Thankfulness

Tomorrow grandma and grandpa Garnon go home. This ends a long stretch of help since the boys were born. We are so Thankful for our wonderful families!

Our friends also keep helping us by taking Char to school. Char always looks out the window in anticipation of seeing her friends. We're so thankful that we have friends who are like family.

This week I went to the Greenbuild conference in San Francisco. It was nice to get away but I was glad to get back home. I caught up with some old friends there and was able to decompress. I had a chance to share the story of our engagement and about the love spoon and being 1/64th Welsh. I am so thankful for my wonderful wife.

At Greenbuild, a colleague of mine was there showing off a green portable classroom that he helped develop for wide-scale production to combat the formaldehyde laden classrooms that are being put up all over the country. I'm so thankful that I work for a great company and with such great people.

I spent Friday in Seattle for work and went on a job walk a few blocks from Evergreen Hospital where we went to see our specialist twice a week on and off for several months. I stopped in to say hello and it brought back a lot of emotions. I was so happy to show them pictures of our alive and healthy babies! We're so thankful for all of the doctors and nurses!

I took Char to the Children's Museum on Sunday where she got to make things out of clay, be a painter and there was even a concert! I live Char and her spunk and we're so Thankful for such a wonderful daughter.

The boys are doing really well, over 10 and 13 pounds. Bennett has been gaining more than Andrew - Go Benny Boy! They are both starting to grab onto and hold their toys, Andrew more so - Go Andy Pants! Both boys got their nails trimmed this week. We are so thankful that these boys are doing so well! We're so blessed.

We have so much to be Thankful for this holiday season! Can't wait until Thursday.

Putting on the pounds

I haven't been getting much exercise since the boys came home. A lot of sitting in the couch, but too busy to snack too much. A lot of grab-n-go food. We've gone through a lot of Hawaiian rolls.

The real news is that Bennett gained 14oz last week. He's almost 10 lbs now, and in the 20th percentile (9#14oz to be exact). I guess the extra feeds are paying off.

Andrew is probably around 13# and doing well too.

Kristen and I got a night out with friends to see Indigo Girls with the Oregon Symphony. Great concert!

Uncle David came to visit! Great to see him after Afghanistan. And we're proud of our veterans.

This weekend we went to the pool; and had to clear out for a bit on the code brown. Shit happens at family swim. Sunday we went to the Lumberyard bike track. Another thing Char's learning from Richard. She was scared at first, then really liked it, then had a big crash. I think she'll be ready to go again.

All of this has been made possible by Grandma and Grandpa Garnon helping out! We're so lucky to have such a great family.