The Thelins: Almost Summer

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Almost Summer

It's almost the 4th of July, which means it's almost summer in Portland. Until then, we're keeping out our coats and rain boots. Jade's client gave us some tickets to the Oregon high school all-star football game. It's an annual football game between the high schools in North Oregon and southern Oregon. The boys chosen to play are the best players from each area who have just graduated, and almost all of them will be playing for a good college this fall. The tickets were great- we were right on the sideline in the VIP tent with food and drinks and even a bounce house for the kids. It was a great time (even though it went from 60 and sunny to 50 and cloudy in a matter of minutes). Jade went on a 4-day business trip, so the girls and I tried to keep ourselves entertained. We went to Justin and Ashley's house one day and went swimming. It wasn't warm enough for me to get in the pool, but the girls had a great time. Jeremy and Kristin took their oldest kids on a cruise with their extended family, so we got to watch Layla for a couple of days. It was really cute watching Piper and Layla crawl around together, but man- twins are hard!!! Luckily little Layla is an angel baby and was just as sweet as could be. One day we had some of our old friends over for a BBQ. They were at a family reunion in Washington, so as they drove through, they stopped by. It was so fun seeing them all. They are 3 brothers who Jade worked with before I had even met Jade. They're all married to cute girls with 3, 2, and 1 [on the way] kids. We loved getting to catch up with them. We miss our great friends we had in Utah! Also, 9 weeks and 3 days after she got her first tooth, Piper's second bottom tooth came through! She is no longer my one-tooth-wonder. The girls had checkups with the doctor for their 4-year and 9-month birthdays. Peyton jumped on her growth chart from the 12th percentile in weight to the 37th percentile (33 lbs)! She stayed on the tall side at 65th percentile for height (3' 4.5"). Piper is following her sister's growth chart almost exactly (she's a little bit bigger, but when the doctor put their charts next to each other, the pattern was almost identical). She weighed in at 16.9 lbs, putting her in the 12th percentile for weight and 28.5 inches long, putting her in the 81st percentile for height. She has an enormous noggin- 45.5 cm around, which puts her in the 88th percentile for head circumference. WOW, that's a big head. As proof of that, I had to have grandma extend the head hole in one of Piper's shirts by 2", just so it would go over her huge head! Jade said it's because she takes after him and has such a big brain.