How do you measure up?

Today we had George's two year check up. Gladly he's meeting all his milestones. As though it isn't obvious with all the talking, running, throwing, jumping, and climbing he does these days. We're still waiting for him to start climbing out of his crib. I guess that will be the day we have to get him a toddler bed. For now he's a toddler in a crib. As for his doctor's visit, George will tell you everything went well except for the shots. Still doesn't like those, but at least this time he did get a sticker. George is still a big boy with measurements from the 83rd to 94th percetiles. Hight 3 feet and 1/2 inches. Weight 31 pounds and 4 ounces. Head circumference of 20 inches. Growing like crazy, and we're happy to see that.

Someone's Two!!!

It's official we now have a toddler running around our house. November 28th was George's second birthday. We didn't do much for him that day except tell him 'Happy Birthday', and give him a little gift. George had received his train set and table the month before. However the following day we had a family party for our little one. We started the morning by filling his room with balloons, then woke up to him saying "mama mama, boons!" Once out of bed he ran up and down the hall kicking his balloons and laughing.

Later George helped his mother get the Christmas lights set up.

Once George got up from his nap he was surprised by his Grandparents, and he was excited to see everyone coming to his house. This year George got into the gift opening. A few of his gifts he's a little afraid of, but there are also a few favorites.

Also new this year we went with a home made cake. As you can see George was very excited that it came with toy trucks.
Once he blew out his candle his mother let him lick the frosting off, but little did she know that George would just eat the candle with the frosting.

This led to her trying to retrieve the candle piece.

Finally George gets to play with his cake trucks!



The end result.

All in all it was a very fun day. Happy second Birthday George!

Turkey Day

This year for Thanksgiving we went to the Ahl family household. George missed out on nap time, but did well with quite time in what use to be his mom's old room.

If you look closely you'll notice that George doesn't have any pants on. Of course he can get away with this because he's a toddler and he wanted to have room for all that turkey and stuffing. Really George doesn't need to go pants less for meals as all his pants have elastic or adjustable waistbands. Don't you wish they made that for adults, oh wait they do, it's called maternity wear. Guys you should really try this out.

Dinner was the standard turkey and all the starchy sides...mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing...of course there was some salad, and wine.

Looks like Olivia is really enjoying the wine portion of dinner.

After dinner it was the traditional TV watching of Thanksgiving football. Even George got into it. Sadly the Hawks didn't win one for us on the holiday.

Eventually the toys became more interesting than the football game, but could you really blame him?

Finally it was bedtime for George, but instead of heading home and ending our day early like we usually do, we put him to bed at the Grandparents. No he didn't stay there giving his parents a night off, but it was a few more hours with family. This was George's first time sleeping in a big bed. Even though it looks close in this photo he didn't fall out of bed.
Hope you all had a Great Thanksgiving!!!!

Me Ate Poop

Well that's what George said today. We were outside and he was throwing leaves at Oden up on the deck, then next thing I know George vomits a little. When I get to him I notice dog poop on the top of his boots and on his fingers, and on his mouth/face, and on his jacket. I think he was trying to clean the poop off his boots and didn't know what to do to get it off his fingers. So he wipped it on his jacket, then tried sticking it in his mouth. Which of course made him vomit. That's when I told him that he had ate some poop, and he repeated it "Me ate poop." What a great sentence! And only one parents will hear.

Leavenworth

Back in October Adrian and I got sometime away from our son George and headed east to the town of Leavenworth for Oktoberfest. Adrian will tell you that entertainment was provided by endless quantities of beer, and we did have a great time. However, even though we were childless for the weekend we somehow ended up in bed every night before 11pm. I know it's sad. Being parents has made us tired, even while on vacation. Above is a picture from our hotel room. We got lucky with good weather, so our 10 minute walks to the beer tent weren't too bad.

The first night we were there it was just Adrian and I. Adrian entered a yodeling contest. Well he thought it was going to be a strong man contest where the last man holding his beer straight out wins. That is the only reason he went up there to give it a try. And I know you all wondering...Adrian didn't win the yodeling, but he was a close second according to me.

We had dinner at King Ludwig's. Some nice pork products, a polka band, and oh yeah the St. Pauli Girl. Adrian got a autographed poster for George.

Saturday we made it into town for 5 minute parade.

After lunch some friends joined us for wine tasting. Now you may be thinking that the only reason we went was for the beer, but really we like to change it up. Of course this ended in us buying wine, including a case from one of the tasting rooms.

Janette, Carolyn, Adrian, and Jeff

A happy bunch of people

We spent Saturday night dancing to pop songs sent to a polka beat with Rob and Jess.

Many of you know Adrian isn't into dancing so he spent his time sleeping.

Of course we had to try this.

Greetings From Leavenworth!

All in all it was a great time and we'll be doing this again next year for anyone that wants to join us.

Happy Halloween

This was only George's second Halloween, but I think he enjoyed it so much more this year. Mostly because he knows what candy is and got it for free by going to people's houses. We had a few events leading up to the holiday. George helped his mom with pumpkin carving.

He enjoyed scooping out pumpkin seeds

You may ask, is George really carving?

Nope, just dropping the tools through the pumpkins eyes.

The finished product!

Then the weekend before Halloween our PEPs group had a Halloween preview. It's just an excuse for us to dress our kids up in their costumes and get together. This year George was a train conductor. Thou as you can see in all the pictures he wouldn't wear his hat.

Group picture that George didn't want to be in.

Yep not into the group thing.

George and Stella (giraffe)

Then the came the real fun on Halloween. George, with his mom and dad, went to a few houses. He never said 'trick or treat' but always said goodbye as we left. George was excited about getting candy, and spent about a half hour playing with it all after we got home.

In costume, mom as Alice in Wonderland

Counting his candy