San Antonio

This weekend we loaded up and took the kids to San Antonio, for the express purpose of seeing...

Shamu! We met the Proctors there and all four of the kids had a great time and behaved wonderfully. There was a ton to see, but I think Shamu was definitely the hilight for everyone. On Friday we got to the hotel, which both kids thought was very cool. Luke kept asking, "We get to sleep here?" and Lily was just happy running around. Here are Mommy and Lily in our room on Friday night.

On Saturday after Sea World and dinner, we let the kids swim in the hotel pool. It makes me excited about this summer and all the swim time we'll get when it's warm. And did I mention that Lily loved running around the hotel? Here's the little beauty queen all decked out in her swimsuit and coverup.

On Sunday we got up, had breakfast, and drove to the San Antonio Zoo. We took the train ride around the zoo, which was nice just because it was such a gorgeous day.

Luke and Matthew on the train.

This trip was the first time we have taken the kids to a hotel and had a weekend full of activities and we had a fabulous time. Both kids were exhausted by Sunday when we got home (Matthew and I too) but I'm excited that they are big enough that we can start taking trips again.

Luke's First ER Visit

Last night while Luke was in the bathtub he slipped and cracked the bottom of his chin against the edge of the tub. It was a pretty deep gash and it was gaping open so we decided to take him to the emergency room to see if it needed stitches. Mimi came to stay at the house since Lily was already asleep and we loaded Luke into the car and drove to Methodist Willowbrook. We were there for about an hour and forty five minutes and Luke was a total rock star. He was very tired, but he just hung out and we read books and did Hidden Pictures. The doctor decided it didn't need stitches, so he just glued it back together and put some tape on it. Luke never cried or got upset at all and he hasn't messed with the tape today at all. Here's how his chin looks now.

On another note, today we took him to Texas Children's to see the rheumatologist about his knee and foot pain. The doctor said he seems perfectly healthy and it's likely he just has a severe and slightly odd case of growing pains. So we're good for now but they will continue to monitor him and see if he grows out of it within the next year or so.

And I guess maybe Lily was feeling left out of all the excitement, because this morning she woke up with a rash all over her body. So we're going to see the pediatrician in the morning to figure out what that's all about. I'm hoping it's just a reaction to the shots she got on Tuesday...

15 months!

Lilybean is fifteen months old now! She had her well baby visit yesterday and Dr. Purcell said she is looking perfect and staying exactly on her growth curve - so no more worries about her weight. Her stats are:

Weight - 19 lbs 6 oz, 6th percentile

Height - 30 3/4 inches, 62 percentile

So she's just long and lean and that is likely how she will stay. She's hitting all her milestones and is learning new stuff everyday. This morning I told Luke to go get his shoes out of the shoe basket and put them on and when I turned around Lily was bringing me her sparkly shoes and holding her foot out. The girl still loves shoes.

Some of the things I want to remember about her at this age are:

• When you tell her to smile, she scrunches her nose up and says "Cheeeeez."
• She loves to mimic Luke and totally thinks she is every bit as big as he is.
• She loves to feed herself with a spoon and hates for her hands to be dirty. And when she's finished eating, she wants every single crumb of food picked up off her tray.
• She always puts herself to sleep in her bed unless she doesn't feel good, in which case she wants Mommy to snuggle her to sleep. I love, love, love it and will be so sad when she doesn't fall asleep on me anymore.
• Mama is her go to word right now. She says it all the time (even out of context), but especially in the car when she wants to check and make sure that I'm still there.