Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Adyson had a Thanksgiving Feast at school on Wednesday.  All the kids dressed up as Pilgrims or Indians.  Ady wanted to be an Indian. So here she is!

For their feast, they had popcorn, candy corn, applesauce, and a cupcake!

For Thanksgiving Day, Quentin had to go into work just to make sure everything was all set for the meal on the ship so the kids and I registered (and ran of course) the Turkey Trot 10K.  I have to admit, I really thought there was no way I would be able to run much more than half and would be crawling across the finish line.  I actually did great.  My time was 1:24 and some odd seconds!  Not too shabby.  In case you are wondering 10K is 6.2 miles.  Yesterday I was pretty sore and today I am still a little stiff.... but DANG it felt good to cross that finish line! The official pictures from the race haven't been posted and of course I forgot my camera so I stole this picture from my friend Andrea!  Andrea set a new personal record at this race!   This was right before the race started.  Quentin stuck around until about 5 minutes before the start and then he headed to work.  We went and had Thanksgiving Dinner on the ship after the race! 

Washington DC

Over Veteran's Day weekend, we decided (at the last minute) to take a trip to DC.  I found a great hotel on Hotwire.com about 6 blocks from the White House for $89 a night!  Woot!  Turns out parking was a disaster, but we figured it all out and had a great time.  Our main "destination"  was the Museum of Natural History.  Adyson has been obsessed with bones and skeletons since Halloween and we thought it would be fun to go see dinosaur bones!!  There have also been episodes of her favorite shows (Sid the Science Kid and Curious George) with bones and dinosaurs so she was pretty excited to get to see them. 

On Saturday, we walked about 8 miles all over the National Mall.  We saw the White House, Museum of Natural History, National Air and Space Museum, the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, WWII Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, Korean War Memorial,  Arlington Cemetery, Iwo Jima, and the Navy Memorial.  (I think that is everything) Adyson of course LOVED the museums, rode the carousel, and was totally restless in the hotel!  Cooper was a trooper too, hanging out in the stroller and not fussing too much.

Here is Ady, spotting the dinosaurs for the first time!

"A camel just like 'Camel' "

The Hope Diamond

We also drove by Georgetown Cupcakes (from the TLC show DC Cupcakes) but the line was seriously all the way around the block, so we looked and kept on driving!  

Another month...

has nearly come and gone.  I do not know where the time goes!  In fact, as I was just looking back on the blog I realized that I had not even posted Cooper's one year stats...  So that's where we will start!

Cooper's one year check up was on October 29th.  He weighed in at 19 pounds 5 oz.  Yes! He is still a shrimp.  He was 31+ inches tall and still on the <10% growth curve.  Luckily he was a complete maniac at the appointment and the doctor had no real questions about why he hadn't gained much weight between 9 and 12 month check-ups.  It was clear that he NEVER sits still.  He did recommend that we give Cooper one 8 oz bottle/cup of Pediasure a day and that would help with his calorie intake.  He LOVES the Vanilla Pediasure so it has worked out well.  He is also a fan of Banana and Chocolate, but not real sure about the Strawberry!  He got all of his immunizations and the first round of the flu vaccine.   He was slated to go back and get the 2nd shot yesterday but since both kids have Strep that didn't happen.  Long story short, we took Cooper to the ER with a 104+ fever.  They diagnosed it as a virus and sent us home with instructions to manage the fever.  He continues to be miserable for a few days.  Just as things were looking up, I noticed a rash on the back of Ady's neck.  Adyson had been showing cold symptoms for about a week but I never suspected anything more.  After all, it is THAT time of year!  That night, Cooper also started getting the rash so I made them an appointment.  As soon as they looked at Adyson they said they were going to test for Strep.  (Apparently the rash is an indicator in young kids) It is also referred to as Scarlet Fever.  Cooper's rash was a little different so they did also diagnose him with Roseola (which is what I has thought they both had since Ady has had it before) and told me to expect his rash to turn more "rough" like Ady's before it was all over.  They are both on Amoxicillin and seem to be feeling fine. 

The weather is turning cooler (some days) and we have finally had to break out our coats.  This "daddy jacket" has been in the closet through 4 moves and FINALLY Ady is big enough to wear it.  This coat was one of the first things we bought when I was pregnant with Adyson.  It was a good deal, and you all know I can't pass one of those up!!

Indoor smores!!  

Of course, Ady only wants to catch the marshmallows on fire. She could care less about eating the actual smores!

 

Trick or Treat!!!

Trick or Treating was a blast this year.  Cooper was much more agreeable to being out and about this year than he was last year... Of course, this year he wasn't only a week old!!! HAHA!

So, here that are.  The "punk-ning" and giraffe.  Ady was supposed to be a ladybug but she decided last minute that she wanted to be a pumpkin.  Thanks to a friend at Scott AFB - Ady was a pumpkin.  Last year she had given me a pumpkins suit that her kids had outgrown... I don't think Ady knew it was in the closet! 

We had a blast.  We didn't go to a ton of houses, but each house gave Ady a handful of candy!  We even left a box full of candy on our front porch and it was still completely full when we came home.  As soon as Adyson saw a sucker land in her bag, she was ready to go home.  I told her she couldn't eat any candy until we got home. 

Cooper couldn't believe his eyes.  He wasn't really sure what all the "stuff" was but he liked the crinkly wrappers.

He did manage to talk me into a fun size bag of M&Ms and he LOVED them.

 We also had a Halloween Party for the kids at Stroller Strides class.  Adyson did dress up as a ladybug for that one :-)

These crazy girls are always hamming it up at class.  This is Adyson's friend "Other" Addison.  Addison is almost two. 

Cooper, holding down a mat. 

She was running down the "mountain" - this class was at Mount Trashmore which is a park built by layering solid waste and clean soil.  The hill is often my enemy during workouts!!