O'Leary Family Journey: So much to be Thankful for!

I know it's been awhile and there's been so much going on that I do need to catch up. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Arkansas with my family. We flew from SLC to Memphis through Denver and the boys were great. Even though we were the doctor's office two days prior with bad colds they either slept or played the whole way. They did get a little off schedule but that's to be expected. Colby ended up with an ear infection but with some antibiotics he was feeling much better the next day.

It was so good to see all of our family and friends since we will be Utah for Christmas. We even got Daddy's tree up before we left. As usual we had tons of food and ate way too much while we were gone. We've hit the workouts though since returning home.

We took the boys to the cemetary to visit their grandma and all weekend I had been trying to get Austin to show Aunt Anna how to say pretty in sign language because it's so cute. He never would do it. As we put the flowers in her vase Austin was standing there and totally on his own he said "pretty" and signed it as well. Needless to say my eyes welled with tears of pride and sadness all at the same time.

Last week the boys had their 18 month check up. They are doing great. We have been concerned about Colby's weight but Dr. Cox didn't seem concerned. He said this is not a big growth time anyway and if we didn't have Austin to compare him too we wouldn't be as concerned. He did say there are some tests we can have done to make sure everything is ok so I think we do plan to get those done.

Colby was in the one percentile on weight and height but the 90th percentile on head size. Yes, he has a big brain. Austin was around the 50th percentile on height and weight and about the same on head size. Colby was a little over 19 pounds and Austin was a little over 22 pounds. For those that have seen them lately there is a distinct difference in size. Austin is in 12 mo clothing and Colby in 9 mo some 12 months if they run small.

Yes, Colby is digging for gold.

We are gearing up for Christmas now with our tree up and house decorated. My favorite time of the year so I enjoy it as long as I can. We got a huge snow this weekend so I am glad everything is up outside or it wouldn't get up now. Pat and I have been discussing what new traditions we want to start with the boys as I know these are the years that they will remember. I want them to say "when are we going to do this or that?" I want them to look forward to certain things in our home with our family regardless of where we are for the holidays.