Walkers' Trail

Reid had his one year check up yesterday.  Fun to compare one year stats! Grant: 23.2, 30" Kyle: 22.13, 31" Reid: 22.5, 30" I am actually surprised that Grant was the heaviest.  I always thought Kyle was the largest! In the past two days, Reid has been diagnosed with Dennie-Morgan Folds (more wrinkles under the eyes signaling increased allergies) and a skin condition called Atopic Dermatitis (aka really bad eczema that is hard to control).  We did a blood work test to see if any of the main foods (milk, nuts, fish, etc) are triggering any of the above.  We do know he is allergic to bananas and spinach so far!  I'm going to guess tomatoes, too.

Time flies!  We now are blessed with a 7 year old, 5 year old and sweet little 1 year old!  Happy 1st birthday, Reid Jeffrey!  Sure doesn't seem like it was a year ago when I was writing about our delivery and the first days of his life!  We had a small family party with my parents, Jason's parents, and my brother and sister-in-law!  Thanks for coming, family.  We had a great evening with you. Reid's cakes were blue, orange and green.  The top blue one was chocolate and the bottom green on was a triple-layered cake with green, blue and orange stripes.  He got some clothes, inflatable kiddie pool with sunshade, ball popper, books, a green four wheeler and a bike helmet for our family bike rides!  These pictures were supposed to be at the end of the post, but they somehow landed in the middle of the party pictures!  oh well.  Reid attacking his birthday cake is at the end.... he was messy! This batch of photos were ta...

Regardless of how messed up I think blogger is, how could I forget to post that KYLE lost his FIRST TOOTH!?!?!  A few weeks ago, during Friday morning assembly, one of my teacher friends texted me this picture and said "I just pulled it!"  Although his Daddy had told him the tooth wasn't ready, Kyle felt like he should lose teeth like his brother so he wiggled and wiggled and wiggled and POP!  :)   G-boy's teacher came to watch a baseball game.  Here he is with two of his classmates.  The team is basically all first graders from our school and second graders from another school.  Isn't she a great teacher?  We have loved our year with Mrs. Andrew!  She said she could retire but we're hoping that she waits six years until all the boys are through! :) unlikely but one can dream....  Kyle and I on his class Easter picnic.  Again, delayed post!  Grant's basketball team!  We love our coach and all but one of t...

Blogger updated its format several weeks ago and you know what I have noticed?  That I don't post as much as I used to!  From my end, user-friendliness was taken away and our photos take a-g-e-s to upload (the previous post was over a 28 hours period).  That may have been due to a slower internet for a few days that is now solved but still....  So, I am still here and will put up stuff when I can and time allows for patience. Until then.... have you done something nice for someone today?

Jason had another birthday.  We celebrated a few days late but here we are at his office opening presents. Family picture! Grant's baseball team had a scrimmage before our games started.  It just so happened it was Moms v Boys.  This is me after having scored a run (which I don't think ever happened in our co-ed softball league).  I was pitcher and got Grant out at first!  Moms won (by a lot).  So fun. Here he is playing pitcher at the first game of the season.  Although there seem to be a lot of games, we really are having a great time this season.  Good families and group of kids, and our coaches are very, very good, both at teaching baseball skills as well as being role models. My punkin swinging in the backyard. Punkin and me having a quick photo (I did this with the camera timer - we never get pictures!) First magnolia blossom of the season.  I have always loved magnolia trees.  Not only do they keep their l...

We have mentioned before about how much Kyle loves to 1. Help Out As you can see from how beautiful our backyard is right now!  Kyle has seen me take the round-up and spray weeds and borders around our flowerbeds.  A few weeks ago, we were across the street talking with neighbors, and we hear our gate shut.  We look and see Kyle walking across the front yard carrying our big deal of round-up, spraying, and wearing his rain boots (just like the "real" yard sprayers).  Thanks, buddy, for trying to be helpful.  2. Dress Up We find this kid, nearly every night, in Anakin, Darth Vader, Power Ranger, Iron Man or Spiderman.  This day, it was Anakin and the water hose was his light saber. 

We both participated in the Memorial marathon this year.  It was Jason's third year to complete the 1/2 marathon, and although his time was slower than last year, it's great for him to say he did it (along with the other 27,000 people who did an event!).  So proud of him!  I was part of a relay team this year.  I do not enjoy running, nor do I have the time or motivation to train to run the long distances, so my 6.4 miles was just perfect for me!  I did it in exactly a 10:00/mile, which is fine for me.  I started the first few miles at a 9 min pace and couldn't keep it up, and didn't really care!  :)  Jason and I were able to run together until I peetered out.  It was the first race for several of my teammates - every single one loved the event and wants to do it again next year!  Very fun, rewarding, challenging and inspiring.  Courtney headed home early since she was soooo tired from being in Florida for a week (!!) but h...