Catherine is 18 months (plus a bit)

Once again, I am delayed in my blogging. Catherine actually turned 18 months on August 5th, but in my defense, she didn't have her check up until a little over a week ago. She weighed in at 22 pounds 8 ounces and was a whopping 31 inches long (that's a HUGE growth since her last check up at 12 months)!! The doctor was a bit concerned about the fluid in her ears and the fact that her vocabulary is slight limited for her age. He sent us to see a ENT specialist who said that we may be on our way to tubes in the ears. The ENT specialist wanted to see us back in a month or so to check the fluid in her ears and we would go from there.

Although still limited, her vocabulary has progressed a bit. She says Lydia and Daddy very clearly. In fact, Daddy is about all I hear all day long- *points to Daddy's cup* "Daddy", yes Catherine, that's Daddy's cup-- *points to Daddy's computer* "Daddy", yes Catherine, that's Daddy's computer--*looks out the window* "Daddy", yes, Catherine Daddy's at work "Jeep", yes he's in his Jeep. That's pretty much how my whole day goes- so much for mommy!!!

Anyways, I will keep you all posted on her ear check ups and we will be praying that the fluid clears and her speech picks up and it won't be necessary to get the tubes!

More later.

The mom (who apparently is not as important as DADDY!)

Tea and Triathlons.

So, I first apologize for not blogging in awhile. I have been swamped with stuff around here and haven't had time to load pictures or write blogs. So, I am about a week behind, which you will see when you get about three blogs in one day while I try to catch up.

Last weekend we headed up to Chattanooga. Crickett, my sister-in-law, threw Lydia her First Tea Party! It was wonderful. Tons of people came to meet Lydia and enjoy some time together. Lydia behaved quite well, letting everyone hold her, and hardly crying at all. Catherine loved the little tea cups and even enjoyed "dining" with one of her friends, Christa, that we don't get to see very often!!

After the tea party, we enjoyed playing in the pool. Catherine is quite the water bug. She will put the swimmies on and just go! She just kicks her feet and wiggles everywhere. Harbin did better in the pool this time too. We were able to convince him that he could touch in the shallow end. Although very hesitant, he tried it and realized that he could walk from one side of the shallow end to the other.

Sunday, we all loaded up very early and went to downtown Chattanooga for the Sportsbarn Triathlon. The entire Tinney family participated in this one!! Scott, Bo, Skylar and Alex did the entire event, while Crickett, Chuck and Melissa, and a friend of theirs, raced in a relay. Everyone did awesome!! This was the shortest tri that Scott has done and he finished in about 48 minutes- it was a 400 meter swim, 8.2 mile bike, and 2 mile run. He placed 8th in his age division out of 41 guys. The kids and I loved to cheer everyone on and we are so proud of them all!!

Well, that concludes our activities in Chattanooga a few weekends ago- stay tuned for a new blog about this past weekend!

The mom.

Lydia is 1 Month!

I can't even believe it, but Lydia is one month old today!! She is growing so quickly. She had her well-baby check up today and she was 9 pounds even (50th %ile) and 21 inches long (50th%ile). The doctor said she looked great and everything seemed to be progressing just fine. I have attached some pictures here of the three kids at their 4 week mark. To me, they all look about the same in these pictures- of course, none of them really liked when I would get them naked and put them on the bobby for the pic. You all can decide if Lydia looks like either of the other two- there had been much debate about whether she looks like Harbin, like Catherine, or not like either of them!!!

Also, at the top of this post, I have included some professional pics we had done yesterday. I took mom to get pics of all 4 grandkids for her late birthday present. Surpirsingly enough the kids did an awesome job and behaved very well!!

The mom.

Harbin

Catherine (up)
Lydia (down)