15 Month Checkup

First things first, I've added a few more photos to the 14th Month album link on my Photos page, as well as a link to a new 15 month album.

Enjoying the Fall foliage at Centennial Park

Today, we had our 15 month check up. We did fine. Didn't like shots, but that is to be expected. Here are our current stats:

Grace
Weight: 24 lbs. 6 1/2 oz. (75th percentile)
Height: 31 in. (70th percentile)

Frances
Weight: 24 lbs. 4 1/2 oz. (70th percentile)
Height: 31 in. (70th percentile)

I can't remember head circumference, but I know they are big! haha.

Over the weekend Uncle Rawknee came to visit and we went back to Clarks Elioak Farm. Frances was as giddy as ever. Nobody yelled "quirrel" at the animals this time. But Frances had her crazy happy feet going and was screaching at the animals in excitment. She was petting the goats (mostly hitting, I had to tell her "gentle" like she even understands). Grace remained apprehensive as she was on our last visit. She did not want to touch any animals. So we're making our rounds and Frances' interest is peaked by a cow mooing in her pen. So we walk over to the fence and the cow walks right up to Frances and moos in her face. Frances stumbled backwards in shock and fell over. And then commenced the meltdown. It took about 5 minutes to calm her down. I took her back to the cows to show her that they were just mooing for food -- so that she wouldn't be scared of them. Whatever, she wanted to move on. So we went to the pigs and then to the donkey. Well, it was just not Frances' day because that donkey started hee-hawing with its eyes bulging, teeth baring, and tongue hanging. She went into super meltdown mode and from then on wanted NOTHING to do with animals. I even tried taking her back to the goats and chickens (her fav part) and she wouldn't let me put her down without clinging to me. I felt horrible. Hopefully she'll forget about the whole thing and not be scarred for life.

We also went to the park a lot this weekend. Trying to get a lot of outdoor time in before winter :-)

15 Months Old and a New Baby Cousin!

We turned 15 months old today and got a new baby cousin as a present! Yay! AND it is also Grandpa Parry's birthday today, so an extra special birthday for him as well. Yay for everybody!

Welcome baby cousin Savannah we look forward to play dates with you and cousin Isaak!

Congratulations to Uncle Tommy, Aunt Amber and cousin Isaak on your new addition :-)


Tom, Amber, Isaak and Savannah



Baby Savannah and her big brother Isaak

Clarks Elioak Farm

First things first: I FINALLY uploaded some pictures and a few videos (see the respective Videos and Photos pages for links.)

Having been holed up in the house with colds for the past week, we ventured out to Clarks Elioak Farm, just a short ride (about 5 mins) up the road. They have a petting farm, an Enchanted Forest of fairy tales, and a pine tree maze. It's so much fun! (See pictures from our trip in the "14th Month" album on my Photos page.)

Frances LOVED the animals. Right away she was exploring and yelling and so excited.

Grace was a bit more reserved to start. She didn't know what to think but she eventually warmed up. The funniest part was that they would point and shout at each animal, "quirrel! quirrel!" I guess I should mention that we have A LOT of squirrels around our house, so everytime we go outside we see them and the girls shout "quirrel!" It was so funny, they had everybody laughing. I guess we should have known this issue yesterday when we saw deer on the backyard and the girls shouted "quirrel" then too. Ah well. We do have books with other animals in them, I guess quirrel is the easiest word for them to say now. They say dog, gat (for cat) and duck, but we didn't see any of those. hahaha.

Tomorrow, Frances has a follow up with the GI doctor. She's slowly switching to Neocate Jr., a hypoallergenic toddler formula. For the amount she drinks, we would pay close to 600 dollars a month! But we appealed to the insurance company and now we pay only 50 dollars! Thank God. That was a bit of a worrisome month wondering how we were going to pay for the nutrition she needed.

Other than that, we're doing well and staying very, very busy with two toddlers under foot.