Happy Birthday, Zach!

Zach celebrated his fifth birthday last week!  He invited his cousins and friends from school to Chuck E. Cheese for the party.  On his actual birthday he requested that we go to McDonalds for dinner (better than anything I make apparently) and came home and opened his presents from us and Ty.  He is very proud of being a big kid 5 year old.  It is hard to believe that he can already be so big!

Zach with his Husker cake.  

Physicals

I took Zach and Ty in for their physicals this morning.  Zach weighed 50 pounds (92%), is 46.7 inches tall (92%) and has a BMI that I would dream to have!  Tyler is 32.8 inches tall (64%), weighs 31.8 pounds (99%) and has also has a BMI in the 99th percentile!  The doctor keeps telling me that one day he will shoot up and slim down so we will enjoy referring to him as our chunky monkey while it lasts!

Zach was diagnosed with asthma earlier this year and our doctor informed us today that Ty also has asthma. Ty has had pneumonia twice in the past 6 months and apparently that is enough to diagnose him with asthma. The doctor said "kids with asthma get pneumonia".  For those of you who knew me as a child you will know that I was a kid with asthma and pneumonia, so I had flashbacks to my trips into the pediatrician with a nasty cough. Our doctor said that both kids could very likely outgrow their asthma so we are crossing our fingers and toes that this will just be a childhood issue for the both of them.

They are both healthy little boys and are growing and developing exactly as they should. For that we are very grateful!

Happy Halloween from Wolverine and Sully!

Zach and Ty went trick or treating last night!  In central Iowa kids go trick or treating on Beggar's Night which is the night before Halloween.  Instead of saying Trick or Treat, the kids tell a joke. Zach's joke of the night was "Why was 6 mad at 7?  Because 7 ate 9."

Wolverine and Sully next to their respective pumpkins.

Pumpkins!

I have been very bad about posting lately.  We have been very busy the past few months and don't anticipate too much slow down until after the holidays.  We are celebrating Halloween at our house these days.  We went to the pumpkin patch last week and then carved the pumpkins over the weekend.  Here are some pictures of our time at the pumpkin patch.

Ty exploring at the pumpkin patch.

We couldn't leave the pumpkin patch until Zach had a chance to ride a pony!

We got our pumpkins!

Time to carve!  Zach decided the inside of a pumpkin felt gross and Ty lost interest very quickly so Matt got stuck cleaning out the inside of the pumpkin.  Zach did care about the pumpkin face. I will post pictures of the carved pumpkins tomorrow. 

Go Big Red!

Today is wear your Iowa or Iowa State shirt day at school. We wanted to remind everyone that that is not who we cheer for in our house! 

Baseball Game

We spent Saturday night at the baseball game. I was able to use my company's skybox which was perfect with young kids. The ICubs even won!  Here are some pictures of the night. 

Our Chunky Monkey

Ty went in for his 15 month physical yesterday. He weighs 28 lb 13 oz (99th percentile) and was 31.2 inches tall (51st percentile). Our pediatrician insists that one of these days he is going to shoot up and slim down! He is a perfectly healthy 15 month old, and for that we are very grateful.