On the Charts

A huge milestone today.  When I took Owen into the doctor (because I thought he might be sick . . . he wasn't), he weighed in at a whopping 16 pounds 14 ounces and measured 26 inches.  This puts him in the 10th percentile for weight and 5th percentile for length.  He is now for the first time on the curve for his chronological age. . . a long way from 1 pound 6 ounces and 12.5 inches!

Babycook you are the BEST!

I have only used this wonderful contraption twice now, but I can't sing its praise enough.  I know that my Mother thinks it is a frivolous piece of equipment (and it is), but it is AWESOME.  Let me tell you how cool it is:


1.  All I have to do is look up the item that I am cooking and see what level water I need and then put that in the reservoir.

2. Then I put the veggies in the steam basket and lock it into place and switch it on.

3.  When its done it turns off and I dump the veggies back into the bowl and switch it to blend.

Its that easy, I love it!  So far I have made carrots and peas!

Independance Day

This past weekend we drove up to Eagar, Arizona up in the White Mountains for a getaway from the heat and so we could enjoy the outdoors in some much cooler weather.  It was about a 4 hour drive up through Payson (just another beautiful Arizona drive).  We are very lucky to have friends (Robert and Marci Haws) who live up there and extended their hospitality and Robert's Grandmother's house for the weekend.  If you haven't been up to Eagar, it is one of the prettiest places in Arizona.  All sorts of trees and farms and animals.  On Saturday there was a town parade down Main Street that was a lot of fun to watch, then we had lunch at a really cute cafe before lounging around and barbequing for the rest of the afternoon.  That evening we watched the fireworks from Robert's parents house.  We were far enough away that it wasn't super loud and Owen stayed up and watched the fireworks show, never taking his eyes off the horizon.  He loved it! 

It is so much fun to get out and take Owen around to our friends who have prayed for us during this last year and haven't yet gotten to meet him.  For me it is way to say thank you for your prayers and thoughts and living tangible proof that it worked.

And an update on his feeding:  Over the last week we again started really struggling and Owen's intake began to drop. . . .well while we were up in Eagar I began to wonder if his suck had gotten so strong that maybe he was collapsing his level 2 nipple and not getting any milk, and unfortunatley we would have to wait to get back into Phoenix because the town is very small and didn't sell our brand of bottles:-(  But thankfully Target was still open when we rolled into town Sunday night and we were able to purchase the level 3 nipples and the look on poor Owen's face when he began to eat that night was priceless, it was like getting milk for the first time, he was so happy!  Thank goodness it was that easy of a fix and not something more serious. 

Here are a couple of pictures of the parade.  That Abe Lincoln actually stands up!  It was really cool, and accounts for why his arms are so long.

Owen basically fell asleep as soon as we got to the parade and slept like a rock right through sirens and fireworks!  At least he saw the actual firework show that night.

Me, Kat, Owen and Baby Will (inside Kat's belly)