Merry Christmas

Does this hat make my head look big???

Canyon had his 6 month old doctor check. He weighs 16 lbs 11 oz, 26.5 inches long. He is in the 50th percentile. His head on the other hand is 46 cm round, 95th percentile. The pediatrician was slightly worried because his head is growing faster than she would like. She was concerned he might have Benign External Hydrocephalus of Infancy. That is just a fancy word for water around the brain. Turns out he just has a extra big head. That means his brain is big too, right? He needs a big garage to park it in.

"Yeah I have a candy cane."

No candy cane

"yeah I have it back."

Look at my lashes!!!

Canyon slept on his side and made his lashes go crazy. Look at his left eye. Do you see the ball of lashes?

Run on Thanksgiving? Are you crazy?

Any body who knows me knows I really don't love to run. My first race when I was 15 years old I held on to my sisters shirt and cried the whole 10K distance. I was the very last person to cross the finish line. Surprisingly enough I got second place. My second race was the Park City Marathon 8 years ago. I trained for it but still it was not the most enjoyable experience. By mile 18 I started to panic, really panic. At each aide station they would cheer me on and my throat would close up and I thought I was going to die. I told myself I would not run another race. But this thanksgiving I ran a turkey trot 5K. My sis Shani talked me into it. It was actually a great experience. I didn't train or even try to train. I am surprised I finished. I didn't cry, I didn't get dragged, and I wasn't last. Yeah for me. I think this may be a new family tradition.

Now it's time to eat!!!

Cute cousins. Bailey and Canyon.
All the cousins that were at Thanksgiving.
Canyon, Bailey, Cayden, Taylor, Tristan

First Thanksgiving family photo.