Archive for May, 2009

almost walking

he’ll be walking on his own soon.  i actually think he can do it already he’s just unsure of himself.  the other day i went to put dylan down, i was expecting him to just sit down, but he just started walking holding one of my hands.  i think i scared him with my own [...]

time to start weaning

  i’ve never had a problem with breastfeeding.  i experienced a little soreness with owen but none with dylan.  it was very easy and convient to always have a way to feed dylan.  owen self weaned himself at 10 months, but i don’t think dylan is going to do that.  i think i’ll have to [...]

the plaid brothers

  i swore i would never dress my kids a like and here it is… i’ve done it.  it wasn’t on purpose but it happens.  i actually notice that it happens that we’ll all be dressed similiar. the boys are doing good.  i find it really hard to get a good picture with both of [...]

happy birthday harry!

sorry we couldn’t be there, since today is his big party, but the chows wanted to wish harry a very, very happy first birthday!  your gift is waiting for you when you get to california. hope it was a blast!

a funny thing about dylan’s crack…

  it’s BIG!  is it possible to grow into your butt crack?

first pancakes!

  last saturday dylan had his first taste of pancakes, no syrup and loved it!

phoebe, the dinosaur hunter update

this morning owen told john  “there’s no more dinosaurs. phoebe scared them away.”   phoebe’s the best.  we don’t give her enough credit.  she’s been displaced by two kids that climb all over her and pull her hair without complaint, even when we forget to feed her.  she’s starting to get old and it makes us [...]

a mother’s day shuffle

had a great mother’s day.  the kids slept in, dylan to 9am and owen to 6:30am after falling asleep at 5:30pm the night before, we thought for sure he was going to wake up at 4am.  owen painted me a painting in the morning and a i was greeted with a sweet “happy mama’s day!” from owen [...]

little d

      is little.  we just got back from his 9 month check up and he’s in the 3rd precentile for weight!  i had to ask the nurse twice if i heard her right and the doctor weighed him again just to make sure.  i thought owen was a skinny baby in the 10th percentile and [...]

a conversation with a two year old

owen  i had magic poop. kara  really?! magic poop? what makes it magic? owen  i pooped it