Thanksgiving, Dexter's 4 mo & Jim's 37th b-day

We didn't do too much this long Thanksgiving weekend (other than X-mas decorating). The kids could barely stand waiting one day to decorate. We got their tree up on Sat and then did the "family" tree on Sunday. We had a delicious feast on Thursday after Jim slaved all day in the kitchen and then we went to Uncle Tom's on Friday for more turkey. Dexter even had his first meal on Friday (his 4 mo birthday). An ounce of rice cereal which he devoured. We continued to feed him two meals a day the rest of the weekend. He slept thru the night a few times last week to go back to waking up every three hours this weekend. Jim "celebrated" his 37th birthday today. Poor guy, his birthday was even less exciting with Zoe's birthday craziness, having a four month old and X-mas around the corner. One day I will make it up to him.

Dexter had his four month and Zoe had her four year appointment today. Zoe is getting bigger and bigger, not a petite little thing that's for sure. Dexter on the other hand is long and skinny. As most everyone knows, Dexter loves to spit up...constantly. His fist never leaves his mouth which doesn't help his gag reflex. He smiles nevertheless. The doctor has no concern and says he'll grow out of it in the next couple of months. We looked back and found out both Kellan and Zoe were also on the small size for a long time. I'm hoping he's bigger than both of them some day.

Zoe:

Ht. 41.5 in. (75%)

Wt. 38 # (75%)

Dexter:

Ht. 25.5 in. (55%)
Wt. 12.3 # (7%)

HC: 25%

The weekend before last I took the kids for their first outing with just me - a welcome parade for Santa at the mall. I anticipated the mall being packed so I got everyone up and out of the house by 8:30, we were there thirty minutes early - so much for hundreds of people, more like sixty. Plus I didn't realize how cold it would be so we were all freezing, even Zoe. Hands down the worst "parade" we've ever been to. At least the kids saw Santa and that made up for it, oddly enough he drove in on a fire truck. The kids also got to meet a local celebrity (see video). Kellan of course was his typical enthusiastic self, Zoe, not so much.