Here's the video right before the parachutists land at Duke instead of UNC ... we had no idea!
http://www.wral.com/sports/football/ncaa/story/3463611/
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Family, food, and (no) football
Duke opened their football season with the new Coach Cutcliffe (former asst. head coach at Tennessee) by treating all employees and their families to BBQ, Bluegrass, and games for the kids. It was a sea of Blue. Right up until the sky turned gray... Dad, Mom, Mark's family and mine had a great time eating and hanging out
We filed into the stadium where there was a pretty good crowd -- perhaps 25,000 fans. It started to rain lightly which was no big deal until the thunder and distant lightning began. The weather put the kickoff into a delay, and we eventually left to get the kids in bed. We were disappointed not to have seen any downs played this time. Maybe later in the Fall...
Zoe pledged her allegiance to becoming a Duke student and got a cool t-shirt. When she went back to get one for her brother, they weren't so generous. When she said something like, "Well, can I have one for my grandfather?" They responded with , "Well... who is he?" When she said "Professor Kelley," the immediate response was, "Oh. What size do you need?"
The game did eventually start, and last we heard Duke had a lead in the 4th qtr!
Click for more pictures...We filed into the stadium where there was a pretty good crowd -- perhaps 25,000 fans. It started to rain lightly which was no big deal until the thunder and distant lightning began. The weather put the kickoff into a delay, and we eventually left to get the kids in bed. We were disappointed not to have seen any downs played this time. Maybe later in the Fall...
Zoe pledged her allegiance to becoming a Duke student and got a cool t-shirt. When she went back to get one for her brother, they weren't so generous. When she said something like, "Well, can I have one for my grandfather?" They responded with , "Well... who is he?" When she said "Professor Kelley," the immediate response was, "Oh. What size do you need?"
The game did eventually start, and last we heard Duke had a lead in the 4th qtr!
Friday, August 29, 2008
Fridays on the Front Porch
After dinner on Friday, we all walked over to the mall to catch the F bus heading downtown. The Carolina Inn had their Fridays on the Front Porch for Babies event with food and music. Leslie was able to chat with her friend Erika and daughter Charlotte. This event was to support the Newborn Critical Care Center where Charlotte stayed for a month when she was a 3 lb. preemie. Amelia tentatively danced but still enjoyed it a lot. Thomas mostly tried to eat straw. Here they are in front of Peabody Hall, where Leslie did grad school. The Carolina Inn is on the other side of that cool bendy bus in the background. Our bus was not the bendy kind, unfortunately.
The trip home was a little less predictable. Our bus was going to be 26 minutes late, according to the real-time information board at the bus stop. We decided to just start walking down the hill to our house. Well, we got to about the old library and decided that Thomas needed to get his bottle since he was falling asleep. As fate would have it, within a few minutes, another bus came by that was heading our way so we hopped on. This was much quicker because Amelia wanted to walk, and you can imagine how that was going...
Click for more pictures...The trip home was a little less predictable. Our bus was going to be 26 minutes late, according to the real-time information board at the bus stop. We decided to just start walking down the hill to our house. Well, we got to about the old library and decided that Thomas needed to get his bottle since he was falling asleep. As fate would have it, within a few minutes, another bus came by that was heading our way so we hopped on. This was much quicker because Amelia wanted to walk, and you can imagine how that was going...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Thomas weighs in
Thomas had his 9 month checkup last week.
28.5 in. (65th percentile)
17 lb. 1 oz. (5th percentile)
At his appointment the doctor discovered an ear infection which would explain his irritability. Since then, we have been treating him with Augmentin and he has been recovering nicely and is pretty much back to his normal, happy disposition.
While we were getting Thomas weighed and measured I did an informal weigh-in of Amelia.
35 in. (55th percentile)
29 lb. 4 oz. (65th percentile)
28.5 in. (65th percentile)
17 lb. 1 oz. (5th percentile)
At his appointment the doctor discovered an ear infection which would explain his irritability. Since then, we have been treating him with Augmentin and he has been recovering nicely and is pretty much back to his normal, happy disposition.
While we were getting Thomas weighed and measured I did an informal weigh-in of Amelia.
35 in. (55th percentile)
29 lb. 4 oz. (65th percentile)
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Allison's visit
Our niece, Allison, came to visit for the week last week. She stayed over at Michael's parent's house but spent quite a bit of quality time at our house. She was super-helpful and played with Thomas and Amelia for hours on end which gave Leslie the opportunity to paint Thomas's room a nice shade of blue. Some of the highlights of her visit included a trip to Kidzu, Marbles, and many walks up to Locopops. Oh, and her grandma also followed through on her dad's instructions to have Allison practice her soccer and volleyball drills in preparation for the season and try-outs, respectively.
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