Leslie used the doctor's office scale to do a weight check on Thomas.
18 lb. 1 oz. (7th percentile)
30 in. (82nd percentile)
Here's his data from a month ago:
17 lb. 1 oz. (5th percentile)
28.5 in. (65th percentile)
Monday, September 22, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
The Fwimmin Pool
Amelia started her first swimming class tonight at 5:30 at our gym. She was SO excited to go. I think Mondays and Wednesdays for are going to be fun for the next month because I can use the pool as an incentive for good behavior. There were 3 kids (and moms) in the class tonight. It was the first time they've offered a "toddler" class that didn't also have infants involved. "Real" lessons and classes are for 3 year olds.
The swim instructor, Jenny, has just returned to Chapel Hill and the Wellness Center after moving back to Gainesville, FL for a couple years. She was a swimmer at UF(I went there too) and her husband played football at UF, coached at UNC, and now does something with the Denver Broncos, I think. My friend Brandy took her adult swimming class a couple years ago. She encouraged me to do the same, but it was not for the faint of heart. Hopefully the toddler class won't be so rigorous. The funny thing about Jenny is that she's a reality TV star. Do you remember The Bachelor with Jesse, the football player? Well, Jenny was the spy... http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,630299,00.html I remember seeing the episode, then going to swim laps and doing a double take. She's really nice and Amelia actually listens to what she's saying in the pool. Splish, Splash!
The swim instructor, Jenny, has just returned to Chapel Hill and the Wellness Center after moving back to Gainesville, FL for a couple years. She was a swimmer at UF(I went there too) and her husband played football at UF, coached at UNC, and now does something with the Denver Broncos, I think. My friend Brandy took her adult swimming class a couple years ago. She encouraged me to do the same, but it was not for the faint of heart. Hopefully the toddler class won't be so rigorous. The funny thing about Jenny is that she's a reality TV star. Do you remember The Bachelor with Jesse, the football player? Well, Jenny was the spy... http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,630299,00.html I remember seeing the episode, then going to swim laps and doing a double take. She's really nice and Amelia actually listens to what she's saying in the pool. Splish, Splash!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Our Family Triathlon
On Saturday we finally got a chance to play together at home. First, we ran. Well, Thomas held the wall and made his way down the hallway for the very first time. Amelia ONLY runs in the house, so this event was nothing new for her.
After getting geared up, we went for our first family bike ride of 5.4 miles. The midpoint of our trip was the Chapel Hill Country Club, where our wedding reception was held. The building was destroyed by fire last year, so we wanted to check out the construction. With 2 kids in tow and a new building going up, it made me feel like we'd been married way longer than 3 years.
Our final event was held at the backyard pool. I forgot (for the 3rd time!!!) the Wellness Center closes early on Saturdays, so we let the athletes finish the race at the home pool. We had such a fun day that we were nearly sad to see the little ones get into bed.
After getting geared up, we went for our first family bike ride of 5.4 miles. The midpoint of our trip was the Chapel Hill Country Club, where our wedding reception was held. The building was destroyed by fire last year, so we wanted to check out the construction. With 2 kids in tow and a new building going up, it made me feel like we'd been married way longer than 3 years.
Our final event was held at the backyard pool. I forgot (for the 3rd time!!!) the Wellness Center closes early on Saturdays, so we let the athletes finish the race at the home pool. We had such a fun day that we were nearly sad to see the little ones get into bed.
Click for more pictures...Monday, September 8, 2008
Conniving Amelia
Here's an email that Leslie just sent to me which I thought was funny enough to share.
"amelia dumped her plate of green beans and dip on the floor. when i told her she had to clean it up, she started saying it was her naptime and she had to goto time out. she did clean them up, though.
thomas has a great ability to detect carrots with his tongue. cheerios, cheese, nectarine and carrot pieces all go in. carrots come out every time."
"amelia dumped her plate of green beans and dip on the floor. when i told her she had to clean it up, she started saying it was her naptime and she had to goto time out. she did clean them up, though.
thomas has a great ability to detect carrots with his tongue. cheerios, cheese, nectarine and carrot pieces all go in. carrots come out every time."
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Oops, wrong football game!
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/
http://www.wral.com/sports/football/ncaa/story/3463611/
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...
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