New Mexico on New Year's Eve for a little ski trip with the kids. Of course, Catherine came with us too, even though she was just a few weeks old. Wes said this would either be really great or a complete disaster. Fortunately for us, it turned out to be a fabulous trip. The kids did great on the drive there and back and had a blast playing in the snow. We knew they would love tubing and sledding, but were pretty surprised by the fact that they enjoyed skiing as well. Conner was really good at it, but I put down the video camera at the wrong times and missed taping all of his good skiing moments. He was upset that he did not get to go to the top of the mountain and ski down. He was quite the little dare devil. All of the pictures are out of order, but you can see, we had lots of fun. Several of the videos are posted below...











Pictures of wildlife we saw on our drive back to Texas.


Elk



Mule deer.



Another mule deer.



Lots of fields with antelope.
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The kids skiied with Wes on their second day and had a blast.


Uh oh!




Going down...




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We saw our first dust storm on the drive to New Mexico.



Some sledding fun.





Making snow angels.
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Me and Caroline tubing.




Conner tubing.




Our little ski bunnies.




wipeout!!
















The daredevil kept trying to ski on one leg.




Catherine all bundled up.

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