Owie's Birthday and stats

 Owain turned 5 last Thursday but had his party the weekend before.  We had it at Woodland Park Zoo in the carousel house.  It was a hit with the kids, but how could it not be with unlimited rides on the merry-go-round and cupcakes and goody bags?

The day after Owain's birthday both of the boys had their annual check-up at the doctor's.  Owain had to get his last two childhood immunizations.  He was very brave and didn't cry at all!  Their current stats are: Owain-height 44" weight 44.8lbs he is in the 75th percentile for height and weight

Jimmy-height 40" weight 36.8lbs he is in the 90th percentile for height and weight

Resurrection

   It has been nearly nine full months since the last blog entry and I'm ashamed!  There's not much going on the in the documenting of the boys lives so I'm going to give it another shot.  A quick and brief recap would be-last Christmas Grandma Lyn and Auntie Jean came for a visit and Uncle Robert was here for Xmas and New Year's.  John got a new job in February at Z2Live, in April the boys and I spent 10 days in Arizona with Grandma and Grandpa, in June we went to France for 2 1/2 weeks and when we got back the boys started school and Emma came to visit, whew that's all the major things I think.
   Currently John and Owain are on a manly camping trip and Jiimmy and I are holding down the fort while they're gone.  So far we took the bus down to Market Street and went to the toy store and out for sushi (Jimmy's choice).  We're both kind of tuckered out and coming down with colds so we are back at home to play with new toys, oh yeah Jimmy had his 3rd birthday 4 days ago :) and maybe have a movie night later.

Montana Trip

We finally made it to Montana! Here's the whole crew together: (Click the photo to see names of everybody.)
And more pictures:

More Bubbles

Pics

Better late than never, Owain's birthday:

And pumpkins!

Paint

 

Annual Stats

Today I took the boys for the first of what will now be annual well-visits with the doc. Its really so nice to only have to go in once a year for both of them now, barring illness or injury of course. And because their birthdays are only 3 weeks apart I can bring them both in at the same time, killing two birds with one stone as they say. I was curious about their height and weight since it had been so long since the last measurements. So... Owain weighs 36.6pounds and is 3'5"tall, Jimmy weighs 31pounds and is 3' flat. Seems crazy that only five pounds and five inches separate them even though they are 2 years apart. Jimmy's just a big kid I guess. They both had one shot today and were very brave. Owain sat very still and let the nurse give him the shot. He did cry afterwards but I could tell it hurt. I think the nurse was inexperienced and jabbed him too hard, but what do I know I'm just a protective mommy! We went straight out for ice cream afterward at the old Baskin-Robbins on 15th Ave. Its a miracle this place is still open, there's never any customers there and all the signage is sun-faded (for that to happen in Seattle it would have had to have seen more than 20 summers). Never the less, I love Baskin-Robbins and now so do the boys!