Tiny Tim

Timmy had his 12 month checkup today. Other than a slight cold, he is doing fine. He weighs 19 lbs and is 28.5 inches long. He is at the bottom of the curve, but as long as he is in the curve, he is good. He is growing proportionately and that is what matters. He now has 4 teeth. The second front one broke through within the last few days. He had 4 shots. He came home and took a 3 hour nap. Poor little guy!

Snow!

We had some weird Winter weather lately. Yesterday we had snow showers. It would snow like crazy for about an hour and then the sun would shine and melt all the snow. The picture below shows the back end of one of the storms.

My poor flowers peeking out from the snow.

It ended up snowing about 3 inches. Enough for Benny to finally make his snowman.

Benny's snowman!

Family Tree

Benny brought home a family tree that he made at Sunday School a few weeks ago. I had to share how great his drawing has become. Grandpa should be proud that Benny now draws arms and legs. Not bad for a 3 1/2 year old!

Random Pictures

Here are some random pictures of the boys. Timmy loves to stick out his tongue. He likes to lick everything.

Timmy exploring the tree for the first time. He actually did very well with it. He mainly stayed away from it.

Yo! Look at my cool playdough snowman, dude!

Beware the baby dracula!!

Benny impersonating Frosty!

Thanksgiving

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, Brad's sister Melanie and her two boys (Billy and Ian) came for a visit. They only stayed a few days, but we enjoyed the time they were here. They flew in the day after our first snowfall of the year.

After picking them up from the airport, we headed into Seattle to see the sights. Here is Ian and Benny at the Space Needle. Benny loved spending time with his cousins.

It was a beautiful sunny,but cold day. The city looks lovely in the snow.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from the Heilenman Family! We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a safe but Happy New Year!

Timmy's 9 Month Checkup

Well, Timmy had his 9 month checkup last Tuesday. He weighs 17lb 10oz and is 27.5 inches long. He is quite the mover. He is pretty much crawling now. Well, half crawling and half rolling around the floor. That mean that he doesn't stay where you put him anymore. We will have to get the safety gates up soon. Probably after we get back from our vacation.

I had asked the doctor about the fact that Timmy doesn't seem to like baby food. He was actually glad and gave us a short list of what we could not feed Timmy at this time (mainly due to allergies). So far Timmy has tried frozen waffles, cheerios, carrots, apples, bananas, bread, and pancake. He has also tried chicken. He still likes his puffs and mum-mums. Now that the table food has started, I need to concentrate on getting him to take a cup and not his bottle.

On another note, Timmy is the proud owner of two new teeth. He actually let me stick my finger in his mouth to check and his two bottom front teeth have broken through. Yeah! He must be fascinated by his teeth because he is always sticking his tongue out.